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Horse profile

Best Think Twice (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2010) · Last trainer C F Swan · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Oscar (IRE) out of Lohort Castle (IRE) (Presenting)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Aug 2010
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Sep 2010 — 5,902 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2010 · 2nd of 11 Beaten favourite LTO
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Aug 2010 and Sep 2010, the last of them as a 4yo gelding. Finished 2 of 11 at Roscommon last time. By Oscar (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 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 122A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Roscommon, 6 Sep 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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 122A · median 118
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m1———
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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
Oscar (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since Jan 2008 (1,456 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.1% from 105.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5858.6%−2.3—
Good to Firm760648.4%−2.5—
Good4,65847910.3%−0.6—
Good to Soft2,80435812.8%+1.9—
Soft5,00654010.8%−0.10 from 1
Heavy3,15234510.9%00 from 1
Standard (AW)1051918.1%+7.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f6116.7%+5.8—
1m – 1m1f7228.6%+17.7—
1m2f – 1m4f9088.9%−2—
1m5f – 2m4,43951411.6%+0.70 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f5,91263010.7%−0.20 from 1
2m5f – 3m4,99653710.7%−0.2—
Over 3m1,09311810.8%−0.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Lohort Castle (IRE) (Presenting)

7 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Clondaw Castle (IRE) (9 wins).

The wins came over 1m6f–3m; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Clondaw Castle (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Clondaw Castle (IRE)2992m–3mGrade 3
Laravie (IRE)2771m6f–2m7½fClass 3
Red Devil Boys (IRE)942m½f–2m3½fClass 3
Kara Loca (IRE)1422m1f–2m4f—
Queens Rock (IRE)522m–2m3½fClass 4
Osca Loca (IRE)1113m—
Hunt Away (IRE)30——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2010 · 2 runs
06 Sep 10+18d Roscommon Frenchpark Flat Race 2m · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 2/11 ½ 11-9 122A Ms N Carberry 11/10F
19 Aug 10 Killarney Cronin's Foodstore Cork Road Killarney Flat Race 2m1f · Yielding · 12 ran 3/12 1¾ 11-7 114A Ms N Carberry 7/2

Quick answers

How many races has Best Think Twice won?
Best Think Twice (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2010. Placed 2 times in total (100% of starts).
Who trained Best Think Twice?
Best Think Twice (IRE) was trained by C F Swan on the most recent run on record, at Roscommon on 6 September 2010.
Who is Best Think Twice's sire?
Best Think Twice (IRE) is by Oscar (IRE) out of Lohort Castle (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
What is Best Think Twice's sire's record?
Oscar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since Jan 2008 (1,456 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.1% from 105.
Who are Best Think Twice's siblings?
Out of Lohort Castle (IRE), Best Think Twice (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Clondaw Castle (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Clondaw Castle (IRE)). The wins came over 1m6f–3m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2010. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.