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Horse profile

Espanito Bello (FR)

11yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2025) · Last trainer Barry Connell · Last owner Barry Connell
by Turgeon (USA) out of Flower flight (FR) (Ungaro)
28 runs · 7 courses · from Jan 2018
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Mar 2025 — 597 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2025 · 11th of 14 5 wins · Naas Last raced off OR 144
KTB Profile

Espanito Bello won five of 28 starts on turf all at Naas including the Listed Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground in Nov 2023 off a mark of 128. He also took the Bar One Racing Leinster National Handicap Chase over 2m5f – 3m on soft in Mar 2023 off 140. Three of his wins came over 2m1f – 2m4f and he recorded two on heavy. Aged 11 at his last run in Mar 2025 he finished 11 of 14 in the Bar One Racing Leinster National Handicap Chase off an official rating of 144.

Based on 28 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up
Official rating144↓ 6lb off peak
144 128–150

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 149 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Naas, 10 Nov 2024

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 →

Jumps 20 figures · best 191B · median 100
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft12191B100—
Heavy6149C81—
Good to Soft2149A131—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8191B141—
2m5f – 3m7149C99—
Over 3m3132B86—
1m5f – 2m272B72—

Of 28 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (6) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 28 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 140A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Navan, 7 Dec 2024 Official rating 144 at the last run, 9 Mar 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 21 figures · best 148A · median 125
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft12148A121.5—
Heavy7145A128—
Good to Soft2130A123—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f9148A130—
2m5f – 3m7141A120—
Over 3m3128A119—
1m5f – 2m2137B128—

Of 28 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (7).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 28 runs · as at 4 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 5 analysed runs since Oct 2024

  • Held up 4 (80%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (20%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Turgeon (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 3,187 runs since Jan 2008 (341 horses).

Weakest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 267.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−12.3—
Good to Firm47817%+4.7—
Good5006913.8%+1.5—
Good to Soft4246014.2%+1.90 from 3
Soft1,45715710.8%−1.53 from 14
Heavy7359713.2%+0.92 from 11
Standard (AW)2000%−12.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f1300%−12.3—
1m2f – 1m4f3139.7%−2.6—
1m5f – 2m4195813.8%+1.51 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1,65719611.8%−0.53 from 12
2m5f – 3m80011314.1%+1.81 from 7
Over 3m267217.9%−4.40 from 7

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

Dam
Flower flight (FR) (Ungaro)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 14 3 21% +32.50
Heavy 11 2 18% +4.50
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Naas 12 5 42% +50.00
Navan 5 0 0% −5.00
Fairyhouse 5 0 0% −5.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 12 3 25% +43.00
Over 3m 7 0 0% −7.00
2m5f – 3m 7 1 14% −2.50
1m5f – 2m 2 1 50% +0.50

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Michael O'Sullivan 12 2 17% +13.50
Mark Bolger 5 1 20% +8.00
Sean Flanagan 4 0 0% −4.00
Donal McInerney 2 0 0% −2.00
Kevin Brouder 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Donagh Meyler 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor McNamara 1 1 100% +20.00
Mr M J O'Hare 1 1 100% +1.50

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 18 5 28% +44.00
Visor 9 0 0% −9.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 7 0 0% −7.00
2023 5 2 40% +20.50
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 4 0 0% −4.00
2020 4 1 25% +9.00
2019 3 1 33% +18.00
2018 1 1 100% +1.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 16 2 13% +1.50
Hurdle 11 2 18% +31.00
NH Flat 1 1 100% +1.50

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 2 runs
09 Mar 25+50d Naas Bar One Racing Leinster National Handicap Chase (Listed) 25f · Soft · 14 ran Held up at the back throughout - bumped 6 out - unable to find more from 3 out - eventually well beaten in 11th 11/14 21 11-12 14415C115C Sean Flanagan 14/1
18 Jan 25+42d Navan Navan Handicap Hurdle 20f · Soft · 19 ran Held up towards the back - minor error 5 out - pushed along and made no headway 3 out - well held at the finish 15/19 4 11-7 135101B120A Sean Flanagan 16/1
2024 · 7 runs
07 Dec 24+27d Navan Timeless Sash Windows Foxrock Handicap Chase (0-150) (Listed) 20.5f · Soft · 19 ran Held up towards the back - error at 2nd - edged closer after 4 out - pushed along in 9th - held 6th place by the last - held on for fifth without finding more 5/19 3¼ 11-7 145133B140A Sean Flanagan 28/1
10 Nov 24+25d Naas Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle (Listed) 20f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran Settled in the pack early - improved into 5th after the fifth - slipped back to 7th before four out and again before two out - edged forward late but finished well held 8/11 2 11-6 137149A130A Michael O'Sullivan 18/1
16 Oct 24+198d Punchestown BetVictor Chase (Grade 3) 23f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran Settled towards the back early - moved into 4th 7 out - into 3rd turning into the straight - unable to threaten leaders and weakened before the last 5/7 4½ 11-0 147113A116B Michael O'Sullivan 20/1
01 Apr 24+22d Fairyhouse McInerney Properties Fairyhouse Chase (Grade 2) 19.5f · Heavy · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-4 148—— Michael O'Sullivan 33/1
10 Mar 24+14d Naas Bar One Racing Leinster National Handicap Chase (Listed) 25f · Soft · 12 ran UR/12 — 11-9 148—— Michael O'Sullivan 13/2
25 Feb 24+31d Naas Newlands Chase (Grade 3) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 6 ran 3/6 1¼ 11-1 14972B137B Michael O'Sullivan 5/1
25 Jan 24+47d Gowran Park Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase (Grade 3) 25f · Heavy · 18 ran UR/18 — 11-9 150—— Michael O'Sullivan 22/1
2023 · 5 runs
09 Dec 23+27d Navan Bective Stud, Tea Rooms & Apartments Handicap Hurdle (Listed) 25f · Heavy · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-7 137—— Michael O'Sullivan 8/1
12 Nov 23+216d Naas Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle (Listed) 20f · Soft · 19 ran 1/19 10-10 128154B148A Michael O'Sullivan 20/1
10 Apr 23+29d Fairyhouse BoyleSports Irish Grand National Chase (Extended Handicap Chase) (Grade A) 29f · Soft · 27 ran PU/27 — 10-12 140—— Michael O'Sullivan 22/1
12 Mar 23+45d Naas Bar One Racing Leinster National Handicap Chase (Grade A) 24.5f · Soft · 13 ran 1/13 11-4 14095B141A Michael O'Sullivan 7/2
26 Jan 23+89d Gowran Park Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase (Grade A) 25f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 5/18 4½ 10-10 140132B128A Michael O'Sullivan 8/1
2022 · 2 runs
29 Oct 22+293d Galway W.B. Gavin & Co. Handicap Hurdle 22f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 5/16 8½ 11-6 12990B120A Michael O'Sullivan 17/2
09 Jan 22+12d Fairyhouse Fairyhouse Easter Early Bird Handicap Hurdle 24f · Soft · 11 ran 5/11 3½ 11-13 13199A130A Sean Flanagan 20/1
2021 · 4 runs
28 Dec 21+52d Limerick Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase (0-150) (Grade B) 19.5f · Heavy · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-9 144—— Donal McInerney 8/1
06 Nov 21+215d Naas Betvictor Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle (grade B) 20f · Yielding · 18 ran 14/18 3¾ 11-3 13195C114C Donal McInerney 14/1
05 Apr 21+43d Fairyhouse BoyleSports Irish Grand National Chase (Extended Handicap Chase) (Grade A) 29f · Yielding · 28 ran 18/28 7½ 11-4 14786C119C Mark Bolger 16/1
21 Feb 21+69d Navan Ladbrokes Watch Racing Online For Free Ten Up Novice Chase (Grade 2) 24f · Heavy · 5 ran 2/5 4 11-5 146149C129C Mark Bolger 7/4
2020 · 4 runs
14 Dec 20+23d Naas Ballymore Beginners Chase 19f · Heavy · 10 ran 1/10 12-0 131—145A Mark Bolger 12/1
21 Nov 20+24d Naas Mongey Communications Beginners Chase 19f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 4/11 7 12-0 —21B125A Mark Bolger 33/1
28 Oct 20+234d Punchestown Bet 10 Get 10 BETDAQ Virtuals Beginners Chase 22.5f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran 7/10 2¾ 12-0 —35C108C Mark Bolger 33/1
08 Mar 20+92d Naas Celebrating Women In Racing On International Women's Day Handicap Hurdle 19f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 2/13 ¾ 10-12 128191B137A Kevin Brouder 16/1
2019 · 3 runs
07 Dec 19+244d Navan eCOMM Merchant Solutions Handicap Hurdle (Grade B) 24.5f · Soft · 16 ran 11/16 1¼ 10-4 130128C115C Sean O'Keeffe 33/1
07 Apr 19+28d Fairyhouse Fairyhouse Easter Festival Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) 20f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-5 ——— Donagh Meyler 33/1
10 Mar 19+427d Naas Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle 19f · Yielding · 20 ran 1/20 11-8 —173B123A Conor McNamara 20/1
2018 · 1 run
07 Jan 18 Naas Rushe's Supervalu (pro/am) Flat Race 16f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran 1/7 11-2 —72A119B Mr M J O'Hare 6/4F

Quick answers

How many races has Espanito Bello won?
Espanito Bello (FR) won 5 of 28 archived starts between 2018 and 2025, a strike rate of 17.9%. Placed 7 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Espanito Bello?
Espanito Bello (FR) was trained by Barry Connell on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 9 March 2025.
Who is Espanito Bello's sire?
Espanito Bello (FR) is by Turgeon (USA) out of Flower flight (FR), whose sire is Ungaro.
What going does Espanito Bello prefer?
Espanito Bello (FR) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 14 starts (21.4%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Espanito Bello's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 144, from the run on 9 March 2025. The highest on record is 150.
What is Espanito Bello's sire's record?
Turgeon (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 3,187 runs since Jan 2008 (341 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 267.

Record shown from January 2018. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.