Best Love (IRE)
Best Love is a filly by Kodi Bear out of a Showcasing mare who has one win from six starts on turf. She won the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden at Navan in Sep 2026 over under 6f on good ground off an official rating of 70. All three runs at Cork have produced no win. She finished 6 of 6 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Nursery Handicap at Cork in Sep 2026 when last raced off a career-high mark of 75.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 1 (16.7%)Placed
- −1.50£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 2.54Fair A/E n=6 · 2.12 incl. margin
- 75Highest OR
- 27dBetween runs (median)
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 88
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 88A | 53 | 3 runs · 88 / 53 |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 88A | 61 | 3 runs · 88 / 61 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 53A | 32.5 | 2 runs · 53 / 32.5 |
Of 6 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 6 runs · as at 7 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style from 5 analysed runs since May 2026
- Prominent 3 (60%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (40%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 3,980 runs since Jun 2020 (390 horses).
Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.3% from 260.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 3 | 27.3% | +17 | — |
| Good to Firm | 535 | 65 | 12.1% | +1.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,029 | 109 | 10.6% | +0.3 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 379 | 34 | 9% | −1.3 | — |
| Soft | 543 | 51 | 9.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 145 | 14 | 9.7% | −0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,338 | 134 | 10% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 557 | 69 | 12.4% | +2.1 | 1 from 4 |
| 6f – 7f | 2,252 | 240 | 10.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 735 | 64 | 8.7% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 260 | 19 | 7.3% | −3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 113 | 11 | 9.7% | −0.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 50 | 5 | 10% | −0.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 2 | 20% | +9.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −10.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2020 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork (IRE) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Navan (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Powell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Jessica O'Gorman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Sep 26+27d | Cork (IRE) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Nursery Handicap (Birdcatcher Series) Raced among the last - shaken up over 2f out - soon out of a response and dropped away over 1f out - finished 6th | 6/6 | 15 | 9-8 | 75 | 12C | 46C | Declan McDonogh | 12/1 |
| 02 Sep 26+19d | Navan (IRE) | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden Sat close to the pace - shaken up to hit the front approaching 2f out - driven out and stayed on strongly in the closing stages to win | 1/8 | 8-12 | 70 | 88A | 74A | Declan McDonogh | 7/2 | |
| 14 Aug 26+21d | Cork (IRE) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Up with the far-rail pacesetter - faded once ridden inside the final furlong and had nothing left to give - beaten seventh | 7/16 | 1¾ | 9-2 | — | 52C | 69A | Jamie Powell | 22/1 |
| 24 Jul 26+35d | Cork (IRE) | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden Handy early - up to 2nd after 2f - back to 3rd 2f out and slipped to 4th late without ever getting competitive | 4/10 | nk | 8-10 | — | 61A | 70A | Jamie Powell | 25/1 |
| 19 Jun 26+46d | Down Royal | Harvertech Maiden Swerved right out of the stalls - rider dislodged straightaway | UR/8 | — | 8-9 | — | — | — | Jessica O'Gorman | 14/1 |
| 04 May 26 | Curragh | Irish European Breeders Fund Median Sires Series Maiden Held up towards the back - unable to find any headway from 2f out - well held at the finish | 10/12 | ¾ | 8-13 | — | 53A | 62A | Jamie Powell | 40/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Best Love won?
- Best Love (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 1 time in total (16.7% of starts).
- Who trains Best Love?
- Best Love (IRE) is trained by Eddie & Patrick Harty, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 29 September 2026.
- Who is Best Love's sire?
- Best Love (IRE) is by Kodi Bear (IRE) out of Bits Of Love (IRE), whose sire is Showcasing.
- What going does Best Love prefer?
- Best Love (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Best Love's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 29 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Best Love's sire's record?
- Kodi Bear (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 3,980 runs since Jun 2020 (390 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.3% from 260.