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Horse profile

Plains Drifter (IRE)

6yo gelding · Trainer Fergal O'Brien · Owner The Fob Racing Partnership 10
by Idaho (IRE) out of Southern Squaw (IRE) (Beneficial)
6 runs · 3 courses · from Mar 2025
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out Won at Market Rasen Off 186 days · 1st of 6 Last raced off OR 115
KTB Profile

Plains Drifter is a gelding who has won one of six starts over hurdles, the success coming at Class 4 level. He won at Market Rasen in Apr 2026 in the Safer Gambling At CopyBet Maiden Hurdle over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground, having raced prominently. All five other runs produced a place, four of them on good to soft. He last ran off an official rating of 115, which is one below his highest ever mark.

Based on 6 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 144 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ludlow, 15 Jan 2026

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 6 figures · best 154C · median 128.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4154C1394 · 154 / 139
Good2123A1171 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3154C1343 · 154 / 134
1m5f – 2m2111C97.51 · —
2m5f – 3m1——1 · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 127B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Market Rasen, 14 Apr 2026 Official rating 115 at the last run, 14 Apr 2026

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 6 figures · best 127B · median 121
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4127B1214 · 127 / 121
Good2127B123.51 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3127B1273 · 127 / 127
1m5f – 2m2120B1141 · —
2m5f – 3m1——1 · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 from 4 analysed runs

  • Prominent 4 (100%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Idaho (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 276 runs since Jan 2008 (64 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm100%−9.4—
Good90910%+0.61 from 2
Good to Soft90910%+0.60 from 4
Soft5846.9%−2.5—
Heavy37410.8%+1.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m8378.4%−10 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f121108.3%−1.11 from 3
2m5f – 3m67710.4%+10 from 1
Over 3m5240%+30.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Southern Squaw (IRE) (Beneficial)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ask Mike (IRE)50——
For The Company (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 2 1 50% +0.10

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 4 1 25% −1.90
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Market Rasen 4 1 25% −1.90
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 3 1 33% −0.90
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jonathan Burke 5 1 20% −2.90
Fern O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 1 33% −0.90
2025 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 4 1 25% −1.90
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
14 Apr 26+30d Market Rasen Safer Gambling At CopyBet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 6 ran Handy in the pack - shared advantage under pressure before 2 out then locked in a battle with the second - clear leap to go clear at the last - held on for the win 1/6 11-6 115123A127B Jonathan Burke 11/10J
15 Mar 26+59d Market Rasen First Past The Post At CopyBet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran Handy early - urged into third approaching 2 out - lacked the gear before last to get on terms - kept on late to snatch second near the line without landing a blow on the winner 2/8 1 11-7 116134A122A Jonathan Burke 10/11F
15 Jan 26+42d Ludlow CLH Premier Print Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 21f · Good To Soft · 11 ran Held a midpack position early amid poor sight lines - pressed the leader 3 out - held rhythm until 2 out - dropped to third nearing the last - weakened through the closing stages to finish third 3/11 11 11-10 —144A120A Jonathan Burke 7/1
04 Dec 25+34d Market Rasen PricedUp Daily Racing Boosts Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 5 ran Sat close to the front - shaken up to hit the front before 2 out - came under pressure and lost the advantage close to the last - stayed on but unable to match the winner's finishing burst finishing 2nd beaten 3.5 lengths 2/5 3½ 11-0 —154C127B Jonathan Burke 33/1
31 Oct 25+219d Uttoxeter QuinnBet NH Flat Race (Conditional And Amateur Jockeys) (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Tracked the pace early - urged forward with 3f left - dropped away inside final 2f - well held at the finish 5/10 2¼ 10-11 —84A108A Fern O'Brien 5/2J
26 Mar 25 Market Rasen Think Thoroughbred - Think Ireland Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 5 ran Sat close up early - hit front inside final 2f - overtaken with a furlong left - kept on to the line without threatening winner 2/5 4¾ 11-2 —111C120B Jonathan Burke 15/2

Quick answers

How many races has Plains Drifter (IRE) won?
Plains Drifter (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 5 times in total (83.3% of starts).
Who trains Plains Drifter (IRE)?
Plains Drifter (IRE) is trained by Fergal O'Brien, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 14 April 2026.
Who is Plains Drifter (IRE)'s sire?
Plains Drifter (IRE) is by Idaho (IRE) out of Southern Squaw (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
What is Plains Drifter (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 115, from the run on 14 April 2026. The highest on record is 116.
What is Plains Drifter (IRE)'s sire's record?
Idaho (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 276 runs since Jan 2008 (64 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Plains Drifter (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Southern Squaw (IRE), Plains Drifter (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2025. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.