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Horse profile

Better Venture (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2006) · Last trainer W J Burke · Last owner Kevin Gallagher
by Boyne Valley (IRE) out of Pennies River (GB) (Over The River)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Mar 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Feb 2006 — 7,579 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2006 · 11th of 18
KTB Profile

Better Venture (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 70C the best of the last 1 rated run · Clonmel, 2 Feb 2006

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 3 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 3 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
Boyne Valley (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 46 runs since Jan 2008 (5 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm11218.2%+9.5—
Good1700%−8.7—
Good to Soft1218.3%−0.4—
Soft400%−8.70 from 2
Heavy2150%+41.30 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m4125%+16.3—
2m1f – 2m4f2328.7%00 from 1
2m5f – 3m1715.9%−2.80 from 2
Over 3m200%−8.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Pennies River (GB) (Over The River)

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
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr C J Sweeney 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr J O McGrath 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2006 1 0 0% −1.00
2005 2 0 0% −2.00

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 KTB Jockey SP
2006 · 1 run
02 Feb 06+302d Clonmel Lisronagh Hunters Chase 2m4f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 11/18 4 11-7 70C Mr J O McGrath 20/1
2005 · 2 runs
06 Apr 05+9d Gowran Park Craigsteel Maiden Hunters Chase 3m · Heavy · 17 ran PU/17 — 11-9 — Mr C J Sweeney 10/1
28 Mar 05 Cork Coolmore Milan Maiden Hunters Chase 3m · Soft · 15 ran F/15 — 11-7 — Mr C J Sweeney 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Better Venture won?
Better Venture (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2005 and 2006.
Who trained Better Venture?
Better Venture (IRE) was trained by W J Burke on the most recent run on record, at Clonmel on 2 February 2006.
Who is Better Venture's sire?
Better Venture (IRE) is by Boyne Valley (IRE) out of Pennies River (GB), whose sire is Over The River.
What is Better Venture's sire's record?
Boyne Valley (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 46 runs since Jan 2008 (5 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from March 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.