Elusive Approach (IRE)
Elusive Approach (IRE) is 2 from 19. Hasn't won since Apr 2017. Both wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 13 on turf. Last raced off 74, 8lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–19Wins / Runs
- 10.5%Strike rate
- 7 (36.8%)Placed
- −10.25£1 level staken=19 at SP
- 0.78Fair A/E n=18 · 0.59 incl. margin
- 82Highest OR
- 24dAvg 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 94
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 104A | 90 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 82A | 68 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 95B | 83.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 104A | 75 | — |
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 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 27 | 4 | 14.8% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,085 | 166 | 15.3% | +2.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,630 | 200 | 12.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 799 | 110 | 13.8% | +1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 958 | 107 | 11.2% | −1.4 | 0 from 6 |
| Heavy | 283 | 28 | 9.9% | −2.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,010 | 241 | 12% | −0.6 | 2 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 98 | 9 | 9.2% | −3.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,207 | 156 | 12.9% | +0.3 | 1 from 8 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,665 | 234 | 14.1% | +1.5 | 1 from 11 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,324 | 303 | 13% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,066 | 113 | 10.6% | −2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 320 | 33 | 10.3% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 101 | 8 | 7.9% | −4.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −12.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Approach (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Intensely Focussed (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 2 | 33% | +2.75 |
| Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 6 | 2 | 33% | +2.75 |
| Limerick | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 1 | 9% | −7.25 |
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Manning | 13 | 1 | 8% | −8.00 |
| Danny Redmond | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.25 |
| Willie Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 18 | 2 | 11% | −9.25 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +0.75 |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Elusive Approach won?
- Elusive Approach (IRE) won 2 of 19 archived starts between 2016 and 2017, a strike rate of 10.5%. Placed 7 times in total (36.8% of starts).
- Who trained Elusive Approach?
- Elusive Approach (IRE) was trained by J S Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 20 May 2017.
- Who is Elusive Approach's sire?
- Elusive Approach (IRE) is by New Approach (IRE) out of Soilse Na Cathrach (IRE), whose sire is Elusive City.
- What going does Elusive Approach prefer?
- Elusive Approach (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Elusive Approach's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 20 May 2017. The highest on record is 82.
- What is Elusive Approach's sire's record?
- New Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
- Who are Elusive Approach's siblings?
- Out of Soilse Na Cathrach (IRE), Elusive Approach (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.