Contrary To Law (IRE)
Contrary To Law is a colt by Night Of Thunder out of Contrary. He has two wins from nine starts on turf, both over 6f – 7f in handicaps, one on good ground at Fairyhouse in Jul 2026 and one on soft ground at Roscommon in Oct 2026. He won last time out at Roscommon in the Guinness Handicap off an official rating of 74, having last raced off his career-high mark of 77. He usually races held up.
- 2–9Wins / Runs
- 22.2%Strike rate
- 2 (22.2%)Placed
- −1.88£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.46Fair A/E n=9 · 1.14 incl. margin
- 77Highest OR
- 27dBetween runs (median)longest 230 d
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 78
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 116C | 76 | 2 runs · 116 / 96 |
| Good | 3 | 86C | 78 | 2 runs · 86 / 82 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 91C | 89 | 2 runs · 91 / 89 |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 116C | 78 | 7 runs · 116 / 86 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 runs · as at 20 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 9 analysed runs since Jul 2025
- Mid-division 4 (44%) · 1 win
- Prominent 3 (33%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (22%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 16.3% of 5,101 runs since Apr 2019 (563 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.9% from 159.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 2 | 50% | +33.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 831 | 154 | 18.5% | +2.2 | — |
| Good | 1,220 | 199 | 16.3% | 0 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 585 | 95 | 16.2% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 714 | 120 | 16.8% | +0.5 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 217 | 36 | 16.6% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,530 | 226 | 14.8% | −1.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 383 | 60 | 15.7% | −0.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,128 | 377 | 17.7% | +1.4 | 2 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,369 | 206 | 15% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,004 | 172 | 17.1% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 159 | 11 | 6.9% | −9.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 47 | 5 | 10.6% | −5.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −5.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −16.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Nonno Giulio (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Nonno Giulio (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonno Giulio (IRE) | 41 | 5 | 7f–1m | Class 5 |
| Exultant (IRE) | 4 | 2 | 1m | — |
| Chilli Spice (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 1m2½f | — |
| Irish Agent (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Royalcorrespondent (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Sea Wave (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Nel (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Duchesse (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Roscommon (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Coen | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.12 |
| Gary Carroll | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 5 | 2 | 40% | +2.12 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +0.12 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Oct 26+8d | Roscommon (IRE) | Guinness Handicap Raced in the pack - 7th at halfway - moved up to 5th and angled left 2f out - 2nd 1f out and soon upsides - edged ahead 100 yards out and stayed on strongly to win | 1/14 | 9-9 | 74 | 116C | 113A | Ben Coen | 7/2F | |
| 04 Oct 26+47d | Curragh (IRE) | Business Plus Handicap Raced in the middle of the pack away from the rails - asked for effort 2f out and moved up to challenge the front 1 1/2f out - couldn't go through the gears 1f out - stayed on at same speed to finish 6th | 6/22 | ¾ | 9-10 | 75 | 76C | 102A | Ben Coen | 14/1 |
| 18 Aug 26+27d | Roscommon (IRE) | WTW Willis Handicap Sat just behind the front group early - moved into second by halfway - asked for effort to loom up with 2f left - nudged into the advantage inside the final furlong but overtaken 200 yards out - had nothing left and dropped away near the line | 6/14 | hd | 9-5 | 77 | 91C | 84A | Ben Coen | 7/2J |
| 22 Jul 26+14d | Naas (IRE) | NFP Handicap Settled off the pace - seventh at halfway - made up ground 2f out - fifth with a furlong to run after a strong effort - fourth and pushing forward 150 yards out before staying on to the line | 4/8 | ½ | 9-1 | 77 | 78A | 80A | Ben Coen | 7/4F |
| 08 Jul 26+35d | Fairyhouse | Racing Again September 21st Handicap handy behind the pace - improved into 5th with 2f to run - pushed into 4th approaching the final furlong - asserted approaching the line to score | 1/15 | 9-6 | 70 | 86C | 97A | Ben Coen | 13/8F | |
| 03 Jun 26+80d | Curragh | TRI Equestrian Maiden Settled in the pack - moved through around a furlong out but couldn't reach the leading group in 7th - stayed on at one gallop to the line | 7/18 | 3 | 9-8 | — | 87C | 79A | Seamie Heffernan | 6/1 |
| 15 Mar 26+230d | Curragh | Nua CLaD Hub Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden Dwelt at the start - back of the field early and still 14th at halfway - made ground into 7th with a furlong and a half to run - maintained effort through the finish to come home sixth | 6/16 | hd | 9-7 | — | 59C | 71A | Ben Coen | 5/2 |
| 2025 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Jul 25+9d | Galway | Eventus Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden Sat close up in second early - fighting for control under pressure turning into the straight - eased back to fourth inside the final furlong - unable to find more and finished there | 4/8 | 3 | 9-5 | — | 64C | 78A | Gary Carroll | 14/1 |
| 19 Jul 25 | Curragh | Juddmonte Chaldean Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden Held up towards the back - shaped up late but only inched closer inside the final furlong - finished 9th | 9/15 | 2 | 9-5 | — | 70C | 70A | Gary Carroll | 100/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Contrary To Law won?
- Contrary To Law (IRE) won 2 of 9 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 2 times in total (22.2% of starts).
- Who trains Contrary To Law?
- Contrary To Law (IRE) is trained by J. P. Murtagh, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 October 2026.
- Who is Contrary To Law's sire?
- Contrary To Law (IRE) is by Night Of Thunder (IRE) out of Contrary (IRE), whose sire is Mark Of Esteem.
- What going does Contrary To Law prefer?
- Contrary To Law (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Contrary To Law's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 12 October 2026. The highest on record is 77.
- What is Contrary To Law's sire's record?
- Night Of Thunder (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 16.3% of 5,101 runs since Apr 2019 (563 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.9% from 159.
- Who are Contrary To Law's siblings?
- Out of Contrary (IRE), Contrary To Law (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Nonno Giulio (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Nonno Giulio (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m2½f. As at Nov 2026.