Busy Bush (IRE)
Busy Bush (IRE) is 1 from 39. Hasn't won since Jun 2016. The win came on turf — 0 from 6 on the all-weather, and the win came on good or faster ground (0 from 13 on softer). Last raced off 45, 25lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–39Wins / Runs
- 2.6%Strike rate
- 6 (15.4%)Placed
- −30.00£1 level staken=39 at SP
- 0.53Fair A/E n=39 · 0.41 incl. margin
- 70Highest OR
- 42dAvg 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 65
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 | 5 | 83C | 53 | — |
| Good | 4 | 85C | 78.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 89C | 89 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 68C | 66.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 89C | 77 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 89C | 65 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 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 7.7% of 4,449 runs since Jan 2008 (300 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 28 | 3 | 10.7% | +3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 713 | 62 | 8.7% | +1 | 0 from 9 |
| Good | 969 | 73 | 7.5% | −0.2 | 1 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 453 | 39 | 8.6% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 666 | 45 | 6.8% | −0.9 | 0 from 11 |
| Heavy | 211 | 13 | 6.2% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,409 | 108 | 7.7% | 0 | 0 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 450 | 46 | 10.2% | +2.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,889 | 149 | 7.9% | +0.2 | 0 from 21 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,012 | 75 | 7.4% | −0.3 | 1 from 18 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 606 | 39 | 6.4% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 308 | 22 | 7.1% | −0.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 139 | 10 | 7.2% | −0.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 37 | 2 | 5.4% | −2.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −7.7 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agripin (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Our Red Devil (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 1 | 9% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Good to Firm | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gowran Park | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Bellewstown | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Naas | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Gowran Park (IRE) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tipperary | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Listowel | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.00 |
| Down Royal | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 21 | 0 | 0% | −21.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 18 | 1 | 6% | −9.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rory Cleary | 17 | 0 | 0% | −17.00 |
| Kevin Manning | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Madden | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Shane Foley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gearoid Brouder | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Nathan Crosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gary Halpin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| N G McCullagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Hoban | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| W J Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 28 | 1 | 4% | −19.00 |
| Hood | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2016 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.00 |
| 2015 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
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 Busy Bush won?
- Busy Bush (IRE) won 1 of 39 archived starts between 2014 and 2018, a strike rate of 2.6%. Placed 6 times in total (15.4% of starts).
- Who trained Busy Bush?
- Busy Bush (IRE) was trained by J T Gorman on the most recent run on record, at Thurles on 25 October 2018.
- Who is Busy Bush's sire?
- Busy Bush (IRE) is by Bushranger (IRE) out of Candela Bay (IRE), whose sire is Captain Rio.
- What going does Busy Bush prefer?
- Busy Bush (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 11 starts (9.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Busy Bush's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 25 October 2018. The highest on record is 70.
- What is Busy Bush's sire's record?
- Bushranger (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 4,449 runs since Jan 2008 (300 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Busy Bush's siblings?
- Out of Candela Bay (IRE), Busy Bush (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.