How many races has Lia Fail (IRE) won?

Lia Fail (IRE) won 3 of 16 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 18.8%. Placed 3 times in total (18.8% of starts).

Who trained Lia Fail (IRE)?

Lia Fail (IRE) was trained by Michael Mulvany on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 23 October 2024.

Who is Lia Fail (IRE)'s sire?

Lia Fail (IRE) is by Inns Of Court (IRE) out of Balqaa (USA), whose sire is Invasor.

What going does Lia Fail (IRE) prefer?

Lia Fail (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 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 Lia Fail (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 66, from the run on 23 October 2024. The highest on record is 90.

Who are Lia Fail (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Balqaa (USA), Lia Fail (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Nephin Mountain (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Anna Of Sussex (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Lia Fail (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Oct 2024) · Last trainer Michael Mulvany · Last owner Michael Mulvany

by Inns Of Court (IRE) out of Balqaa (USA) (Invasor)

16 runs · 10 courses · from Apr 2023

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 23 Oct 2024 — 728 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Oct 2024 · 18th of 19 3 wins · Navan, Sligo & Down Royal Last raced off OR 66

KTB Profile

Lia Fail won three of 16 starts on turf between Jun 2023 and Sep 2023. She took a maiden at Down Royal over 6f to 7f on good, a nursery handicap at Sligo under 6f on soft and a rated race at Navan under 6f on soft. All three wins came from her first six runs. She last ran at Navan in Oct 2024, finishing 18 of 19 in a handicap off a mark of 66, 24lb below her highest ever mark.

Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Oct 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance OR ↓ 24lb off peak

3–16Wins / Runs
18.8%Strike rate
3 (18.8%)Placed
+18.50£1 level staken=16 at SP
2.71Fair A/E n=16 · 2.32 incl. margin
90Highest OR
37dAvg between runs

Official rating66↓ 24lb off peak

66 66–90

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 86 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Curragh, 26 May 2024

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 16 figures · best 87^A · median 58.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	6	87^A	58.5	—
Good	5	86^A	47	—
Heavy	3	81^A	75	—
Good to Soft	2	74^C	65	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f	11	87^A	56	—
Under 6f	4	81^A	69	—
1m – 1m1f	1	—	—	—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 60^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Galway, 29 Jul 2024 Official rating 66 at the last run, 23 Oct 2024

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 →

Flat 16 figures · best 97^A · median 64.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	6	97^A	72	—
Good	5	71^A	53	—
Heavy	3	74^B	72	—
Good to Soft	2	66^A	64.5	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f	11	81^A	66	—
Under 6f	4	97^A	66.5	—
1m – 1m1f	1	—	—	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Inns Of Court (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 2,221 runs since Jan 2008 (230 horses).

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	4	0	0%	−9.3	—
Good to Firm	243	16	6.6%	−2.7	—
Good	549	47	8.6%	−0.7	1 from 5
Good to Soft	217	26	12%	+2.7	0 from 2
Soft	370	35	9.5%	+0.2	2 from 6
Heavy	107	8	7.5%	−1.8	0 from 3
Standard (AW)	731	74	10.1%	+0.8	—

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	294	33	11.2%	+1.9	2 from 4
6f – 7f	1,191	108	9.1%	−0.2	1 from 11
1m – 1m1f	519	41	7.9%	−1.4	0 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f	149	18	12.1%	+2.8	—
1m5f – 2m	41	4	9.8%	+0.5	—
2m1f – 2m4f	24	1	4.2%	−5.1	—
2m5f – 3m	3	1	33.3%	+24	—

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

Balqaa (USA) (Invasor)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Nephin Mountain (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Anna Of Sussex (IRE)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Nephin Mountain (IRE)	19	2	1m–1m1½f	—
Anna Of Sussex (IRE)	4	1	7f	Class 5
Banquo (IRE)	4	0	—	—
The Mizen Queen (IRE)	5	0	—	—
He Can Dance (IRE)	19	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Soft	6	2	33%	+2.50
Good	5	1	20%	+21.00
Heavy	3	0	0%	−3.00
Good to Soft	2	0	0%	−2.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Navan	3	1	33%	+3.50
Galway	2	0	0%	−2.00
Fairyhouse	2	0	0%	−2.00
Curragh	2	0	0%	−2.00
Naas	2	0	0%	−2.00
Cork	1	0	0%	−1.00
Sligo	1	1	100%	+1.00
Down Royal	1	1	100%	+25.00
Listowel	1	0	0%	−1.00
Roscommon	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
6f – 7f	11	1	9%	+15.00
Under 6f	4	2	50%	+4.50
1m – 1m1f	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Wesley Joyce	5	1	20%	+1.50
Gary Carroll	4	1	25%	−2.00
Chris Hayes	3	0	0%	−3.00
Terry Casey	2	0	0%	−2.00
W J Lee	1	0	0%	−1.00
Sean Bird	1	1	100%	+25.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
None	9	3	33%	+25.50
Tongue tie	7	0	0%	−7.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2024	7	0	0%	−7.00
2023	9	3	33%	+25.50

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
23 Oct 24+86d	Navan	Safer Gambling Handicap (47-70) 6f · Yielding · 19 ran Reared as stalls opened - awkward away and immediately under pressure - no higher than midfield in the middle of the course - effort gone inside the final furlong and faded into 18th	18/19	1	9-2	66	46^C	44^C	Terry Casey	66/1
29 Jul 24+45d	Galway	Clayton Hotel Galway Handicap (50-80) 7f · Yielding · 15 ran	9/15	nk	9-2	72	58^C	60^A	Wesley Joyce	33/1
14 Jun 24+19d	Fairyhouse	Soil.ie Sobac Healthy Grass Handicap 6f · Good · 10 ran	10/10	1¼	9-7	78	47^A	53^A	Wesley Joyce	20/1
26 May 24+16d	Curragh	QuinnBet Spring Fillies Handicap 8f · Good · 11 ran	10/11	2¼	8-8	82	86^A	62^A	Wesley Joyce	66/1
10 May 24+13d	Cork	Goffs Irish EBF Polonia Stakes (Fillies' Listed) 5.5f · Good · 13 ran	12/13	3	9-2	85	42^C	53^A	Wesley Joyce	100/1
27 Apr 24+7d	Navan	Space Traveller Irish EBF Committed Stakes (Listed) 6f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran	11/13	1¼	9-0	87	56^C	63^A	Gary Carroll	80/1
20 Apr 24+188d	Curragh	Download The New Tote App Rated Race 5f · Heavy · 9 ran	7/9	2¾	9-0	88	81^A	58^A	Terry Casey	50/1
15 Oct 23+27d	Naas	Irish Ebf Auction Series Race Final 7f · Soft · 13 ran	9/13	nk	8-12	90	43^C	69^A	Chris Hayes	28/1
18 Sep 23+16d	Fairyhouse	Ballyhane Blenheim Stakes (Listed) 6f · Yielding · 7 ran	3/7	1¼	9-0	84	87^A	81^A	W J Lee	12/1
02 Sep 23+24d	Navan	Irish Stallion Farms EBF Rated Race 5.5f · Yielding · 4 ran	1/4		8-4	80	79^C	75^B	Wesley Joyce	11/2
09 Aug 23+4d	Sligo	Guinness Nursery Handicap 5.5f · Soft · 9 ran	1/9		9-11	72	59^A	97^A	Gary Carroll	EvensF
05 Aug 23+43d	Galway	Gra Chocolates Irish EBF Nursery Handicap 7f · Heavy · 4 ran	3/4	hd	8-7	72	65^C	74^B	Chris Hayes	6/1
23 Jun 23+19d	Down Royal	Freixenet Pro Median Auction Maiden 7f · Good · 14 ran	1/14		8-5	—	53^C	71^A	Sean Bird	25/1
04 Jun 23+13d	Listowel	Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 6.5f · Good · 7 ran	7/7	1¾	9-2	—	12^A	44^A	Gary Carroll	14/1
22 May 23+28d	Roscommon	Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden 7.5f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran	5/13	hd	8-8	—	74^C	66^A	Chris Hayes	14/1
24 Apr 23	Naas	Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 6f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran	4/9	½	9-2	—	75^A	72^A	Gary Carroll	14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Lia Fail (IRE) won?: Lia Fail (IRE) won 3 of 16 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 18.8%. Placed 3 times in total (18.8% of starts).
Who trained Lia Fail (IRE)?: Lia Fail (IRE) was trained by Michael Mulvany on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 23 October 2024.
Who is Lia Fail (IRE)'s sire?: Lia Fail (IRE) is by Inns Of Court (IRE) out of Balqaa (USA), whose sire is Invasor.
What going does Lia Fail (IRE) prefer?: Lia Fail (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 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 Lia Fail (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 66, from the run on 23 October 2024. The highest on record is 90.
What is Lia Fail (IRE)'s sire's record?: Inns Of Court (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 2,221 runs since Jan 2008 (230 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Lia Fail (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Balqaa (USA), Lia Fail (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Nephin Mountain (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Anna Of Sussex (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

KTB Speed and Rating

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Record by conditions

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