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Horse profile

Bobby Manson (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2012) · Last trainer David Harry Kelly · Last owner R J Sutton
by Imperial Ballet (IRE) out of Kerfontaine (GB) (Lafontaine I)
1 run · 1 course · from Jul 2012
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Jul 2012 — 5,227 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2012 · 18th of 22 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Jul 2012 as a 6yo gelding. Finished 18 of 22 at Cork last time. By Imperial Ballet (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,342 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 82C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 13 Jul 2012

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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
Imperial Ballet (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,342 runs since Jan 2008 (99 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 10.2% from 245. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 150.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1616.3%−0.9—
Good to Firm20094.5%−2.7—
Good300186%−1.2—
Good to Soft14175%−2.2—
Soft261249.2%+20 from 1
Heavy179137.3%+0.1—
Standard (AW)2452510.2%+3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1501812%+4.8—
6f – 7f210146.7%−0.5—
1m – 1m1f188158%+0.8—
1m2f – 1m4f13186.1%−1.1—
1m5f – 2m321175.3%−1.90 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f251166.4%−0.8—
2m5f – 3m75912%+4.8—
Over 3m1600%−7.2—

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
Kerfontaine (GB) (Lafontaine I)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them King Fontaine (IRE) (8 wins).

The wins came over 2m2½f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (King Fontaine (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
King Fontaine (IRE)4282m2½f–3m1½fClass 2
Iwilltellyouwhen (IRE)160——
Mr Bits And Pieces (IRE)30——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2012 · 1 run
13 Jul 12 Cork Jmr Centre Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 22 ran 18/22 16 11-12 82C Brian O'Connell 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Bobby Manson won?
Bobby Manson (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2012.
Who trained Bobby Manson?
Bobby Manson (IRE) was trained by David Harry Kelly on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 13 July 2012.
Who is Bobby Manson's sire?
Bobby Manson (IRE) is by Imperial Ballet (IRE) out of Kerfontaine (GB), whose sire is Lafontaine I.
What is Bobby Manson's sire's record?
Imperial Ballet (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,342 runs since Jan 2008 (99 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 10.2% from 245. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 150.
Who are Bobby Manson's siblings?
Out of Kerfontaine (GB), Bobby Manson (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: King Fontaine (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Class 2 (King Fontaine (IRE)). The wins came over 2m2½f–3m1½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2012. 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.