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Horse profile

Lean Times (IRE)

12yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2017) · Last trainer M Flannery · Last owner M Flannery
by Marignan (USA) out of Renewed Spirit (IRE) (Erins Isle)
34 runs · 12 courses · from Jul 2009
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Aug 2017 — 3,340 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2017 2 wins · Ballinrobe & Kilbeggan Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 80
KTB Profile

Lean Times (IRE) is 2 from 34. Hasn't won since May 2012. Both wins came on good or faster ground (0 from 26 on softer). Last raced off 80, 38lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 34 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 38lb off peak
Official rating80↓ 38lb off peak
80 80–118

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 83 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ballinrobe, 14 Aug 2017

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 83B · median 53.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good270B53.5—
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m270B52—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 89A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ballinrobe, 14 Aug 2017 Official rating 80 at the last jumps run, 29 Aug 2017

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 65B the best of the last 1 rated run · Kilbeggan, 8 Aug 2009

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 28 figures · best 130A · median 110.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Heavy9126A101—
Soft9130A105—
Good6127A102.5—
Good to Soft2124A118—
Good to Firm2125A117.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f16130A115.5—
1m5f – 2m8126A105—
2m5f – 3m4116A100.5—
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 34 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 29 figures from 34 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
Marignan (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 6.3% of 554 runs since Jan 2008 (63 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−6.3—
Good to Firm6169.8%+3.51 from 2
Good15096%−0.31 from 6
Good to Soft70710%+3.70 from 3
Soft16595.5%−0.80 from 11
Heavy10443.8%−2.50 from 12
Standard (AW)300%−6.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f100%−6.3—
1m2f – 1m4f7114.3%+8—
1m5f – 2m14896.1%−0.20 from 10
2m1f – 2m4f21294.2%−2.12 from 18
2m5f – 3m164159.1%+2.80 from 5
Over 3m2214.5%−1.80 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Renewed Spirit (IRE) (Erins Isle)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Renewed Challenge (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m2f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Renewed Challenge (IRE)1612m2f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 12 0 0% −12.00
Soft 11 0 0% −11.00
Good 6 1 17% −4.33
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ballinrobe 8 1 13% −4.00
Sligo 6 0 0% −6.00
Punchestown 4 0 0% −4.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 2 0 0% −2.00
Killarney 2 0 0% −2.00
Kilbeggan 2 1 50% −0.33
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 18 2 11% −12.33
1m5f – 2m 10 0 0% −10.00
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Andrew Ring 7 0 0% −7.00
Paul Carberry 5 0 0% −5.00
Ms N Carberry 5 1 20% −3.33
Andrew J McNamara 4 0 0% −4.00
Martin Ferris 3 0 0% −3.00
Davy Condon 3 0 0% −3.00
B M Cash 2 0 0% −2.00
Tony Kelly 2 0 0% −2.00
Davy Russell 2 1 50% +2.00
Phillip Enright 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 28 2 7% −22.33
Tongue tie 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 5 0 0% −5.00
2016 6 0 0% −6.00
2015 2 0 0% −2.00
2012 10 1 10% −6.00
2011 3 0 0% −3.00
2010 5 1 20% −3.33
2009 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 29 1 3% −25.00
NH Flat 4 1 25% −2.33
Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
29 Aug 17+7d Ballinrobe Corrib Oil Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 25f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran PU/16 — 10-8 80—— Andrew Ring 25/1
22 Aug 17+8d Sligo Guinness Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 11/12 12 10-1 8034B69A Andrew Ring 25/1
14 Aug 17+20d Ballinrobe Supermac's Ballinrobe Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 17.5f · Yielding · 12 ran 4/12 5 10-8 8083B89A Andrew Ring 14/1
25 Jul 17+9d Ballinrobe Sweeney Oil Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 22f · Good · 16 ran 12/16 30 10-9 8137C75C Andrew Ring 16/1
16 Jul 17+371d Sligo Joe Henry Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 5/10 6 9-7 8170B88A Andrew Ring 33/1
10 Jul 16+41d Sligo Anthony Langan Supporting Sligo Races Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 16.5f · Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 9-5 85—— Andrew Ring 5/1
30 May 16+7d Ballinrobe Spa At Breaffy Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 20f · Good · 10 ran 5/10 1¼ 9-13 87—92A Andrew Ring 4/1
23 May 16+20d Sligo Callan Tansey Solicitors Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 16f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 3/16 1¼ 11-4 87—112A Phillip Enright 6/1
03 May 16+18d Ballinrobe Sheridan Electric Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 17f · Soft · 16 ran 5/16 ½ 10-12 88—105A Martin Ferris 25/1
15 Apr 16+13d Ballinrobe Hollymount Nursing Home Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 17f · Heavy · 13 ran 6/13 9½ 10-9 92—95C Martin Ferris 20/1
02 Apr 16+221d Navan www.meridiansecurity.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 10/18 2 10-12 95—93A Martin Ferris 50/1
25 Aug 15+29d Ballinrobe David Heneghan Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 20f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-12 102—— B M Cash 16/1
27 Jul 15+1009d Galway Easyfix Rubber Products Handicap Hurdle (88-109) 16f · Yielding · 20 ran 11/20 ½ 11-8 105—100A B M Cash 50/1
21 Oct 12+31d Cork I.N.H. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Novice Hurdle 24f · Yielding · 9 ran 5/9 3 11-10 117—111A Andrew J McNamara 9/1
20 Sep 12+20d Listowel Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle 24f · Heavy · 15 ran PU/15 — 10-12 118—— Andrew J McNamara 16/1
31 Aug 12+5d Killarney Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Novice Hurdle 22f · Soft · 7 ran 2/7 nse 10-11 115—116A Tony Kelly 4/1
26 Aug 12+17d Cork Cork Handicap Hurdle (81-116) 20f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 3/11 nk 11-10 112—130A Andrew J McNamara 16/1
09 Aug 12+30d Sligo Guinness Sligo Handicap Hurdle 20f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 5/11 8½ 11-0 114—105C Andrew J McNamara 16/1
10 Jul 12+43d Roscommon Leo Dolan Memorial Handicap Hurdle 24f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 4½ 10-8 114—90C Tony Kelly 8/1
28 May 12+14d Ballinrobe Mulholland Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 1/13 11-12 114—125A Davy Russell 3/1F
14 May 12+93d Killarney Laurels Bar (c & G) Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good · 16 ran 4/16 shd 11-12 115—123A Davy Russell 10/1
11 Feb 12+21d Naas Tote Jackpot Maiden Hurdle 19f · Soft To Heavy · 24 ran PU/24 — 11-12 116—— Davy Condon 5/1
21 Jan 12+35d Naas I.n.h. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Maiden Hurdle 19f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 4/14 4½ 11-12 116—119A Davy Condon 6/1
17 Dec 11+307d Fairyhouse Christmas Party Raceday At Fairyhouse Maiden Hurdle 20f · Soft To Heavy · 6 ran 2/6 7 11-12 114—120B Paul Carberry 7/1
13 Feb 11+42d Navan Irish Stallion Owners E.B.F. Maiden Hurdle 20f · Heavy · 18 ran 13/18 2 11-12 ——98C Paul Carberry 10/1
02 Jan 11+49d Naas Annual Membership At Naas Maiden Hurdle 19f · Soft · 19 ran 3/19 4½ 11-12 ——118A Paul Carberry 5/1
14 Nov 10+19d Punchestown I.n.h. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Maiden Hurdle 20f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 14 11-12 ——101C Davy Condon 11/2
26 Oct 10+87d Punchestown Madigans Bars At Punchestown Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 2/13 hd 11-12 ——124A Paul Carberry 10/1
31 Jul 10+15d Galway Jockeys Association Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 4/19 9 11-12 ——110A Paul Carberry 6/1
16 Jul 10+51d Kilbeggan Mullingar Flat Race 19f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 12-0 ——113A Ms N Carberry 4/6F
26 May 10+171d Punchestown Black Hills Flat Race 17f · Good · 21 ran 3/21 ½ 12-0 ——127A Ms N Carberry 11/4F
06 Dec 09+120d Punchestown New Years Eve Racing At Punchestown (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Heavy · 7 ran 2/7 6 11-9 ——123A Ms N Carberry 2/1
08 Aug 09+34d Kilbeggan Tom Birmingham Menswear (pro/am) Flat Race 16f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 8/16 ½ 11-9 ——65B Ms N Carberry 5/4F
05 Jul 09 Sligo Info at countysligoraces.com Flat Race 16f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 2/13 7 11-8 ——126A Ms N Carberry 10/3

Quick answers

How many races has Lean Times (IRE) won?
Lean Times (IRE) won 2 of 34 archived starts between 2009 and 2017, a strike rate of 5.9%. Placed 11 times in total (32.4% of starts).
Who trained Lean Times (IRE)?
Lean Times (IRE) was trained by M Flannery on the most recent run on record, at Ballinrobe on 29 August 2017.
Who is Lean Times (IRE)'s sire?
Lean Times (IRE) is by Marignan (USA) out of Renewed Spirit (IRE), whose sire is Erins Isle.
What going does Lean Times (IRE) prefer?
Lean Times (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Lean Times (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 29 August 2017. The highest on record is 118.
What is Lean Times (IRE)'s sire's record?
Marignan (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.3% of 554 runs since Jan 2008 (63 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Lean Times (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Renewed Spirit (IRE), Lean Times (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Renewed Challenge (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2009. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.