Red Letter Bray (IRE)
Red Letter Bray won three of ten starts on turf between Mar 2023 and May 2024. All three wins came over 6f – 7f, two of them in handicaps on heavy ground at Naas and the latest in a handicap on good ground at the Curragh. The gelding, who reached an official rating of 94, finished second of 11 in the Rathkenny Handicap at Navan in Sep 2024. He raced prominently that day off a mark of 91.
- 3–10Wins / Runs
- 30%Strike rate
- 5 (50%)Placed
- +96.75£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 2.71Fair A/E n=10 · 2.20 incl. margin
- 94Highest OR
- 36dBetween runs (median)longest 278 d
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 107
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 121C | 96 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 87A | 75.5 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 126C | 116.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 126C | 104 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.3% of 3,997 runs since Jun 2020 (426 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.8% from 102.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 8 | 0 | 0% | −14.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 587 | 92 | 15.7% | +1.4 | — |
| Good | 996 | 140 | 14.1% | −0.2 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 472 | 70 | 14.8% | +0.5 | — |
| Soft | 629 | 81 | 12.9% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 183 | 27 | 14.8% | +0.5 | 2 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,122 | 161 | 14.3% | 0 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 102 | 11 | 10.8% | −3.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,185 | 183 | 15.4% | +1.1 | 3 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,284 | 165 | 12.9% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,095 | 165 | 15.1% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 272 | 40 | 14.7% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 54 | 7 | 13% | −1.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −14.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2020 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Fistral Beach (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Fistral Beach (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fistral Beach (IRE) | 36 | 5 | 7f | Class 6 |
| Chalice Beauty (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | +95.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.75 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 5 | 1 | 20% | +96.00 |
| Naas | 4 | 2 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 3 | 33% | +97.75 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Roche | 4 | 1 | 25% | +97.00 |
| Colin Keane | 4 | 2 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Chris Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 5 | 1 | 20% | +96.00 |
| None | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.75 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +97.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.75 |
| 2022 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Sep 24+49d | Navan | Rathkenny Handicap Up with leaders and sharing front spot early - pushed along and lost front spot 1 1/2f out - unable to close on winner and stayed on same gait to finish second | 2/11 | 1¾ | 10-0 | 91 | 81A | 109A | Leigh Roche | 11/1 |
| 20 Jul 24+21d | Curragh | David Power Memorial Premier Handicap | 13/15 | 2½ | 9-8 | 94 | 84C | 75A | Chris Hayes | 17/2 |
| 29 Jun 24+36d | Curragh | Sherry FitzGerald Country Homes Handicap | 4/16 | ½ | 9-13 | 94 | 104C | 111A | Chris Hayes | 10/1 |
| 24 May 24+278d | Curragh | Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Habitat Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 1/17 | 9-2 | 88 | 105C | 102A | Leigh Roche | 100/1 | |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Aug 23+25d | Curragh | Bord Na Mona Recycling Handicap | 11/13 | nse | 9-3 | 92 | 88C | 70A | Colin Keane | 14/1 |
| 26 Jul 23+60d | Naas | Hurling For Cancer Moves To Netwatch Cullen PK Carlow August 21st Race | 5/7 | 1¾ | 9-8 | 88 | 87A | 89A | Colin Keane | 9/2 |
| 27 May 23+33d | Curragh | Finlay Volvo Handicap | 11/15 | 2¼ | 9-8 | 91 | 121C | 80A | Leigh Roche | 9/1 |
| 24 Apr 23+29d | Naas | TRM Excellence In Equine Nutrition Handicap | 1/8 | 10-0 | 87 | 107A | 97A | Colin Keane | 7/4F | |
| 26 Mar 23+267d | Naas | Kuroshio At Compas Stallions Maiden | 1/15 | 9-8 | — | 126C | 103A | Colin Keane | 2/1 | |
| 2022 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 02 Jul 22 | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 6/13 | 2 | 9-7 | — | 64C | 76A | Leigh Roche | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Red Letter Bray won?
- Red Letter Bray (IRE) won 3 of 10 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 30%. Placed 5 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Red Letter Bray?
- Red Letter Bray (IRE) was trained by Liam P Cusack on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 7 September 2024.
- Who is Red Letter Bray's sire?
- Red Letter Bray (IRE) is by New Bay (GB) out of Lamsa (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What going does Red Letter Bray prefer?
- Red Letter Bray (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Red Letter Bray's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 7 September 2024. The highest on record is 94.
- What is Red Letter Bray's sire's record?
- New Bay (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.3% of 3,997 runs since Jun 2020 (426 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.8% from 102.
- Who are Red Letter Bray's siblings?
- Out of Lamsa (IRE), Red Letter Bray (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Fistral Beach (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Fistral Beach (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Nov 2026.