Simply The Betts (IRE)
Simply The Betts won seven of 24 starts on turf. His biggest success came in the Grade 3 Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Handicap Chase at Cheltenham in Mar 2020 off an official rating of 149. Four of those wins came on soft going and five over 1m5f – 2m. The gelding, aged 10 at his last run in Dec 2023, finished fifth of 12 in a Class 2 handicap hurdle at Newbury off 139, 18lb below his highest ever mark.
- 7–24Wins / Runs
- 29.2%Strike rate
- 12 (50%)Placed
- +0.23£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 1.54Fair A/E n=24 · 1.29 incl. margin
- 157Highest OR
- 98dAvg 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 124
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 | 10 | 130B | 87 | — |
| Good | 7 | 114B | 101 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 124A | 106.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 10 | 114B | 89 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 130B | 95 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 24 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 24 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 9.2% of 3,977 runs since Jan 2008 (375 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 63 | 6 | 9.5% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,479 | 164 | 11.1% | +1.9 | 2 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 789 | 68 | 8.6% | −0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,153 | 93 | 8.1% | −1.1 | 4 from 12 |
| Heavy | 431 | 31 | 7.2% | −2 | 1 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 62 | 3 | 4.8% | −4.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | −5.6 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,462 | 145 | 9.9% | +0.7 | 5 from 10 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,499 | 136 | 9.1% | −0.1 | 2 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 815 | 70 | 8.6% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 159 | 13 | 8.2% | −1 | 0 from 2 |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Crimson Chief (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m3f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Crimson Ark (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Chief (IRE) | 47 | 3 | 2m3f–3m1f | — |
| Crimson Ark (IRE) | 10 | 2 | 2m3f–2m4½f | Class 3 |
| Scarlett Clipper (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Milan Rouge (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 12 | 4 | 33% | +6.56 |
| Good | 7 | 2 | 29% | −2.95 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.38 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 12 | 1 | 8% | −7.67 |
| Class 3 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +2.62 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.73 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.30 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 11 | 2 | 18% | −0.17 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.62 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.73 |
| Warwick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.30 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 2 | 18% | −0.17 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 5 | 50% | +3.40 |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Sheehan | 9 | 4 | 44% | +5.18 |
| Mr David Maxwell | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Harry Cobden | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 2 | 2 | 100% | +5.30 |
| Sean Bowen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| B J Cooper | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| Bryony Frost | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Bannister | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 23 | 7 | 30% | +1.23 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +7.83 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.62 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | 33% | −2.97 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.25 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 14 | 4 | 29% | +4.45 |
| Hurdle | 9 | 2 | 22% | −5.97 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
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 Simply The Betts won?
- Simply The Betts (IRE) won 7 of 24 archived starts between 2017 and 2023, a strike rate of 29.2%. Placed 12 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Simply The Betts?
- Simply The Betts (IRE) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 1 December 2023.
- Who is Simply The Betts's sire?
- Simply The Betts (IRE) is by Arcadio (GER) out of Crimson Flower (IRE), whose sire is Soviet Lad.
- What going does Simply The Betts prefer?
- Simply The Betts (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 4 wins from 12 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Simply The Betts's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 139, from the run on 1 December 2023. The highest on record is 157.
- What is Simply The Betts's sire's record?
- Arcadio (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 3,977 runs since Jan 2008 (375 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Simply The Betts's siblings?
- Out of Crimson Flower (IRE), Simply The Betts (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Crimson Chief (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Crimson Ark (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3f–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.