Burning Question (IRE)
Burning Question (IRE) is 2 from 8. Hasn't won since Sep 2018. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off a career-high mark of 102.
- 2–8Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 5 (62.5%)Placed
- +4.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.62Fair A/E n=8 · 1.37 incl. margin
- 102Highest OR
- 52dAvg 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 124
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 85C | 73.5 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 124A | 109 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 85C | 61 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 124A | 116.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
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
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 10.3% of 11,867 runs since Jan 2008 (949 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | +9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,621 | 179 | 11% | +0.7 | — |
| Good | 2,605 | 267 | 10.2% | −0.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,172 | 108 | 9.2% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,721 | 183 | 10.6% | +0.3 | 1 from 4 |
| Heavy | 607 | 51 | 8.4% | −1.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 4,083 | 424 | 10.4% | +0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 879 | 104 | 11.8% | +1.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,773 | 499 | 10.5% | +0.2 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,045 | 338 | 11.1% | +0.8 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,089 | 195 | 9.3% | −1 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 697 | 59 | 8.5% | −1.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 305 | 18 | 5.9% | −4.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 76 | 11 | 14.5% | +4.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −10.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Fighting Temeraire (IRE) (8 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Fighting Temeraire (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Temeraire (IRE) | 55 | 8 | 6f–7f | Class 3 |
| Thomas Equinas (GB) | 46 | 5 | 7f–1m | Class 6 |
| Hot Chesnut (GB) | 28 | 3 | 7f–1m½f | Class 4 |
| Splash (GB) | 9 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Peter Piper (GB) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Cracking Filly (GB) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinrobe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Galway | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Carroll | 7 | 2 | 29% | +5.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +6.00 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 18+12d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park Race | 2/9 | 2½ | 9-2 | 102 | 109A | 91A | Gary Carroll | 10/11F |
| 10 Sep 18+28d | Listowel | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap | 1/12 | 9-0 | 81 | 124A | 120A | Gary Carroll | 11/2 | |
| 13 Aug 18+13d | Ballinrobe | Burleigh Accountancy Irish EBF Handicap | 4/6 | 3¼ | 9-7 | 83 | — | 79B | Gary Carroll | 9/4F |
| 31 Jul 18+8d | Galway | Caulfield Industrial Irish EBF Maiden | 1/16 | 9-0 | 76 | 85C | 93A | Gary Carroll | 9/2 | |
| 23 Jul 18+79d | Ballinrobe | Tote Handicap (45-75) | 2/13 | hd | 9-11 | 72 | 79C | 93A | Gary Carroll | 6/1 |
| 05 May 18+213d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Maiden | 3/10 | nk | 9-0 | — | 54A | 77A | Gary Carroll | 11/1 |
| 04 Oct 17+10d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) | 6/10 | 1¾ | 9-0 | — | 68A | 65A | Leigh Roche | 33/1 |
| 24 Sep 17 | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 12/15 | 1¼ | 9-0 | — | 42C | 54A | Gary Carroll | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Burning Question (IRE) won?
- Burning Question (IRE) won 2 of 8 archived starts between 2017 and 2018, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 5 times in total (62.5% of starts).
- Who trained Burning Question (IRE)?
- Burning Question (IRE) was trained by Ms Sheila Lavery on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 22 September 2018.
- Who is Burning Question (IRE)'s sire?
- Burning Question (IRE) is by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) out of Hot Ticket (IRE), whose sire is Selkirk.
- What going does Burning Question (IRE) prefer?
- Burning Question (IRE) has the best record on heavy 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 Question (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 22 September 2018. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Burning Question (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 11,867 runs since Jan 2008 (949 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
- Who are Burning Question (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Hot Ticket (IRE), Burning Question (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Fighting Temeraire (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Fighting Temeraire (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.