Playing With Fire (IRE)
Playing With Fire (IRE) is 3 from 36. Hasn't won since Mar 2011. All 3 wins have come over 1m5f – 2m. Last raced off 83, 32lb below the career-high mark.
Progeny in our archive
As a dam, Playing With Fire (IRE) has 1 produce in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blazing Gold (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
- 3–36Wins / Runs
- 8.3%Strike rate
- 9 (25%)Placed
- −14.50£1 level staken=36 at SP
- 1.00Fair A/E n=36 · 0.89 incl. margin
- 115Highest OR
- 58dAvg 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
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 9.1% of 2,675 runs since Jan 2008 (194 horses).
Weakest on good to firm going: 4% from 173.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 2 | 8% | −1.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 173 | 7 | 4% | −5.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 651 | 54 | 8.3% | −0.8 | 0 from 21 |
| Good to Soft | 396 | 36 | 9.1% | 0 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 768 | 78 | 10.2% | +1.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Heavy | 653 | 66 | 10.1% | +1 | 2 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 491 | 40 | 8.1% | −1 | 3 from 23 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 867 | 77 | 8.9% | −0.2 | 0 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,020 | 100 | 9.8% | +0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 284 | 26 | 9.2% | +0.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Merry Path (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 3m1½f–3m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Merry Path (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merry Path (IRE) | 7 | 2 | 3m1½f–3m2f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 21 | 0 | 0% | −21.00 |
| Heavy | 6 | 2 | 33% | +10.50 |
| Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 22 | 2 | 9% | −13.50 |
| Class 3 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +6.00 |
| Class 5 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towcester | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Southwell | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Leicester | 4 | 2 | 50% | +12.50 |
| Worcester | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Huntingdon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Taunton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Warwick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 23 | 3 | 13% | −1.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Poste | 16 | 1 | 6% | −12.50 |
| Wayne Kavanagh | 13 | 2 | 15% | +5.00 |
| Mattie Batchelor | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Felix De Giles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aidan Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rodi Greene | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 29 | 3 | 10% | −7.50 |
| Tongue tie | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Hood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2011 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.50 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +7.00 |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 19 | 2 | 11% | −1.00 |
| Chase | 14 | 1 | 7% | −10.50 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 Playing With Fire (IRE) won?
- Playing With Fire (IRE) won 3 of 36 archived starts between 2008 and 2014, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 9 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Playing With Fire (IRE)?
- Playing With Fire (IRE) was trained by Robin Dickin on the most recent run on record, at Southwell on 18 June 2014.
- Who is Playing With Fire (IRE)'s sire?
- Playing With Fire (IRE) is by Witness Box (USA) out of Smokey Path (IRE), whose sire is Scallywag.
- What going does Playing With Fire (IRE) prefer?
- Playing With Fire (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Playing With Fire (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 83, from the run on 18 June 2014. The highest on record is 115.
- What is Playing With Fire (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Witness Box (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,675 runs since Jan 2008 (194 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to firm going: 4% from 173.
- Who are Playing With Fire (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Smokey Path (IRE), Playing With Fire (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Merry Path (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Merry Path (IRE)). The wins came over 3m1½f–3m2f. As at Oct 2026.
- Has Playing With Fire (IRE) produced winners?
- As a dam, Playing With Fire (IRE) has 1 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.