Parkside Lad (IRE)
Parkside Lad won the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden at Bellewstown in Jul 2025 over under 6f on good going. The colt is one from seven on turf with two places and has raced at five different courses. Typically held up he finished third of 14 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Birdcatcher Premier Nursery Handicap at Naas in Oct 2025 off an official rating of 80. He has not won since Jul 2025.
- 1–7Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 2 (28.6%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 1.11Fair A/E n=7 · 0.96 incl. margin
- 87Highest OR
- 24dAvg 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 125
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 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 125A | 74 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 96C | 72 | — |
| Under 6f | 3 | 125A | 74 | — |
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
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 7 analysed runs since May 2025
- Prominent 3 (43%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (29%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (14%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (14%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,526 runs since Apr 2016 (374 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 325.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 10 | 1 | 10% | +0.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 464 | 54 | 11.6% | +2.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,115 | 86 | 7.7% | −1.5 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 462 | 47 | 10.2% | +1 | — |
| Soft | 872 | 75 | 8.6% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 291 | 25 | 8.6% | −0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,312 | 130 | 9.9% | +0.7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 408 | 47 | 11.5% | +2.3 | 1 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,773 | 165 | 9.3% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,120 | 99 | 8.8% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 701 | 75 | 10.7% | +1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 325 | 16 | 4.9% | −4.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 153 | 15 | 9.8% | +0.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 39 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +5.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Signora Bellissima (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Tagovailoa (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signora Bellissima (IRE) | 26 | 3 | 1m–1m2f | — |
| Tagovailoa (IRE) | 13 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Dixieland (IRE) | 17 | 0 | — | — |
| Toborthomas (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wesley Joyce | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Oct 25+35d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Birdcatcher Premier Nursery Handicap Sat close to front group early - 4th at halfway - driven approaching final 2f with little response - stayed on same gait late to finish 3rd | 3/14 | ¾ | 8-12 | 80 | 96C | 89A | Wesley Joyce | 14/1 |
| 06 Sep 25+43d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Rated Race Sat just behind the front pack early - into 2nd and driven up by halfway - slipped to 3rd 2f out unable to find more - down to 5th with a furlong left - held on for 5th without finding more late | 5/6 | ½ | 9-4 | 82 | 75A | 76B | Chris Hayes | 9/1 |
| 25 Jul 25+6d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Rated Race Held up at the back - urged forward with two furlongs left - asked for effort soon after and unable to close from a furlong out - finished fourth | 4/5 | 3¼ | 9-6 | 84 | 61C | 69B | Chris Hayes | 11/2 |
| 19 Jul 25+16d | Curragh | Lavazza Sprint Nursery Handicap Set the pace early - lost front spot 4f out then squeezed for effort 2f out - dropped away steadily inside final furlong to finish seventh | 7/8 | 2¾ | 9-12 | 87 | 53A | 74A | Gary Carroll | 6/1 |
| 03 Jul 25+26d | Bellewstown | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden Sat just behind the front group early - pushed into 2nd with a furlong left and closed on the pace - hit the front near the line and held on gamely at the finish | 1/8 | 8-13 | — | 125A | 87A | Gary Carroll | EvensF | |
| 07 Jun 25+15d | Navan | Lynn Lodge Stud Irish EBF Maiden Held up towards the back - improved into 8th and driven approaching 2f out - moved into 5th with a furlong left - stayed on same gait to finish 4th | 4/12 | 1½ | 9-7 | — | 74A | 94A | Seamie Heffernan | 40/1 |
| 23 May 25 | Curragh | Irish European Breeders Fund Auction Series Maiden Held up midfield early - pushed into 3rd approaching 2f out then briefly 2nd but couldn't threaten leader inside final furlong - dropped back to finish 5th | 5/21 | ¾ | 8-13 | — | 69C | 76A | Seamie Heffernan | 18/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Parkside Lad won?
- Parkside Lad (IRE) won 1 of 7 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 2 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trained Parkside Lad?
- Parkside Lad (IRE) was trained by William Durkan on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 11 October 2025.
- Who is Parkside Lad's sire?
- Parkside Lad (IRE) is by Elzaam (AUS) out of Signora Lina (IRE), whose sire is High Chaparral.
- What going does Parkside Lad prefer?
- Parkside Lad (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Parkside Lad's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 11 October 2025. The highest on record is 87.
- What is Parkside Lad's sire's record?
- Elzaam (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,526 runs since Apr 2016 (374 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 325.
- Who are Parkside Lad's siblings?
- Out of Signora Lina (IRE), Parkside Lad (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Signora Bellissima (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Tagovailoa (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.