Black Samurai (GB)
Black Samurai won three of 17 starts over fences on turf between May 2021 and Aug 2021, all in handicaps. His wins came at Limerick on good ground, at Wexford on good to soft and at Killarney on soft, over trips between 2m1f and 3m. The gelding, who reached a highest official rating of 113, last ran at Thurles in Nov 2023 where he finished 7 of 9 off a mark of 95.
- 3–17Wins / Runs
- 17.6%Strike rate
- 6 (35.3%)Placed
- −1.50£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 2.26Fair A/E n=17 · 1.86 incl. margin
- 113Highest OR
- 70dAvg 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 114
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 114A | 69.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 93B | 80 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 98C | 38.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 98C | 61 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 114A | 86 | — |
Of 17 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 17 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 10.3% of 4,683 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses).
Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 112 | 10 | 8.9% | −1.4 | — |
| Good | 1,334 | 113 | 8.5% | −1.8 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,072 | 98 | 9.1% | −1.2 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,408 | 168 | 11.9% | +1.6 | 1 from 10 |
| Heavy | 627 | 83 | 13.2% | +2.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 126 | 11 | 8.7% | −1.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −3.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 29 | 2 | 6.9% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 145 | 8 | 5.5% | −4.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,307 | 152 | 11.6% | +1.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,499 | 142 | 9.5% | −0.8 | 2 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,319 | 141 | 10.7% | +0.4 | 1 from 8 |
| Over 3m | 370 | 37 | 10% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Minella Reception (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Minella Reception (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minella Reception (IRE) | 22 | 5 | 1m7½f–2m4f | Class 2 |
| Alexander The Grey (GB) | 38 | 1 | 3m | Class 4 |
| Judge Lily (FR) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Farmer Roddick (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Honourable Howard (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bet On Betty (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurles | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Wexford | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Tipperary | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Limerick | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 2 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean O'Keeffe | 11 | 3 | 27% | +4.50 |
| Mr Derek O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| E Walsh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Phillip Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mike O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 11 | 2 | 18% | +0.50 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2021 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +7.50 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 Samurai won?
- Black Samurai (GB) won 3 of 17 archived starts between 2020 and 2023, a strike rate of 17.6%. Placed 6 times in total (35.3% of starts).
- Who trained Black Samurai?
- Black Samurai (GB) was trained by Sean Aherne on the most recent run on record, at Thurles on 30 November 2023.
- Who is Black Samurai's sire?
- Black Samurai (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Cadourova (FR), whose sire is Cadoudal.
- What going does Black Samurai prefer?
- Black Samurai (GB) 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 Black Samurai's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 30 November 2023. The highest on record is 113.
- What is Black Samurai's sire's record?
- Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,683 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
- Who are Black Samurai's siblings?
- Out of Cadourova (FR), Black Samurai (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Minella Reception (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Minella Reception (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m. As at Oct 2026.