Contango (IRE)
Contango (IRE) is 3 from 11. Hasn't won since Jul 2017. 3 of 6 starts with soft in the ground have ended in wins — 0 from 5 on quicker. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off 85, 8lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–11Wins / Runs
- 27.3%Strike rate
- 4 (36.4%)Placed
- +3.60£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.24Fair A/E n=11 · 1.09 incl. margin
- 93Highest OR
- 50dAvg 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 92
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 Firm | 3 | 105C | 96 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 103B | 71 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 89C | 80.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 101B | 96.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 105C | 91.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 8.6% of 3,621 runs since Jan 2008 (299 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 5.6% from 497. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 4.9% from 287.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 20 | 2 | 10% | +1.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 450 | 44 | 9.8% | +1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 808 | 88 | 10.9% | +2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 413 | 33 | 8% | −0.6 | 2 from 3 |
| Soft | 497 | 28 | 5.6% | −3 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 170 | 12 | 7.1% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,263 | 105 | 8.3% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 287 | 14 | 4.9% | −3.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 755 | 66 | 8.7% | +0.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 680 | 43 | 6.3% | −2.3 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 810 | 85 | 10.5% | +1.9 | 2 from 10 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 695 | 63 | 9.1% | +0.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 272 | 26 | 9.6% | +1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 97 | 12 | 12.4% | +3.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 25 | 3 | 12% | +3.4 | — |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Trending (IRE) (8 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m5f; the highest grade won is Listed (Be Ready (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trending (IRE) | 67 | 8 | 5f–1m5f | Class 5 |
| Ana Shababiya (IRE) | 22 | 3 | 1m1½f–1m2f | Class 5 |
| Be Ready (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 7f | Listed |
| Queen Supreme (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 2 | 67% | +9.50 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.90 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Chester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 2 | 20% | −3.40 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisin Murphy | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| David Probert | 3 | 2 | 67% | +3.60 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kerrin McEvoy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 3 | 30% | +4.60 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 75% | +10.60 |
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 Oct 18+25d | Nottingham | Integral UK Handicap | 11/14 | 2¼ | 9-4 | 85 | 89C | 72C | Rob Hornby | 12/1 |
| 22 Sep 18+40d | Ayr | William Hill Leading Racecourse Bookmaker Handicap | 7/8 | 2¾ | 9-1 | 88 | 70A | 69A | David Probert | 9/2 |
| 13 Aug 18+31d | Windsor | Mpm Flooring Handicap | 6/6 | 3½ | 10-1 | 91 | 92B | 77B | Oisin Murphy | 2/1F |
| 13 Jul 18+32d | York | William Hill Leading Racecourse Bookmaker Handicap | 5/6 | 3 | 9-11 | 93 | 91A | 71B | Oisin Murphy | 7/2 |
| 11 Jun 18+26d | Pontefract | Wakefield Trinity Handicap | 3/4 | 1½ | 8-11 | 93 | 105C | 76B | Oisin Murphy | 11/10F |
| 16 May 18+21d | York | Sky Bet First Race Special Jorvik Handicap | 3/7 | 1¾ | 8-13 | 93 | 96A | 87A | Oisin Murphy | 15/2 |
| 25 Apr 18+256d | Epsom Downs | Investec City And Suburban Handicap | 8/10 | ¾ | 8-12 | 93 | 101B | 75A | Oisin Murphy | 9/2 |
| 12 Aug 17+21d | Ascot | Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Classic (Handicap) | 2/10 | ½ | 9-11 | 92 | 103B | 93A | Kerrin McEvoy | 2/1F |
| 22 Jul 17+22d | Newmarket | Betfinder By BetBright Handicap | 1/3 | 9-6 | 82 | 72C | 94C | David Probert | 11/10F | |
| 30 Jun 17+25d | Chester | Caldwell Construction Handicap | 1/7 | 9-6 | 76 | 71B | 88A | David Probert | 7/2 | |
| 05 Jun 17 | Leicester | Breeders Backing Racing EBF Maiden Stakes (Div 1) | 1/9 | 9-5 | — | 59A | 86A | Oisin Murphy | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Contango (IRE) won?
- Contango (IRE) won 3 of 11 archived starts between 2017 and 2018, a strike rate of 27.3%. Placed 4 times in total (36.4% of starts).
- Who trained Contango (IRE)?
- Contango (IRE) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Nottingham on 17 October 2018.
- Who is Contango (IRE)'s sire?
- Contango (IRE) is by Casamento (IRE) out of Call Later (USA), whose sire is Gone West.
- What going does Contango (IRE) prefer?
- Contango (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Contango (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 17 October 2018. The highest on record is 93.
- What is Contango (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Casamento (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 3,621 runs since Jan 2008 (299 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 5.6% from 497. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 4.9% from 287.
- Who are Contango (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Call Later (USA), Contango (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Trending (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Listed (Be Ready (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m5f. As at Oct 2026.