Better Than Heaven (IRE)
Better Than Heaven won the Rathkenny Handicap Hurdle at Navan in Jun 2021 on good ground off an official rating of 88. The gelding, who raced exclusively on turf, recorded one win and two places from eight starts between Mar 2021 and May 2025. He was beaten 16 lb below his highest ever mark of 98 when finishing 16 of 18 in the Cnoc An Oir Handicap Hurdle at Listowel in May 2025 on his first run in first-time headgear.
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 2 (25%)Placed
- +26.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 3.88Fair A/E n=8 · 3.02 incl. margin
- 98Highest OR
- 40dBetween runs (median)longest 1254 d
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 84
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 84B | 69 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 52C | 45 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 52C | 45 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 84B | 71 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 8 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 8 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 1,319 runs since Apr 2011 (81 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.8% from 109. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 127.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −8.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 141 | 11 | 7.8% | −0.7 | — |
| Good | 415 | 41 | 9.9% | +1.4 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 128 | 13 | 10.2% | +1.7 | — |
| Soft | 323 | 24 | 7.4% | −1.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 115 | 7 | 6.1% | −2.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 192 | 16 | 8.3% | −0.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 109 | 15 | 13.8% | +5.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 260 | 21 | 8.1% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 191 | 20 | 10.5% | +2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 127 | 7 | 5.5% | −3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 286 | 18 | 6.3% | −2.2 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 215 | 23 | 10.7% | +2.2 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 109 | 7 | 6.4% | −2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 22 | 1 | 4.5% | −4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2011 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladyeze Man (IRE) | 16 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +31.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +33.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +31.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Morgan | 5 | 1 | 20% | +29.00 |
| Liam McKenna | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ross Berry | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Deegan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 7 | 1 | 14% | +27.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +28.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 May 25+40d | Listowel | Cnoc An Oir Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Settled with the pack early - error three out after tracking in seventh - dropped away fast turning for home | 16/18 | 19 | 10-7 | 82 | 69C | 80C | Liam McKenna | 33/1 |
| 21 Apr 25+1254d | Cork | Leisure Domes Ltd Marquee Hire Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up towards the back early - made no progress through the race - well beaten at the finish | 17/18 | 1¼ | 10-4 | 83 | 45C | 70C | Ross Berry | 50/1 |
| 2021 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Nov 21+21d | Cork | Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 16/19 | 46 | 11-3 | 98 | — | 90C | Richard Deegan | 7/1 |
| 24 Oct 21+130d | Wexford | www.horsehappyvets.com Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 2/14 | 4 | 11-7 | 96 | 71B | 115A | Hugh Morgan | 9/1 |
| 16 Jun 21+18d | Navan | Rathkenny Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | 1/17 | 11-2 | 88 | 84B | 112A | Hugh Morgan | 33/1 | |
| 29 May 21+16d | Punchestown | Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) | 14/25 | 1¼ | 11-9 | — | 42C | 94C | Hugh Morgan | 150/1 |
| 13 May 21+73d | Clonmel | Clonacody (C & G) Maiden Hurdle | 13/14 | 56 | 11-1 | — | 22C | 93C | Hugh Morgan | 150/1 |
| 01 Mar 21 | Punchestown | Punchestown Festival Of A Different Colour Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) | 10/16 | 1¾ | 11-1 | — | 52C | 83C | Hugh Morgan | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Better Than Heaven won?
- Better Than Heaven (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 2 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Better Than Heaven?
- Better Than Heaven (IRE) was trained by J P Flavin on the most recent run on record, at Listowel on 31 May 2025.
- Who is Better Than Heaven's sire?
- Better Than Heaven (IRE) is by Windsor Knot (IRE) out of Sandra Anne (IRE), whose sire is Alflora.
- What going does Better Than Heaven prefer?
- Better Than Heaven (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Better Than Heaven's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 31 May 2025. The highest on record is 98.
- What is Better Than Heaven's sire's record?
- Windsor Knot (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 1,319 runs since Apr 2011 (81 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.8% from 109. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 127.
- Who are Better Than Heaven's siblings?
- Out of Sandra Anne (IRE), Better Than Heaven (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.