Closer Now (IRE)
Closer Now (IRE) is yet to win from 5 starts. Best effort: 4th of 12 at Dundalk (AW) (Feb 2019).
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 69Highest OR
- 65dAvg 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 83
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 83C | 67.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 83A | 77.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 83A | 77.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 27 | 4 | 14.8% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,085 | 166 | 15.3% | +2.7 | — |
| Good | 1,630 | 200 | 12.3% | −0.3 | — |
| Good to Soft | 799 | 110 | 13.8% | +1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 958 | 107 | 11.2% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 283 | 28 | 9.9% | −2.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,010 | 241 | 12% | −0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 98 | 9 | 9.2% | −3.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,207 | 156 | 12.9% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,665 | 234 | 14.1% | +1.5 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,324 | 303 | 13% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,066 | 113 | 10.6% | −2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 320 | 33 | 10.3% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 101 | 8 | 7.9% | −4.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −12.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Shiri (FR) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m4½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Shiri (FR)).
Family form: Shiri (FR) finished 2nd of 15 at Longchamp (FR), 4 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiri (FR) | 8 | 4 | 5f–6f | Listed |
| Change Of Velocity (IRE) | 9 | 2 | 1m1½f–1m4½f | — |
| Manu Et Corde (IRE) | 24 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Golden Handcuffs (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Woodstars (FR) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2018 | 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 | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 19+9d | Leopardstown | Breast Cancer Ireland Handicap (50-70) | 18/20 | 1¼ | 8-13 | 67 | 52C | 43C | Kevin Manning | 14/1 |
| 08 May 19+40d | Gowran Park | Paulstown Handicap | 11/14 | ¾ | 9-9 | 69 | 60C | 57A | Kevin Manning | 9/1 |
| 29 Mar 19+35d | Dundalk (AW) | Marshes Shopping Centre Ladies Day Sunday 14th April Maiden | 7/12 | 3¾ | 9-0 | — | 83A | 56A | Kevin Manning | 12/1 |
| 22 Feb 19+175d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden | 4/12 | ½ | 9-0 | — | 72A | 71A | Kevin Manning | 6/4F |
| 31 Aug 18 | Curragh | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden (Plus 10) | 5/14 | 1¾ | 9-0 | — | 83C | 72A | Kevin Manning | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Closer Now (IRE) won?
- Closer Now (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2018 and 2019.
- Who trained Closer Now (IRE)?
- Closer Now (IRE) was trained by J S Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 17 May 2019.
- Who is Closer Now (IRE)'s sire?
- Closer Now (IRE) is by New Approach (IRE) out of Tiffilia (IRE), whose sire is Macho Uno.
- What is Closer Now (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 67, from the run on 17 May 2019. The highest on record is 69.
- What is Closer Now (IRE)'s sire's record?
- New Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
- Who are Closer Now (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Tiffilia (IRE), Closer Now (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Shiri (FR) (4). Highest grade won: Listed (Shiri (FR)). The wins came over 5f–1m4½f. As at Oct 2026.