Best Solution (IRE)
Best Solution (IRE) is 5 from 11, including a Group 2 win. The biggest win we hold: the Princess Of Wales's Arqana Racing Club Stakes at Newmarket (Jul 2018). Hasn't won since Jul 2018. Last raced off a career-high mark of 121.
Progeny in our archive
As a sire, Best Solution (IRE)’s progeny in our archive have won 12.8% of 86 runs since Jan 2008 (25 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +87.2 |
| Good | 15 | 3 | 20% | +7.2 |
| Good to Soft | 21 | 4 | 19% | +6.2 |
| Soft | 24 | 2 | 8.3% | −4.5 |
| Heavy | 6 | 0 | 0% | −12.8 |
| Standard (AW) | 19 | 1 | 5.3% | −7.5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −12.8 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 23 | 1 | 4.3% | −8.5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 40 | 4 | 10% | −2.8 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 12 | 3 | 25% | +12.2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | +20.5 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
- 5–11Wins / Runs
- 45.5%Strike rate
- 7 (63.6%)Placed
- +30.50£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 3.27Fair A/E n=10 · 3.13 incl. margin
- 121Highest OR
- 116dAvg between runs
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 112
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 106B | 102 | — |
| Good | 3 | 111C | 95 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 112A | 104.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 23,508 runs since Jan 2008 (1,664 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.2% from 251.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 147 | 21 | 14.3% | +3.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4,207 | 496 | 11.8% | +1.4 | 1 from 4 |
| Good | 5,151 | 548 | 10.6% | +0.2 | 3 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 2,362 | 218 | 9.2% | −1.2 | — |
| Soft | 2,460 | 218 | 8.9% | −1.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 675 | 67 | 9.9% | −0.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 8,506 | 870 | 10.2% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5,117 | 591 | 11.5% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 11,573 | 1,186 | 10.2% | −0.2 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,876 | 391 | 10.1% | −0.3 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,924 | 182 | 9.5% | −0.9 | 3 from 7 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 696 | 66 | 9.5% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 251 | 18 | 7.2% | −3.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 60 | 4 | 6.7% | −3.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −10.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them El Bodegon (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (El Bodegon (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Bodegon (IRE) | 9 | 3 | 7f–1m2f | Group 1 |
| Superb Force (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Desert Mountain (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Socks And Shares (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Blu Chic (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Molly O'mally (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Good | 4 | 3 | 75% | +23.50 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 8 | 4 | 50% | +27.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 3 | 2 | 67% | +17.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 3 | 43% | +15.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Cosgrave | 6 | 3 | 50% | +16.00 |
| James Doyle | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Christophe Soumillon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Carson | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +11.00 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +14.50 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Best Solution (IRE) won?
- Best Solution (IRE) won 5 of 11 archived starts between 2016 and 2019, a strike rate of 45.5%. Placed 7 times in total (63.6% of starts).
- Who trained Best Solution (IRE)?
- Best Solution (IRE) was trained by Saeed bin Suroor on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 7 September 2019.
- Who is Best Solution (IRE)'s sire?
- Best Solution (IRE) is by Kodiac (GB) out of Al Andalyya (USA), whose sire is Kingmambo.
- What going does Best Solution (IRE) prefer?
- Best Solution (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 4 starts (75%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Best Solution (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 121, from the run on 7 September 2019. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Best Solution (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Kodiac (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 23,508 runs since Jan 2008 (1,664 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.2% from 251.
- Who are Best Solution (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Al Andalyya (USA), Best Solution (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: El Bodegon (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Group 1 (El Bodegon (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.
- Has Best Solution (IRE) sired winners?
- As a sire, Best Solution (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.8% of 86 runs since Jan 2008 (25 horses), Flat and jumps together.