Horse profile
Love Bomb (IRE)
16 runs · 9 courses · from Apr 2025
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Down Royal
Headgear returns LTO
Last run 14 Aug 2026 · 3rd of 12
Last raced off OR 48
KTB Profile
Love Bomb won the Molson Coors Beverage Company Nursery Handicap at Down Royal over under 6f on soft ground in Sep 2025 off a mark of 65. The filly has one win and three places from 16 starts overall, with the success on turf and all four all-weather runs unplaced. She finished third of 12 at Cork in Aug 2026, having been held up, and last raced off an official rating of 48 which was 25lb below her highest ever mark. Headgear returned at that run.
Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 16 commented runs since Apr 2025 · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
Won on turf, 0 on AW
OR ↓ 25lb off peak
- 1–16Wins / Runs
- 6.3%Strike rate
- 3 (18.8%)Placed
- −10.00£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 1.16Fair A/E n=16 · 0.93 incl. margin
- 73Highest OR
- 22dBetween runs (median)longest 121 d
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 rating48↓ 25lb off peak
48
48–73
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 71
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 81C | 63.5 | 4 runs · 81 / 65 |
| Soft | 5 | 74A | 65 | 3 runs · 74 / 65 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 88A | 80 | 3 runs · 88 / 84 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 12 | 88A | 69.5 | 7 runs · 88 / 71 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 106C | 73 | 4 runs · 106 / 73 |
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
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 16 analysed runs since Apr 2025
- Prominent 10 (63%) · 1 win
- Held up 4 (25%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (6%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (6%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,245 runs since Mar 2018 (353 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 2.4% from 123. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 2.4% from 124.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 36 | 2 | 5.6% | −3.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 708 | 74 | 10.5% | +1.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,077 | 96 | 8.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 428 | 29 | 6.8% | −2 | — |
| Soft | 486 | 43 | 8.8% | 0 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 123 | 3 | 2.4% | −6.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,387 | 125 | 9% | +0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,534 | 176 | 11.5% | +2.7 | 1 from 12 |
| 6f – 7f | 2,103 | 158 | 7.5% | −1.3 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 434 | 35 | 8.1% | −0.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 124 | 3 | 2.4% | −6.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 38 | 0 | 0% | −8.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −8.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −8.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2018 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Social Butterfly (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Little Nosegay (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Butterfly (IRE) | 19 | 4 | 5f–6f | Class 6 |
| Little Nosegay (IRE) | 22 | 3 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Loveday (IRE) | 14 | 1 | 5f | — |
| Lovejoy (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 5½f | — |
| Never In Red (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 7f | Class 6 |
| Love Ya (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Snowballs (IRE) | 14 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cork | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cork (IRE) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Down Royal | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 12 | 1 | 8% | −6.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Telford-Kelly | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| W J Lee | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Jessica Maye | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Kearney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nathan Crosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visor | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| None | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
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 | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Aug 26+21d | Cork (IRE) | OCS Recruitment Handicap Sat just behind the front-runner - unable to threaten up front a furlong out - held effort to the line but slipped to third late | 3/12 | ½ | 8-1 | 48 | 59A | 56A | Megan Telford-Kelly | 6/1 |
| 24 Jul 26+13d | Cork (IRE) | Follow Us On Social Media Handicap Handy early - asked for more 1f out - couldn't find another gear late to finish 4th | 4/19 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 50 | 106C | 75A | W J Lee | 14/1 |
| 11 Jul 26+10d | Navan | Navan Adventure Centre Handicap Restrained early at the tail of the field - shaken up 2f out but never competitive | 8/10 | nk | 8-13 | 54 | 71A | 51A | Leigh Roche | 11/1 |
| 01 Jul 26+19d | Fairyhouse | Dino Day At Fairyhouse On July 8th Apprentice Handicap (0-60) Settled midfield early - slipped back to 12th by halfway - asked for effort in the straight but found nothing from over 2f out and finished well held | 14/17 | nk | 9-7 | 57 | 81C | 64A | Jack Kearney | 66/1 |
| 12 Jun 26+14d | Gowran Park | Golf At Gowran Park Handicap Slow to break and towards the back - driven up and made minor gains approaching 2f out - urged again but unable to close nearer the finish - eventually held in 8th beaten 5.75L | 8/12 | 1¼ | 8-10 | 59 | 65A | 53A | Megan Telford-Kelly | 40/1 |
| 29 May 26+10d | Down Royal | BOYLE Sports Money Back If 2nd To SP Fav Handicap Reared and hesitant to begin - raced keenly at the back - among the pack on the wide side by halfway - drifted left approaching the final two furlongs then dropped away to finish tenth | 10/10 | 4½ | 9-2 | 62 | 29C | 12C | Megan Telford-Kelly | 12/1 |
| 19 May 26+26d | Cork | Follow Us On Social Media Handicap Sat close to pace early - third at halfway - asked for effort with 2f left and edged into second over a furlong out - had nothing more and dropped away 150 yards out to finish seventh | 7/8 | 1 | 8-0 | 68 | 74A | 43A | Megan Telford-Kelly | 16/1 |
| 23 Apr 26+22d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap Sat close to the front pair early - shared the advantage from 2f - pressed and edged in front approaching 2f out - pushed back to the front and stayed on one speed to the line finishing 4th | 4/8 | nk | 9-7 | 62 | 88A | 65A | W J Lee | 14/1 |
| 01 Apr 26+10d | Dundalk (AW) | New Saddle Bar At Dundalk Handicap Shared front spot early - pushed along holding slim advantage 2f out - caught 1 1/2f out and overtaken 1f out - unable to fight back late | 11/13 | ½ | 9-12 | 66 | 62B | 62A | W J Lee | 33/1 |
| 22 Mar 26+121d | Naas | DAR Golf Handicap Hampered exit from stalls - settled towards the back on the inner group - improved position approaching the final 3f - driven with 2f left then urged out inside the last furlong - lost ground close home to finish ninth | 9/15 | 2¼ | 9-7 | 72 | 59C | 59A | Megan Telford-Kelly | 22/1 |
| 2025 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Nov 25+28d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Nursery Handicap Minor knock at the break - soon up behind the front group - second at halfway - pushed along with 2f left - dropped to third and driven approaching the final furlong - held on for eighth without finding more | 8/8 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 72 | 84A | 37A | Sam Coen | 12/1 |
| 24 Oct 25+25d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Book Now Nursery Handicap Sat close behind the front group early - 6th at halfway - urged into effort but made no headway entering the straight - dropped to 9th under pressure a furlong out then stayed on at one speed to finish 8th | 8/13 | ¾ | 9-5 | 73 | 76B | 60A | W J Lee | 5/1 |
| 29 Sep 25+46d | Down Royal | Molson Coors Beverage Company Nursery Handicap Sat close to the front pair early - still in second at halfway - asked for effort to hit the front early in the last furlong drifting right under pressure - stayed on strongly to win | 1/12 | 9-7 | 65 | 73A | 83A | W J Lee | 5/1 | |
| 14 Aug 25+86d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Handy early - hit front and shared advantage after 2f - pressed for effort 2f out before yielding lead inside final furlong - held no more in finish | 8/14 | ½ | 8-9 | — | 52C | 56A | Jessica Maye | 33/1 |
| 20 May 25+26d | Cork | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden Sat second early - moved to front soon after - pushed along and overtaken with a furlong and a half left - unable to threaten winner in the run home - dropped away to finish fourth | 4/13 | ½ | 8-2 | — | 68C | 73A | Jessica Maye | 150/1 |
| 24 Apr 25 | Tipperary | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden Sat close to the pace on the far rail - urged into 7th by halfway then improved to 5th with a furlong left - found nothing more and dropped away near the line to finish 9th | 9/12 | 2¼ | 8-11 | — | 52A | 45A | Nathan Crosse | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Love Bomb won?
- Love Bomb (IRE) won 1 of 16 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 6.3%. Placed 3 times in total (18.8% of starts).
- Who trains Love Bomb?
- Love Bomb (IRE) is trained by W McCreery, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 14 August 2026.
- Who is Love Bomb's sire?
- Love Bomb (IRE) is by Bungle Inthejungle (GB) out of Bank On Black (IRE), whose sire is Big Bad Bob.
- What going does Love Bomb prefer?
- Love Bomb (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Love Bomb's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 48, from the run on 14 August 2026. The highest on record is 73.
- What is Love Bomb's sire's record?
- Bungle Inthejungle (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,245 runs since Mar 2018 (353 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 2.4% from 123. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 2.4% from 124.
- Who are Love Bomb's siblings?
- Out of Bank On Black (IRE), Love Bomb (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Social Butterfly (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Little Nosegay (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Nov 2026.