Breaking News (IRE)
Breaking News (IRE) is 1 from 15. Hasn't won since Nov 2020.
- 1–15Wins / Runs
- 6.7%Strike rate
- 2 (13.3%)Placed
- −8.00£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 0.97Fair A/E n=15 · 0.78 incl. margin
- 69Highest OR
- 22dAvg 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 114
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 7 | 114A | 70 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 92C | 76 | — |
| Good | 3 | 72C | 66 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 114A | 79 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 92C | 67 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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 8% of 3,572 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 | — |
| Good | 891 | 57 | 6.4% | −1.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 365 | 24 | 6.6% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 623 | 32 | 5.1% | −2.9 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 234 | 17 | 7.3% | −0.7 | 1 from 7 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,113 | 113 | 10.2% | +2.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 125 | 15 | 12% | +4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 950 | 77 | 8.1% | +0.1 | 1 from 8 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,029 | 82 | 8% | 0 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 797 | 70 | 8.8% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 456 | 34 | 7.5% | −0.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 179 | 9 | 5% | −3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 28 | 0 | 0% | −8 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Bold Approach (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bold Approach (IRE) | 51 | 3 | 7f–2m½f | — |
| Brave Approach (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Runmhar (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Introibo (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Gowran Park | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Manning | 11 | 1 | 9% | −4.00 |
| Luke McAteer | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Willie Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 14 | 1 | 7% | −7.00 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1 | 8% | −5.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Breaking News won?
- Breaking News (IRE) won 1 of 15 archived starts between 2020 and 2021, a strike rate of 6.7%. Placed 2 times in total (13.3% of starts).
- Who trained Breaking News?
- Breaking News (IRE) was trained by J S Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 11 April 2021.
- Who is Breaking News's sire?
- Breaking News (IRE) is by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Excuse Me (USA), whose sire is Distorted Humor.
- What going does Breaking News prefer?
- Breaking News (IRE) has the best record on heavy 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 Breaking News's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 11 April 2021. The highest on record is 69.
- What is Breaking News's sire's record?
- Dawn Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,572 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 Breaking News's siblings?
- Out of Excuse Me (USA), Breaking News (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Bold Approach (IRE) (3). The wins came over 7f–2m½f. As at Oct 2026.