Blackjack Boy (IRE)
Blackjack Boy won the Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle at Listowel in Sep 2020 on good ground off an official rating of 100. The gelding won one of 21 starts between Mar 2020 and Apr 2025 with four places and his sole success came over 1m5f – 2m. He raced on turf throughout and was last seen at Tramore in Apr 2025 when he carried an official rating of 86 which was 23lb below his highest ever mark.
- 1–21Wins / Runs
- 4.8%Strike rate
- 4 (19%)Placed
- −14.50£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 0.78Fair A/E n=21 · 0.64 incl. margin
- 109Highest OR
- 93dAvg 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 103
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 4 | 62A | 31 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 107B | 57 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 109B | 99 | — |
| Good | 2 | 103A | 93 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 109B | 64.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 103A | 99 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 60B | 53.5 | — |
Of 21 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (7) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 21 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,047 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 62 | 13 | 21% | +10 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,240 | 171 | 13.8% | +2.8 | — |
| Good | 7,022 | 840 | 12% | +1 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 3,503 | 321 | 9.2% | −1.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 5,325 | 544 | 10.2% | −0.8 | 0 from 5 |
| Heavy | 2,759 | 274 | 9.9% | −1.1 | 0 from 7 |
| Standard (AW) | 136 | 33 | 24.3% | +13.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,727 | 517 | 10.9% | −0.1 | 1 from 10 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,695 | 722 | 10.8% | −0.2 | 0 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6,536 | 741 | 11.3% | +0.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 2,018 | 210 | 10.4% | −0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Illwalktheline (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Illwalktheline (IRE)).
Family form: Cowboy Casanova (IRE) finished 2nd of 12 at Worcester, 7 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illwalktheline (IRE) | 4 | 2 | 2m–2m1f | Class 6 |
| Navigator Jack (IRE) | 26 | 2 | 2m4f–2m4½f | — |
| Slip Jig (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 2m½f | — |
| Castletown Quary (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 2m | — |
| Cowboy Casanova (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bishop Hill (IRE) | 16 | 0 | — | — |
| Sideline Cut (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.50 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tramore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Clonmel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 1 | 10% | −3.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark McDonagh | 11 | 1 | 9% | −4.50 |
| Sean O'Keeffe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ryan Treacy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kieran Callaghan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J J Slevin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J O'Hanlon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cathal Landers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Corey McGivern | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Donagh Meyler | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 20 | 1 | 5% | −13.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.50 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 12 | 1 | 8% | −5.50 |
| Chase | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
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 Blackjack Boy (IRE) won?
- Blackjack Boy (IRE) won 1 of 21 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 4.8%. Placed 4 times in total (19% of starts).
- Who trained Blackjack Boy (IRE)?
- Blackjack Boy (IRE) was trained by James M Barcoe on the most recent run on record, at Tramore on 13 April 2025.
- Who is Blackjack Boy (IRE)'s sire?
- Blackjack Boy (IRE) is by Presenting (GB) out of Jigs'n Reels (IRE), whose sire is Old Vic.
- What going does Blackjack Boy (IRE) prefer?
- Blackjack Boy (IRE) 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 Blackjack Boy (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 13 April 2025. The highest on record is 109.
- What is Blackjack Boy (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Presenting (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,047 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
- Who are Blackjack Boy (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Jigs'n Reels (IRE), Blackjack Boy (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Illwalktheline (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Illwalktheline (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m4½f. As at Oct 2026.