Horse profile
Molto Bene (IRE)
by Jukebox Jury (IRE) out of Molo (GB) (Kalanisi)
17 runs · 15 courses · from Nov 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · 4 courses
Last run 14 Apr 2026 · 2nd of 7
Last raced off OR 124
KTB Profile
Molto Bene is a mare who has won four of 17 starts on turf, all in handicaps. She gained her biggest success in the Class 4 Clive Graham Memorial Mares Handicap Chase at Huntingdon in Nov 2025 off a mark of 117 over 2m5f-3m on good to soft. Three of her wins came over 2m1f-2m4f. She last ran at Market Rasen in Apr 2026, finishing 2 of 7 in a Class 1 mares novices handicap chase off an official rating of 124.
Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR at career high
- 4–17Wins / Runs
- 23.5%Strike rate
- 9 (52.9%)Placed
- +12.08£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 1.65Fair A/E n=17 · 1.44 incl. margin
- 124Highest OR
- 54dAvg 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.
Official rating124At career-high mark
124
103–124
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 112
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 7 | 125B | 100 | 4 runs · 106 / 102.5 |
| Good | 5 | 138B | 118 | 2 runs · 112 / 105.5 |
| Soft | 2 | 117A | 109 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 10 | 125B | 109 | 2 runs · 105 / 102 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 138B | 106 | 4 runs · 112 / 103 |
Of 17 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 17 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 12 analysed runs since Nov 2024
- Prominent 6 (50%) · 1 win
- Led 5 (42%) · 2 wins
- Mid-division 1 (8%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 2,230 runs since Jan 2008 (254 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 10.3% from 155.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 60 | 10 | 16.7% | +3.3 | — |
| Good | 627 | 80 | 12.8% | −0.6 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 469 | 50 | 10.7% | −2.7 | 2 from 7 |
| Soft | 658 | 102 | 15.5% | +2.1 | 1 from 4 |
| Heavy | 261 | 41 | 15.7% | +2.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 155 | 16 | 10.3% | −3.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −13.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 63 | 4 | 6.3% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 96 | 10 | 10.4% | −3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 146 | 18 | 12.3% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 666 | 92 | 13.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 747 | 105 | 14.1% | +0.7 | 3 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 429 | 57 | 13.3% | −0.1 | 1 from 6 |
| Over 3m | 81 | 13 | 16% | +2.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Molo (GB) (Kalanisi)
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Cuthbert Dibble (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–3m½f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Honesty Policy (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuthbert Dibble (IRE) | 12 | 4 | 2m3½f–3m½f | Class 2 |
| Honesty Policy (IRE) | 9 | 3 | 1m7½f–2m4f | Grade 1 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 7 | 2 | 29% | +10.75 |
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +16.75 |
| Class 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 1 | 50% | +13.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 3 | 27% | +15.33 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.25 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilly Pinchin | 15 | 4 | 27% | +14.08 |
| Lewis Saunders | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gavin Sheehan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 12 | 4 | 33% | +17.08 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.75 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +13.33 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 12 | 2 | 17% | +7.33 |
| Chase | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.75 |
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 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Apr 26+39d | Market Rasen | Book Summer Plate Ladies Day Today Mares' Novices' Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - pushed along after 4 out - moved up to challenge 3 out - hit the front 2 out - held on gamely to the last - caught in the closing strides for second | 2/7 | nk | 11-4 | 124 | 112A | 134B | Lilly Pinchin | 11/2 |
| 06 Mar 26+51d | Leicester | HMS Daring Royal Navy T45 Destroyer Mares' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Shared the early advantage before going in behind and staying close up - back in front from the 8th - chased down approaching 4 out - pushed along before 2 out - matched stride for stride from either flank at the last - overtaken close home - battled on but narrowly denied | 2/5 | nk | 12-2 | 122 | 105C | 134B | Lilly Pinchin | 6/4F |
| 14 Jan 26+32d | Newbury | Alder Demain & Akers Mares' Chase (Listed) (GBB Race) Settled third early - lost place around 10th and lacked pace mid-race - pressed for effort after 4 out - moved into second before 3 out - kept trying to finish but well held by the winner | 2/5 | 14 | 11-2 | 122 | 72C | 121B | Lilly Pinchin | 9/2 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 Dec 25+21d | Doncaster | bet365 Doncaster Mares' Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Went straight to front - driven approaching 2 out where overtaken - stayed on into 2nd unable to trouble winner | 2/5 | 3¾ | 11-0 | 116 | 106C | 131B | Lilly Pinchin | 8/1 |
| 22 Nov 25+26d | Huntingdon | Clive Graham Memorial Mares' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Set the pace early - challenged and clipped approaching 10th before losing front spot - back in command by 13th - pressed and lost the advantage 2f out - dug deep to fight back inside final furlong - won on the line | 1/6 | 11-13 | 117 | 100A | 138B | Lilly Pinchin | 7/4F | |
| 27 Oct 25+193d | Bangor-on-Dee | Paul Ferguson Jumpers To Follow Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Pressed early but went in front - stumbled at the 2nd - opened a big gap 4 out - advantage narrowed approaching 2 out - driven along - kept finding more to the line and had it covered throughout | 1/11 | 11-4 | 110 | 99B | 137A | Lilly Pinchin | 6/1 | |
| 17 Apr 25+32d | Cheltenham | Catesby Estates Mares' Challenger Series Final Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Set the pace early - kept in touch with front rank before going back on top approaching two out - overtaken close to the last - lost ground on the run-in to finish 7th | 7/16 | 1¼ | 10-6 | 112 | 122B | 113A | Lilly Pinchin | 14/1 |
| 16 Mar 25+29d | Chepstow | Terry's Birthday Mares' Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the front group early - driven approaching the home bend - dropped away from two out - finished fifth | 5/7 | shd | 11-4 | 114 | 118A | 118A | Lilly Pinchin | 4/1 |
| 15 Feb 25+45d | Ascot | Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Stayers Hurdle Series Qualifier) Handy in the pack early - urged forward on the home bend - lost touch with rivals in the closing stages - finished well held in 7th | 7/17 | 3½ | 11-5 | 116 | 138B | 112A | Lilly Pinchin | 16/1 |
| 01 Jan 25+18d | Southwell | Jordan Recycling Environmental Mares' Handicap Hurdle Held second early - slipped back through the pack by the 8th - pushed along after three out then lost touch approaching two out - well beaten and eased down before the last | PU/7 | — | 10-12 | 116 | — | — | Lewis Saunders | 5/2F |
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Dec 24+22d | Cheltenham | BetMGM Mares' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Tracked front group early - driven approaching second last then dropped away to final flight - held margin to finish | 7/12 | nk | 10-7 | 116 | 99A | 116A | Lilly Pinchin | 10/1 |
| 22 Nov 24+249d | Chepstow | Lynne Fletcher Memorial Handicap Hurdle Settled behind the pace - moved into second before 3 out - hit the front before 2 out - kept clear under pressure to score | 1/17 | 11-7 | 108 | 125B | 133A | Lilly Pinchin | 14/1 | |
| 18 Mar 24+21d | Fontwell | RJS Waste Management Handicap Hurdle | 3/4 | 4¼ | 11-5 | 109 | 113C | 123B | Lilly Pinchin | 2/1J |
| 26 Feb 24+35d | Plumpton | HottoTrot Racing Supports Jamie's Farm Mares' Handicap Hurdle | 1/5 | 11-12 | 103 | 101C | 125B | Lilly Pinchin | 10/3 | |
| 22 Jan 24+17d | Warwick | Welcombe Hills Vineyard Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) | 3/9 | 1¼ | 11-5 | — | 117A | 120A | Lilly Pinchin | 50/1 |
| 05 Jan 24+36d | Ludlow | Luke Watson Memorial 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | PU/16 | — | 11-1 | — | — | — | Gavin Sheehan | 33/1 |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 30 Nov 23 | Lingfield | Actually Please Download The Racing App Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/10 | 4¾ | 11-1 | — | 98C | 98C | Lilly Pinchin | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Molto Bene won?
- Molto Bene (IRE) won 4 of 17 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 23.5%. Placed 9 times in total (52.9% of starts).
- Who trains Molto Bene?
- Molto Bene (IRE) is trained by Charlie Longsdon, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 14 April 2026.
- Who is Molto Bene's sire?
- Molto Bene (IRE) is by Jukebox Jury (IRE) out of Molo (GB), whose sire is Kalanisi.
- What going does Molto Bene prefer?
- Molto Bene (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Molto Bene's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 124, from the run on 14 April 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Molto Bene's sire's record?
- Jukebox Jury (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 2,230 runs since Jan 2008 (254 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 10.3% from 155.
- Who are Molto Bene's siblings?
- Out of Molo (GB), Molto Bene (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Cuthbert Dibble (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Honesty Policy (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m½f. As at Oct 2026.