Gala Ball (IRE)
Gala Ball (IRE) is 6 from 25. Hasn't won since Jan 2020. 3 of 5 starts at Wincanton have ended in wins.
- 6–25Wins / Runs
- 24%Strike rate
- 15 (60%)Placed
- −1.64£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 1.43Fair A/E n=25 · 1.25 incl. margin
- 149Highest OR
- 94dAvg 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 81
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 6 | 108C | 70 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 80C | 78 | — |
| Good | 2 | 81B | 80.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 108C | 77.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 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 11.8% of 17,280 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 38 | 0 | 0% | −11.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 522 | 50 | 9.6% | −2.2 | — |
| Good | 4,053 | 441 | 10.9% | −0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 2,932 | 354 | 12.1% | +0.3 | 1 from 9 |
| Soft | 5,876 | 751 | 12.8% | +1 | 5 from 11 |
| Heavy | 3,817 | 449 | 11.8% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 42 | 2 | 4.8% | −7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −11.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 25 | 1 | 4% | −7.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,484 | 547 | 12.2% | +0.4 | 3 from 9 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,080 | 724 | 11.9% | +0.1 | 3 from 14 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5,257 | 622 | 11.8% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 1,432 | 153 | 10.7% | −1.1 | — |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them August Hill (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–2m7f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Beast Of Burden (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August Hill (IRE) | 17 | 4 | 1m7½f–2m1f | Class 4 |
| Beast Of Burden (IRE) | 11 | 3 | 2m–2m7f | Class 3 |
| Moonlit Wings (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 2m5f | — |
| Sorceress Medea (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 11 | 5 | 45% | +9.74 |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.38 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.38 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.83 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +5.91 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 9 | 2 | 22% | +1.62 |
| Wincanton | 5 | 3 | 60% | +5.83 |
| Warwick | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Exeter | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.09 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 14 | 3 | 21% | −4.47 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 3 | 33% | +4.83 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom O'Brien | 10 | 4 | 40% | +8.91 |
| Micheal Nolan | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.17 |
| Richard Johnson | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.38 |
| Ms N Carberry | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Houlihan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Scudamore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss K Harrington | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Derek O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 19 | 6 | 32% | +4.36 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.09 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +6.83 |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 14 | 3 | 21% | −4.47 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 3 | 43% | +6.83 |
| Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 Gala Ball won?
- Gala Ball (IRE) won 6 of 25 archived starts between 2015 and 2021, a strike rate of 24%. Placed 15 times in total (60% of starts).
- Who trained Gala Ball?
- Gala Ball (IRE) was trained by Philip Hobbs on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 6 March 2021.
- Who is Gala Ball's sire?
- Gala Ball (IRE) is by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Nuit Des Chartreux (FR), whose sire is Villez.
- What going does Gala Ball prefer?
- Gala Ball (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 5 wins from 11 starts (45.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Gala Ball's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 144, from the run on 6 March 2021. The highest on record is 149.
- What is Gala Ball's sire's record?
- Flemensfirth (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 17,280 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Gala Ball's siblings?
- Out of Nuit Des Chartreux (FR), Gala Ball (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: August Hill (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Beast Of Burden (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m7f. As at Oct 2026.