Border Lad (IRE)
Border Lad is a lightly raced gelding with one run and one place from one start. He finished second of seven at Limerick in Mar 2026 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Flat Race on heavy ground over 2m1f – 2m4f, having been the beaten favourite and wearing first-time headgear. By Maxios, whose progeny have won 243 of 2,090 runs since Jan 2008. His dam has produced one winner from two runners to date, Tingarran Express with three wins.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (100%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 133
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 11.7% of 2,118 runs since Jan 2008 (265 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 100 | 9 | 9% | −2.7 | — |
| Good | 549 | 59 | 10.7% | −1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 373 | 49 | 13.1% | +1.4 | — |
| Soft | 551 | 73 | 13.2% | +1.5 | — |
| Heavy | 226 | 31 | 13.7% | +2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 316 | 27 | 8.5% | −3.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 93 | 5 | 5.4% | −6.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 190 | 15 | 7.9% | −3.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 413 | 38 | 9.2% | −2.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 722 | 100 | 13.9% | +2.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 546 | 69 | 12.6% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 117 | 14 | 12% | +0.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 30 | 6 | 20% | +8.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Tingarran Express (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m½f–2m2½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tingarran Express (IRE) | 41 | 3 | 2m½f–2m2½f | — |
| Sunset West (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 26 | Limerick | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Pro/Am) Auction Flat Race Shared front spot early - hit front approaching 4f - asked for effort 1½f out - pushed out and edged left inside final furlong - overtaken late but stayed on to finish second beaten a length and a quarter | 2/7 | 1¼ | 11-5 | 133A | 125B | Dylan Whelan | 8/11F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Border Lad (IRE) won?
- Border Lad (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026. Placed 1 time in total (100% of starts).
- Who trains Border Lad (IRE)?
- Border Lad (IRE) is trained by Henry De Bromhead, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 March 2026.
- Who is Border Lad (IRE)'s sire?
- Border Lad (IRE) is by Maxios (GB) out of Sunshine Haven (IRE), whose sire is Sunshine Street.
- What is Border Lad (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Maxios (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 2,118 runs since Jan 2008 (265 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.
- Who are Border Lad (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Sunshine Haven (IRE), Border Lad (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Tingarran Express (IRE) (3). The wins came over 2m½f–2m2½f. As at Oct 2026.