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My Best Friend (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2021) · Last trainer David O'Meara · Last owner Ontoawinner 9 Partner 3
by Gutaifan (IRE) out of School Holidays (USA) (Harlan's Holiday)
7 runs · 7 courses · from Jun 2020
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Jul 2021 — 1,938 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2021 · 7th of 7 Won at Hamilton Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile

My Best Friend (IRE) is 1 from 7, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Jun 2020. Last raced off 60, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating60↓ 10lb off peak
60 60–70

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 65 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Thirsk, 16 Jun 2020

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 →

Flat 7 figures · best 85C · median 61
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm361C60—
Soft285C69.5—
Standard (AW)1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f685C60.5—
Under 6f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 46B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield (AW), 17 Jun 2021 Official rating 60 at the last run, 15 Jul 2021

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 7 figures · best 66B · median 48
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm355A39—
Soft266B57—
Standard (AW)1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f666B51—
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 4 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

Sire
Gutaifan (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 3,768 runs since Apr 2019 (302 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11327.3%+18.4—
Good to Firm4635211.2%+2.30 from 3
Good729648.8%−0.10 from 1
Good to Soft369236.2%−2.7—
Soft550397.1%−1.81 from 2
Heavy207157.2%−1.7—
Standard (AW)1,4391399.7%+0.80 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f632568.9%00 from 1
6f – 7f1,9671929.8%+0.91 from 6
1m – 1m1f721547.5%−1.4—
1m2f – 1m4f294237.8%−1.1—
1m5f – 2m11587%−1.9—
2m1f – 2m4f3725.4%−3.5—
2m5f – 3m200%−8.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
School Holidays (USA) (Harlan's Holiday)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Herm (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m6f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Native Beach (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Herm (IRE)3647f–1m6fClass 6
Parkour (IRE)1326fClass 5
Native Beach (IRE)1017fClass 3
Joeyremy (IRE)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 1 50% +0.62
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 1 20% −2.38
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 1 100% +1.62
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 6 1 17% −3.38
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
David Nolan 3 0 0% −3.00
Daniel Tudhope 3 1 33% −0.38
Shane Gray 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Visor 5 1 20% −2.38
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00
None 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 5 0 0% −5.00
2020 2 1 50% +0.62

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 5 runs
15 Jul 21+28d Leicester Leicester Racecourse Ideal Civil Ceremony Venue Selling Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 11 9-6 6030C39C David Nolan 50/1
17 Jun 21+10d Lingfield (AW) Royal Ascot Tips On attheraces.com Selling Stakes Class 6 · 5f · Standard To Slow · 5 ran 4/5 nse 9-0 6262C46B Shane Gray 11/2
07 Jun 21+11d Pontefract Father's Day Raceday On 20th June Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 11/12 6½ 9-1 6561C37C Daniel Tudhope 28/1
27 May 21+28d Ripon Visit Ripon-races.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 9 ran 8/9 hd 9-5 6854A48A David Nolan 50/1
29 Apr 21+305d Redcar Watch Irish Racing On Racing TV Novice Median Auction Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9/9 1¼ 9-9 7060A55A Daniel Tudhope 4/1
2020 · 2 runs
28 Jun 20+12d Hamilton racingtv.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 9-5 —85C66B Daniel Tudhope 13/8F
16 Jun 20 Thirsk Join Racing TV Now Novice Median Auction Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 7f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 1¾ 9-5 —65A54A David Nolan 15/2

Quick answers

How many races has My Best Friend won?
My Best Friend (IRE) won 1 of 7 archived starts between 2020 and 2021, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 1 time in total (14.3% of starts).
Who trained My Best Friend?
My Best Friend (IRE) was trained by David O'Meara on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 15 July 2021.
Who is My Best Friend's sire?
My Best Friend (IRE) is by Gutaifan (IRE) out of School Holidays (USA), whose sire is Harlan's Holiday.
What is My Best Friend's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 15 July 2021. The highest on record is 70.
What is My Best Friend's sire's record?
Gutaifan (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 3,768 runs since Apr 2019 (302 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are My Best Friend's siblings?
Out of School Holidays (USA), My Best Friend (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Herm (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Native Beach (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m6f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 2020. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.