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Comical Errors (USA)

7yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2009) · Last trainer Barry Potts · Last owner Enda Mcclafferty
by Distorted Humor (USA) out of Fallibility (USA) (Tom Rolfe)
27 runs · 22 courses · from Jan 2005
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Jun 2009 — 6,337 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2009 · 9th of 15 Won at Musselburgh Last raced off OR 87
KTB Profile

Comical Errors (USA) is 1 from 27, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Nov 2005. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 5 on softer). Last raced off 87, 18lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 27 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 18lb off peak
Official rating87↓ 18lb off peak
87 46–105

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 89A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kilbeggan, 31 May 2009 Official rating 87 at the last jumps run, 14 Jun 2009

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 67C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Killarney, 19 Jul 2007 Official rating 48 at the last flat run, 19 Jul 2007

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 16 figures · best 112C · median 83.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm7110C84—
Good6112C85.5—
Soft286C84.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m10112C86.5—
2m1f – 2m4f697C79.5—
Flat 9 figures · best 67C · median 45
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Firm250C40.5—
Standard (AW)243C31.5—
Good251C43—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f767C43—
1m5f – 2m254C49.5—

Of 27 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 25 figures from 27 runs · as at 4 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

Sire
Distorted Humor (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.3% of 1,352 runs since Jan 2008 (160 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm12433.3%+190 from 2
Good to Firm2694014.9%+0.61 from 9
Good2974214.1%−0.20 from 9
Good to Soft1391812.9%−1.40 from 2
Soft1131614.2%−0.10 from 3
Heavy33412.1%−2.2—
Standard (AW)4887014.3%00 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f911011%−3.3—
6f – 7f5328516%+1.7—
1m – 1m1f3965213.1%−1.2—
1m2f – 1m4f2623914.9%+0.60 from 7
1m5f – 2m58610.3%−41 from 14
2m1f – 2m4f9111.1%−3.20 from 6
2m5f – 3m4125%+10.7—

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

Dam
Fallibility (USA) (Tom Rolfe)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 9 1 11% −6.00
Good 9 0 0% −9.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 1 13% −5.00
Class 6 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Perth 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 2 0 0% −2.00
Sedgefield 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 2 0 0% −2.00
Musselburgh 2 1 50% +1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 14 1 7% −11.00
1m2f – 1m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
2m1f – 2m4f 6 0 0% −6.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Paddy Merrigan 6 1 17% −3.00
Gary Bartley 3 0 0% −3.00
E J O'Connell 2 0 0% −2.00
E M Butterly 2 0 0% −2.00
D F Flannery 2 0 0% −2.00
Russ Kennemore 2 0 0% −2.00
Neil Pollard 2 0 0% −2.00
Roger Loughran 1 0 0% −1.00
P C O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00
Colm O'Donoghue 1 0 0% −1.00
Leanne Kershaw 1 0 0% −1.00
Adrian Nicholls 1 0 0% −1.00
Joseph Loveridge 1 0 0% −1.00
A P McCoy 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 18 1 6% −15.00
Cheekpieces 8 0 0% −8.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 2 0 0% −2.00
2008 2 0 0% −2.00
2007 5 0 0% −5.00
2006 9 0 0% −9.00
2005 9 1 11% −6.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 17 1 6% −14.00
Flat 9 0 0% −9.00
Chase 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
14 Jun 09+14d Downpatrick Baileys Breeders Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 18f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 9/15 8 10-6 8773C E J O'Connell 14/1
31 May 09+345d Kilbeggan Coola Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 16f · Good · 13 ran 5/13 4½ 10-7 8889A E J O'Connell 25/1
20 Jun 08+25d Down Royal Finlay Communications Handicap Hurdle (81-102) 16f · Good To Firm · 18 ran F/18 — 10-12 88— Roger Loughran 25/1
26 May 08+252d Ballinrobe Carney's Bar Handicap Hurdle (77-90) 16f · Good · 16 ran 13/16 4 11-9 9082C E M Butterly 33/1
17 Sep 07+8d Listowel Labrokes Ireland Handicap Hurdle (74-109) (Div 1) 16f · Good · 18 ran 13/18 18 10-3 9168C D F Flannery 16/1
09 Sep 07+14d Cork (IRE) Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle 16f · Good To Firm · 22 ran 2/22 ¾ 10-4 87110C E M Butterly 25/1
26 Aug 07+25d Ballinrobe (IRE) C.P.Supplies Handicap Hurdle 20f · Yielding · 15 ran 14/15 3 11-0 9186C D F Flannery 25/1
01 Aug 07+13d Perth Helen Syme's 40 Tomorrow Celebration Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7/9 30 11-4 —76C P C O'Neill 12/1
19 Jul 07+339d Killarney Dawn Omega Milk Maiden 11f · Yielding · 14 ran 14/14 10 9-7 4867C Colm O'Donoghue 33/1
14 Aug 06+2d Thirsk Black Sheep Brewery Handicap Class 6 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 nk 8-2 4645C Leanne Kershaw 25/1
12 Aug 06+17d Redcar Sam Hall Memorial Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 15/16 ¾ 9-3 4654C Adrian Nicholls 25/1
26 Jul 06+49d Catterick Willie Carson - Pinker's Pond Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Firm · 7 ran 3/7 2½ 9-10 4750C Joseph Loveridge 10/1
07 Jun 06+17d Sedgefield wbx.com World Bet Exchange Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 3/8 8 11-0 9897C A P McCoy 3/1F
21 May 06+16d Market Rasen Drainage & Building Supplies Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 6/10 8 10-3 10152C Gary Bartley 8/1
05 May 06+18d Bangor-on-Dee DWF Solicitors Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 11 ran 3/11 25 9-4 10172C Gary Bartley 25/1
17 Apr 06+68d Sedgefield Totesport 0800 221 221 Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 8/14 nk 10-9 10376C Paddy Merrigan 6/1
08 Feb 06+19d Carlisle Leukaemia Research Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 12 ran 6/12 1¼ 10-11 10583C Paddy Merrigan 13/2
20 Jan 06+51d Musselburgh Peter Young Memorial Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 9 ran UR/9 — 11-7 105— Paddy Merrigan 5/1
30 Nov 05+5d Catterick Ellerton Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 15.5f · Good · 16 ran 2/16 1 10-8 —112C Paddy Merrigan 2/1F
25 Nov 05+17d Musselburgh Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 1/10 10-2 —84C Paddy Merrigan 2/1
08 Nov 05+37d Southwell (AW) Banded Stake Class 7 · 12f · Standard · 14 ran 10/14 ½ 7-13 5020C Russ Kennemore 8/1
02 Oct 05+11d Kelso Gg.com Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 2/13 1¾ 10-3 —101C Tom O'Brien 9/2
21 Sep 05+20d Perth Sterling Assurance Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 3/10 2 10-5 —95C Paddy Merrigan 14/1
01 Sep 05+12d Carlisle Battle Holme Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Firm · 13 ran 11/13 1½ 8-7 5531C Neil Pollard 20/1
20 Aug 05+17d Beverley Teletext Racing "hands And Heels" Apprentice Maiden Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good · 15 ran 10/15 5 9-5 5751C Gary Bartley 16/1
03 Aug 05+207d Newcastle TBI Wealth Management NSPCC Apprentice Classified Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 2 8-3 6035C Russ Kennemore 20/1
08 Jan 05 Lingfield (AW) Betdirect.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 11 ran 7/11 hd 8-6 5743C Neil Pollard 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Comical Errors (USA) won?
Comical Errors (USA) won 1 of 27 archived starts between 2005 and 2009, a strike rate of 3.7%. Placed 8 times in total (29.6% of starts).
Who trained Comical Errors (USA)?
Comical Errors (USA) was trained by Barry Potts on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 14 June 2009.
Who is Comical Errors (USA)'s sire?
Comical Errors (USA) is by Distorted Humor (USA) out of Fallibility (USA), whose sire is Tom Rolfe.
What going does Comical Errors (USA) prefer?
Comical Errors (USA) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 9 starts (11.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Comical Errors (USA)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 14 June 2009. The highest on record is 105.
What is Comical Errors (USA)'s sire's record?
Distorted Humor (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.3% of 1,352 runs since Jan 2008 (160 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from January 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.