Sheer Bravado (IRE)
Sheer Bravado won four of 19 starts on turf, all in handicaps. His wins came at Listowel, Tipperary and Killarney over 6f to 7f and at Cork over 2m1f to 2m4f, three of them on soft ground. He gained his biggest success in the Mallow Handicap Hurdle at Cork in Jul 2023 when rated 89. Aged 6 at his last run in Jul 2023, he finished eighth of 14 at Limerick, beaten favourite and last raced off a career-high mark of 97.
- 4–19Wins / Runs
- 21.1%Strike rate
- 6 (31.6%)Placed
- −0.67£1 level staken=19 at SP
- 2.32Fair A/E n=19 · 1.89 incl. margin
- 97Highest OR
- 68dAvg 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 109
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 | 3 | 113B | 109 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 50C | -4.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 113B | 109 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 85B | 50 | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 7 | 102A | 62 | — |
| Heavy | 4 | 94C | 83 | — |
| Good | 2 | 93A | 90.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 102A | 70.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 94A | 86 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 96C | 79 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 19 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 9.7% of 795 runs since Jan 2008 (56 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 13% from 100. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.3% from 119. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.7% from 106.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +40.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | −1 | — |
| Good | 260 | 26 | 10% | +0.3 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 100 | 13 | 13% | +3.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 226 | 17 | 7.5% | −2.2 | 3 from 10 |
| Heavy | 154 | 17 | 11% | +1.3 | 0 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | −6.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −2.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 74 | 8 | 10.8% | +1.1 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 76 | 7 | 9.2% | −0.5 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 106 | 6 | 5.7% | −4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 195 | 12 | 6.2% | −3.5 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 194 | 24 | 12.4% | +2.7 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 119 | 17 | 14.3% | +4.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | +2.1 | — |
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 Serious Challenge (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Dawn Charger (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serious Challenge (IRE) | 28 | 5 | 1m½f–2m4½f | Class 3 |
| Dawn Charger (IRE) | 11 | 3 | 5f–6f | Group 3 |
| Ventriloquist (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 3 | 30% | +4.00 |
| Heavy | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.50 |
| Naas | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Limerick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tipperary | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.25 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +3.08 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Manning | 7 | 3 | 43% | +3.83 |
| Phillip Enright | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Mikey Sheehy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Cawley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Philip Donovan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keith Donoghue | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Peter Carberry | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke McAteer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2020 | 9 | 3 | 33% | +1.83 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 13 | 3 | 23% | −2.17 |
| Hurdle | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.50 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Sheer Bravado won?
- Sheer Bravado (IRE) won 4 of 19 archived starts between 2020 and 2023, a strike rate of 21.1%. Placed 6 times in total (31.6% of starts).
- Who trained Sheer Bravado?
- Sheer Bravado (IRE) was trained by Sean Aherne on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 27 July 2023.
- Who is Sheer Bravado's sire?
- Sheer Bravado (IRE) is by Fracas (IRE) out of Dushlan (IRE), whose sire is New Approach.
- What going does Sheer Bravado prefer?
- Sheer Bravado (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 10 starts (30%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sheer Bravado's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 27 July 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Sheer Bravado's sire's record?
- Fracas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 795 runs since Jan 2008 (56 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 13% from 100. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.3% from 119. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.7% from 106.
- Who are Sheer Bravado's siblings?
- Out of Dushlan (IRE), Sheer Bravado (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Serious Challenge (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Dawn Charger (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m4½f. As at Oct 2026.