Launch Time (GB)
Launch Time is a gelding with three wins from 17 starts, two of them over 6f – 7f. He won the Heverlee Handicap Stakes at Ayr in Oct 2026 on heavy ground off an official rating of 57, having previously scored at Leopardstown over 6f – 7f on good ground in Aug 2026 and over 1m – 1m1f on good to soft in Apr 2026. All three wins came in handicaps. Typically held up, his last run at Ayr in Oct 2026 was his first in headgear.
- 3–17Wins / Runs
- 17.6%Strike rate
- 9 (52.9%)Placed
- −0.50£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 1.40Fair A/E n=17 · 1.06 incl. margin
- 57Highest OR
- 45dAvg 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 96
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 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 117C | 74 | 3 · 87 / 87 |
| Soft | 3 | 98C | 56 | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 2 | 96A | 90.5 | 2 · 96 / 90.5 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 86C | 80.5 | 2 · 86 / 80.5 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 9 | 87A | 75 | 7 · 87 / 85 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 96A | 80.5 | 2 · 96 / 91.5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 117C | 107.5 | — |
Of 17 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 17 runs · as at 16 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 10 analysed runs
- Held up 9 (90%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 3,101 runs since Jan 2008 (337 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 5.9% from 320. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.7% from 312.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 3 | 18.8% | +7.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 474 | 60 | 12.7% | +1.8 | — |
| Good | 723 | 86 | 11.9% | +1 | 1 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 310 | 31 | 10% | −0.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 320 | 19 | 5.9% | −5 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 87 | 13 | 14.9% | +4 | 1 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,171 | 125 | 10.7% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 91 | 10 | 11% | +0.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,052 | 101 | 9.6% | −1.3 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 905 | 84 | 9.3% | −1.6 | 1 from 10 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 655 | 85 | 13% | +2.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 312 | 46 | 14.7% | +3.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 79 | 10 | 12.7% | +1.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +5.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 19 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Boston Dan (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Boston Dan (IRE)).
Family form: Boston Dan (IRE) finished 3rd of 14 at York, 9 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Dan (IRE) | 20 | 2 | 5f | Class 4 |
| Rawasi Almeydan (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.50 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Laytown (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +2.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.50 |
| Robbie Colgan | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Eryka Snioch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.00 |
| Visor | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 3 | 33% | +7.50 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Oct 26+28d | Ayr | Heverlee Handicap Stakes denied room at start and sluggish to begin - settled in the pack's middle after a short while - gradually improved 3f out then challenged the front pair with ease 2f out - driven to hit the front over 1f out - stayed on strongly to win | 1/10 | 9-6 | 57 | 96A | 91A | Hector Crouch | 2/1F | |
| 10 Sep 26+16d | Laytown (IRE) | Gilna's Of Laytown Handicap Shared control early - pushed along and lost front spot 2f out then slipped to 6th approaching final furlong - held that spot to the line | 6/9 | 1¾ | 10-11 | 57 | — | 74A | Colin Keane | 11/4J |
| 25 Aug 26+11d | Bellewstown (IRE) | Ploughman Bar & Grill Handicap (Div I) Sat just behind pace - moving smoothly into second spot 2f out - pressed for advantage and hit the front 1 1/2f out before being reeled in - held safe late to finish second | 2/15 | 1¼ | 10-0 | 57 | — | 89A | Colin Keane | 2/1F |
| 14 Aug 26+8d | Cork (IRE) | Fitzgerald Construction Building 'A' Rated Homes Handicap Held up towards the back - shaped up inside the final two furlongs - stayed on through the closing stages to finish seventh | 7/17 | nk | 10-0 | 57 | 56C | 79A | Colin Keane | 4/1 |
| 06 Aug 26+36d | Leopardstown (IRE) | Carnival de Leop Handicap Settled just behind the front group - mid-pack around halfway - made progress into the straight to loom up second with a furlong left - hit the front close home and stayed on strongly to score | 1/17 | 9-10 | 53 | 87C | 85A | Colin Keane | 7/2 | |
| 01 Jul 26+20d | Fairyhouse | Early Bird Winter Festival Tickets At Fairyhouse.ie Handicap (0-60) Held up towards back of field - moved into 6th spot approaching 2f out then pushed wide to reach 3rd inside final furlong - held level thereafter finishing third | 3/12 | 1 | 9-10 | 54 | 87A | 85A | Colin Keane | 10/3 |
| 11 Jun 26+48d | Leopardstown | Sandyford Business District Handicap (0-60) Raced handy on the outside - dropped to 6th with 3 1/2f left and pushed along approaching the last furlong - faded late to finish 9th | 9/17 | hd | 9-11 | 55 | 49C | 61A | Robbie Colgan | 13/2 |
| 24 Apr 26+12d | Cork | Follow Cork Racecourse On Social Media Handicap (0-60) Sat close to the front group early - 6th at the midway point - moved left approaching 2f out and pushed along a furlong later in 5th - stayed on at one speed through the closing stages to finish 4th | 4/18 | 1½ | 9-12 | 56 | 75C | 82A | Robbie Colgan | 11/4F |
| 12 Apr 26+121d | Leopardstown | Sunday 10th May Leopardstown Family Day Handicap (0-60) Sat behind the pace wide - moving strongly in third approaching 2f out before hitting front with a furlong left - driven out to hold on gamely and win | 1/20 | 9-5 | 49 | 86C | 85A | Robbie Colgan | 8/1 | |
| 12 Dec 25+52d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap (0-60) Settled in the pack - pushed along with two furlongs left - unable to close - finished eighth | 8/14 | ½ | 8-13 | 51 | 85B | 67A | Eryka Snioch | 15/2 |
| 21 Oct 25+13d | Curragh | 1xbet.ie Supports Irish Racing Handicap Settled just behind the front group on the far rail - pushed along a furlong out and edged closer - couldn't find more inside final furlong and held on for 4th without gaining further | 4/22 | 1¾ | 8-7 | 51 | 85C | 80A | Chris Hayes | 12/1 |
| 08 Oct 25+32d | Navan | Racing Again 22nd October Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) Sat behind pace - 5th at halfway - moved through smoothly to hit front 2f out - driven out but overtaken early in final furlong - unable to find more close home | 3/17 | ½ | 9-5 | 51 | 98C | 75A | Colin Keane | 3/1F |
| 06 Sep 25+42d | Navan | Return Of The Jumps At Navan Racecourse September 20th Handicap (0-60) Settled in the pack early - hemmed in around 7th two furlongs out then set alight - into 4th but couldn't close the gap a furlong out - up to 3rd inside the final 100 yards - stayed on at one gear to finish third | 3/19 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 51 | 117C | 69A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 4/1F |
| 26 Jul 25+17d | Gowran Park | O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Handicap (0-60) Slow into stride - held up towards back - unable to threaten in straight | 11/16 | nk | 9-6 | 57 | 74C | 59A | Seamie Heffernan | 25/1 |
| 09 Jul 25+14d | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Held up towards the back - lost more ground into the straight and pushed along 2f out - couldn't quicken and well held at the finish | 13/17 | nk | 9-8 | — | 54C | 58C | Seamie Heffernan | 50/1 |
| 25 Jun 25+251d | Naas | Tinnakill House (C & G) Maiden Dwelt at the start - settled towards the back of the pack - niggled into contention from 2f out - stayed on into 4th but never in the hunt | 4/9 | 1 | 9-8 | — | 74A | 62A | Robbie Colgan | 50/1 |
| 17 Oct 24 | Curragh | Irish European Breeders Fund Median Sires Series Maiden (Div 1) Keen going early towards the back - still 11th at halfway - found little when asked over a furlong out and held late | 9/13 | 1½ | 9-0 | — | 56C | 50C | Robbie Colgan | 150/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Launch Time (GB) won?
- Launch Time (GB) won 3 of 17 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 17.6%. Placed 9 times in total (52.9% of starts).
- Who trains Launch Time (GB)?
- Launch Time (GB) is trained by Cian Hughes, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 8 October 2026.
- Who is Launch Time (GB)'s sire?
- Launch Time (GB) is by Time Test (GB) out of Blondikova (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does Launch Time (GB) prefer?
- Launch Time (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Launch Time (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 57, from the run on 8 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Launch Time (GB)'s sire's record?
- Time Test (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 3,101 runs since Jan 2008 (337 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 5.9% from 320. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.7% from 312.
- Who are Launch Time (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Blondikova (GB), Launch Time (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Boston Dan (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Boston Dan (IRE)). The wins came over 5f. As at Oct 2026.