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Press The Button (IRE)

6yo gelding · Trainer Gavin Cromwell · Owner Mrs A Ocallaghan
by Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) out of Copper Kay (GB) (Kayf Tara)
5 runs · 5 courses · from Oct 2025
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Thurles Ran 85 days ago · 3rd of 15
KTB Profile

Press The Button is a gelding who has won one of five starts on turf. He won the Munster Flat Race at Thurles in Oct 2025 over 1m5f – 2m on good to soft. All three of his other placed efforts have also come over 1m5f – 2m. He finished third of 15 in mid division at Kilbeggan in Jul 2026 in the Tom McCormack Memorial Cup Maiden Hurdle.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 96 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Kilbeggan (IRE), 24 Jul 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 5 figures · best 96B · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good396B963 · 96 / 96
Heavy1——1 · —
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m396B942 · 96 / 95
2m1f – 2m4f296B902 · 96 / 90

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 133A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ballinrobe, 26 May 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 5 figures · best 133A · median 126
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good3133A1303 · 133 / 130
Heavy1——1 · —
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m3133A1262 · 133 / 122.5
2m1f – 2m4f2130A117.52 · 130 / 117.5

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 3 analysed runs

  • Held up 2 (67%) · 1 win
  • Midfield 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Soldier Of Fortune (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,807 runs since Jan 2008 (678 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+88.7—
Good to Firm801620%+8.7—
Good1,51918612.2%+0.90 from 3
Good to Soft1,21013311%−0.31 from 1
Soft1,88521411.4%+0.1—
Heavy7768611.1%−0.20 from 1
Standard (AW)336226.5%−4.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f300%−11.3—
6f – 7f71811.3%0—
1m – 1m1f24983.2%−8.1—
1m2f – 1m4f4936413%+1.7—
1m5f – 2m1,57019212.2%+0.91 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f1,96120010.2%−1.10 from 2
2m5f – 3m1,22415312.5%+1.2—
Over 3m2363314%+2.7—

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
Copper Kay (GB) (Kayf Tara)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +1.50

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kilbeggan (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 1 100% +1.50

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 1 33% −0.50
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Keith Donoghue 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr D G Lavery 2 1 50% +0.50

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 1 25% −1.50
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 2 1 50% +0.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
NH Flat 2 1 50% +0.50

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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
24 Jul 26+20d Kilbeggan (IRE) Tom McCormack Memorial Cup Maiden Hurdle 19f · Good · 15 ran in touch with the pace early - 4th after a small error 4 out - opened a gap on the others after 2 out and up to 3rd over the last - kept on driven out 3/15 1¾ 11-12 96B130A Keith Donoghue 3/1
04 Jul 26+39d Bellewstown Grimme Ireland Maiden Hurdle 17f · Good · 16 ran Sat close to front pack early - pushed along in 2nd two out - unable to challenge - faded through the pack to finish tenth 10/16 6½ 11-12 84C105C Keith Donoghue 3/1
26 May 26+163d Ballinrobe Sheridan Electric Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 16f · Good · 15 ran Sat behind the pace early - fifth with two furlongs left - moved into third and driven approaching the final furlong - unable to close on the winner - stayed on to finish second 2/15 6½ 11-12 96B133A Keith Donoghue 10/3
14 Dec 25+59d Navan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Future Champions Flat Race (Listed) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 4 ran Settled towards the back - pushed along with no headway 2f out - unable to quicken final furlong - finished fourth 4/4 15 11-10 94C112C Mr D G Lavery 3/1
16 Oct 25 Thurles Munster Flat Race 16f · Good To Yielding · 5 ran Settled just behind the front-runner early - bumped mildly passing the 5f mark - dropped to 4th at halfway - improved into 2nd with 4f remaining - driven up to the front 2f out and quickly opened a gap - stayed on strongly inside the closing furlong to win comfortably 1/5 12-0 68C126B Mr D G Lavery 6/4

Quick answers

How many races has Press The Button (IRE) won?
Press The Button (IRE) won 1 of 5 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 3 times in total (60% of starts).
Who trains Press The Button (IRE)?
Press The Button (IRE) is trained by Gavin Cromwell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 July 2026.
Who is Press The Button (IRE)'s sire?
Press The Button (IRE) is by Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) out of Copper Kay (GB), whose sire is Kayf Tara.
What is Press The Button (IRE)'s sire's record?
Soldier Of Fortune (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,807 runs since Jan 2008 (678 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.

Record shown from October 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.