Positive Approach (IRE)
Positive Approach (IRE) is 2 from 28. Hasn't won since Jan 2016. Last raced off 112, 16lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–28Wins / Runs
- 7.1%Strike rate
- 7 (25%)Placed
- −18.25£1 level staken=28 at SP
- 0.82Fair A/E n=28 · 0.66 incl. margin
- 128Highest OR
- 67dAvg 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 75
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 5 | 87C | 46 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 45C | 38 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 75A | 42 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 87C | 59 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 12 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 12 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 7.1% of 211 runs since Jan 2008 (16 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 12 | 0 | 0% | −7.1 | — |
| Good | 44 | 4 | 9.1% | +2 | — |
| Good to Soft | 19 | 0 | 0% | −7.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 72 | 5 | 6.9% | −0.2 | 0 from 9 |
| Heavy | 64 | 6 | 9.4% | +2.3 | 2 from 18 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 36 | 2 | 5.6% | −1.5 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 63 | 4 | 6.3% | −0.8 | 0 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 95 | 9 | 9.5% | +2.4 | 2 from 13 |
| Over 3m | 16 | 0 | 0% | −7.1 | — |
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
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 18 | 2 | 11% | −8.25 |
| Soft | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 10 | 1 | 10% | −6.25 |
| Thurles | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.00 |
| Clonmel | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cork | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 2 | 15% | −3.25 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Enright | 14 | 2 | 14% | −4.25 |
| Ambrose McCurtin | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Brian O'Connell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Miss J Townend | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keith Donoghue | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 25 | 2 | 8% | −15.25 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.25 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Hurdle | 11 | 2 | 18% | −1.25 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 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 Positive Approach won?
- Positive Approach (IRE) won 2 of 28 archived starts between 2013 and 2018, a strike rate of 7.1%. Placed 7 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Positive Approach?
- Positive Approach (IRE) was trained by John J Walsh on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 20 April 2018.
- Who is Positive Approach's sire?
- Positive Approach (IRE) is by Aboo Hom (GB) out of Toureen Star (IRE), whose sire is Shardari.
- What going does Positive Approach prefer?
- Positive Approach (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 18 starts (11.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Positive Approach's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 112, from the run on 20 April 2018. The highest on record is 128.
- What is Positive Approach's sire's record?
- Aboo Hom (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.1% of 211 runs since Jan 2008 (16 horses), Flat and jumps together.