Measured Approval (IRE)
Measured Approval (IRE) is 5 from 43. Hasn't won since Jul 2013. Last raced off 62, 17lb below the career-high mark.
- 5–43Wins / Runs
- 11.6%Strike rate
- 10 (23.3%)Placed
- +2.00£1 level staken=43 at SP
- 1.24Fair A/E n=43 · 0.96 incl. margin
- 79Highest OR
- 33dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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
Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,695 runs since Jan 2008 (1,327 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 151 | 23 | 15.2% | +5.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,917 | 446 | 11.4% | +1.4 | 2 from 8 |
| Good | 4,409 | 400 | 9.1% | −0.9 | 0 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 1,951 | 214 | 11% | +1 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 2,132 | 184 | 8.6% | −1.4 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 563 | 46 | 8.2% | −1.8 | 1 from 8 |
| Standard (AW) | 6,571 | 663 | 10.1% | +0.1 | 1 from 8 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3,758 | 409 | 10.9% | +0.9 | 1 from 4 |
| 6f – 7f | 10,504 | 1,078 | 10.3% | +0.3 | 3 from 22 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,507 | 331 | 9.4% | −0.6 | 1 from 15 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,209 | 106 | 8.8% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 481 | 37 | 7.7% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 194 | 13 | 6.7% | −3.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 42 | 2 | 4.8% | −5.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 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 to Firm | 8 | 2 | 25% | +19.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 1 | 13% | −0.50 |
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.50 |
| Heavy | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.50 |
| Good | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 8 | 1 | 13% | −0.50 |
| Curragh | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Gowran Park | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cork | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Limerick | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Listowel | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tipperary | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Killarney | 2 | 1 | 50% | +19.00 |
| Sligo | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 22 | 3 | 14% | −5.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 15 | 1 | 7% | +6.00 |
| Under 6f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Grant | 19 | 2 | 11% | +8.50 |
| Mr D J Benson | 6 | 2 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Ian Queally | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Joseph O'Brien | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Colin Keane | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fran Berry | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sam James | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Michael Hussey | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Connor King | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1 | 8% | +8.00 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +1.00 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +5.00 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Measured Approval won?
- Measured Approval (IRE) won 5 of 43 archived starts between 2010 and 2014, a strike rate of 11.6%. Placed 10 times in total (23.3% of starts).
- Who trained Measured Approval?
- Measured Approval (IRE) was trained by Patrick J Flynn on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 22 June 2014.
- Who is Measured Approval's sire?
- Measured Approval (IRE) is by Acclamation (GB) out of Measured Leap (GB), whose sire is Inchinor.
- What going does Measured Approval prefer?
- Measured Approval (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Measured Approval's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 22 June 2014. The highest on record is 79.
- What is Measured Approval's sire's record?
- Acclamation (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,695 runs since Jan 2008 (1,327 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.