How many races has Burning Ability (IRE) won?

Burning Ability (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 5 times in total (62.5% of starts).

Who trains Burning Ability (IRE)?

Burning Ability (IRE) is trained by Eoin Christopher McCarthy, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 1 August 2026.

Who is Burning Ability (IRE)'s sire?

Burning Ability (IRE) is by El Salvador (IRE) out of Sarah's Pet (IRE), whose sire is Flemensfirth.

What going does Burning Ability (IRE) prefer?

Burning Ability (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Burning Ability (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 118, from the run on 1 August 2026. That is also the highest on record.

What is Burning Ability (IRE)'s sire's record?

El Salvador (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 352 runs since Jan 2008 (51 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 18.4% from 147.

Who are Burning Ability (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Sarah's Pet (IRE), Burning Ability (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Burning Ability (IRE)

5yo gelding · Trainer Eoin Christopher McCarthy · Owner Wise Guys Syndicate

by El Salvador (IRE) out of Sarah's Pet (IRE) (Flemensfirth)

8 runs · 6 courses · from Sep 2025

As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

Won at Listowel Ran 77 days ago · 5th of 20 Last raced off OR 118

KTB Profile

Burning Ability is a gelding who has won one of eight starts on turf. He won the Eamon Foran Memorial Maiden Hurdle at Listowel in May 2026 over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft. All his other runs have come without success, including his last run when fifth of 20 in the Boyle Sports Handicap Hurdle at Galway in Aug 2026. He last raced off his career-high mark of 118.

Based on 8 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026

1–8Wins / Runs
12.5%Strike rate
5 (62.5%)Placed
−4.75£1 level staken=8 at SP
0.80Fair A/E n=8 · 0.66 incl. margin
118Highest OR
44dAvg between runs

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 109 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Bellewstown, 4 Jul 2026

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 →

Jumps 7 figures · best 153^C · median 107

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft	3	153^C	89	2 · 153 / 116
Heavy	2	107^B	78.5	2 · 107 / 78.5
Good	1	—	—	1 · —
Soft	1	—	—	1 · —

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	3	107^B	107	2 · 107 / 107
2m5f – 3m	2	153^C	131	2 · 153 / 131
2m1f – 2m4f	2	79^A	64.5	2 · 79 / 64.5

Of 8 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 134^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Bellewstown, 4 Jul 2026 Official rating 118 at the last run, 1 Aug 2026

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 8 figures · best 134^A · median 123

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft	3	127^B	122	2 · 127 / 124
Heavy	3	124^A	121	3 · 124 / 121
Good	1	—	—	1 · —
Soft	1	—	—	1 · —

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	4	129^A	123	3 · 129 / 124
2m5f – 3m	2	134^A	127.5	2 · 134 / 127.5
2m1f – 2m4f	2	127^B	124	2 · 127 / 124

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 4 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 from 4 analysed runs

Held up 4 (100%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

El Salvador (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 352 runs since Jan 2008 (51 horses).

Strongest on good going: 18.4% from 147.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Good to Firm	7	1	14.3%	+0.9	—
Good	147	27	18.4%	+5	0 from 1
Good to Soft	80	8	10%	−3.4	1 from 3
Soft	90	9	10%	−3.4	0 from 1
Heavy	26	1	3.8%	−9.6	0 from 3
Standard (AW)	2	1	50%	+36.6	—

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
1m2f – 1m4f	3	1	33.3%	+19.9	—
1m5f – 2m	94	13	13.8%	+0.4	0 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f	129	14	10.9%	−2.5	1 from 2
2m5f – 3m	104	14	13.5%	+0.1	0 from 2
Over 3m	22	5	22.7%	+9.3	—

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

Dam

Sarah's Pet (IRE) (Flemensfirth)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Glen Na Tara (IRE)	9	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good to Soft	3	1	33%	+0.25
Heavy	3	0	0%	−3.00
Good	1	0	0%	−1.00
Soft	1	0	0%	−1.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 1	1	0	0%	−1.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Listowel	2	1	50%	+1.25
Limerick	2	0	0%	−2.00
Galway (IRE)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Bellewstown	1	0	0%	−1.00
Naas	1	0	0%	−1.00
Galway	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m5f – 2m	4	0	0%	−4.00
2m5f – 3m	2	0	0%	−2.00
2m1f – 2m4f	2	1	50%	+1.25

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
G B Noonan	4	0	0%	−4.00
E Walsh	1	1	100%	+2.25
Mr Andrew Burke-Ott	1	0	0%	−1.00
Mr R James	1	0	0%	−1.00
Mr J H Williamson	1	0	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2026	4	1	25%	−0.75
2025	4	0	0%	−4.00

Type	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Hurdle	5	1	20%	−1.75
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
01 Aug 26+28d	Galway (IRE)	BOYLE Sports Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Class 1 · 22.5f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran Sat close to the front pair early - 4th at the halfway point - urged on after the second-last - unable to close in the straight and finished 5th	5/20	½	10-4	118	153^C	121^A	G B Noonan	10/1
04 Jul 26+35d	Bellewstown	QuinnBet Bellewstown Handicap Hurdle 24.5f · Good · 15 ran Settled in the pack early - improved into 5th three out then 4th soon after under pressure - forced into second approaching the last - stayed on at one gauge to go down by three-quarters of a length	2/15	¾	11-7	115	109^B	134^A	G B Noonan	9/1
30 May 26+109d	Listowel	Eamon Foran Memorial Maiden Hurdle 20.5f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran Settled just behind the front group - third at halfway - stumbled 4 out - up to second turning for home - urged along and a touch unbalanced 2 out - four adrift with no headway before landed in front and clipped away at the last - kept going strongly to the line	1/9		11-12	—	79^A	127^B	E Walsh	9/4F
10 Feb 26+43d	Limerick	Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction (Pro/Am) Flat Race 15.5f · Heavy · 7 ran Settled just behind the pace early - up to 2nd by halfway - down to 3rd with 7f left - dropped away over 4f out and faded from there - well held at the finish	6/7	13	11-5	—	—	105^C	Mr Andrew Burke-Ott	4/1
29 Dec 25+14d	Limerick	Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 19f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran Sat behind the front group early - 5th at halfway - small error four out - made ground after the following fence - driven into 2nd but drifted right turning for home - lost momentum three out and dropped to 3rd then reclaimed 2nd two out - asked for effort but couldn't close before the last - stayed on at one speed to finish second	2/9	4¼	11-3	—	50^A	121^A	G B Noonan	5/2
15 Dec 25+51d	Naas	Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran Settled behind pace early and pulling hard - pushed along in 6th two out - up to 5th approaching final furlong - stayed on into 3rd but never landed a threat	3/15	2½	11-5	—	107^B	124^A	Mr R James	7/2
25 Oct 25+30d	Galway	Joe O'Gorman & Martin Collins Memorial (C & G) (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16.5f · Yielding · 8 ran Settled midpack early - 4th at halfway then eased back a spot - improved into contention with 4f left - 3rd two out and 2nd entering the straight - hit the front briefly inside the last furlong - caught late and just denied	2/8	¾	11-5	—	107^A	129^A	Mr J H Williamson	5/2
25 Sep 25	Listowel	Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran Settled towards the rear - moved up into 4th approaching 3 out and under pressure before a minor error at the following fence - one paced in 5th before another blunder at the last	5/11	4	11-1	—	89^A	122^A	G B Noonan	40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Burning Ability (IRE) won?: Burning Ability (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 5 times in total (62.5% of starts).
Who trains Burning Ability (IRE)?: Burning Ability (IRE) is trained by Eoin Christopher McCarthy, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 1 August 2026.
Who is Burning Ability (IRE)'s sire?: Burning Ability (IRE) is by El Salvador (IRE) out of Sarah's Pet (IRE), whose sire is Flemensfirth.
What going does Burning Ability (IRE) prefer?: Burning Ability (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Burning Ability (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 118, from the run on 1 August 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Burning Ability (IRE)'s sire's record?: El Salvador (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 352 runs since Jan 2008 (51 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 18.4% from 147.
Who are Burning Ability (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Sarah's Pet (IRE), Burning Ability (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

KTB Speed and Rating

Run style from 4 analysed runs

Pedigree intelligence

Record by conditions

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