Buffer Zone (GB)
Buffer Zone (GB) is 4 from 17. Hasn't won since Sep 2019. 3 of 10 starts on good or faster ground have ended in wins — 0 from 5 on softer. All 4 wins have come over 6f – 7f. Last raced off a career-high mark of 107.
- 4–17Wins / Runs
- 23.5%Strike rate
- 8 (47.1%)Placed
- −1.52£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 1.11Fair A/E n=17 · 0.93 incl. margin
- 107Highest OR
- 68dAvg 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 106
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 120C | 98 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 133A | 104.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 105A | 97 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 88A | 85 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 133A | 100.5 | — |
| Under 6f | 3 | 97A | 88 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 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 10.8% of 8,109 runs since Jan 2008 (669 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 7.7% from 841.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 34 | 7 | 20.6% | +9.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,293 | 149 | 11.5% | +0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 1,663 | 201 | 12.1% | +1.3 | 3 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 809 | 81 | 10% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 841 | 65 | 7.7% | −3.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 261 | 21 | 8% | −2.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,208 | 349 | 10.9% | +0.1 | 1 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,019 | 118 | 11.6% | +0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 4,032 | 469 | 11.6% | +0.8 | 4 from 14 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,862 | 178 | 9.6% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 873 | 81 | 9.3% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 256 | 25 | 9.8% | −1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 60 | 1 | 1.7% | −9.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +3.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Roller (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Roller (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roller (GB) | 46 | 5 | 1m–1m½f | Class 4 |
| Forewarning (GB) | 19 | 1 | 2m1f | Class 5 |
| Full Attire (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 3 | 43% | +6.75 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.27 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +1.98 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 8 | 2 | 25% | +3.50 |
| Windsor | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.25 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.73 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 4 | 29% | +1.48 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 9 | 2 | 22% | +2.50 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 5 | 2 | 40% | −1.02 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 16 | 4 | 25% | −0.52 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +6.50 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.75 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.27 |
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 Buffer Zone (GB) won?
- Buffer Zone (GB) won 4 of 17 archived starts between 2017 and 2020, a strike rate of 23.5%. Placed 8 times in total (47.1% of starts).
- Who trained Buffer Zone (GB)?
- Buffer Zone (GB) was trained by G M Lyons on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 9 August 2020.
- Who is Buffer Zone (GB)'s sire?
- Buffer Zone (GB) is by Bated Breath (GB) out of Buffering (GB), whose sire is Beat Hollow.
- What going does Buffer Zone (GB) prefer?
- Buffer Zone (GB) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 7 starts (42.9%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Buffer Zone (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 107, from the run on 9 August 2020. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Buffer Zone (GB)'s sire's record?
- Bated Breath (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,109 runs since Jan 2008 (669 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 7.7% from 841.
- Who are Buffer Zone (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Buffering (GB), Buffer Zone (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Roller (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Roller (GB)). The wins came over 1m–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.