Black Bess (GB)
Black Bess (GB) is 6 from 28. Hasn't won since May 2018. 3 of 4 starts at Lingfield have ended in wins. All 6 wins have come on turf — 0 from 7 on the all-weather. All 6 wins have come over 6f – 7f. Last raced off 84, 10lb below the career-high mark.
Progeny in our archive
As a dam, Black Bess (GB) has 2 produce in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilty Verdict (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Turpin (GB) | 16 | 0 | — | — |
- 6–28Wins / Runs
- 21.4%Strike rate
- 12 (42.9%)Placed
- +17.50£1 level staken=28 at SP
- 1.74Fair A/E n=28 · 1.51 incl. margin
- 94Highest OR
- 41dAvg 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 113
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 116A | 99 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 106C | 100.5 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 120B | 110.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 120B | 100 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 113B | 103 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 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 7.8% of 1,368 runs since Jan 2008 (103 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 11.7% from 247. Weakest on good to soft going: 4.7% from 149. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.1% from 271.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 247 | 29 | 11.7% | +3.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 281 | 24 | 8.5% | +0.7 | 3 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 149 | 7 | 4.7% | −3.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 146 | 14 | 9.6% | +1.8 | 3 from 7 |
| Heavy | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | −0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 496 | 30 | 6% | −1.8 | 0 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 95 | 7 | 7.4% | −0.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 453 | 37 | 8.2% | +0.4 | 6 from 24 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 271 | 11 | 4.1% | −3.7 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 357 | 38 | 10.6% | +2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 138 | 11 | 8% | +0.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 45 | 2 | 4.4% | −3.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | +3.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
10 siblings in the archive, 7 winners — best of them Equiano Springs (GB) (13 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Equiano Springs (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equiano Springs (GB) | 71 | 13 | 6f–7½f | Class 3 |
| Amis Reunis (GB) | 89 | 6 | 5f–7f | Class 4 |
| Duster (GB) | 30 | 4 | 6f–7f | Class 4 |
| Clearing (GB) | 16 | 4 | 5f–6f | Class 4 |
| Bonus (GB) | 30 | 3 | 6f–7½f | Class 6 |
| Shining (GB) | 29 | 2 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Hoover (GB) | 17 | 2 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Celtic Spring (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Hope Springs (GB) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| Ponty Pursuit (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 3 | 30% | +10.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 7 | 3 | 43% | +18.50 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 9 | 4 | 44% | +24.50 |
| Class 3 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Lingfield | 4 | 3 | 75% | +13.00 |
| Windsor | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Epsom Downs | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 24 | 6 | 25% | +21.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Cosgrave | 10 | 4 | 40% | +16.50 |
| Paddy Bradley | 7 | 2 | 29% | +12.00 |
| William Carson | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Charlie Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rhiain Ingram | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hayley Turner | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +9.00 |
| 2016 | 9 | 3 | 33% | +12.50 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Black Bess (GB) won?
- Black Bess (GB) won 6 of 28 archived starts between 2015 and 2018, a strike rate of 21.4%. Placed 12 times in total (42.9% of starts).
- Who trained Black Bess (GB)?
- Black Bess (GB) was trained by Jim Boyle on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 1 September 2018.
- Who is Black Bess (GB)'s sire?
- Black Bess (GB) is by Dick Turpin (IRE) out of Spring Clean (FR), whose sire is Danehill.
- What going does Black Bess (GB) prefer?
- Black Bess (GB) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 7 starts (42.9%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Black Bess (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 84, from the run on 1 September 2018. The highest on record is 94.
- What is Black Bess (GB)'s sire's record?
- Dick Turpin (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 1,368 runs since Jan 2008 (103 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 11.7% from 247. Weakest on good to soft going: 4.7% from 149. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.1% from 271.
- Who are Black Bess (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Spring Clean (FR), Black Bess (GB) has 10 other produce in our archive, 7 of them winners. Most wins: Equiano Springs (GB) (13). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Equiano Springs (GB)). The wins came over 5f–7½f. As at Oct 2026.
- Has Black Bess (GB) produced winners?
- As a dam, Black Bess (GB) has 2 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.