Lay Down The Law (IRE)
Lay Down The Law is a lightly raced gelding with no wins or places from two starts between Nov 2022 and Feb 2023, both over 2m1f – 2m4f on turf. He finished 10 of 11 in a Class 4 novices hurdle at Newcastle in Feb 2023 on good ground. By Rule of Law whose progeny have won 18 of 310 runs since Jan 2008. His dam produced one winner among two runners to race including Barrys Jack with four wins.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 81dAvg between runs
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 →
Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 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 5.8% of 310 runs since Jan 2008 (35 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +19.2 | — |
| Good | 125 | 7 | 5.6% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 56 | 3 | 5.4% | −0.4 | — |
| Soft | 93 | 6 | 6.5% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | −2.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −5.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −5.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −5.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 83 | 4 | 4.8% | −1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 124 | 8 | 6.5% | +0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 75 | 5 | 6.7% | +0.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | +0.9 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Barrys Jack (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Barrys Jack (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrys Jack (IRE) | 29 | 4 | 2m–2m5f | Class 3 |
| Brideview Weir (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 16 Feb 23+81d | Newcastle | quinnbet.com Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 10/11 | 12 | 11-5 | — | 91C | Ryan Mania | 100/1 |
| 2022 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 27 Nov 22 | Carlisle | racingtv.com Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 6/7 | 62 | 11-2 | 31C | 93C | Ryan Mania | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Lay Down The Law won?
- Lay Down The Law (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts between 2022 and 2023.
- Who trained Lay Down The Law?
- Lay Down The Law (IRE) was trained by R Mike Smith on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle on 16 February 2023.
- Who is Lay Down The Law's sire?
- Lay Down The Law (IRE) is by Rule of Law (USA) out of Theatre Fool (IRE), whose sire is King's Theatre.
- What is Lay Down The Law's sire's record?
- Rule of Law (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 5.8% of 310 runs since Jan 2008 (35 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Lay Down The Law's siblings?
- Out of Theatre Fool (IRE), Lay Down The Law (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Barrys Jack (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Barrys Jack (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.