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Horse profile

Just Be Lucky (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2017) · Last trainer Conor Dore · Last owner Mrs Louise Marsh
by Intense Focus (USA) out of Anda (GB) (Selkirk)
20 runs · 16 courses · from Sep 2014
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Apr 2017 — 3,477 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2017 · 12th of 12 3 wins · Catterick, Wetherby & Haydock Last raced off OR 70
KTB Profile

Just Be Lucky (IRE) is 3 from 20. Hasn't won since Jul 2016. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 9 on softer). Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off 70, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 20 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating70↓ 10lb off peak
70 69–80

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 83 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Chelmsford City (AW), 27 Oct 2016

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 83B · median 65.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm274C34.5—
Standard (AW)1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f383B74—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 57A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leicester, 11 Oct 2016 Official rating 70 at the last run, 28 Apr 2017

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 →

Flat 20 figures · best 97A · median 74
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft790A78—
Good to Firm587B73—
Standard (AW)353A52—
Good397A91—
Good to Soft279A66—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f1197A73—
6f – 7f890A67.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 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
Intense Focus (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 3,630 runs since Mar 2013 (218 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 11.5% from 349. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.5% from 384.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1218.3%0—
Good to Firm514397.6%−0.71 from 5
Good811658%−0.32 from 3
Good to Soft3494011.5%+3.20 from 2
Soft686395.7%−2.60 from 7
Heavy240218.8%+0.5—
Standard (AW)1,017979.5%+1.20 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3844411.5%+3.2—
6f – 7f1,3881228.8%+0.51 from 8
1m – 1m1f780617.8%−0.52 from 11
1m2f – 1m4f621487.7%−0.60 from 1
1m5f – 2m328216.4%−1.9—
2m1f – 2m4f9344.3%−4—
2m5f – 3m3000%−8.3—
Over 3m6233.3%+25—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2013 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Anda (GB) (Selkirk)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
The Mighty Lohan (IRE)40——
Barakanda (IRE)90——
Roche To Bend (IRE)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 5 1 20% −3.20
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 3 2 67% +3.88
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 8 2 25% −1.12
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 3 1 33% −1.20

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00
Nottingham 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 1 100% +0.80
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 1 100% +1.38
Haydock 1 1 100% +3.50
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 11 2 18% −4.12
6f – 7f 8 1 13% −6.20
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Martin Harley 5 2 40% +1.88
Kevin Manning 4 0 0% −4.00
Paul Mulrennan 3 1 33% −1.20
Silvestre De Sousa 2 0 0% −2.00
Andrew Mullen 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Eaves 1 0 0% −1.00
David Nolan 1 0 0% −1.00
Phillip Makin 1 0 0% −1.00
Ronan Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 8 3 38% +0.68
None 8 0 0% −8.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
E/SB 1 0 0% −1.00
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 1 0 0% −1.00
2016 12 3 25% −3.32
2015 5 0 0% −5.00
2014 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 1 run
28 Apr 17+183d Doncaster 188 First Goals Wins At 188Bet Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 12/12 30 9-7 70-5C55C Paul Mulrennan 66/1
2016 · 12 runs
27 Oct 16+16d Chelmsford City (AW) totepool Betting At betfred.com Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 1¾ 9-6 7483B53A Tom Eaves 33/1
11 Oct 16+8d Leicester Whissendine Selling Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 11/14 1¾ 9-10 7474C57A Silvestre De Sousa 10/1
03 Oct 16+35d Windsor Hytera Two-Way Radio Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Good To Soft · 13 ran 13/13 ¾ 9-0 7757C53C Martin Harley 66/1
29 Aug 16+22d Newcastle (AW) Protecting Your Wealth Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 1m · Standard · 10 ran 8/10 10 9-13 80—52C David Nolan 7/1
07 Aug 16+18d Chelmsford City (AW) macmillan.org.uk Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Standard · 5 ran 5/5 18 9-10 80—49C Paul Mulrennan 12/1
20 Jul 16+28d Catterick August 12th Is Ladies' Evening Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 1/4 9-8 80—87B Paul Mulrennan 4/5F
22 Jun 16+29d Carlisle bookies.com Carlisle Bell Consolation Race (Handicap) Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 16 ran 10/16 shd 9-9 80—76A Andrew Mullen 15/2
24 May 16+4d Wetherby Courtyard Spa Best Dressed Lady Competition Handicap Class 5 · 1m1f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 9-12 69—91A Martin Harley 11/8F
20 May 16+14d Haydock ApolloBet Weekly Golf Refunds Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good · 10 ran 1/10 9-1 69—97A Martin Harley 7/2
06 May 16+9d Nottingham Racing Uk In Hd Now! Handicap Class 4 · 1m½f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4/8 nk 8-11 70—73A Andrew Mullen 8/1
27 Apr 16+16d Pontefract Betfred Supports The NRC Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good To Soft · 11 ran 3/11 2½ 9-2 70—79A Martin Harley 13/2
11 Apr 16+160d Windsor Arthur J Gallagher Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Soft · 12 ran 3/12 1¾ 9-3 71—90A Silvestre De Sousa 13/2
2015 · 5 runs
03 Nov 15+27d Redcar Watch Racing UK On 3 Devices Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Soft · 16 ran 6/16 1½ 9-5 71—78A Phillip Makin 15/2
07 Oct 15+153d Nottingham 10 Free At 32Red.com Handicap Class 5 · 1m½f · Soft · 12 ran 9/12 4 9-4 73—59A Martin Harley 4/1F
07 May 15+19d Clonmel West Gate Median Auction Maiden 1m2f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 3¾ 9-5 78—75A Kevin Manning 6/4F
18 Apr 15+7d Navan Kilberry (C & G) Maiden 1m · Yielding · 9 ran 3/9 1½ 9-5 ——73A Kevin Manning 9/4
11 Apr 15+167d Gowran Park Societies Welcome At Gowran Park Golf Club (C & G) Maiden 7f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 2/16 ½ 9-0 ——90A Kevin Manning 9/2
2014 · 2 runs
26 Oct 14+53d Leopardstown thetote.com E.B.F. (C & G) Maiden 7f · Yielding · 11 ran 3/11 7 9-5 ——79A Kevin Manning 25/1
03 Sep 14 Gowran Park Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. (C & G) Median Auction Maiden 7f · Good · 16 ran 13/16 2¼ 9-5 ——55A Ronan Whelan 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Just Be Lucky won?
Just Be Lucky (IRE) won 3 of 20 archived starts between 2014 and 2017, a strike rate of 15%. Placed 8 times in total (40% of starts).
Who trained Just Be Lucky?
Just Be Lucky (IRE) was trained by Conor Dore on the most recent run on record, at Doncaster on 28 April 2017.
Who is Just Be Lucky's sire?
Just Be Lucky (IRE) is by Intense Focus (USA) out of Anda (GB), whose sire is Selkirk.
What going does Just Be Lucky prefer?
Just Be Lucky (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Just Be Lucky's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 70, from the run on 28 April 2017. The highest on record is 80.
What is Just Be Lucky's sire's record?
Intense Focus (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 3,630 runs since Mar 2013 (218 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 11.5% from 349. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.5% from 384.
Who are Just Be Lucky's siblings?
Out of Anda (GB), Just Be Lucky (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2014. 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.