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Horse profile

Best To Better (IRE)

2yo filly (at last run, Oct 2012) · Last trainer Marco Botti · Last owner Jaber Abdullah
by Acclamation (GB) out of Searching Blaze (IRE) (Desert Prince)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Aug 2012
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Oct 2012 — 5,128 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2012 · 3rd of 10 Last raced off OR 62
KTB Profile

Best To Better (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 10 at Wolverhampton (AW) (Oct 2012).

Based on 4 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 69A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 19 Oct 2012 Official rating 62 at the last run, 19 Oct 2012

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 69A · median 65
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)369A67—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f469A65—

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
Acclamation (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,709 runs since Jan 2008 (1,327 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1512315.2%+5.2—
Good to Firm3,91744611.4%+1.4—
Good4,4104009.1%−0.90 from 1
Good to Soft1,95221411%+1—
Soft2,1341848.6%−1.4—
Heavy563468.2%−1.8—
Standard (AW)6,58166310.1%+0.10 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3,75940910.9%+0.9—
6f – 7f10,5091,07810.3%+0.30 from 4
1m – 1m1f3,5113319.4%−0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1,2111068.8%−1.2—
1m5f – 2m482377.7%−2.3—
2m1f – 2m4f195136.7%−3.3—
2m5f – 3m4224.8%−5.2—

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
Searching Blaze (IRE) (Desert Prince)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Willitellyouwhat (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Adam Kirby 2 0 0% −2.00
Andrea Atzeni 1 0 0% −1.00
Seb Sanders 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2012 · 4 runs
19 Oct 12+23d Wolverhampton (AW) 32Red Casino Nursery Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 3/10 3½ 9-4 6269A Adam Kirby 7/2
26 Sep 12+23d Kempton (AW) Betdaq Mobile Apps Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 4/11 3¼ 8-12 —60A Andrea Atzeni 8/1
03 Sep 12+32d Wolverhampton (AW) Like Us On Facebook Wolverhampton Racecourse Maiden Fillies' Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 4/12 4 9-0 —67A Adam Kirby 20/1
02 Aug 12 Nottingham Irish Stallion Farms E.b.f. Maiden Fillies' Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 5/11 3¼ 9-0 —63A Seb Sanders 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Best To Better won?
Best To Better (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2012. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Best To Better?
Best To Better (IRE) was trained by Marco Botti on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 19 October 2012.
Who is Best To Better's sire?
Best To Better (IRE) is by Acclamation (GB) out of Searching Blaze (IRE), whose sire is Desert Prince.
What is Best To Better's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 19 October 2012. That is also the highest on record.
What is Best To Better's sire's record?
Acclamation (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,709 runs since Jan 2008 (1,327 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.
Who are Best To Better's siblings?
Out of Searching Blaze (IRE), Best To Better (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2012. 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.