Play The Ace (IRE)
Play The Ace (IRE) is 10 from 42. Hasn't won since Sep 2018. Last raced off 111, 28lb below the career-high mark.
- 10–42Wins / Runs
- 23.8%Strike rate
- 20 (47.6%)Placed
- +10.08£1 level staken=42 at SP
- 1.36Fair A/E n=42 · 1.20 incl. margin
- 139Highest OR
- 46dAvg 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 113
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 19 | 138C | 99 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 123B | 87.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 67C | 49 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 17 | 138C | 99 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 109B | 80 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 35 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: did not complete (5) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 35 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 9.2% of 6,314 runs since Jan 2008 (609 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 14.1% from 142.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 142 | 20 | 14.1% | +4.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 2,303 | 239 | 10.4% | +1.2 | 6 from 26 |
| Good to Soft | 1,116 | 100 | 9% | −0.2 | 2 from 7 |
| Soft | 1,830 | 139 | 7.6% | −1.6 | 1 from 6 |
| Heavy | 898 | 77 | 8.6% | −0.6 | 1 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 25 | 3 | 12% | +2.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 38 | 4 | 10.5% | +1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,853 | 142 | 7.7% | −1.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,297 | 224 | 9.8% | +0.6 | 5 from 15 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,776 | 182 | 10.2% | +1 | 5 from 25 |
| Over 3m | 333 | 26 | 7.8% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Crack On Corrie (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m2½f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Brompton Brow (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crack On Corrie (IRE) | 47 | 3 | 2m2½f–2m4f | — |
| Manjoe (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 2m4f | — |
| Brompton Brow (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 3m | Class 4 |
| Golan Native (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Henris Gold (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ya Dont Say (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 26 | 6 | 23% | +3.58 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 2 | 29% | +3.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 20 | 6 | 30% | +11.83 |
| Class 3 | 11 | 3 | 27% | +6.25 |
| Class 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 6 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 9 | 4 | 44% | +7.58 |
| Perth | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cartmel | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fontwell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Market Rasen | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Worcester | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.50 |
| Aintree | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wincanton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Sedgefield | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 25 | 5 | 20% | −4.92 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 15 | 5 | 33% | +17.00 |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Bowen | 19 | 4 | 21% | +2.00 |
| Sean Bowen | 16 | 5 | 31% | +12.08 |
| Mr Richard Collinson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr James King | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Jodie Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Peter Bryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Samuel Davies-Thomas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 30 | 8 | 27% | +12.58 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| None | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +2.00 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6 | 50% | +19.75 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.67 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 36 | 8 | 22% | +3.08 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 2 | 40% | +8.00 |
| 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Play The Ace won?
- Play The Ace (IRE) won 10 of 42 archived starts between 2015 and 2020, a strike rate of 23.8%. Placed 20 times in total (47.6% of starts).
- Who trained Play The Ace?
- Play The Ace (IRE) was trained by Peter Bowen on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 8 July 2020.
- Who is Play The Ace's sire?
- Play The Ace (IRE) is by Scorpion (IRE) out of Henris Blaze (IRE), whose sire is Be My Native.
- What going does Play The Ace prefer?
- Play The Ace (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 7 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 Play The Ace's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 111, from the run on 8 July 2020. The highest on record is 139.
- What is Play The Ace's sire's record?
- Scorpion (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 6,314 runs since Jan 2008 (609 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 14.1% from 142.
- Who are Play The Ace's siblings?
- Out of Henris Blaze (IRE), Play The Ace (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Crack On Corrie (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Brompton Brow (IRE)). The wins came over 2m2½f–3m. As at Oct 2026.