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Horse profile

Best Pleased (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2010) · Last trainer T Hogan · Last owner Peter Mccutcheon
by Rossini (USA) out of Placate (GB) (Rainbow Quest)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Aug 2009
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Apr 2010 — 6,039 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2010 · 12th of 18 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 56
KTB Profile

Best Pleased (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 65C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Listowel, 18 Sep 2009 Official rating 56 at the last run, 15 Apr 2010

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 4 figures · best 65C · median 56.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Soft257C52.5—
Good1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f365C56—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 4 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Rossini (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 999 runs since Jan 2008 (74 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 14.8% from 122. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4.5% from 179.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2000%−8.2—
Good to Firm208146.7%−1.5—
Good290237.9%−0.30 from 1
Good to Soft1221814.8%+6.60 from 2
Soft1331410.5%+2.3—
Heavy3712.7%−5.50 from 1
Standard (AW)189126.3%−1.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1491610.7%+2.5—
6f – 7f17984.5%−3.7—
1m – 1m1f167169.6%+1.40 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1421510.6%+2.40 from 3
1m5f – 2m191115.8%−2.4—
2m1f – 2m4f115108.7%+0.5—
2m5f – 3m49510.2%+2—
Over 3m7114.3%+6.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Placate (GB) (Rainbow Quest)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Lombrici (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 7f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lombrici (IRE)1717f—
Please The King (IRE)80——
Rassima (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Fran Berry 2 0 0% −2.00
Davy Condon 1 0 0% −1.00
Emmet McNamara 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 1 0 0% −1.00
2009 3 0 0% −3.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2010 · 1 run
15 Apr 10+209d Tipperary Tipperary Racecourse Supporter's Club Handicap (47-60) 12f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 12/18 5 9-10 5648C Davy Condon 20/1
2009 · 3 runs
18 Sep 09+11d Listowel Listowel Printing Works Maiden 10f · Good · 15 ran 8/15 1 9-10 5665C Fran Berry 66/1
07 Sep 09+20d Clonmel Rathronan (C & G) Maiden 10f · Heavy · 12 ran 10/12 3 9-2 —56C Emmet McNamara 50/1
18 Aug 09 Killarney William O'carroll Memorial Maiden 8.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 12/15 3½ 9-11 —57C Fran Berry 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Best Pleased won?
Best Pleased (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2009 and 2010.
Who trained Best Pleased?
Best Pleased (IRE) was trained by T Hogan on the most recent run on record, at Tipperary on 15 April 2010.
Who is Best Pleased's sire?
Best Pleased (IRE) is by Rossini (USA) out of Placate (GB), whose sire is Rainbow Quest.
What is Best Pleased's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 56, from the run on 15 April 2010. That is also the highest on record.
What is Best Pleased's sire's record?
Rossini (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 999 runs since Jan 2008 (74 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14.8% from 122. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4.5% from 179.
Who are Best Pleased's siblings?
Out of Placate (GB), Best Pleased (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Lombrici (IRE) (1). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2009. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.