Contrive (IRE)
Contrive (IRE) is 4 from 18. Hasn't won since Dec 2018. All 4 wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 11 on turf. All 4 wins have come over 1m – 1m1f.
Progeny in our archive
As a dam, Contrive (IRE) has 2 produce in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea And Sun (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Grey Moon (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
- 4–18Wins / Runs
- 22.2%Strike rate
- 7 (38.9%)Placed
- +2.75£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 2.05Fair A/E n=18 · 1.77 incl. margin
- 94Highest OR
- 34dAvg 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 95
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) | 7 | 100A | 91 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 92C | 66 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 85C | 74 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 95A | 87.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 111A | 93 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 13 | 111A | 91 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 91B | 85 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 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 10.6% of 11,628 runs since Jan 2008 (842 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | −1.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,345 | 156 | 11.6% | +1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 2,973 | 345 | 11.6% | +1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,531 | 166 | 10.8% | +0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,965 | 182 | 9.3% | −1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 660 | 70 | 10.6% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,130 | 310 | 9.9% | −0.7 | 4 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 54 | 5 | 9.3% | −1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,384 | 119 | 8.6% | −2 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,331 | 217 | 9.3% | −1.3 | 4 from 14 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,815 | 438 | 11.5% | +0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,586 | 285 | 11% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,084 | 114 | 10.5% | −0.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 326 | 44 | 13.5% | +2.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 48 | 9 | 18.8% | +8.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Kipps (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Spangler (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipps (IRE) | 11 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 5 |
| Spangler (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Edinburgh Rock (IRE) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 4 | 57% | +13.75 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +2.25 |
| Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 2 | 67% | +8.25 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 4 | 29% | +6.75 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Egan | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.00 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Colm O'Donoghue | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Harry Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2018 | 12 | 4 | 33% | +8.75 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Contrive (IRE) won?
- Contrive (IRE) won 4 of 18 archived starts between 2018 and 2019, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 7 times in total (38.9% of starts).
- Who trained Contrive (IRE)?
- Contrive (IRE) was trained by Roger Varian on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 16 November 2019.
- Who is Contrive (IRE)'s sire?
- Contrive (IRE) is by Mastercraftsman (IRE) out of Sixpenny Sweets (IRE), whose sire is Dalakhani.
- What going does Contrive (IRE) prefer?
- Contrive (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 4 wins from 7 starts (57.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Contrive (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 93, from the run on 16 November 2019. The highest on record is 94.
- What is Contrive (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Mastercraftsman (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 11,628 runs since Jan 2008 (842 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Contrive (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Sixpenny Sweets (IRE), Contrive (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Kipps (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Spangler (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.
- Has Contrive (IRE) produced winners?
- As a dam, Contrive (IRE) has 2 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.