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Horse profile

Mad For Action (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2018) · Last trainer Jonjo O'Neill · Last owner Mrs Jonjo Oneill
by Beneficial (GB) out of Subtle Hint (IRE) (Subtle Power)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Oct 2017
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Jan 2018 — 3,207 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2018 · 10th of 10 Last raced off OR 98
KTB Profile

Mad For Action (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 69 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Bangor-on-Dee, 31 Oct 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 82C · median 56.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good282C75.5—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m382C69—
2m5f – 3m1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 89C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell, 5 Dec 2017 Official rating 98 at the last run, 23 Jan 2018

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 4 figures · best 94A · median 86
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good294A91.5—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m394A89—
2m5f – 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Beneficial (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 17,045 runs since Jan 2008 (1,155 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm6657.6%−2.8—
Good to Firm93910711.4%+1—
Good5,29654910.4%00 from 2
Good to Soft2,46726710.8%+0.40 from 1
Soft5,05751910.3%−0.1—
Heavy3,15932810.4%00 from 1
Standard (AW)6169.8%−0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−10.4—
1m – 1m1f10110%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f6457.8%−2.6—
1m5f – 2m4,89050210.3%−0.10 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f6,35566110.4%0—
2m5f – 3m4,70252211.1%+0.70 from 1
Over 3m1,022908.8%−1.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Subtle Hint (IRE) (Subtle Power)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them My Ticketyboo (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m5½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (My Ticketyboo (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
My Ticketyboo (IRE)1022m5½fClass 5
Subtle Robin (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Richie McLernon 2 0 0% −2.00
Jonjo O'Neill Jr 1 0 0% −1.00
Aidan Coleman 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 1 0 0% −1.00
2017 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2018 · 1 run
23 Jan 18+49d Wetherby Biggest Jumps Season On Racing Uk Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m · Heavy · 10 ran 10/10 17 11-3 9844C75C Jonjo O'Neill Jr 8/1
2017 · 3 runs
05 Dec 17+17d Southwell Chillipetals Florist & Coffee Shop Tuxford Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 1m7½f · Good · 14 ran 8/14 10 11-0 —82C89C Aidan Coleman 33/1
18 Nov 17+18d Uttoxeter Pint Of Pedigree Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 9 ran 6/9 24 10-12 —33C83C Richie McLernon 33/1
31 Oct 17 Bangor-on-Dee H.N. Nuttall Ltd Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 12 ran 8/12 5 10-12 —69A94A Richie McLernon 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Mad For Action won?
Mad For Action (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2017 and 2018.
Who trained Mad For Action?
Mad For Action (IRE) was trained by Jonjo O'Neill on the most recent run on record, at Wetherby on 23 January 2018.
Who is Mad For Action's sire?
Mad For Action (IRE) is by Beneficial (GB) out of Subtle Hint (IRE), whose sire is Subtle Power.
What is Mad For Action's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 23 January 2018. That is also the highest on record.
What is Mad For Action's sire's record?
Beneficial (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 17,045 runs since Jan 2008 (1,155 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Mad For Action's siblings?
Out of Subtle Hint (IRE), Mad For Action (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: My Ticketyboo (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (My Ticketyboo (IRE)). The wins came over 2m5½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2017. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.