How many races has Better By Far (IRE) won?

Better By Far (IRE) won 1 of 17 archived starts between 2020 and 2021, a strike rate of 5.9%. Placed 4 times in total (23.5% of starts).

Who trained Better By Far (IRE)?

Better By Far (IRE) was trained by Roy Bowring on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 2 November 2021.

Who is Better By Far (IRE)'s sire?

Better By Far (IRE) is by Exceed and Excel (AUS) out of Silkwood (GB), whose sire is Singspiel.

What going does Better By Far (IRE) prefer?

Better By Far (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Better By Far (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 53, from the run on 2 November 2021. The highest on record is 61.

What is Better By Far (IRE)'s sire's record?

Exceed and Excel (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,025 runs since Jan 2008 (1,161 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.

Who are Better By Far (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Silkwood (GB), Better By Far (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Silken Dancer (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Silken Dancer (GB)). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Better By Far (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Nov 2021) · Last trainer Roy Bowring · Last owner S R Bowring

by Exceed and Excel (AUS) out of Silkwood (GB) (Singspiel)

17 runs · 11 courses · from Jun 2020

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 2 Nov 2021 — 1,813 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Nov 2021 · 12th of 14 Won at Southwell (AW) Last raced off OR 53

KTB Profile

Better By Far (IRE) is 1 from 17, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Mar 2021. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 10 on turf. Last raced off 53, 8lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 17 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 6 OR ↓ 8lb off peak

1–17Wins / Runs
5.9%Strike rate
4 (23.5%)Placed
−4.00£1 level staken=17 at SP
1.01Fair A/E n=17 · 0.89 incl. margin
61Highest OR
32dAvg between runs

Official rating53↓ 8lb off peak

53 45–61

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 100 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Thirsk, 6 Aug 2021

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 →

Flat 17 figures · best 100^A · median 66

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	7	84^B	69	—
Soft	4	100^A	74.5	—
Good to Firm	2	66^A	58	—
Good to Soft	2	68^A	48.5	—
Good	2	61^A	57.5	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f	13	100^A	68	—
Under 6f	3	68^A	66	—
1m – 1m1f	1	—	—	—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 79^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 15 Aug 2021 Official rating 53 at the last run, 2 Nov 2021

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 17 figures · best 79^A · median 46

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	7	79^A	68	—
Soft	4	55^B	44.5	—
Good to Firm	2	45^C	41	—
Good to Soft	2	52^A	42.5	—
Good	2	40^B	36	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f	13	79^A	46	—
Under 6f	3	52^A	37	—
1m – 1m1f	1	—	—	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 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

Exceed and Excel (AUS)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,025 runs since Jan 2008 (1,161 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	198	41	20.7%	+8.8	—
Good to Firm	3,251	399	12.3%	+0.4	0 from 2
Good	3,146	328	10.4%	−1.5	0 from 2
Good to Soft	1,310	130	9.9%	−2	0 from 2
Soft	1,194	94	7.9%	−4	0 from 4
Heavy	273	25	9.2%	−2.7	—
Standard (AW)	6,653	882	13.3%	+1.4	1 from 7

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	3,860	521	13.5%	+1.6	0 from 3
6f – 7f	8,004	950	11.9%	0	1 from 13
1m – 1m1f	2,752	289	10.5%	−1.4	0 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f	1,025	102	10%	−1.9	—
1m5f – 2m	273	26	9.5%	−2.4	—
2m1f – 2m4f	102	10	9.8%	−2.1	—
2m5f – 3m	9	1	11.1%	−0.8	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Silkwood (GB) (Singspiel)

10 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Silken Dancer (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 6f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Silken Dancer (GB)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Silken Dancer (GB)	2	1	1m2f	Class 5
Next Life (GB)	2	1	6f	Class 5
Rashke (GB)	2	1	1m	—
My Mate Tony (IRE)	16	0	—	—
Final Decision (GB)	1	0	—	—
Ghostflower (IRE)	2	0	—	—
Craft In Silk (IRE)	10	0	—	—
Silk Lace (IRE)	3	0	—	—
Dream Sands (GB)	4	0	—	—
Najma (GB)	3	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Standard (AW)	7	1	14%	+6.00
Soft	4	0	0%	−4.00
Good to Firm	2	0	0%	−2.00
Good to Soft	2	0	0%	−2.00
Good	2	0	0%	−2.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 6	14	1	7%	−1.00
Class 5	3	0	0%	−3.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Newcastle (AW)	3	0	0%	−3.00
Catterick	3	0	0%	−3.00
Southwell (AW)	2	1	50%	+11.00
Hamilton	2	0	0%	−2.00
Thirsk	1	0	0%	−1.00
Ripon	1	0	0%	−1.00
Redcar	1	0	0%	−1.00
Wolverhampton (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Yarmouth	1	0	0%	−1.00
Lingfield (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Pontefract	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
6f – 7f	13	1	8%	+0.00
Under 6f	3	0	0%	−3.00
1m – 1m1f	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Lewis Edmunds	6	1	17%	+7.00
Joe Fanning	4	0	0%	−4.00
P J McDonald	2	0	0%	−2.00
William Buick	2	0	0%	−2.00
Harrison Shaw	1	0	0%	−1.00
Alistair Rawlinson	1	0	0%	−1.00
Franny Norton	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
None	11	1	9%	+2.00
Tongue tie	4	0	0%	−4.00
Tongue tie + visor	2	0	0%	−2.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2021	9	1	11%	+4.00
2020	8	0	0%	−8.00

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

Date	Course	Race	Pos	Btn	Wgt	OR	Spd	KTB	Jockey	SP
02 Nov 21+18d	Newcastle (AW)	MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran	12/14	8	9-4	53	66^C	41^C	Lewis Edmunds	20/1
15 Oct 21+61d	Newcastle (AW)	DFE Electrical Maintenance & Repairs Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran	6/14	½	9-4	54	84^B	69^A	Lewis Edmunds	25/1
15 Aug 21+9d	Southwell (AW)	Stuart Lees Memorial Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran	2/10	nk	9-1	52	77^B	79^A	Lewis Edmunds	9/1
06 Aug 21+30d	Thirsk	Peter Bell Memorial Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 6f · Soft · 10 ran	9/10	1¼	8-7	45	100^A	46^A	Harrison Shaw	50/1
07 Jul 21+33d	Catterick	Millbry Hill Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Soft · 14 ran	11/14	3½	8-12	51	68^C	36^A	P J McDonald	80/1
04 Jun 21+19d	Catterick	Join Racing TV Now Handicap Class 6 · 5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran	7/9	1	8-12	55	66^A	37^A	Alistair Rawlinson	50/1
16 May 21+17d	Ripon	Affordable Ownership With Titanium Racing Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 6f · Soft · 12 ran	9/12	1¼	8-12	56	6^C	43^C	Lewis Edmunds	50/1
29 Apr 21+41d	Redcar	Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran	9/10	8	9-5	57	50^C	45^C	Lewis Edmunds	33/1
19 Mar 21+163d	Southwell (AW)	Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran	1/8		8-6	50	69^A	68^A	Lewis Edmunds	12/1
07 Oct 20+24d	Newcastle (AW)	Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Nursery (Div 1) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran	5/11	4¾	8-11	54	69^A	46^A	Franny Norton	28/1
13 Sep 20+19d	Wolverhampton (AW)	Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Nursery Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran	8/9	½	9-4	57	62^A	46^A	P J McDonald	14/1
25 Aug 20+12d	Yarmouth	Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Nursery Class 6 · 6f · Good To Soft · 7 ran	7/7	4¾	9-4	61	29^A	33^A	William Buick	9/1
13 Aug 20+8d	Hamilton	Bet At racingtv.com Nursery Class 6 · 5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran	5/8	2	9-3	61	68^A	52^A	Joe Fanning	7/1
05 Aug 20+21d	Lingfield (AW)	Betway Nursery Class 6 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran	2/8	1	9-4	61	65^A	68^A	William Buick	8/1
15 Jul 20+17d	Catterick	Racing TV Fillies' Novice Stakes (Plus 10/GBB Race) Class 5 · 6f · Good · 7 ran	7/7	2¾	9-0	—	61^A	40^B	Joe Fanning	11/1
28 Jun 20+13d	Hamilton	racingtv.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 5 ran	2/5	1½	9-0	—	81^C	55^B	Joe Fanning	13/2
15 Jun 20	Pontefract	British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 5f · Good · 6 ran	6/6	3	9-0	—	54^A	32^B	Joe Fanning	8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Better By Far (IRE) won?: Better By Far (IRE) won 1 of 17 archived starts between 2020 and 2021, a strike rate of 5.9%. Placed 4 times in total (23.5% of starts).
Who trained Better By Far (IRE)?: Better By Far (IRE) was trained by Roy Bowring on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 2 November 2021.
Who is Better By Far (IRE)'s sire?: Better By Far (IRE) is by Exceed and Excel (AUS) out of Silkwood (GB), whose sire is Singspiel.
What going does Better By Far (IRE) prefer?: Better By Far (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Better By Far (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 53, from the run on 2 November 2021. The highest on record is 61.
What is Better By Far (IRE)'s sire's record?: Exceed and Excel (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,025 runs since Jan 2008 (1,161 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
Who are Better By Far (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Silkwood (GB), Better By Far (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Silken Dancer (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Silken Dancer (GB)). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.

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