Horse profile
Bold Approach (IRE)
by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Excuse Me (USA) (Distorted Humor)
51 runs · 13 courses · from May 2018
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Oct 2024 — 733 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2024 · 8th of 19
3 wins · Wexford, Dundalk (AW) & Leopardstown
Last raced off OR 62
KTB Profile
Bold Approach won three of 51 starts between May 2018 and Oct 2024. His wins came at Wexford over 1m5f – 2m on good in Aug 2022, at Dundalk over 1m2f – 1m4f on standard in Dec 2019 and at Leopardstown over 6f – 7f on good to firm in May 2018. The gelding was prominent when eighth of 19 in a handicap at the Curragh in Oct 2024. He last ran off an official rating of 62, 56lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 51 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 56lb off peak
- 3–51Wins / Runs
- 5.9%Strike rate
- 14 (27.5%)Placed
- −30.00£1 level staken=51 at SP
- 0.73Fair A/E n=51 · 0.59 incl. margin
- 118Highest OR
- 47dAvg 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.
Official rating62↓ 56lb off peak
62
62–118
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 100
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 114B | 100.5 | — |
| Good | 11 | 133C | 90 | — |
| Good to Firm | 7 | 121C | 92 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 98C | 83 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 123C | 111 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 25 | 130C | 99 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 12 | 133C | 94 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 92C | 78.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 88B | 71 | — |
| Good | 3 | 109B | 102 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 104A | 101.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 104A | 98 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 109B | 90.5 | — |
Of 51 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 50 figures from 51 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 from 4 analysed runs
- Led 2 (50%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (25%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,569 runs since Jan 2008 (358 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | +7.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 333 | 42 | 12.6% | +4.6 | 1 from 7 |
| Good | 891 | 57 | 6.4% | −1.6 | 1 from 15 |
| Good to Soft | 364 | 24 | 6.6% | −1.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 622 | 32 | 5.1% | −2.9 | 0 from 8 |
| Heavy | 234 | 17 | 7.3% | −0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,112 | 112 | 10.1% | +2.1 | 1 from 16 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 125 | 15 | 12% | +4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 948 | 76 | 8% | 0 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,029 | 82 | 8% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 797 | 70 | 8.8% | +0.8 | 1 from 25 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 455 | 34 | 7.5% | −0.5 | 1 from 19 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 179 | 9 | 5% | −3 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 28 | 0 | 0% | −8 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Excuse Me (USA) (Distorted Humor)
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Breaking News (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 6f–1m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking News (IRE) | 15 | 1 | 6f | — |
| Brave Approach (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Runmhar (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Introibo (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 1 | 6% | −8.00 |
| Good | 15 | 1 | 7% | −9.50 |
| Soft | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Good to Firm | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 16 | 1 | 6% | −8.00 |
| Curragh | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Leopardstown | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.50 |
| Fairyhouse | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Listowel | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tipperary | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Punchestown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 25 | 1 | 4% | −17.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 19 | 1 | 5% | −13.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Manning | 19 | 2 | 11% | −3.50 |
| Rory Cleary | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Gabriella Hill | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Luke McAteer | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Benjamin P Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| N G McCullagh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gearoid Brouder | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Ricky Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Condon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr D N Nevin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 19 | 2 | 11% | −6.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 18 | 1 | 6% | −10.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Tongue tie | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.50 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.00 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 41 | 2 | 5% | −25.50 |
| Hurdle | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.50 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 24+24d | Curragh | Big Picture Communications Handicap Handy early - moved up to sit second by mid-race - disputed second at halfway - hit the front 5f out - lost that advantage 1½f out and gave way late | 8/19 | nk | 9-1 | 62 | 98C | 70A | Declan McDonogh | 22/1 |
| 23 Sep 24+22d | Listowel | Treo Eile Retraining Ireland's Racehorses Handicap (47-70) Went straight to front - lost command and slipped to third with 2f left - unable to threaten front pair late and finished 4th without finding more | 4/14 | 2¼ | 9-10 | 64 | 74C | 75A | Rory Cleary | 11/1 |
| 01 Sep 24+23d | Tipperary | Great National Ballykisteen Golf Hotel Handicap (47-70) Held a midfield spot early - roused into effort turning for home but made no headway inside the final furlong - stayed on same speed to finish 8th | 8/16 | 2 | 9-13 | 66 | 130C | 77A | Rory Cleary | 16/1 |
| 09 Aug 24+24d | Tipperary | GAIN The Advantage Series (Ladies) Handicap Urged to front early - dropped back at halfway then went back in command entering straight - overtaken with two furlongs left and slipped down the field a furlong out - unable to find more late on - finished tenth | 10/14 | 1¾ | 10-7 | 68 | 110C | 59C | Gabriella Hill | 5/1 |
| 16 Jul 24+18d | Killarney | Killarney Racegoers Club Handicap | 2/7 | 17 | 8-7 | 69 | 121C | 65C | Rory Cleary | 9/2 |
| 28 Jun 24+14d | Curragh | JJ Mahon & Sons Irish European Breeders Fund Stayers Handicap | 12/17 | 1 | 8-13 | 69 | 88C | 65A | Rory Cleary | 20/1 |
| 14 Jun 24+8d | Fairyhouse | Soil Ireland Turf Management Handicap (50-85) | 3/18 | 1½ | 8-5 | 69 | 133C | 71A | Gabriella Hill | 6/1 |
| 06 Jun 24+11d | Leopardstown | Leopardstown Golf And Driving Range Apprentice Handicap (50-85) | 2/10 | 1 | 8-8 | 69 | 86A | 68A | Gabriella Hill | 5/1 |
| 26 May 24+9d | Curragh | Fleetwood Paints Handicap | 11/17 | 1 | 8-8 | 70 | 74C | 63A | Rory Cleary | 20/1 |
| 17 May 24+56d | Leopardstown | Women's Irish Network For Racing Lady Riders Handicap | 3/11 | hd | 8-6 | 70 | 100A | 74A | Gabriella Hill | 8/1 |
| 22 Mar 24+112d | Dundalk (AW) | Sky Bet Build A Bet Handicap | 7/11 | 3 | 9-4 | 71 | 99A | 71A | Rory Cleary | 33/1 |
| 01 Dec 23+28d | Dundalk (AW) | Bar One Racing 'Price Boosts Across All Channels' Handicap | 10/11 | ¾ | 8-10 | 74 | 110A | 62A | Rory Cleary | 14/1 |
| 03 Nov 23+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Story Of Dundalk Stadium Book Buy Online Handicap | 12/14 | 9 | 8-13 | 75 | 86C | 54C | N G McCullagh | 20/1 |
| 13 Oct 23+22d | Dundalk (AW) | FLC Frank Lynch & Co. 50th Anniversary Handicap (70-100) | 6/12 | 1¾ | 8-7 | 77 | 87A | 70A | N G McCullagh | 22/1 |
| 21 Sep 23+12d | Listowel | Listowel Printing Works Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 9/12 | ½ | 9-2 | 79 | 99A | 73A | Luke McAteer | 11/1 |
| 09 Sep 23+104d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Petingo' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 9/14 | 1¼ | 8-7 | 80 | 90C | 74A | Rory Cleary | 50/1 |
| 28 May 23+32d | Curragh | Download The App At Novibet Handicap | 18/18 | 9½ | 9-10 | 86 | 75C | 66C | Rory Cleary | 100/1 |
| 26 Apr 23+166d | Punchestown | Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle (95-123) | 18/25 | ½ | 11-2 | 113 | 72B | 99A | Richard Condon | 80/1 |
| 11 Nov 22+51d | Dundalk (AW) | William Hill Racing Radio Handicap | 14/14 | 2 | 9-13 | 89 | 80B | 69A | Rory Cleary | 50/1 |
| 21 Sep 22+47d | Listowel | Seamus Mulvaney Bookmaker Novice Hurdle | 3/7 | 28 | 11-2 | 113 | 102C | 92C | Gearoid Brouder | 14/1 |
| 05 Aug 22+28d | Wexford | Lyrath Estate & New Mood Boutique Wexford Races Ladies Day Maiden Hurdle | 1/12 | 11-7 | 113 | 98B | 130A | Gearoid Brouder | 9/2 | |
| 08 Jul 22+50d | Cork | Buy Tickets On www.corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle | 3/19 | 4 | 11-5 | 113 | 109B | 104A | Benjamin P Kennedy | 5/1 |
| 19 May 22+21d | Tipperary | Junction Handicap Hurdle | F/14 | — | 11-5 | 115 | — | — | Ricky Doyle | 25/1 |
| 28 Apr 22+28d | Punchestown | Specialist Joinery Group Handicap Hurdle (88-123) | 12/25 | ½ | 11-8 | 117 | 99B | 119A | Ricky Doyle | 25/1 |
| 31 Mar 22+59d | Naas | Join The Naas Racecourse Business Club Rated Novice Hurdle | 4/6 | 11 | 10-11 | 118 | 104A | 95B | Benjamin P Kennedy | 7/1 |
| 31 Jan 22+16d | Punchestown | Punchestown.com Maiden Hurdle | 2/20 | 21 | 11-7 | — | 88B | 113A | Benjamin P Kennedy | 10/1 |
| 15 Jan 22+50d | Fairyhouse | ITM Stallion Trail Maiden Hurdle | 4/16 | 1¼ | 12-0 | — | 70B | 134A | Danny Mullins | 6/1 |
| 26 Nov 21+26d | Dundalk (AW) | Extra Places Everyday At BetVictor Handicap | 3/8 | ½ | 9-12 | 89 | 103A | 91A | Kevin Manning | 15/2 |
| 31 Oct 21+5d | Naas | Finale Stakes (Listed) | 5/16 | 3¼ | 9-8 | 87 | 123C | 90A | Luke McAteer | 50/1 |
| 26 Oct 21+10d | Curragh | Paddy Power Amateur Riders Derby (Q.R.) Race | 3/11 | 3¼ | 10-12 | 88 | 66A | 75A | Mr D N Nevin | 10/1 |
| 16 Oct 21+136d | Leopardstown | Leopardstown October Handicap | 9/20 | 1¾ | 8-13 | 89 | 95C | 80A | Luke McAteer | 40/1 |
| 02 Jun 21+59d | Curragh | Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Handicap | 7/10 | 1½ | 8-10 | 92 | 102A | 75A | Kevin Manning | 16/1 |
| 04 Apr 21+51d | Fairyhouse | Ryan's Cleaning, Waste & Recycling Maiden Hurdle | 6/21 | ¾ | 12-0 | — | 64B | 113A | Rory Cleary | 4/1 |
| 12 Feb 21+70d | Dundalk (AW) | HOLLYWOODBETS HORSE RACING AND SPORTS BETTING Race | 2/4 | 2¾ | 9-7 | 95 | 96C | 80B | Kevin Manning | 2/1J |
| 04 Dec 20+7d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap | 5/7 | 1½ | 9-12 | 95 | 107A | 80A | Kevin Manning | 3/1 |
| 27 Nov 20+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Test Your Tipping Talents At PUNTERS.HOLLYWOODBETS.COM Every Dundalk Meeting Handicap | 2/13 | 1¾ | 10-0 | 95 | 106B | 97A | Kevin Manning | 12/1 |
| 13 Nov 20+42d | Dundalk (AW) | BetVictor Casino Handicap | 8/14 | 2 | 10-6 | 96 | 93B | 98A | Kevin Manning | 11/1 |
| 02 Oct 20+19d | Dundalk (AW) | HOLLYWOODBETS Handicap (70-100) | 9/12 | nk | 10-0 | 97 | 92A | 89A | Kevin Manning | 12/1 |
| 13 Sep 20+29d | Curragh | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Northfields' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 21/22 | 11 | 9-7 | 98 | 36C | 85C | Kevin Manning | 50/1 |
| 15 Aug 20+59d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Red God' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 5/14 | ½ | 9-13 | 99 | 102B | 101A | Kevin Manning | 20/1 |
| 17 Jun 20+7d | Limerick | Martin Molony Stakes (Listed) | 3/5 | nk | 9-7 | 99 | 115C | 85B | Kevin Manning | 10/1 |
| 10 Jun 20+173d | Navan | Heritage Stakes (Listed) | 4/8 | ½ | 9-7 | 99 | 106A | 87A | Kevin Manning | 18/1 |
| 20 Dec 19+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium - Light Up Your Night Handicap | 11/13 | ¾ | 9-12 | 99 | 114B | 80A | Kevin Manning | 13/2 |
| 06 Dec 19+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap | 1/10 | 9-10 | 93 | 108A | 99A | Kevin Manning | 7/1 | |
| 15 Nov 19+35d | Dundalk (AW) | Winter Series At Dundalk 2020 Handicap | 3/14 | ½ | 9-12 | 93 | 99B | 91A | Kevin Manning | 4/1F |
| 11 Oct 19+18d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Red God' Handicap | 4/14 | nk | 9-4 | 94 | 114B | 92A | Kevin Manning | 12/1 |
| 23 Sep 19+8d | Fairyhouse | Fairyhouse Winter Festival 30th November & 1st December Handicap | 7/12 | 13 | 9-8 | 95 | 92C | 77C | Ronan Whelan | 8/1 |
| 15 Sep 19+114d | Curragh | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Northfields' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 6/16 | ¾ | 9-2 | 95 | 51C | 87A | Kevin Manning | 16/1 |
| 24 May 19+302d | Curragh | Kerrygold Gallinule Stakes (Group 3) | 6/7 | shd | 9-3 | 96 | 53A | 73A | Kevin Manning | 14/1 |
| 26 Jul 18+62d | Leopardstown | Japan Racing Association Tyros Stakes (Group 3) | 2/5 | 4¾ | 9-3 | — | 92C | 84B | Kevin Manning | 7/4 |
| 25 May 18 | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) | 1/14 | 9-5 | — | 65C | 92A | Kevin Manning | 13/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Bold Approach (IRE) won?
- Bold Approach (IRE) won 3 of 51 archived starts between 2018 and 2024, a strike rate of 5.9%. Placed 14 times in total (27.5% of starts).
- Who trained Bold Approach (IRE)?
- Bold Approach (IRE) was trained by J S Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 17 October 2024.
- Who is Bold Approach (IRE)'s sire?
- Bold Approach (IRE) is by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Excuse Me (USA), whose sire is Distorted Humor.
- What going does Bold Approach (IRE) prefer?
- Bold Approach (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Bold Approach (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 17 October 2024. The highest on record is 118.
- What is Bold Approach (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dawn Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,569 runs since Jan 2008 (358 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.
- Who are Bold Approach (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Excuse Me (USA), Bold Approach (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Breaking News (IRE) (1). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.