Perfect Candidate (IRE)
Perfect Candidate (IRE) is 9 from 45, including a Grade 3 win. The biggest win we hold: the BetVictor.com Handicap Chase at Cheltenham (Nov 2017). Hasn't won since Nov 2020. Last raced off 142, 14lb below the career-high mark.
- 9–45Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 16 (35.6%)Placed
- +30.00£1 level staken=45 at SP
- 2.39Fair A/E n=45 · 2.07 incl. margin
- 156Highest OR
- 69dAvg 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 137
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 129A | 91.5 | — |
| Heavy | 4 | 137B | 55 | — |
| Good | 4 | 95A | 87.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 98C | 89 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 12 | 137B | 84 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 129A | 98 | — |
Of 24 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (5) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 24 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 10.9% of 3,965 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 175 | 21 | 12% | +1.1 | — |
| Good | 1,033 | 112 | 10.8% | −0.1 | 1 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 707 | 78 | 11% | +0.1 | 2 from 12 |
| Soft | 1,207 | 119 | 9.9% | −1 | 4 from 14 |
| Heavy | 808 | 102 | 12.6% | +1.7 | 2 from 9 |
| Standard (AW) | 31 | 2 | 6.5% | −4.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 44 | 5 | 11.4% | +0.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 826 | 76 | 9.2% | −1.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,297 | 146 | 11.3% | +0.4 | 1 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,363 | 154 | 11.3% | +0.4 | 2 from 15 |
| Over 3m | 424 | 53 | 12.5% | +1.6 | 6 from 26 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Lovey Dovey (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Lovey Dovey (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovey Dovey (IRE) | 13 | 6 | 2m–2m4½f | Class 4 |
| Hidden Horizons (IRE) | 14 | 2 | 2m7½f–3m4f | Class 5 |
| Royal Hillsborough (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 2m | Class 4 |
| Jodies Miss (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Callista Lady (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 14 | 4 | 29% | +12.00 |
| Good to Soft | 12 | 2 | 17% | +11.00 |
| Good | 10 | 1 | 10% | +2.00 |
| Heavy | 9 | 2 | 22% | +5.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 17 | 3 | 18% | +13.00 |
| Class 1 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −3.00 |
| Class 3 | 10 | 3 | 30% | +22.00 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 18 | 3 | 17% | +7.00 |
| Chepstow | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Haydock | 4 | 2 | 50% | +13.00 |
| Exeter | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.00 |
| Aintree | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.62 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 26 | 6 | 23% | +18.62 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 15 | 2 | 13% | +13.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.38 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Brennan | 28 | 7 | 25% | +32.62 |
| Conor Shoemark | 6 | 1 | 17% | +6.00 |
| Alain Cawley | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.62 |
| Miss Ally Stirling | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Timmy Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Miss Brodie Hampson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Connor Brace | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 29 | 5 | 17% | +8.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 10 | 2 | 20% | +11.00 |
| Tongue tie | 4 | 2 | 50% | +13.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.00 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +16.00 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +12.00 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −2.00 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 37 | 8 | 22% | +35.38 |
| Hurdle | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.38 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 Perfect Candidate (IRE) won?
- Perfect Candidate (IRE) won 9 of 45 archived starts between 2012 and 2021, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 16 times in total (35.6% of starts).
- Who trained Perfect Candidate (IRE)?
- Perfect Candidate (IRE) was trained by Fergal O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Haydock on 20 February 2021.
- Who is Perfect Candidate (IRE)'s sire?
- Perfect Candidate (IRE) is by Winged Love (IRE) out of Dansana (IRE), whose sire is Insan.
- What going does Perfect Candidate (IRE) prefer?
- Perfect Candidate (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 4 wins from 14 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 Perfect Candidate (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 142, from the run on 20 February 2021. The highest on record is 156.
- What is Perfect Candidate (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Winged Love (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 3,965 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Perfect Candidate (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Dansana (IRE), Perfect Candidate (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Lovey Dovey (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Lovey Dovey (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m4f. As at Oct 2026.