Scythe (IRE)
Scythe won the Class 4 Bricklayers Arms Newbury Ebf Maiden Stakes over 6f – 7f on good to firm at Newbury in Aug 2026. The gelding has one win and two places from three runs on turf, all over 6f – 7f. He finished third of six in the Class 1 Criterium De Maisons-laffitte at Chantilly in Oct 2026. By Victor Ludorum out of an Acclamation mare, he is trained by Brian Meehan.
- 1–3Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 2 (66.7%)Placed
- +5.00£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 23dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 94
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 7.7% of 505 runs since Jan 2008 (105 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 26 | 3 | 11.5% | +3.8 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 100 | 9 | 9% | +1.3 | — |
| Good to Soft | 111 | 10 | 9% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 105 | 9 | 8.6% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 25 | 0 | 0% | −7.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 138 | 8 | 5.8% | −1.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | +2.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 196 | 18 | 9.2% | +1.5 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 196 | 12 | 6.1% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 88 | 5 | 5.7% | −2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 2 | 50% | +42.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −7.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantilly (FR) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Soumillon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Saffie Osborne | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 26+21d | Chantilly (FR) | Criterium De Maisons-laffitte | 3/6 | shd | 8-13 | — | — | C. Soumillon | 2/1 |
| 19 Sep 26+24d | Chantilly (FR) | Prix Eclipse - Tattersalls - Fonds Europeen De L'elevage | 2/7 | shd | 8-13 | — | — | C. Soumillon | 11/8F |
| 26 Aug 26 | Newbury | Bricklayers Arms Newbury Ebf Maiden Stakes (Div II) (gbb Race) Settled just off the pace - moved across to the left with 4f left - progress on the outside approaching 3f out - hit the front inside the final furlong showing inexperience then drifted left - stayed on well to score | 1/8 | 9-7 | 94A | 90B | Saffie Osborne | 7/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Scythe won?
- Scythe (IRE) won 1 of 3 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 2 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trains Scythe?
- Scythe (IRE) is trained by Brian Meehan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 10 October 2026.
- Who is Scythe's sire?
- Scythe (IRE) is by Victor Ludorum (GB) out of Melancholy (IRE), whose sire is Acclamation.
- What is Scythe's sire's record?
- Victor Ludorum (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 505 runs since Jan 2008 (105 horses), Flat and jumps together.