Free Vango (IRE)
Free Vango is a lightly raced gelding who made his debut in the Byrne Marquees Maiden Hurdle at Bellewstown in Apr 2026, where he finished 13 of 16 after racing prominently. He is by Ocovango, whose progeny in the archive have recorded 276 wins from 2,944 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip over 3m. The dam is Free Thought and the damsire is Mountain High. His sole start came over 2m1f to 2m4f on soft turf.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 2,974 runs since Jan 2008 (302 horses).
Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14.2% from 190.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 27 | 8 | 29.6% | +20.2 | — |
| Good | 933 | 92 | 9.9% | +0.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 694 | 69 | 9.9% | +0.5 | — |
| Soft | 911 | 75 | 8.2% | −1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 393 | 37 | 9.4% | 0 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 0 | 0% | −9.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −9.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 785 | 63 | 8% | −1.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,090 | 98 | 9% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 892 | 93 | 10.4% | +1 | — |
| Over 3m | 190 | 27 | 14.2% | +4.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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.
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr 26 | Bellewstown | Byrne Marquees Maiden Hurdle Travelled keenly close up early - hit the front after 3rd before being matched then overtaken and settled second by halfway - urged into 4th approaching 3 out - dropped away soon after - finished well beaten | 13/16 | 10 | 10-6 | 57C | 88C | Sean Cleary-Farrell | 150/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Free Vango (IRE) won?
- Free Vango (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
- Who trains Free Vango (IRE)?
- Free Vango (IRE) is trained by P Cluskey, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 18 April 2026.
- Who is Free Vango (IRE)'s sire?
- Free Vango (IRE) is by Ocovango (GB) out of Free Thought (IRE), whose sire is Mountain High.
- What is Free Vango (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Ocovango (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 2,974 runs since Jan 2008 (302 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14.2% from 190.