Sitting Back (IRE)
Sitting Back (IRE) is 1 from 29, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Dec 2014. Last raced off 67, 35lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–29Wins / Runs
- 3.4%Strike rate
- 2 (6.9%)Placed
- −12.00£1 level staken=29 at SP
- 0.77Fair A/E n=29 · 0.64 incl. margin
- 102Highest OR
- 87dAvg 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 80
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 41C | 34.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 41C | 34.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 5 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 5 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 7.3% of 855 runs since Jan 2008 (69 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 4.3% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.5% from 142.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 10 | 1 | 10% | +2.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 57 | 5 | 8.8% | +1.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 260 | 15 | 5.8% | −1.5 | 0 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 120 | 11 | 9.2% | +1.9 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 244 | 23 | 9.4% | +2.1 | 1 from 7 |
| Heavy | 161 | 7 | 4.3% | −3 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −7.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 142 | 5 | 3.5% | −3.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 316 | 26 | 8.2% | +0.9 | 1 from 16 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 315 | 25 | 7.9% | +0.6 | 0 from 9 |
| Over 3m | 82 | 6 | 7.3% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Soft | 7 | 1 | 14% | +10.00 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 11 | 1 | 9% | +6.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontwell | 6 | 1 | 17% | +11.00 |
| Plumpton | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Clonmel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Limerick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 16 | 1 | 6% | +1.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabitha Worsley | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Pierce Gallagher | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Liam Treadwell | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Davy Russell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Niall Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| D J Casey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew J McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Eddie Power | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 28 | 1 | 4% | −11.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +12.00 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 23 | 1 | 4% | −6.00 |
| Hurdle | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Sitting Back (IRE) won?
- Sitting Back (IRE) won 1 of 29 archived starts between 2010 and 2017, a strike rate of 3.4%. Placed 2 times in total (6.9% of starts).
- Who trained Sitting Back (IRE)?
- Sitting Back (IRE) was trained by Diana Grissell on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 31 March 2017.
- Who is Sitting Back (IRE)'s sire?
- Sitting Back (IRE) is by Flying Legend (USA) out of Double Pearl (IRE), whose sire is Doubletour.
- What going does Sitting Back (IRE) prefer?
- Sitting Back (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sitting Back (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 67, from the run on 31 March 2017. The highest on record is 102.
- What is Sitting Back (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Flying Legend (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.3% of 855 runs since Jan 2008 (69 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.3% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.5% from 142.