Black Bog Lad (IRE)
Black Bog Lad is a lightly raced gelding by Mahler out of a Kapgarde mare with one start to his name. He finished 7 of 10 in the John Walsh Memorial Flat Race at Clonmel in May 2026 having been held. Mahler’s progeny have recorded 949 wins from 8,804 runs since Jan 2008 and show a 15.1% strike rate on good to firm.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 97
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 10.8% of 8,888 runs since Sep 2014 (790 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 119 | 18 | 15.1% | +4.3 | — |
| Good | 2,982 | 381 | 12.8% | +2 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,821 | 179 | 9.8% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,742 | 259 | 9.4% | −1.4 | — |
| Heavy | 1,214 | 124 | 10.2% | −0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | −0.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,051 | 199 | 9.7% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,215 | 326 | 10.1% | −0.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,831 | 342 | 12.1% | +1.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 770 | 95 | 12.3% | +1.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2014 · as at 8 Nov 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.
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 14 May 26 | Clonmel | John Walsh (Mainstown) Memorial Flat Race Held up towards the back - improved into 3rd approaching the straight - dropped away and edged 2f out - faded steadily to finish well beaten | 7/10 | 4¾ | 11-1 | 97B | 82A | Mr S Cavanagh | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Black Bog Lad won?
- Black Bog Lad (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
- Who trains Black Bog Lad?
- Black Bog Lad (IRE) is trained by David M O'Brien, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 14 May 2026.
- Who is Black Bog Lad's sire?
- Black Bog Lad (IRE) is by Mahler (GB) out of Storm Katie (GB), whose sire is Kapgarde.
- What is Black Bog Lad's sire's record?
- Mahler (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,888 runs since Sep 2014 (790 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.