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Horse profile

Better Off Alone (IRE)

7yo gelding · Trainer Martin Keighley · Owner David Maughan
by Ocovango (GB) out of Tina's Truffles (IRE) (Milan)
10 runs · 7 courses · from Sep 2024
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out Won at Uttoxeter Ran 13 days ago · 1st of 7 Last raced off OR 98
KTB Profile

Better Off Alone is 1 from 10, the win coming at Class 5 level in a handicap. The gelding gained that success at Uttoxeter in Oct 2026 when he made all to take the Quinnbet Handicap Steeple Chase over 2m5f – 3m on good ground off an official rating of 98. He has recorded all five of his runs over 2m5f – 3m on turf. Typically held up, he led in that last run at Uttoxeter in Oct 2026.

Based on 10 archived runs · run-style from 9 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 15lb off peak
Official rating98↓ 15lb off peak
98 98–113

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 103 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Worcester, 4 Sep 2026

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 →

Jumps 7 figures · best 117B · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good3103A942 · 103 / 98.5
Heavy297C86.52 · 97 / 86.5
Soft2117B105.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3117B1032 · 103 / 98.5
2m1f – 2m4f397C941 · —
1m5f – 2m1——1 · —

Of 10 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 10 runs · as at 12 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 118B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Uttoxeter, 4 Oct 2026 Official rating 98 at the last run, 4 Oct 2026

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 →

Jumps 7 figures · best 124B · median 107
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good3118B1072 · 118 / 112.5
Heavy2108B104.52 · 108 / 104.5
Soft2124B114—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3124B1182 · 118 / 112.5
2m1f – 2m4f3106C1041 · —
1m5f – 2m1——1 · —

Of 10 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 10 runs · as at 12 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 from 9 analysed runs

  • Held up 5 (56%) · 0 wins
  • Led 2 (22%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 2 (22%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Ocovango (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 2,974 runs since Jan 2008 (302 horses).

Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14.2% from 190.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm27829.6%+20.2—
Good933929.9%+0.51 from 4
Good to Soft694699.9%+0.5—
Soft911758.2%−1.20 from 4
Heavy393379.4%00 from 2
Standard (AW)1600%−9.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f600%−9.4—
1m2f – 1m4f1100%−9.4—
1m5f – 2m785638%−1.40 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,090989%−0.40 from 3
2m5f – 3m8929310.4%+11 from 5
Over 3m1902714.2%+4.80 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Tina's Truffles (IRE) (Milan)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 4 1 25% −1.12
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 5 1 1 100% +1.88
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Worcester 3 0 0% −3.00
Uttoxeter 2 1 50% +0.88
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 5 1 20% −2.12
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Best 4 0 0% −4.00
Freddie Keighley 3 1 33% −0.12
Sean Bowen 3 0 0% −3.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 4 0 0% −4.00
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Visor 1 1 100% +1.88
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 4 1 25% −1.12
2025 4 0 0% −4.00
2024 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 7 1 14% −4.12
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
04 Oct 26+30d Uttoxeter Quinnbet Handicap Steeple Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 7 ran Led from the start - blundered at the 2nd - pulled clear after 4 out - kept going well - untidy jump at the last - won comfortably 1/7 11-9 9894A118B Freddie Keighley 15/8F
04 Sep 26+173d Worcester Copybet Overnight Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Steeple Chase (ARC Summer Chase Series Qualifier) (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23f · Good · 6 ran Held up early - made progress before 9th - stumbled and lost momentum 11th - pushed along 3 out - up into third at the last but unable to quicken 3/6 2½ 10-9 100103A107B Freddie Keighley 7/1
15 Mar 26+29d Chepstow Celebrating Tricia And Pauls Wedding Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23.5f · Soft · 11 ran Handy early - shared second spot behind the front-runner after the 7th - dropped away and asked for effort before the 14th - blundered 4 out and eased quickly to a halt PU/11 — 11-8 102—— James Best 14/1
14 Feb 26+57d Wincanton BetMGM Who Wants A Nine-Darter Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15.5f · Heavy · 7 ran Sat behind the pack early - moved into second at the 8th - hit the front approaching 4 out - lost momentum after an untidy jump 3 out and dropped away before 2 out 4/7 ¾ 11-9 10576A108B James Best 8/1
19 Dec 25+52d Uttoxeter Drywall Contracts Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Heavy · 5 ran Handy near front - shared advantage 10th before a mistake next - fluffed again 3 out and dropped from top spot - pushed along soon after - slipped to fourth 2 out - weakened before the last 3/5 8 10-6 10597C101C Freddie Keighley 9/4
28 Oct 25+53d Ffos Las Rees Richards & Partners, Land Agents Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 25.5f · Soft · 13 ran Went clear early on - pressed for effort before four out and lost the advantage - dropped away and pulled up after three out PU/13 — 11-2 108—— James Best 22/1
05 Sep 25+217d Worcester Kevin And Bernies Silver Wedding Anniversary Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23f · Good · 7 ran Tracked front group early - dropped away 10th and needed encouragement before 4 out - pulled up still behind 2 out PU/7 — 11-3 113—— Sean Bowen 8/1
31 Jan 25+98d Lingfield Download The At The Races App Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23f · Soft · 7 ran Tracked the pace - pushed to the front nearing 2 out before losing that spot before the last - stayed on to finish 2nd 2/7 4½ 11-4 —117B124B James Best 125/1
25 Oct 24+28d Cheltenham Alastair Down Press Room Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 20f · Good · 8 ran Held up rear of field early - dropped away approaching 4 out - well beaten at the finish 7/8 60 11-0 —50C106C Sean Bowen 50/1
27 Sep 24 Worcester Caremark Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 10 ran Sat behind the pack early - dropping away from the 7th marker - beaten a long way out by 3 out - clipped the second last then trailed home a distant 4th 4/10 7½ 11-4 —94C104C Sean Bowen 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Better Off Alone (IRE) won?
Better Off Alone (IRE) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 2 times in total (20% of starts).
Who trains Better Off Alone (IRE)?
Better Off Alone (IRE) is trained by Martin Keighley, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 4 October 2026.
Who is Better Off Alone (IRE)'s sire?
Better Off Alone (IRE) is by Ocovango (GB) out of Tina's Truffles (IRE), whose sire is Milan.
What going does Better Off Alone (IRE) prefer?
Better Off Alone (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Better Off Alone (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 4 October 2026. The highest on record is 113.
What is Better Off Alone (IRE)'s sire's record?
Ocovango (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 2,974 runs since Jan 2008 (302 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14.2% from 190.

Record shown from September 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.