Lead Story (IRE)
Lead Story (IRE) is 2 from 15, both wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Sep 2021. Both wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 7 on turf. Last raced off a career-high mark of 71.
Progeny in our archive
As a dam, Lead Story (IRE) has 1 produce in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bestfootleads (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
- 2–15Wins / Runs
- 13.3%Strike rate
- 10 (66.7%)Placed
- −3.50£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 0.75Fair A/E n=15 · 0.66 incl. margin
- 71Highest OR
- 25dAvg 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 100
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 100A | 87 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 96A | 91 | — |
| Good | 2 | 108A | 95.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 100A | 87 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 108A | 91.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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 14.4% of 3,908 runs since Jan 2008 (417 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.9% from 101.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 8 | 0 | 0% | −14.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 586 | 92 | 15.7% | +1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 982 | 139 | 14.2% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 464 | 69 | 14.9% | +0.5 | — |
| Soft | 605 | 78 | 12.9% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 165 | 25 | 15.2% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,098 | 159 | 14.5% | +0.1 | 2 from 8 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 101 | 11 | 10.9% | −3.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,171 | 182 | 15.5% | +1.1 | 2 from 13 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,242 | 163 | 13.1% | −1.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,070 | 160 | 15% | +0.6 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 267 | 39 | 14.6% | +0.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 52 | 7 | 13.5% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −14.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Miss Information (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Miss Information (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Information (IRE) | 19 | 5 | 6f–1m | Class 2 |
| Newscaster (IRE) | 6 | 2 | 6f | Class 4 |
| Chequer Square (IRE) | 21 | 0 | — | — |
| La Bonne Etoile (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 2 | 25% | +3.50 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +0.50 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 2 | 15% | −1.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford Lee | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.50 |
| Pierre-Louis Jamin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alan Persse | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harrison Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 14 | 2 | 14% | −2.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | 2 | 14% | −2.50 |
| 2020 | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Lead Story (IRE) won?
- Lead Story (IRE) won 2 of 15 archived starts between 2020 and 2021, a strike rate of 13.3%. Placed 10 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trained Lead Story (IRE)?
- Lead Story (IRE) was trained by K R Burke on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 30 November 2021.
- Who is Lead Story (IRE)'s sire?
- Lead Story (IRE) is by New Bay (GB) out of Newsletter (IRE), whose sire is Sir Percy.
- What going does Lead Story (IRE) prefer?
- Lead Story (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Lead Story (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 30 November 2021. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Lead Story (IRE)'s sire's record?
- New Bay (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.4% of 3,908 runs since Jan 2008 (417 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.9% from 101.
- Who are Lead Story (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Newsletter (IRE), Lead Story (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Miss Information (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Miss Information (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.
- Has Lead Story (IRE) produced winners?
- As a dam, Lead Story (IRE) has 1 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.