Saffronandblue (IRE)
Saffronandblue won both his handicaps on turf in the spring of 2024, taking a 1m – 1m1f event at Leopardstown on heavy ground off 49 and the Tote Fantasy Handicap at Sligo over 1m2f – 1m4f on soft off 59. The gelding, by Fast Company out of Red Riddle, raced nine times on soft or heavy going in total and won once at each of Leopardstown and Sligo from 14 starts overall. He last ran at Fairyhouse in Apr 2025, where he was held in the Cawley Furniture Novice Handicap Hurdle off 101.
- 2–14Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 3 (21.4%)Placed
- −2.25£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 2.44Fair A/E n=14 · 1.86 incl. margin
- 102Highest OR
- 51dAvg 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 86
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 132C | 59 | — |
| Heavy | 4 | 76C | 72 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 132C | 71 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 76C | 72 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 86B | 72 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 86B | 72 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 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 from 7 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Held up 4 (57%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (43%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 7,594 runs since Jan 2008 (492 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 12.7% from 558. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | +3.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 944 | 73 | 7.7% | −1.7 | — |
| Good | 1,657 | 155 | 9.4% | 0 | — |
| Good to Soft | 936 | 90 | 9.6% | +0.2 | — |
| Soft | 1,391 | 165 | 11.9% | +2.5 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 558 | 71 | 12.7% | +3.3 | 1 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,083 | 155 | 7.4% | −2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 684 | 67 | 9.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,773 | 232 | 8.4% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,691 | 153 | 9% | −0.4 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,217 | 137 | 11.3% | +1.9 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 779 | 76 | 9.8% | +0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 328 | 32 | 9.8% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 109 | 14 | 12.8% | +3.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 13 | 1 | 7.7% | −1.7 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Rhebus Road (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Rhebus Road (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhebus Road (IRE) | 20 | 3 | 1m2f–2m | Class 4 |
| Sarshampla (IRE) | 8 | 2 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Teajan (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.25 |
| Heavy | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.00 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.25 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Doyle | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 3 | 2 | 67% | +8.75 |
| Luke McAteer | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jamie Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mike O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nathan Crosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 8 | 2 | 25% | +3.75 |
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +7.75 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 9 | 2 | 22% | +2.75 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Apr 25+22d | Fairyhouse | Cawley Furniture Novice Handicap Hurdle Held up at the back throughout - made no headway - eased down and pulled up before 2 out | PU/15 | — | 10-7 | 101 | — | — | Ricky Doyle | 10/1 |
| 29 Mar 25+27d | Curragh | Tote.ie Handicap Settled towards back of the pack - still 10th at the midpoint - pushed along with a furlong to go - kept on to finish 4th | 4/18 | shd | 8-11 | 66 | 83C | 77A | Jamie Powell | 8/1 |
| 02 Mar 25+34d | Leopardstown | Cancer Fund For Children Charity Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Held up at back - still 15th 4th out - shaken up to gain ground after 2 out but only stayed on one gear to finish 9th | 9/17 | 1½ | 11-5 | 102 | 86B | 103A | Ricky Doyle | 9/1 |
| 27 Jan 25+15d | Punchestown | 50,000 BetVictor Graduation Bonus Series Maiden Hurdle Settled in the pack - driven with no response approaching 2 out then stumbled at the last - held on without finding more | 9/16 | 2¼ | 11-12 | — | 72C | 108C | Ricky Doyle | 80/1 |
| 12 Jan 25+17d | Punchestown | Sky Bet Acca Freeze Maiden Hurdle Held a midfield spot early - driven forward after three from home but made no gain in 9th soon after - stayed on at one speed to finish 7th | 7/21 | nk | 11-12 | — | 72C | 103C | Ricky Doyle | 200/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 24+67d | Leopardstown | TRI Equestrian Maiden Hurdle Held up towards the back - made no impression through the race - dropping away from 3 out - well beaten in 14th | 14/23 | ¾ | 11-7 | — | 72C | 105C | Mike O'Connor | 150/1 |
| 20 Oct 24+168d | Leopardstown | Christmas Festival Tickets On Sale Now Handicap (50-80) Settled in the pack - 10th at halfway - driven approaching 2f out then dropped away steadily | 19/20 | ¾ | 9-2 | 66 | 32C | 61C | Ronan Whelan | 9/2F |
| 05 May 24+25d | Sligo | Tote Fantasy Handicap (47-65) | 1/14 | 9-10 | 59 | 132C | 93A | Ronan Whelan | 11/4F | |
| 10 Apr 24+177d | Leopardstown | Leopardstown Golf And Driving Range Handicap (47-65) | 1/15 | 9-2 | 49 | 69C | 95A | Ronan Whelan | 7/1 | |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Oct 23+42d | Gowran Park | Paulstown Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 6/16 | 7 | 9-0 | 52 | 75C | 56A | Luke McAteer | 9/1 |
| 04 Sep 23+30d | Roscommon | INPBA Free Admission For All Today Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 14/14 | 6½ | 9-4 | 55 | 53C | 38C | Rory Cleary | 50/1 |
| 05 Aug 23+16d | Galway | Bathshack Maiden | 8/11 | 4½ | 9-8 | — | 76C | 50C | Luke McAteer | 33/1 |
| 20 Jul 23+27d | Leopardstown | Clayton Hotel Leopardstown Maiden | 8/17 | 2 | 9-8 | — | 59C | 56A | Nathan Crosse | 125/1 |
| 23 Jun 23 | Limerick | Ryan's Cleaning Event Specialists Maiden | 12/16 | 2¼ | 9-8 | — | 48C | 55C | Luke McAteer | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Saffronandblue won?
- Saffronandblue (IRE) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 3 times in total (21.4% of starts).
- Who trained Saffronandblue?
- Saffronandblue (IRE) was trained by Martin Brassil on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 20 April 2025.
- Who is Saffronandblue's sire?
- Saffronandblue (IRE) is by Fast Company (IRE) out of Red Riddle (IRE), whose sire is Verglas.
- What going does Saffronandblue prefer?
- Saffronandblue (IRE) has the best record on heavy 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 Saffronandblue's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 101, from the run on 20 April 2025. The highest on record is 102.
- What is Saffronandblue's sire's record?
- Fast Company (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 7,594 runs since Jan 2008 (492 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 12.7% from 558. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
- Who are Saffronandblue's siblings?
- Out of Red Riddle (IRE), Saffronandblue (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Rhebus Road (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Rhebus Road (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m. As at Oct 2026.