Man's Best Friend (IRE)
Man's Best Friend is 2 from 5 on turf with both wins over 6f – 7f. He took the Group 2 Markel Richmond Stakes at Goodwood on good to firm in Jul 2026 and an Irish maiden at Naas on good the same month. Each success came on a first visit to the course. The colt finished 3 of 10 in the Group 1 Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp off an official rating of 106 in Oct 2026.
- 2–5Wins / Runs
- 40%Strike rate
- 3 (60%)Placed
- +4.50£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 3.04Fair A/E n=5 · 2.50 incl. margin
- 109Highest OR
- 24dBetween runs (median)
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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 122
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 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 104C | 84 | 2 runs · 104 / 84 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 122A | 104 | 3 runs · 122 / 104 |
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 Jun 2026
- Prominent 2 (67%) · 1 win
- Held up 1 (33%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,375 runs since Apr 2018 (710 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 186.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 1,491 | 181 | 12.1% | 0 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 618 | 56 | 9.1% | −3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 851 | 110 | 12.9% | +0.8 | — |
| Heavy | 285 | 37 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,187 | 260 | 11.9% | −0.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 915 | 123 | 13.4% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,416 | 444 | 13% | +0.9 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,192 | 131 | 11% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 584 | 54 | 9.2% | −2.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 186 | 14 | 7.5% | −4.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2018 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Perfect Your Craft (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Perfect Your Craft (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Your Craft (IRE) | 10 | 3 | 1m–1m4f | Class 2 |
| Hamlet (IRE) | 2 | 2 | 6f–7f | Class 5 |
| Velazquez (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Cape Sounion (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Torbruk (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Naas (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Moore | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Jack Cleary | 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 | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Oct 26+42d | Longchamp (FR) | Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Group 1) | 3/10 | 1¾ | 8-13 | 106 | — | — | Ryan Moore | 12/1 |
| 23 Aug 26+24d | Deauville (FR) | Sumbe Prix Morny (group 1) | 4/7 | 1¼ | 8-13 | 109 | — | — | Ryan Moore | 9/2 |
| 30 Jul 26+8d | Goodwood | Markel Richmond Stakes (Group 2) Held up towards the back of the pack early - progress from 2f out though boxed in with a furlong left - shifted right to find room and soon closed on the leaders in the final furlong - stayed on strongly to hit the front near the line - won comfortably | 1/10 | 9-2 | — | 122A | 113A | Ryan Moore | 11/2 | |
| 22 Jul 26+26d | Naas (IRE) | Matchbook Exchange Irish EBF Maiden Racing handy early - moved into second 2f out - hit the front with a strong effort a furlong out and ran on gamely to win | 1/18 | 9-7 | — | 104C | 100A | Wayne Lordan | 2/1 | |
| 26 Jun 26 | Curragh | Keadeen Hotel Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden Settled behind front group early - under pressure in 5th with 2f left - driven inside final furlong holding 4th to the line | 4/12 | 2¼ | 9-2 | — | 64A | 85A | Jack Cleary | 18/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Man's Best Friend won?
- Man's Best Friend (IRE) won 2 of 5 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 40%. Placed 3 times in total (60% of starts).
- Who trains Man's Best Friend?
- Man's Best Friend (IRE) is trained by Aidan O'Brien, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 4 October 2026.
- Who is Man's Best Friend's sire?
- Man's Best Friend (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Pandora (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
- What is Man's Best Friend's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 106, from the run on 4 October 2026. The highest on record is 109.
- What is Man's Best Friend's sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,375 runs since Apr 2018 (710 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 186.
- Who are Man's Best Friend's siblings?
- Out of Pandora (IRE), Man's Best Friend (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Perfect Your Craft (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Perfect Your Craft (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m4f. As at Nov 2026.