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Horse profile

Blackstairs Lad (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2019) · Last trainer Jonjo O'Neill · Last owner The Piranha Partnership
by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Blarney Kestrel (IRE) (Presenting)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Feb 2019
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Mar 2019 — 2,775 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2019 · 9th of 13
KTB Profile

Blackstairs Lad (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 93 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Ludlow, 6 Feb 2019

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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 93B · median 86
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m393B86—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 101A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Stratford, 30 Mar 2019

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 3 figures · best 101A · median 95
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m3101A95—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 4 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

Sire
Flemensfirth (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,287 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3800%−11.9—
Good to Firm522509.6%−2.3—
Good4,05744310.9%−10 from 1
Good to Soft2,93535412.1%+0.20 from 1
Soft5,87675112.8%+0.90 from 1
Heavy3,81744911.8%−0.1—
Standard (AW)4224.8%−7.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f200%−11.9—
1m2f – 1m4f2514%−7.9—
1m5f – 2m4,48654812.2%+0.30 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f6,08272411.9%0—
2m5f – 3m5,26062311.8%−0.1—
Over 3m1,43215310.7%−1.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Blarney Bateleur (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Blarney Bateleur (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Blarney Bateleur (IRE)812m4½fClass 4

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jonjo O'Neill Jr 2 0 0% −2.00
Richie McLernon 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2019 · 3 runs
30 Mar 19+20d Stratford Support Your Oncourse Bookmaker Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 13 ran 9/13 5 11-0 86B101A Richie McLernon 66/1
10 Mar 19+32d Warwick Sloane Helicopters Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 9 ran 6/9 3½ 10-10 74C85C Jonjo O'Neill Jr 16/1
06 Feb 19 Ludlow M.G. Shopfronts Ltd. 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 15 ran 6/15 8 10-12 93B95A Jonjo O'Neill Jr 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Blackstairs Lad won?
Blackstairs Lad (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2019.
Who trained Blackstairs Lad?
Blackstairs Lad (IRE) was trained by Jonjo O'Neill on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 30 March 2019.
Who is Blackstairs Lad's sire?
Blackstairs Lad (IRE) is by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Blarney Kestrel (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
What is Blackstairs Lad's sire's record?
Flemensfirth (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,287 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Blackstairs Lad's siblings?
Out of Blarney Kestrel (IRE), Blackstairs Lad (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Blarney Bateleur (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Blarney Bateleur (IRE)). The wins came over 2m4½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2019. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.