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Horse profile

Fact Or Fiction (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2018) · Last trainer John Queally · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Compton Fair (GB) (Compton Place)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Nov 2018
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Dec 2018 — 2,867 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2018 · 10th of 11
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Nov 2018 and Dec 2018, the last of them as a 5yo gelding. Finished 10 of 11 at Leopardstown last time. By Flemensfirth (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,287 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 2 figures · best 63C · median 50.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft263C50.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 104C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Leopardstown, 29 Dec 2018

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 104C · median 98.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft2104C98.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Flemensfirth (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,287 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3800%−11.9—
Good to Firm522509.6%−2.3—
Good4,05744310.9%−1—
Good to Soft2,93535412.1%+0.20 from 2
Soft5,87675112.8%+0.9—
Heavy3,81744911.8%−0.1—
Standard (AW)4224.8%−7.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f200%−11.9—
1m2f – 1m4f2514%−7.9—
1m5f – 2m4,48654812.2%+0.30 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f6,08272411.9%00 from 1
2m5f – 3m5,26062311.8%−0.1—
Over 3m1,43215310.7%−1.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Compton Fair (GB) (Compton Place)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Amarillo Rose (IRE)240——
He'sthewon (IRE)100——
Agree To Differ (IRE)50——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2018 · 2 runs
29 Dec 18+49d Leopardstown Pigsback.com Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 10/11 4¼ 11-12 63C104C Niall P Madden 66/1
10 Nov 18 Naas Irish Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good To Yielding · 22 ran 16/22 nk 11-12 38C93C Jody McGarvey 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Fact Or Fiction won?
Fact Or Fiction (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2018.
Who trained Fact Or Fiction?
Fact Or Fiction (IRE) was trained by John Queally on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 29 December 2018.
Who is Fact Or Fiction's sire?
Fact Or Fiction (IRE) is by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Compton Fair (GB), whose sire is Compton Place.
What is Fact Or Fiction's sire's record?
Flemensfirth (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,287 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Fact Or Fiction's siblings?
Out of Compton Fair (GB), Fact Or Fiction (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2018. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.