Horse profile
Boombawn (IRE)
by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Well Clad (IRE) (Oscar)
33 runs · 16 courses · from May 2021
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
7 wins · 6 courses
Last run 10 Oct 2026 · 6th of 17
Last raced off OR 135
KTB Profile
Boombawn is a gelding with seven wins from 33 starts on turf, including a Grade 2 success in the Boodles Rising Stars Novices' Chase at Wincanton in Nov 2024. He has three wins from 16 starts over 2m1f – 2m4f and six wins from 19 starts on good ground. The biggest win came at Wincanton in Nov 2024 off an official rating of 135. He finished sixth of 17, racing prominently, at Chepstow in Oct 2026 in a Class 1 handicap hurdle off the same mark, 18lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 33 archived runs · run-style from 13 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 18lb off peak
- 7–33Wins / Runs
- 21.2%Strike rate
- 14 (42.4%)Placed
- −5.18£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 1.15Fair A/E n=33 · 1.03 incl. margin
- 153Highest OR
- 62dAvg 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 rating135↓ 18lb off peak
135
118–153
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 127
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 19 | 141A | 104 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 10 | 127B | 87 | 5 runs · 127 / 79 |
| Soft | 4 | 114C | 84 | 2 runs · 89 / 82.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 16 | 127B | 98 | 6 runs · 127 / 96.5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 12 | 141A | 116 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 124A | 92 | 2 runs · 70 / 64.5 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 33 figures from 33 runs · as at 18 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 13 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Held up 7 (54%) · 1 win
- Prominent 4 (31%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (15%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,491 runs since Jan 2008 (533 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 50 | 6 | 12% | +1.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 646 | 79 | 12.2% | +1.7 | — |
| Good | 2,074 | 240 | 11.6% | +1.1 | 6 from 19 |
| Good to Soft | 1,139 | 111 | 9.7% | −0.8 | 1 from 10 |
| Soft | 1,712 | 154 | 9% | −1.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 649 | 65 | 10% | −0.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,220 | 132 | 10.8% | +0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 192 | 34 | 17.7% | +7.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 691 | 60 | 8.7% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,214 | 125 | 10.3% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,248 | 127 | 10.2% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,812 | 182 | 10% | −0.5 | 3 from 12 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,552 | 171 | 11% | +0.5 | 3 from 16 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 646 | 66 | 10.2% | −0.3 | 1 from 5 |
| Over 3m | 136 | 22 | 16.2% | +5.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Well Clad (IRE) (Oscar)
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Fort (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 19 | 6 | 32% | +1.32 |
| Good to Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.50 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 18 | 2 | 11% | −7.33 |
| Class 3 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +6.50 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 2 | 50% | −1.35 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aintree | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.17 |
| Newbury | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cheltenham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Huntingdon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Worcester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.25 |
| Southwell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.40 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 16 | 3 | 19% | +0.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 12 | 3 | 25% | −7.68 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skelton | 22 | 5 | 23% | +0.57 |
| Mr Jack Andrews | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.75 |
| Tristan Durrell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bridget Andrews | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Jack Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kielan Woods | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 33% | +10.50 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3 | 43% | −2.68 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 17 | 2 | 12% | −5.00 |
| Hurdle | 15 | 5 | 33% | +0.82 |
| NH Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Oct 26+183d | Chepstow | Wasdell Group Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Race (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Prominent early - dropped back 3 out and soon under pressure - made modest gains approaching the last - never threatened to get involved and finished 6th | 6/17 | 2¼ | 11-1 | 135 | 127B | 145A | Jack Andrews | 50/1 |
| 10 Apr 26+31d | Aintree | Randox Topham Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Broke cleanly - settled behind the pace in 5th - improved to second at the fourteenth - shared the front rank 4 out - hit the front for a moment before 3 out - dropped back and got knocked sideways before 2 out - pressed for a response before the last - held on for eighth without finding more | 8/27 | ½ | 11-0 | 146 | 59B | 138A | Tristan Durrell | 18/1 |
| 10 Mar 26+17d | Cheltenham | Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled with the pack early - urged for effort three out then again soon after - shifted right approaching the last with no hope of troubling the front group - stayed on without threatening finishing ninth | 9/23 | ¾ | 11-7 | 147 | 79B | 138A | Tristan Durrell | 80/1 |
| 21 Feb 26+28d | Kempton | Ladbrokes Trophy Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled towards the back - pressed for effort past four out - soon well off the pace - finished 12th | 12/13 | 6 | 11-7 | 151 | 70C | 115C | Harry Atkins | 40/1 |
| 24 Jan 26+14d | Cheltenham | Betfair Exchange Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled towards back of field - hit trouble at third-last - pressed for effort and dropped away before the second-last - finished well beaten in 8th | 8/11 | 10 | 12-0 | 152 | 89C | 127C | Harry Skelton | 33/1 |
| 10 Jan 26+34d | Kempton | Coral Silviniaco Conti Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - improved into 8th - moved up to challenge before 3 out and shared front spot for a moment - then dropped back after losing that spot - stayed on well from the final stages to finish third | 3/4 | ½ | 11-5 | 151 | 114C | 135C | Harry Skelton | 4/1 |
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Dec 25+42d | Huntingdon | Sky Bet Peterborough Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Settled in fourth early - improved into second by the 8th - squeezed for effort and slipped back on the home turn - drifted right two out and stayed on without threatening after the last | 4/5 | 1½ | 11-7 | 152 | 76C | 125B | Harry Skelton | 9/1 |
| 26 Oct 25+183d | Aintree | William Hill Old Roan Limited Handicap Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Tracked front group along inner - pressed after 2 out but unable to close - kept going through line finishing 4th | 4/7 | ¾ | 11-3 | 153 | 104A | 138B | Harry Skelton | 11/4 |
| 26 Apr 25+23d | Sandown | bet365 Oaksey Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Settled with the pack early - pushed along after the second-last - unable to find more and dropped to fifth in the final 110 yards | 5/9 | 1¼ | 11-5 | 153 | 92A | 139A | Harry Skelton | 11/1 |
| 03 Apr 25+40d | Aintree | EBC Group Manifesto Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Settled towards the back on the inside - made progress from 11th - squeezed for space after two out and darted left then right - dropped a place approaching the last - stayed on to finish fourth | 4/9 | 2¼ | 11-7 | 145 | 101A | 150A | Harry Skelton | 22/1 |
| 22 Feb 25+85d | Kempton | Ladbrokes Pendil Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Sat just behind the pace on the rail - moved into second three out before slipping back to third - regained second before the final fence - pushed along and kept going up the run-in but had nothing left in the closing 110 yards | 2/6 | 1 | 11-7 | 141 | 95A | 144B | Harry Skelton | 8/1 |
| 2024 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Nov 24+20d | Newbury | Coral John Francome Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (Formerly Known As The Berkshire) (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - made ground into contention 4 out but hit the deck and lost momentum 3 out - dropped away steadily from 2 out | 5/6 | 2¾ | 11-9 | 142 | 78A | 128B | Harry Skelton | 25/1 |
| 09 Nov 24+28d | Wincanton | Boodles Rising Stars Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - made progress before the 13th - closed on the front-runner before 4 out - pushed along soon after - 2 lengths adrift 2 out - responded approaching the last - powered home on the run-in to score | 1/5 | 11-4 | 135 | 102C | 144B | Harry Skelton | 8/1 | |
| 12 Oct 24+84d | Chepstow | Tom Malone Bloodstock Novices' Chase (Listed) (For The Robert Mottram Memorial Trophy) (GBB Race) Held up towards the back early - up into 4th by the 8th - made headway after the 11th - up to 3rd before 3 out - unable to find more when asked - kept on without threatening the winner | 3/5 | shd | 11-5 | 134 | 104C | 131B | Harry Skelton | 7/1 |
| 20 Jul 24+37d | Market Rasen | Unibet Summer Plate Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 10/16 | nk | 11-11 | 135 | 97B | 120A | Harry Skelton | 7/2F |
| 13 Jun 24+17d | Worcester | SEP Rail Safety Day Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 2/4 | 4¼ | 11-10 | 135 | 102C | 144B | Harry Skelton | 2/1F |
| 27 May 24+16d | Cartmel | St Mary's Hospice Handicap Chase | 3/8 | nk | 12-0 | 135 | 93A | 144A | Harry Skelton | 7/4F |
| 11 May 24+29d | Warwick | Claverdon FC Have Done The Treble Beginners' Chase (GBB Race) | 1/6 | 11-2 | 135 | 92A | 133B | Harry Skelton | 2/1 | |
| 12 Apr 24+27d | Aintree | William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 14/19 | 9 | 11-4 | 135 | 79C | 125C | Kielan Woods | 22/1 |
| 16 Mar 24+302d | Kempton | Read Nicky Henderson's Exclusive Unibet Blog Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/11 | 11-2 | 130 | 124A | 141A | Harry Skelton | 13/2 | |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 May 23+30d | Aintree | Huyton Asphalt Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 11-3 | 127 | 111A | 132A | Bridget Andrews | 3/1J | |
| 19 Apr 23+57d | Cheltenham | Kingston Stud Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 9/13 | hd | 11-0 | 128 | 118B | 128A | Mr Jack Andrews | 9/1 |
| 21 Feb 23+87d | Taunton | Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/6 | 4½ | 11-9 | 128 | 118A | 135B | Bridget Andrews | 4/1 |
| 2022 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Nov 22+18d | Newbury | Coral Bet Bundles Intermediate Handicap Hurdle (Registered As The Gerry Feilden) (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 6/7 | 36 | 10-11 | 129 | 79C | 102C | Harry Skelton | 17/2 |
| 08 Nov 22+23d | Huntingdon | Weatherbys & Birdie Calendars Michaelmas Handicap Hurdle | 2/6 | 4¾ | 11-3 | 129 | 124B | 134B | Harry Skelton | 6/5F |
| 16 Oct 22+176d | Kempton | Racing TV Novices' Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) | 1/3 | 11-2 | 122 | 121C | 128C | Harry Skelton | 4/6F | |
| 23 Apr 22+16d | Sandown | bet365 Novices' Championship Final Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/12 | 4¼ | 10-8 | 121 | 141A | 129A | Mr Jack Andrews | 11/1 |
| 07 Apr 22+17d | Ffos Las | Captains Table - Saundersfoot Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/4 | 11-3 | 121 | 96C | 126B | Mr Jack Andrews | 1/4F | |
| 21 Mar 22+17d | Southwell | Cazoo Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 11-3 | 118 | 73A | 134B | Harry Skelton | 2/5F | |
| 04 Mar 22+98d | Doncaster | Virgin Bet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/4 | 4¼ | 11-0 | 121 | 114C | 131B | Harry Skelton | 4/5F |
| 2021 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Nov 21+22d | Newbury | Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/8 | 3 | 11-4 | — | 60A | 135A | Harry Skelton | 5/1 |
| 04 Nov 21+176d | Newbury | Agetur UK Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/6 | 4½ | 10-12 | — | 118A | 121B | Harry Skelton | 14/1 |
| 12 May 21 | Worcester | Follow At The Races On Twitter Maiden Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 2/11 | 2½ | 10-8 | — | 134A | 123A | Sean Bowen | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Boombawn won?
- Boombawn (IRE) won 7 of 33 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 21.2%. Placed 14 times in total (42.4% of starts).
- Who trains Boombawn?
- Boombawn (IRE) is trained by Dan Skelton, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 10 October 2026.
- Who is Boombawn's sire?
- Boombawn (IRE) is by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Well Clad (IRE), whose sire is Oscar.
- What going does Boombawn prefer?
- Boombawn (IRE) has the best record on good going: 6 wins from 19 starts (31.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Boombawn's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 135, from the run on 10 October 2026. The highest on record is 153.
- What is Boombawn's sire's record?
- Dylan Thomas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,491 runs since Jan 2008 (533 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
- Who are Boombawn's siblings?
- Out of Well Clad (IRE), Boombawn (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.