Horse profile
Love Billy Boy (IRE)
25 runs · 17 courses · from Apr 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · 4 courses
Last run 12 Jun 2026 · 5th of 6
Last raced off OR 90
KTB Profile
Love Billy Boy is a gelding with four wins from 25 starts on turf, three of them over 6f – 7f. He won a Class 2 handicap at Chester on soft ground in Jun 2024 off an official rating of 85, added a Naas handicap on good to soft in Apr 2025 and a Leopardstown apprentice handicap on good in Jun 2025, both off 87. His last run, at Fairyhouse in Jun 2026, saw him finish fifth of six off an official rating of 90. He usually races mid division.
Based on 25 archived runs · run-style from 13 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
- 4–25Wins / Runs
- 16%Strike rate
- 12 (48%)Placed
- −4.25£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 1.17Fair A/E n=25 · 0.99 incl. margin
- 96Highest OR
- 47dAvg 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.
Official rating90↓ 6lb off peak
90
81–96
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 102
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 101A | 87.5 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 117A | 92 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 107C | 100 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 93A | 61 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 102A | 81 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 90B | 89.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 18 | 117A | 87.5 | 2 runs · 89 / 72 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 102A | 99 | — |
| Under 6f | 3 | 89A | 84 | — |
Of 25 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 25 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 13 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Mid-division 6 (46%) · 2 wins
- Held up 5 (38%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (15%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 1,649 runs since Jan 2008 (163 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 14.7% from 150. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.5% from 406.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +40.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 221 | 24 | 10.9% | +1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 452 | 39 | 8.6% | −1.3 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 150 | 22 | 14.7% | +4.8 | 2 from 4 |
| Soft | 207 | 18 | 8.7% | −1.2 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 73 | 9 | 12.3% | +2.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 544 | 51 | 9.4% | −0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 406 | 55 | 13.5% | +3.6 | 1 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 875 | 84 | 9.6% | −0.3 | 3 from 19 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 253 | 18 | 7.1% | −2.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 90 | 7 | 7.8% | −2.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 20 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Kanzino (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–1m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Kanzino (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanzino (IRE) | 10 | 2 | 1m2f–1m4½f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.50 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.50 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.75 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 2 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +5.75 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Naas | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Chester | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 19 | 3 | 16% | −1.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Levey | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.75 |
| Shane Foley | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Franny Norton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Pat Dobbs | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nicola Burns | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Hassett | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Neil Callan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 20 | 4 | 20% | +0.75 |
| Blinkers | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +3.00 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.50 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Jun 26+89d | Fairyhouse | Pat's Carpets Race Sat close to front group in 4th - pushed along in 5th two furlongs out - unable to close from there - finished 5th | 5/6 | 1¼ | 9-11 | 90 | 89A | 81B | Gary Carroll | 9/2 |
| 15 Mar 26+224d | Curragh | Nua's Canine Therapy Handicap Settled in the pack early - up in fourth at halfway - began to feel the strain with two furlongs left - dropped away steadily inside the final furlong and a half | 9/9 | 6½ | 9-9 | 93 | 55C | 71C | Ben Coen | 15/2 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Aug 25+24d | Galway | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Ahonoora Handicap (Premier Handicap) Poor break - trailed rear throughout - no impact - well held to finish 14th | 14/15 | 2½ | 9-0 | 96 | — | 68C | Nicola Burns | 12/1 |
| 10 Jul 25+11d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Nasrullah Handicap Settled in the pack early - improved into contention entering the straight to sit 4th under pressure over 1f out - held for pace late finishing 9th | 9/12 | 3½ | 9-12 | 96 | 102A | 83A | Shane Foley | 8/1 |
| 29 Jun 25+24d | Curragh | Dubai Duty Free Derby Festival Handicap (Premier Handicap) Settled towards back early - pushed along to make ground 2f out - denied room and knocked sideways 1½f out - finished strongly but denied the winner by three quarters of a length | 2/12 | ¾ | 9-7 | 93 | 99A | 99A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 9/2 |
| 05 Jun 25+38d | Leopardstown | Leopardstown Golf & Driving Range Apprentice Handicap Settled midfield - 6th passing 3f out - moved through inside final two furlongs to be second - stayed on strongly to hit front near the line | 1/12 | 9-11 | 87 | 101A | 107A | Wayne Hassett | 7/2 | |
| 28 Apr 25+36d | Naas | Family Fun Day May 18th Handicap Held a midfield position early - pushed along with 2f left - momentarily squeezed for space with a furlong and a half to run - moved smartly into 4th inside the final furlong marker - shared the front spot approaching the last two furlongs - shot clear inside the closing furlong and kept driving to the line | 1/15 | 9-3 | 87 | 100C | 102A | Shane Foley | 9/2 | |
| 23 Mar 25+7d | Naas | DAR Golf Handicap Settled midfield early then dropped towards the back - roused to improve into 8th approaching the final 2f - up to 6th but bumped inside the last furlong - stayed on at the same tempo to finish sixth | 6/15 | nk | 9-11 | 87 | 61C | 94A | Shane Foley | 11/8F |
| 16 Mar 25+165d | Curragh | Nua Healthcare Handicap Slow to break - held towards the back - going nicely in tenth two furlongs out - boxed in with little space soon after - still held up in tenth a furlong out - driven approaching the final furlong - finished hard to snatch second right on the line | 2/12 | nk | 8-12 | 84 | 105A | 100A | Shane Foley | 5/1 |
| 2024 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Oct 24+19d | Kempton (AW) | North Farm Stud Handicap (Div 2) Sat close to the front group early - lost touch inside the final furlong - held on at similar effort through the line - finished 6th beaten 4.5 lengths | 6/14 | nk | 9-11 | 85 | 90B | 82A | Sean Levey | 25/1 |
| 13 Sep 24+7d | Chester | Chester Handicap Held up towards back of pack - pushed along with 2f left - moved into third approaching final furlong - kept responding to finish but not close enough | 3/11 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 85 | 93A | 102A | Franny Norton | 6/1 |
| 06 Sep 24+13d | Ascot | Sodexo Live! Handicap Settled with plenty of enthusiasm early in the pack - pushed along to close on leader inside final furlong - unable to close the gap - finished second | 2/7 | 6 | 9-9 | 85 | 95A | 97A | Sean Levey | 14/1 |
| 24 Aug 24+30d | Newmarket | Bet With JenningsBet Nationwide Handicap Settled at back of field - pushed along with 2f to run - unable to threaten leaders and beaten some way off pace inside final furlong - finished third | 3/4 | 4 | 9-6 | 87 | 81C | 83B | Pat Dobbs | 9/2 |
| 25 Jul 24+40d | Yarmouth | Download The New Tote App Racing League Race 4 Handicap (Trainers Registered To Racing League) | 9/11 | 1½ | 9-2 | 87 | 81A | 69A | Silvestre De Sousa | 5/1 |
| 15 Jun 24+15d | Chester | Horseradish Catering & Events Roodee Handicap | 1/13 | 8-11 | 85 | 107C | 99A | Franny Norton | 13/2 | |
| 31 May 24+13d | Doncaster | Napoleons Casino & Restaurant Supporting Wpcc Handicap | 4/8 | 2 | 9-9 | 85 | 117A | 96A | Pat Dobbs | 6/1 |
| 18 May 24+14d | Newmarket | JenningsBet Handicap | 2/7 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 85 | 85A | 93A | Neil Callan | 9/2 |
| 04 May 24+16d | Newmarket | William Hill Keep Your Raceday Positive 'Confined' Handicap | 2/19 | nse | 9-5 | 81 | 88C | 104A | Sean Levey | 16/1 |
| 18 Apr 24+194d | Newmarket | Bet365 Handicap | 8/17 | nk | 9-0 | 83 | 87C | 88A | Sean Levey | 18/1 |
| 2023 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Oct 23+15d | Redcar | William Hill Two Year Old Trophy (Listed) | 8/10 | hd | 9-4 | 85 | 85A | 76A | Tom Eaves | 22/1 |
| 22 Sep 23+16d | Ayr | EBF Nursery | 3/6 | 3½ | 9-8 | 88 | 81A | 90B | Hector Crouch | 4/1 |
| 06 Sep 23+13d | Lingfield (AW) | At The Races App Market Movers Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/9 | nk | 9-11 | 88 | 89A | 87A | Sean Levey | 4/5F |
| 24 Aug 23+91d | York | Goffs UK Harry Beeby Premier Yearling Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/22 | ¾ | 9-7 | — | 77C | 97A | Andrea Atzeni | 33/1 |
| 25 May 23+25d | Sandown | Racehorse Lotto National Stakes (Listed) | 10/10 | ¾ | 9-5 | — | 62C | 56C | Sean Levey | 10/1 |
| 30 Apr 23 | Musselburgh | Race To A Cure For MND EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/6 | 9-4 | — | 84A | 106B | Sean Levey | 9/4F | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Love Billy Boy won?
- Love Billy Boy (IRE) won 4 of 25 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 16%. Placed 12 times in total (48% of starts).
- Who trains Love Billy Boy?
- Love Billy Boy (IRE) is trained by Gerard O'Leary, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 June 2026.
- Who is Love Billy Boy's sire?
- Love Billy Boy (IRE) is by Invincible Army (IRE) out of Katrine (IRE), whose sire is Kodiac.
- What going does Love Billy Boy prefer?
- Love Billy Boy (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Love Billy Boy's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 12 June 2026. The highest on record is 96.
- What is Love Billy Boy's sire's record?
- Invincible Army (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 1,649 runs since Jan 2008 (163 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14.7% from 150. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.5% from 406.
- Who are Love Billy Boy's siblings?
- Out of Katrine (IRE), Love Billy Boy (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Kanzino (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Kanzino (IRE)). The wins came over 1m2f–1m4½f. As at Oct 2026.