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Horse profile

Not So Bad Lad (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2021) · Last trainer Andrew Lynch · Last owner Greatestshowman Syndicate
by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Wattle Bridge (IRE) (King's Theatre)
3 runs · 3 courses · from May 2021
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Jun 2021 — 1,977 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2021 · 11th of 16
KTB Profile

Not So Bad Lad (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 2 figures · best 59C · median 17
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f259C17—

Of 3 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 3 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 91C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ballinrobe, 24 May 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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 91C · median 88
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good288C83—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f291C89.5—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,493 runs since Mar 2011 (533 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm50612%+1.5—
Good to Firm6467912.2%+1.7—
Good2,07524011.6%+1.10 from 2
Good to Soft1,1401119.7%−0.8—
Soft1,7121549%−1.50 from 1
Heavy6496510%−0.5—
Standard (AW)1,22013210.8%+0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1923417.7%+7.2—
6f – 7f691608.7%−1.8—
1m – 1m1f1,21412510.3%−0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1,24812710.2%−0.3—
1m5f – 2m1,81218210%−0.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,55317111%+0.50 from 2
2m5f – 3m6476610.2%−0.3—
Over 3m1362216.2%+5.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2011 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Wattle Bridge (IRE) (King's Theatre)

5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Handstands (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 2m½f–3m; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Handstands (IRE)).

Family form: Hartford (IRE) finished 2nd of 7 at Wexford (IRE), 4 Nov 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Handstands (IRE)1462m3½f–3mGrade 1
Kilconny Bridge (IRE)652m1½f–3mClass 3
Benny's Bridge (IRE)1942m½f–2m1fClass 2
Hartford (IRE)30——
Dancing Fruits (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kilbeggan (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
P J O'Hanlon 1 0 0% −1.00
L P Dempsey 1 0 0% −1.00
Rebecca McIntyre 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
NH 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 3 runs
06 Jun 21+13d Kilbeggan (IRE) Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle (Div II) 2m2½f · Good · 16 ran 11/16 hd 11-2 59C88C P J O'Hanlon 200/1
24 May 21+10d Ballinrobe FBD Maiden Hurdle 2m2f · Soft · 13 ran 11/13 89 11-6 -25C91C L P Dempsey 250/1
14 May 21 Kilbeggan Racing Again June 6th (Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m · Good · 15 ran 12/15 12 11-9 —78C Rebecca McIntyre 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Not So Bad Lad won?
Not So Bad Lad (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2021.
Who trained Not So Bad Lad?
Not So Bad Lad (IRE) was trained by Andrew Lynch on the most recent run on record, at Kilbeggan (IRE) on 6 June 2021.
Who is Not So Bad Lad's sire?
Not So Bad Lad (IRE) is by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Wattle Bridge (IRE), whose sire is King's Theatre.
What is Not So Bad Lad's sire's record?
Dylan Thomas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,493 runs since Mar 2011 (533 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
Who are Not So Bad Lad's siblings?
Out of Wattle Bridge (IRE), Not So Bad Lad (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Handstands (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Handstands (IRE)). The wins came over 2m½f–3m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2021. 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.