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Horse profile

Singing Banjo (IRE)

14yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2024) · Last trainer Barry John Walsh · Last owner J P Walsh
by Generous (IRE) out of Mille Fleurs (FR) (Mister Mat)
24 runs · 8 courses · from Mar 2016
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Sep 2024 — 768 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2024 · 4th of 9 4 wins · Punchestown & Wexford Last raced off OR 88
KTB Profile

Singing Banjo won four of 24 starts on turf, all over 3m. Three of those wins came at Punchestown, including the Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase in May 2024 on soft ground and the same race on good to firm in April 2021. He also took a handicap chase at Wexford on good to soft in June 2021. Aged 14 at his last run in Sep 2024, he finished fourth of nine at Downpatrick.

Based on 24 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 49lb off peak
Official rating88↓ 49lb off peak
88 81–137

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 87 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Downpatrick, 20 Sep 2024

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 →

Jumps 21 figures · best 137B · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft869B19—
Good to Soft685B62.5—
Good5109B77—
Good to Firm2137B99.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Over 3m14137B57.5—
2m5f – 3m787B41—

Of 22 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 22 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 125B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Punchestown, 2 May 2024 Official rating 88 at the last jumps run, 20 Sep 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 60C the best of the last 1 rated run · Gowran Park, 11 Mar 2017

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 22 figures · best 140A · median 107
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft8134A103—
Good6140A111—
Good to Soft6108A107—
Good to Firm2125A121.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Over 3m14140A119—
2m5f – 3m7107A97—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 24 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 24 runs · as at 4 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

Sire
Generous (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 3,332 runs since Jan 2008 (251 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm9111.1%+0.4—
Good to Firm3353410.1%−0.62 from 2
Good1,1511149.9%−0.80 from 7
Good to Soft5667112.5%+1.81 from 6
Soft7407610.3%−0.41 from 8
Heavy2763512.7%+20 from 1
Standard (AW)255249.4%−1.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2328.7%−2—
1m – 1m1f7211.4%−9.3—
1m2f – 1m4f285258.8%−1.9—
1m5f – 2m1,10113212%+1.3—
2m1f – 2m4f1,01811711.5%+0.80 from 3
2m5f – 3m663578.6%−2.10 from 7
Over 3m1702112.4%+1.74 from 14

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

Dam
Mille Fleurs (FR) (Mister Mat)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Treatycat (IRE)60——
Forgotten Flowers (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 8 1 13% +21.00
Good 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Soft 6 1 17% −2.25
Good to Firm 2 2 100% +47.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Punchestown 11 3 27% +67.00
Downpatrick 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheltenham 3 0 0% −3.00
Tramore 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 2 1 50% +1.75
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Over 3m 14 4 29% +67.75
2m5f – 3m 7 0 0% −7.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 18 4 22% +63.75
None 6 0 0% −6.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 3 1 33% +26.00
2023 3 0 0% −3.00
2022 5 0 0% −5.00
2021 8 3 38% +44.75
2019 2 0 0% −2.00
2017 1 0 0% −1.00
2016 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 21 4 19% +60.75
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 3 runs
20 Sep 24+28d Downpatrick Get Ready For Autumn Handicap Chase (0-109) 23.5f · Good · 9 ran Held up towards the back - improved into 7th by 4 out then up to 5th 2 out - stayed on steadily from the last to take 4th 4/9 20 10-1 8887B82A Mr B J Walsh 7/1
23 Aug 24+113d Kilbeggan Racing Again On 4th September Handicap Chase (0-95) 25.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran Settled in the pack on the rail - stumbled at the 2nd - lost touch from halfway - urged into a lowly 11th 5 out - stumbled twice more late but rallied on the run-in to finish 5th 5/14 3¾ 11-0 8853B100A Mr B J Walsh 12/1
02 May 24+158d Punchestown Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase 33f · Yielding · 14 ran 1/14 11-0 8869B125B Mr B J Walsh 28/1
2023 · 3 runs
26 Nov 23+280d Punchestown Pigsback.com Risk Of Thunder Chase 24f · Soft · 8 ran 7/8 5½ 10-11 88-7A96A Mr B J Walsh 5/1
19 Feb 23+22d Punchestown Arkequine Aquatabs Inline P.P. Hogan Memorial Cross Country Chase 25f · Yielding · 20 ran 2/20 1¼ 11-7 8827B129A Mr B J Walsh 7/2F
28 Jan 23+69d Cheltenham Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 30f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 8/15 hd 9-10 13546B108A Mr B J Walsh 12/1
2022 · 5 runs
20 Nov 22+169d Punchestown Pigsback.com Risk Of Thunder Chase 25f · Yielding · 17 ran 2/17 shd 11-2 88-10B134A Mr B J Walsh 40/1
04 Jun 22+35d Tramore Tramore AFC Handicap Chase 21f · Yielding · 11 ran 3/11 4¼ 10-3 8835A102A Mr B J Walsh 5/2F
30 Apr 22+2d Punchestown Dooley Insurance Group Cross Country Chase 25f · Good · 17 ran 4/17 ¾ 12-0 8849B126A Mr B J Walsh 11/2
28 Apr 22+17d Punchestown Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase 34f · Good · 14 ran 2/14 2½ 12-0 88109B140A Mr B J Walsh 13/2
11 Apr 22+122d Tramore West Waterford Handicap Chase (0-95) 22f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 8/14 1¾ 11-0 8885B95A Mr B J Walsh 9/1
2021 · 8 runs
10 Dec 21+28d Cheltenham Glenfarclas Crystal Cup Cross Country Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 30f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 7/15 2 9-9 13746B108A Mr B J Walsh 12/1
12 Nov 21+163d Cheltenham Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 30f · Good · 13 ran 2/13 nk 9-7 12277B120A Mr B J Walsh 20/1
02 Jun 21+34d Wexford Staycations At Wexford Handicap Chase (0-102) 25.5f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 1/12 10-3 8184A107A Mr B J Walsh 11/4J
29 Apr 21+2d Punchestown Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase 34f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 1/13 11-7 81137B125A Mr B J Walsh 33/1
27 Apr 21+24d Punchestown Kildare Hunt Club Fr Sean Breen Memorial Chase For The Ladies Perpetual Cup 25f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 1/15 11-2 8162B118A Mr B J Walsh 14/1
03 Apr 21+13d Fairyhouse Frank & Teresa O'Reilly Memorial Hunters Chase 24.5f · Yielding · 11 ran 7/11 31 11-9 8141C104C Mr B J Walsh 250/1
21 Mar 21+35d Downpatrick Boardsmill Sires Maiden Hunters Chase 23.5f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 4/13 1½ 11-9 8172B107A Mr B J Walsh 80/1
14 Feb 21+455d Punchestown P.P. Hogan Memorial Cross Country Chase 25f · Soft · 17 ran 6/17 39 10-13 —11C99C Mr B J Walsh 125/1
2019 · 2 runs
17 Nov 19+201d Punchestown Ems Copiers Risk Of Thunder Chase 24f · Soft · 17 ran 12/17 2¾ 10-11 —-35C97C Mr B J Walsh 50/1
30 Apr 19+780d Punchestown Kildare Hunt Club Fr Sean Breen Memorial Chase For The Ladies Perpetual Cup 25f · Good · 17 ran 3/17 12 11-0 —62B102A Mr B J Walsh 50/1
2017 · 1 run
11 Mar 17+253d Gowran Park Raceday Packages At gowranpark.ie Point-To-Point Flat Race 18f · Soft To Heavy · 6 ran 5/6 29 11-7 ——60C Mr B J Walsh 33/1
2016 · 2 runs
01 Jul 16+103d Wexford OceanFeed Equine Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good · 14 ran 8/14 18 11-5 ——90C Mr B J Walsh 50/1
20 Mar 16 Downpatrick Visit Saint Patrick's Country Maiden Hurdle 18f · Good · 10 ran BD/10 — 10-11 ——— Mr B J Walsh 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Singing Banjo won?
Singing Banjo (IRE) won 4 of 24 archived starts between 2016 and 2024, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 10 times in total (41.7% of starts).
Who trained Singing Banjo?
Singing Banjo (IRE) was trained by Barry John Walsh on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 20 September 2024.
Who is Singing Banjo's sire?
Singing Banjo (IRE) is by Generous (IRE) out of Mille Fleurs (FR), whose sire is Mister Mat.
What going does Singing Banjo prefer?
Singing Banjo (IRE) has the best record on good to soft 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 Singing Banjo's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 20 September 2024. The highest on record is 137.
What is Singing Banjo's sire's record?
Generous (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 3,332 runs since Jan 2008 (251 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Singing Banjo's siblings?
Out of Mille Fleurs (FR), Singing Banjo (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2016. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.