Better Be Elusive (IRE)
Better Be Elusive is a lightly raced mare with two starts since Dec 2025. By Elusive Pimpernel whose progeny have won 241 of 3140 runs since Jan 2008 and shown their best form over 2m5f to 3m. Her dam Ten Times Better has produced one winner from two runners to date. She finished fifth of eight from mid division at Wexford in Oct 2026 on soft ground.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 316dBetween runs (median)
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 127
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 2 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 127A | 86.5 | 2 runs · 127 / 86.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 2 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 2 Nov 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 3,141 runs since Apr 2015 (317 horses).
Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 10.7% from 382.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −7.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 118 | 9 | 7.6% | −0.1 | — |
| Good | 966 | 88 | 9.1% | +1.4 | — |
| Good to Soft | 512 | 34 | 6.6% | −1.1 | — |
| Soft | 897 | 66 | 7.4% | −0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 397 | 24 | 6% | −1.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 249 | 20 | 8% | +0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 21 | 0 | 0% | −7.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 208 | 20 | 9.6% | +1.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 316 | 28 | 8.9% | +1.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 303 | 15 | 5% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 984 | 71 | 7.2% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 857 | 60 | 7% | −0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 382 | 41 | 10.7% | +3 | — |
| Over 3m | 70 | 6 | 8.6% | +0.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2015 · as at 1 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them He's Gorgeous (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m1½f.
Family form: He's Gorgeous (IRE) finished 3rd of 8 at Limerick (IRE), 18 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He's Gorgeous (IRE) | 17 | 1 | 2m1½f | — |
| She Means Business (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 25 Oct 26+316d | Wexford (IRE) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race Raced in the pack - moved up past rivals over 4f out - nudged on the inner 2f out then faded over 1f out to finish 5th | 5/8 | 3½ | 11-4 | 127A | 105C | Mr D O'Sullivan | 80/1 |
| 2025 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 13 Dec 25 | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 4-Y-O Fillies Flat Race Settled at the back of the field early - made no impression through the race - no danger to the leaders in the closing stages - finished well beaten in 11th | 11/17 | 13 | 11-0 | 46C | 99C | Mr R W Barron | 125/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Better Be Elusive won?
- Better Be Elusive (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts between 2025 and 2026.
- Who trains Better Be Elusive?
- Better Be Elusive (IRE) is trained by P A Fahy, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 October 2026.
- Who is Better Be Elusive's sire?
- Better Be Elusive (IRE) is by Elusive Pimpernel (USA) out of Ten Times Better (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
- What is Better Be Elusive's sire's record?
- Elusive Pimpernel (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 3,141 runs since Apr 2015 (317 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 10.7% from 382.
- Who are Better Be Elusive's siblings?
- Out of Ten Times Better (IRE), Better Be Elusive (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: He's Gorgeous (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m1½f. As at Nov 2026.