Bits Ballou (GB)
Bits Ballou is a mare who has won one of six starts on turf, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap hurdle over 3m on good ground at Newton Abbot in Sep 2026. She gained that victory in the Par Inn Bulpin Cup Amateur Jockeys Handicap Hurdle, winning by a margin unknown from an official rating of 78. The win came off her career-high mark and was her first attempt at the trip. She has raced three times at Newton Abbot for one win.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 2 (33.3%)Placed
- +1.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 2.83Fair A/E n=6 · 2.49 incl. margin
- 79Highest OR
- 39dAvg 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 100
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 103C | 67 | 5 · 103 / 67 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 2 | 103C | 81.5 | 2 · 103 / 81.5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 87C | 77 | 2 · 87 / 77 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 100B | 77 | 2 · 100 / 77 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 6 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 9.2% of 6,313 runs since Jan 2008 (609 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 14.2% from 141.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 141 | 20 | 14.2% | +5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 2,303 | 239 | 10.4% | +1.2 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 1,116 | 100 | 9% | −0.2 | — |
| Soft | 1,830 | 139 | 7.6% | −1.6 | — |
| Heavy | 898 | 77 | 8.6% | −0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 25 | 3 | 12% | +2.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 38 | 4 | 10.5% | +1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,853 | 142 | 7.7% | −1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,297 | 224 | 9.8% | +0.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,776 | 182 | 10.2% | +1 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 332 | 26 | 7.8% | −1.4 | 1 from 2 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Abbot | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Ludlow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mr Lucas Murphy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Tom Bellamy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Toby McCain-Mitchell | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 26+78d | Newton Abbot | Par Inn Bulpin Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Race Settled midpack early - still close to the front group 3 out - pushed along and closed the gap before 2 out - found extra approaching the last and edged clear to score | 1/7 | 9-9 | 78 | 60B | 87B | Mr Lucas Murphy | 6/1 | |
| 12 Jul 26+30d | Stratford | Next Sunday Is Ladies Day Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle made the running - caught at the 2nd - regained the front 4 out - mistake and overtaken 3 out - run out of contention before the last but battled on for third | 3/6 | 40 | 11-0 | 79 | 87C | 72C | Sam Twiston-Davies | 13/2 |
| 12 Jun 26+33d | Newton Abbot | William Hill Handicap Hurdle Tracked front-runner before moving in front 3rd - dictated modest gallop then eased clear before 4 out - overtaken approaching last - stayed on same speed to finish second | 2/5 | 2¼ | 10-10 | 78 | 103C | 89B | Sam Twiston-Davies | 22/1 |
| 10 May 26+26d | Ludlow | Radnor Hills Water Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in a forward position - pushed along after 3 out then blundered 2 out - lost touch before the last and finished 4th | 4/5 | 8½ | 11-2 | — | 54C | 79B | Tom Bellamy | 25/1 |
| 14 Apr 26+26d | Newton Abbot | St. Austell Brewery Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - urged into contention after 7th but toiling by 3 out - dropped away without threatening late on | 6/10 | 8½ | 11-6 | — | 67C | 90C | Sam Twiston-Davies | 50/1 |
| 19 Mar 26 | Ludlow | Lycetts Insurance Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled towards the back early - hampered at the first and bumped three out - awkward again at the fifth - unable to land a blow thereafter finished eighth | 8/12 | ½ | 11-0 | — | 100B | 86A | Toby McCain-Mitchell | 40/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Bits Ballou (GB) won?
- Bits Ballou (GB) won 1 of 6 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 2 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trains Bits Ballou (GB)?
- Bits Ballou (GB) is trained by Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 28 September 2026.
- Who is Bits Ballou (GB)'s sire?
- Bits Ballou (GB) is by Scorpion (IRE) out of Bignose Kate (GB), whose sire is Overbury.
- What going does Bits Ballou (GB) prefer?
- Bits Ballou (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Bits Ballou (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 28 September 2026. The highest on record is 79.
- What is Bits Ballou (GB)'s sire's record?
- Scorpion (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 6,313 runs since Jan 2008 (609 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 14.2% from 141.