Close Encounter (IRE)
Close Encounter is a filly by Wootton Bassett out of a Zoffany mare who has yet to win from three starts on turf. She has raced over 6f to 7f at three different courses, finishing 11 of 12 when held in a maiden at Navan in Oct 2025. She has run twice on soft ground and once on good.
- 0–3Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 90dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 62
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 62A | 60 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 63C | 62 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 from 3 analysed runs
- Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 5,618 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.1% from 161.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −13.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 556 | 73 | 13.1% | 0 | — |
| Good | 1,299 | 191 | 14.7% | +1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 831 | 99 | 11.9% | −1.2 | — |
| Soft | 1,000 | 151 | 15.1% | +2 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 350 | 48 | 13.7% | +0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,578 | 174 | 11% | −2.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 161 | 26 | 16.1% | +3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,923 | 302 | 15.7% | +2.6 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,883 | 217 | 11.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,267 | 152 | 12% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 281 | 36 | 12.8% | −0.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 94 | 3 | 3.2% | −9.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 0 | 0% | −13.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan McDonogh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| N G McCullagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Oct 25+99d | Navan | Buy Now & Save With The Real Deal Bundle Maiden Held up towards the back of the pack - driven with no response approaching 2f out - dropped away to finish 11th | 11/12 | 7½ | 9-3 | 58C | 33C | Declan McDonogh | 80/1 |
| 01 Jul 25+80d | Roscommon | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden Handy early holding a strong pull - unable to challenge in 6th inside final two furlongs - held to the line finishing 7th | 7/12 | ½ | 9-3 | 62A | 64A | N G McCullagh | 40/1 |
| 12 Apr 25 | Curragh | Tote Multiples Available On Tote.ie Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden Held up at the back - nudged into a challenge and made up ground through the pack approaching 2f out - stayed on at one speed inside the closing furlong - finished seventh | 7/14 | ¾ | 9-3 | 63C | 60A | Declan McDonogh | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Close Encounter (IRE) won?
- Close Encounter (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trained Close Encounter (IRE)?
- Close Encounter (IRE) was trained by Charles O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 8 October 2025.
- Who is Close Encounter (IRE)'s sire?
- Close Encounter (IRE) is by Wootton Bassett (GB) out of Rain Or Shine (IRE), whose sire is Zoffany.
- What is Close Encounter (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Wootton Bassett (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 5,618 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.1% from 161.