Branding (GB)
Branding won the Arkle Bar Handicap at Navan in May 2024 off a mark of 69 on soft ground over under 6f. The gelding has one win and two places from eight starts overall with all wins at under 6f on soft. He last ran at Tipperary in Jul 2024 finishing 5 of 5 off an official rating of 82 which was also his highest ever mark.
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 2 (25%)Placed
- +5.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.28Fair A/E n=8 · 1.04 incl. margin
- 82Highest OR
- 56dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 66
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 83B | 66 | — |
| Good | 2 | 59A | 57 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 89C | 62.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 98C | 83 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 66B | 65 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 1,540 runs since Jan 2008 (151 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 225 | 16 | 7.1% | −2.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 316 | 29 | 9.2% | −0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 127 | 9 | 7.1% | −2.6 | — |
| Soft | 166 | 16 | 9.6% | −0.1 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 53 | 4 | 7.5% | −2.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 650 | 76 | 11.7% | +2 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 117 | 9 | 7.7% | −2 | 1 from 5 |
| 6f – 7f | 749 | 68 | 9.1% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 399 | 45 | 11.3% | +1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 200 | 18 | 9% | −0.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 63 | 10 | 15.9% | +6.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Edmund Ironside (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Lincoln Blue (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Ironside (GB) | 29 | 1 | 1m | Class 6 |
| Lincoln Blue (GB) | 6 | 1 | 5f | Class 4 |
| My Drama Queen (GB) | 14 | 1 | 5½f | — |
| Gardening (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Gardinia (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 6 | 1 | 17% | +7.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| W J Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| E/SB | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Jul 24+43d | Tipperary | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race | 5/5 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 82 | 98C | 69B | Colin Keane | 20/1 |
| 21 May 24+14d | Cork | Follow Us On Social Media Handicap | 5/6 | 2 | 9-5 | 82 | 59A | 64B | Colin Keane | 11/2 |
| 07 May 24+32d | Navan | Arkle Bar Handicap | 1/15 | 9-13 | 69 | 89C | 105A | Colin Keane | 12/1 | |
| 05 Apr 24+105d | Dundalk (AW) | Friday 12th July Ladies Day At Dundalk Stadium Handicap | 9/14 | nk | 9-13 | 71 | 65B | 68A | Leigh Roche | 25/1 |
| 22 Dec 23+16d | Dundalk (AW) | Happy Christmas From All At Dundalk Stadium Maiden | 7/14 | nk | 9-7 | 74 | 66B | 74A | Colin Keane | 9/2 |
| 06 Dec 23+133d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 6/14 | ¾ | 9-7 | — | 83B | 73A | Colin Keane | 10/3 |
| 26 Jul 23+49d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 3/10 | ½ | 9-7 | — | 36A | 73A | Colin Keane | 8/1 |
| 07 Jun 23 | Curragh | Oak Solutions Group Irish European Breeders Fund Race | 7/8 | 4½ | 9-5 | — | 55A | 66A | W J Lee | 15/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Branding (GB) won?
- Branding (GB) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 2 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Branding (GB)?
- Branding (GB) was trained by M D O'Callaghan on the most recent run on record, at Tipperary on 3 July 2024.
- Who is Branding (GB)'s sire?
- Branding (GB) is by Advertise (GB) out of Garden Row (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What is Branding (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 3 July 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Branding (GB)'s sire's record?
- Advertise (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 1,540 runs since Jan 2008 (151 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Branding (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Garden Row (IRE), Branding (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Edmund Ironside (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Lincoln Blue (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.