Better Than Ever (IRE)
Better Than Ever (IRE) is yet to win from 7 starts, though has placed twice. Best effort: 2nd of 11 at Wolverhampton (AW) (Oct 2019). Last raced off 64, 9lb below the career-high mark.
- 0–7Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 2 (28.6%)Placed
- −7.00£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=7 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 73Highest OR
- 27dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 98
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 98A | 80 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 98A | 81 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 70A | 48.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 13.5% of 74 runs since Jan 2008 (3 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −13.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 21 | 2 | 9.5% | −4 | — |
| Good to Soft | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | −5.2 | — |
| Soft | 26 | 7 | 26.9% | +13.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 7 | 0 | 0% | −13.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 0 | 0% | −13.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −13.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −13.5 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +13.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | −6.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 22 | 1 | 4.5% | −9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 11 | 3 | 27.3% | +13.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +36.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Edgar Linton (FR) (1 win).
The wins came over 5f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Edgar Linton (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Linton (FR) | 6 | 1 | 5f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Jones | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Shane Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Graham Lee | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Oct 19+30d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Grand Theatre Wolverhampton Handicap | 2/11 | 1¾ | 9-4 | 64 | 98A | 76A | Tom Marquand | 9/1 |
| 03 Sep 19+11d | Kempton (AW) | Matchbook VIP Handicap | 7/12 | ½ | 9-1 | 67 | 79A | 68A | Shane Kelly | 14/1 |
| 23 Aug 19+27d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Book Tickets At Chelmsfordcityracecourse.com Handicap | 8/9 | ¾ | 9-7 | 71 | 70A | 67A | Aaron Jones | 8/1 |
| 27 Jul 19+46d | Chester | Intilery Handicap | 3/6 | 9 | 9-0 | 73 | 27A | 61B | Graham Lee | 7/1 |
| 11 Jun 19+11d | Lingfield | Witheford Equine Barrier Trials 13th June Novice Stakes | 2/5 | 7 | 9-2 | — | 69C | 69B | Shane Kelly | 10/3 |
| 31 May 19+34d | Doncaster | Weldricks Pharmacy Supporting WPCC Novice Stakes (Str) | 3/7 | 2¼ | 8-13 | — | 91A | 76A | Aaron Jones | 20/1 |
| 27 Apr 19 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Follow Us On Twitter WolvesRaces Novice Stakes | 4/12 | 1¾ | 8-10 | — | 81A | 53A | Aaron Jones | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Better Than Ever (IRE) won?
- Better Than Ever (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts in 2019. Placed 2 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trained Better Than Ever (IRE)?
- Better Than Ever (IRE) was trained by Marco Botti on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 3 October 2019.
- Who is Better Than Ever (IRE)'s sire?
- Better Than Ever (IRE) is by Mainsail (GB) out of Better Chance (IRE), whose sire is Shamardal.
- What is Better Than Ever (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 3 October 2019. The highest on record is 73.
- What is Better Than Ever (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Mainsail (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.5% of 74 runs since Jan 2008 (3 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Better Than Ever (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Better Chance (IRE), Better Than Ever (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Edgar Linton (FR) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Edgar Linton (FR)). The wins came over 5f. As at Oct 2026.