Come Back King (IRE)
Come Back King (IRE) is 1 from 9, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Dec 2016. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 4 on turf. Last raced off a career-high mark of 77.
- 1–9Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 4 (44.4%)Placed
- −5.75£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 0.61Fair A/E n=9 · 0.54 incl. margin
- 77Highest OR
- 24dAvg 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 114
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 114A | 107 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 114A | 107 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 114A | 98 | — |
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 13.6% of 12,787 runs since Jan 2008 (1,019 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 82 | 9 | 11% | −2.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,937 | 250 | 12.9% | −0.7 | — |
| Good | 2,836 | 385 | 13.6% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,604 | 200 | 12.5% | −1.1 | — |
| Soft | 2,070 | 282 | 13.6% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 702 | 97 | 13.8% | +0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,556 | 514 | 14.5% | +0.9 | 1 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,164 | 134 | 11.5% | −2.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,405 | 594 | 13.5% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,131 | 495 | 15.8% | +2.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,468 | 340 | 13.8% | +0.2 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,094 | 119 | 10.9% | −2.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 397 | 45 | 11.3% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 108 | 8 | 7.4% | −6.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 20 | 2 | 10% | −3.6 | — |
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 Officer Of State (GB) (3 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–2m6f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Officer Of State (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officer Of State (GB) | 21 | 3 | 2m1½f–2m6f | Class 3 |
| Royal Associate (GB) | 4 | 2 | 1m4f | Class 3 |
| Kingfisher King (GB) | 6 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 5 |
| Saxe Coburg (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Northern Bea (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.75 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.75 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Curtis | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.75 |
| Andrew Mullen | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Feb 17+27d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway Marathon Handicap | 3/5 | ½ | 9-9 | 77 | 82C | 79B | Ben Curtis | 5/6F |
| 10 Jan 17+21d | Southwell (AW) | Betway Handicap | 2/8 | 7 | 9-8 | 77 | 114A | 85A | Tom Marquand | 11/10F |
| 20 Dec 16+14d | Southwell (AW) | Download The Betway App Handicap | 1/14 | 9-1 | 70 | 107B | 94A | Ben Curtis | 9/4F | |
| 06 Dec 16+26d | Southwell (AW) | Download The Betway App Handicap | 2/7 | 4½ | 9-0 | 68 | 114A | 78A | Ben Curtis | 8/1 |
| 10 Nov 16+58d | Southwell (AW) | Betway Handicap | 6/12 | 2½ | 9-4 | 70 | 97A | 71A | Ben Curtis | 9/1 |
| 13 Sep 16+22d | Chepstow | Turf Services Ltd Handicap | 7/8 | nk | 8-4 | 71 | — | 52A | Andrew Mullen | 12/1 |
| 22 Aug 16+8d | Thirsk | Racing Uk Profits Returned To Racing Maiden Stakes | 2/7 | 5 | 9-5 | — | — | 75A | Andrew Mullen | 13/2 |
| 14 Aug 16+15d | Pontefract | Totepoolliveinfo.com Maiden Stakes | 4/9 | ¾ | 9-5 | — | — | 77A | Andrew Mullen | 22/1 |
| 30 Jul 16 | Thirsk | Breeders Backing Racing Ebf Maiden Stakes | 6/10 | 1 | 9-5 | — | — | 57C | Ben Curtis | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Come Back King (IRE) won?
- Come Back King (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2016 and 2017, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 4 times in total (44.4% of starts).
- Who trained Come Back King (IRE)?
- Come Back King (IRE) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 6 February 2017.
- Who is Come Back King (IRE)'s sire?
- Come Back King (IRE) is by Pivotal (GB) out of Queen Consort (USA), whose sire is Kingmambo.
- What going does Come Back King (IRE) prefer?
- Come Back King (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Come Back King (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 77, from the run on 6 February 2017. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Come Back King (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Pivotal (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 12,787 runs since Jan 2008 (1,019 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.
- Who are Come Back King (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Queen Consort (USA), Come Back King (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Officer Of State (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Officer Of State (GB)). The wins came over 1m2f–2m6f. As at Oct 2026.