Ruthless Article (IRE)
Ruthless Article (IRE) is 5 from 31. Hasn't won since Jul 2022.
- 5–31Wins / Runs
- 16.1%Strike rate
- 11 (35.5%)Placed
- −1.21£1 level staken=31 at SP
- 0.99Fair A/E n=31 · 0.88 incl. margin
- 140Highest OR
- 69dAvg 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 114
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 124A | 100 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 114A | 79 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 96C | 75 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 106A | 98 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 106A | 90 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 124A | 101 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 122B | 75 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 114A | 101.5 | — |
Of 31 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (6) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 31 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 10.5% of 5,617 runs since Jan 2008 (527 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 26 | 5 | 19.2% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 531 | 69 | 13% | +2.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 2,031 | 224 | 11% | +0.5 | 4 from 19 |
| Good to Soft | 835 | 89 | 10.7% | +0.2 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,377 | 122 | 8.9% | −1.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 679 | 74 | 10.9% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 138 | 7 | 5.1% | −5.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | +7.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 49 | 5 | 10.2% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 211 | 9 | 4.3% | −6.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,811 | 185 | 10.2% | −0.3 | 1 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,900 | 204 | 10.7% | +0.2 | 2 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,349 | 156 | 11.6% | +1.1 | 1 from 9 |
| Over 3m | 286 | 29 | 10.1% | −0.4 | 1 from 7 |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Steel Bob (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m3½f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Steel Bob (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Bob (IRE) | 9 | 3 | 2m3½f–3m1f | Class 3 |
| Vertical Venture (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Hanratty (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 19 | 4 | 21% | +5.79 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −3.50 |
| Class 2 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 2 | 40% | −0.71 |
| Class 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttoxeter | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| Aintree | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Newton Abbot | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.62 |
| Stratford | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Worcester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ffos Las | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 2 | 2 | 100% | +12.91 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.62 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 2 | 25% | +1.41 |
| Over 3m | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 1 | 14% | +6.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Bowen | 15 | 4 | 27% | +9.79 |
| Brian Hughes | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| Adam Wedge | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Danny Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Bellamy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Angus Cheleda | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Jones | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| A P Heskin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nick Scholfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr D G Lavery | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr R James | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 30 | 5 | 17% | −0.21 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +10.29 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 17 | 2 | 12% | −4.50 |
| Hurdle | 10 | 3 | 30% | +7.29 |
| NH Flat | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 Ruthless Article (IRE) won?
- Ruthless Article (IRE) won 5 of 31 archived starts between 2017 and 2023, a strike rate of 16.1%. Placed 11 times in total (35.5% of starts).
- Who trained Ruthless Article (IRE)?
- Ruthless Article (IRE) was trained by Rebecca Curtis on the most recent run on record, at Worcester on 22 August 2023.
- Who is Ruthless Article (IRE)'s sire?
- Ruthless Article (IRE) is by Definite Article (GB) out of Lady Kamando (GB), whose sire is Hernando.
- What going does Ruthless Article (IRE) prefer?
- Ruthless Article (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Ruthless Article (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 134, from the run on 22 August 2023. The highest on record is 140.
- What is Ruthless Article (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Definite Article (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since Jan 2008 (527 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.
- Who are Ruthless Article (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Lady Kamando (GB), Ruthless Article (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Steel Bob (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Steel Bob (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3½f–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.