Michael's Pick (IRE)
Michael's Pick won one of 29 starts over jumps on turf between May 2019 and Apr 2024. The success came at Downpatrick in Mar 2022 in the Boardsmill Sires Maiden Hunters Chase over 2m5f – 3m on good ground off an official rating of 90. The gelding, by Presenting out of Boragh Thyme, was last seen in Apr 2024 at Punchestown in the Kildare Hunt Club Cross Country Chase For The Ladies Perpetual Cup when he raced off an official rating of 92, 22lb below his highest ever mark. He recorded one win from five starts at Downpatrick but was zero from ten at Punchestown.
- 1–29Wins / Runs
- 3.4%Strike rate
- 4 (13.8%)Placed
- −20.00£1 level staken=29 at SP
- 1.16Fair A/E n=29 · 0.95 incl. margin
- 114Highest OR
- 65dAvg 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
Best recent Speed 73
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 91A | 38 | — |
| Good | 6 | 69B | 58.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 56C | -14 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 136B | 95.5 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 5C | 2 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 91A | 59.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 136B | 31.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 57C | 52.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 29 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3) · no race clock stored (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 29 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 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 11% of 20,049 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 62 | 13 | 21% | +10 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,240 | 171 | 13.8% | +2.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 7,022 | 840 | 12% | +1 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 3,503 | 321 | 9.2% | −1.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 5,327 | 545 | 10.2% | −0.8 | 0 from 12 |
| Heavy | 2,759 | 274 | 9.9% | −1.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 136 | 33 | 24.3% | +13.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,727 | 517 | 10.9% | −0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,696 | 722 | 10.8% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6,537 | 742 | 11.4% | +0.4 | 1 from 15 |
| Over 3m | 2,018 | 210 | 10.4% | −0.6 | 0 from 8 |
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
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Paddy The Hare (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m5½f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Mae's Choice (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy The Hare (IRE) | 21 | 4 | 2m–2m5½f | Class 3 |
| Mae's Choice (IRE) | 13 | 3 | 2m2f–2m5½f | Grade 3 |
| Good Old Thyme (IRE) | 24 | 2 | 2m3½f–2m4½f | Class 4 |
| Robin Thyme (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 2m4f | — |
| Hell Or High Water (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Present Endeavour (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.00 |
| Heavy | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Downpatrick | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| Thurles | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Roscommon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 15 | 1 | 7% | −6.00 |
| Over 3m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr T J Love | 14 | 1 | 7% | −5.00 |
| E Walsh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mr M J Love | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr A Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Conor Orr | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Patrick Corbett | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Laura Bohan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr P J Cawley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Simon Torrens | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 18 | 0 | 0% | −18.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 20 | 1 | 5% | −11.00 |
| Hurdle | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Flat | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Michael's Pick (IRE) won?
- Michael's Pick (IRE) won 1 of 29 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 3.4%. Placed 4 times in total (13.8% of starts).
- Who trained Michael's Pick (IRE)?
- Michael's Pick (IRE) was trained by Ciaran Murphy on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 30 April 2024.
- Who is Michael's Pick (IRE)'s sire?
- Michael's Pick (IRE) is by Presenting (GB) out of Boragh Thyme (IRE), whose sire is Simply Great.
- What going does Michael's Pick (IRE) prefer?
- Michael's Pick (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Michael's Pick (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 30 April 2024. The highest on record is 114.
- What is Michael's Pick (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Presenting (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,049 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
- Who are Michael's Pick (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Boragh Thyme (IRE), Michael's Pick (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Paddy The Hare (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Mae's Choice (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m5½f. As at Oct 2026.