Cowards Close (IRE)
Cowards Close (IRE) is 4 from 20. Hasn't won since Feb 2015. All 4 wins have come over 2m5f – 3m. Last raced off 98, 32lb below the career-high mark.
- 4–20Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 5 (25%)Placed
- −6.86£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 0.81Fair A/E n=20 · 0.72 incl. margin
- 130Highest OR
- 86dAvg 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 70
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 | 2 | 70A | 57.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 70A | 57.5 | — |
Of 4 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 4 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 11% of 20,049 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 62 | 13 | 21% | +10 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,240 | 171 | 13.8% | +2.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 7,022 | 840 | 12% | +1 | 2 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 3,503 | 321 | 9.2% | −1.8 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 5,327 | 545 | 10.2% | −0.8 | 2 from 6 |
| Heavy | 2,759 | 274 | 9.9% | −1.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 136 | 33 | 24.3% | +13.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,727 | 517 | 10.9% | −0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,696 | 722 | 10.8% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6,537 | 742 | 11.4% | +0.4 | 4 from 15 |
| Over 3m | 2,018 | 210 | 10.4% | −0.6 | 0 from 4 |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Anothercoppercoast (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 1 (Anothercoppercoast (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anothercoppercoast (IRE) | 35 | 3 | 2m–2m5f | Class 1 |
| Hollymount Holly (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 2m | Class 5 |
| Present News (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| The Real Rupee (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 2 | 25% | −4.06 |
| Soft | 6 | 2 | 33% | +3.20 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +0.50 |
| Class 3 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −3.36 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandown | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.80 |
| Wincanton | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Huntingdon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Exeter | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Fakenham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 15 | 4 | 27% | −1.86 |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Cannon | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 5 | 2 | 40% | +3.44 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Mr Oswald Wedmore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Harry Teal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Marc Goldstein | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Jody Sole | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Nick Scholfield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 17 | 4 | 24% | −3.86 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.80 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.50 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +5.44 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 16 | 2 | 13% | −11.30 |
| Hurdle | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.44 |
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 Cowards Close (IRE) won?
- Cowards Close (IRE) won 4 of 20 archived starts between 2012 and 2017, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 5 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Cowards Close (IRE)?
- Cowards Close (IRE) was trained by Chris Gordon on the most recent run on record, at Huntingdon on 3 April 2017.
- Who is Cowards Close (IRE)'s sire?
- Cowards Close (IRE) is by Presenting (GB) out of Parsee (IRE), whose sire is Persian Mews.
- What going does Cowards Close (IRE) prefer?
- Cowards Close (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 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 Cowards Close (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 3 April 2017. The highest on record is 130.
- What is Cowards Close (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Presenting (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,049 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
- Who are Cowards Close (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Parsee (IRE), Cowards Close (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Anothercoppercoast (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 1 (Anothercoppercoast (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.