Messi Magic (IRE)
Messi Magic is a lightly raced gelding who finished 6 of 6 at Kilbeggan in Aug 2025 on his only start, in the Peadar's Bar Moate Maiden Hurdle over 3m on good to soft going. He was held throughout. By Affinisea, whose progeny have won 158 of 1,235 runs since Jan 2008. His dam produced three winners from three runners to race, including Benefit Ben with three wins.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 78
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13% of 1,255 runs since Jan 2008 (198 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 8 | 2 | 25% | +12 | — |
| Good | 450 | 57 | 12.7% | −0.3 | — |
| Good to Soft | 321 | 41 | 12.8% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 339 | 46 | 13.6% | +0.6 | — |
| Heavy | 135 | 17 | 12.6% | −0.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −13 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 2 | 25% | +12 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 464 | 52 | 11.2% | −1.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 539 | 74 | 13.7% | +0.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 210 | 30 | 14.3% | +1.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 34 | 5 | 14.7% | +1.7 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Benefit Ben (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m4f–3m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Buddha Scheme (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benefit Ben (IRE) | 20 | 3 | 2m4f–2m7½f | Class 5 |
| Three By Two (IRE) | 27 | 2 | 3m1f–3m1½f | — |
| Buddha Scheme (IRE) | 19 | 2 | 3m–3m2f | Class 4 |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug 25 | Kilbeggan | Peadar's Bar Moate Maiden Hurdle Held up towards the back - slipped further behind after the 3rd - pushed for effort after 2 out but had nothing more to give and finished sixth | 6/6 | 2¼ | 11-4 | 78A | 92B | Richard Deegan | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Messi Magic (IRE) won?
- Messi Magic (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2025.
- Who trained Messi Magic (IRE)?
- Messi Magic (IRE) was trained by Denis Paul Murphy on the most recent run on record, at Kilbeggan on 22 August 2025.
- Who is Messi Magic (IRE)'s sire?
- Messi Magic (IRE) is by Affinisea (IRE) out of Benefit Scheme (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
- What is Messi Magic (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Affinisea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13% of 1,255 runs since Jan 2008 (198 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Messi Magic (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Benefit Scheme (IRE), Messi Magic (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Benefit Ben (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Buddha Scheme (IRE)). The wins came over 2m4f–3m2f. As at Oct 2026.