Bright Lad (IRE)
Bright Lad was a gelding who ran eight times on turf without winning or placing between Jul 2020 and May 2025. He contested races over 1m5f to 2m4f on good, good to soft and soft ground at four Irish tracks and reached an official rating of 85. His last run came at Clonmel in May 2025 when he finished fifth of five in the Aisling Kennedy Memorial Maiden Hurdle, having raced off a career-high mark of 85.
- 0–8Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −8.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=8 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 250dAvg 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 19
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 19B | 16 | — |
| Good | 2 | 72C | 69 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 72C | 66 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 19B | -13.5 | — |
Of 8 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 2,341 runs since Jan 2008 (166 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 13.5% from 126. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.7% from 224. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.3% from 143.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | +23.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 341 | 27 | 7.9% | −2.2 | — |
| Good | 496 | 41 | 8.3% | −1.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 279 | 32 | 11.5% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 353 | 44 | 12.5% | +2.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 126 | 17 | 13.5% | +3.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 737 | 73 | 9.9% | −0.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 224 | 33 | 14.7% | +4.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 888 | 80 | 9% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 556 | 67 | 12.1% | +2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 421 | 42 | 10% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 143 | 9 | 6.3% | −3.8 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 92 | 6 | 6.5% | −3.6 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 16 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Ocean Legacy (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m4f–3m3f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Ocean Legacy (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Legacy (IRE) | 38 | 5 | 2m4f–3m3f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galway | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Clonmel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Listowel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark McDonagh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gavin Brouder | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| A P Heskin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr J C Barry | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr R W Barron | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr J Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 15 May 25+601d | Clonmel | Aisling Kennedy Memorial (C & G) Maiden Hurdle Settled at the back from the off - drifted further behind early - no impact at any stage - finished well adrift | 5/5 | 97 | 11-1 | 85 | — | 87C | Gavin Brouder | 150/1 |
| 2023 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Sep 23+11d | Listowel | John J. Galvin Maiden Hurdle | 14/18 | 81 | 11-12 | — | -46C | 99C | A P Heskin | 250/1 |
| 11 Sep 23+358d | Galway | Kenny Developments Maiden Hurdle | 15/15 | 34 | 11-7 | — | 16C | 77C | Mark McDonagh | 150/1 |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Sep 22+50d | Listowel | Kerry Group (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 9/13 | 12 | 11-11 | — | 66C | 87C | Mr J C Barry | 150/1 |
| 30 Jul 22+414d | Galway | Boylesports Download The App Maiden Hurdle | PU/17 | — | 11-12 | — | — | — | Sam Ewing | 300/1 |
| 2021 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 11 Jun 21+298d | Clonmel | Marlfield Opportunity Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) | 10/14 | ½ | 11-10 | — | 72C | 76C | Mark McDonagh | 50/1 |
| 2020 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Aug 20+19d | Tipperary | Racing Again August 27th Flat Race | 12/13 | 4½ | 11-3 | — | 19B | 73A | Mr R W Barron | 66/1 |
| 29 Jul 20 | Galway | Tote Supporting Irish Racing Since 1930 Flat Race | UR/17 | — | 11-2 | — | — | — | Mr J Dunne | 125/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Bright Lad won?
- Bright Lad (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2020 and 2025.
- Who trained Bright Lad?
- Bright Lad (IRE) was trained by F Costello on the most recent run on record, at Clonmel on 15 May 2025.
- Who is Bright Lad's sire?
- Bright Lad (IRE) is by Roderic O'connor (IRE) out of Ocean Bright (USA), whose sire is Cozzene.
- What is Bright Lad's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 15 May 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Bright Lad's sire's record?
- Roderic O'connor (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 2,341 runs since Jan 2008 (166 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 13.5% from 126. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.7% from 224. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.3% from 143.
- Who are Bright Lad's siblings?
- Out of Ocean Bright (USA), Bright Lad (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Ocean Legacy (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Ocean Legacy (IRE)). The wins came over 2m4f–3m3f. As at Oct 2026.