Love As Always (IRE)
Love As Always is a mare by Sandmason out of a Bach mare who has failed to win or place in three starts on turf. She contested races at 1m5f to 2m on two occasions and at 2m1f to 2m4f once, on both good and soft ground. Her last run, at Wexford in Oct 2024, saw her finish 6 of 7 after leading in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race. She raced at three different courses.
- 0–3Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 12dBetween runs (median)longest 65 d
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 75C | 71.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 68C | 46.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 from 3 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Led 3 (100%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 493 runs since Sep 2010 (66 horses).
Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.3% from 131.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11.4 | — |
| Good | 186 | 16 | 8.6% | −2.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 82 | 11 | 13.4% | +2 | — |
| Soft | 148 | 18 | 12.2% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 71 | 11 | 15.5% | +4.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 131 | 20 | 15.3% | +3.9 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 170 | 17 | 10% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 135 | 12 | 8.9% | −2.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 57 | 7 | 12.3% | +0.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2010 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 24+12d | Wexford | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race Set the pace early - sat close in third by halfway - slipped back with six furlongs left and eased away by riders - finished well beaten | 6/7 | 43 | 11-4 | 25C | 79C | Mr B J Walsh | 100/1 |
| 15 Oct 24+65d | Punchestown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race Set the pace early - lost front spot after 4 furlongs - third at halfway - pushed along into second 3f out - slipped back to fifth turning for home - veered sharply left with 1 1/2f left and made no further show | 6/11 | 21 | 11-4 | 68C | 72C | Mr B J Walsh | 100/1 |
| 11 Aug 24 | Downpatrick | Killultagh Estates Flat Race Set the pace early - lost the front after 4f and remained handy - faded steadily late to finish well held | 8/11 | 18 | 11-0 | 75C | 80C | Mr B J Walsh | 40/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Love As Always won?
- Love As Always (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2024.
- Who trained Love As Always?
- Love As Always (IRE) was trained by Barry John Walsh on the most recent run on record, at Wexford on 27 October 2024.
- Who is Love As Always's sire?
- Love As Always (IRE) is by Sandmason (GB) out of Belcanto (IRE), whose sire is Bach.
- What is Love As Always's sire's record?
- Sandmason (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 493 runs since Sep 2010 (66 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.3% from 131.