Horse profile
Small Bucks (IRE)
by The Gurkha (IRE) out of Quaich (GB) (Danehill)
24 runs · 14 courses · from Dec 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Tramore (IRE), Downpatrick (IRE) & Cork
Ran 44 days ago · 8th of 16
Last raced off OR 107
KTB Profile
Small Bucks is a 3 from 24 mare who has won three handicaps on turf, all on good going. She scored at Cork in Jul 2025 off 93, at Downpatrick in Jul 2026 off 94 and at Tramore in Aug 2026 off 102, all over trips between 1m5f and 2m4f. Typically held up, she last ran off her career-high mark of 107 when finishing 8 of 16 at Kilbeggan in Sep 2026. All wins have come on turf with 0 from 4 on the all-weather.
Based on 24 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
All wins on turf
Wins on good or faster
OR at career high
- 3–24Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 4 (16.7%)Placed
- +31.50£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 3.10Fair A/E n=24 · 2.36 incl. margin
- 107Highest OR
- 43dAvg 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.
Official rating107At career-high mark
107
47–107
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 119
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 118C | 102 | 7 · 114 / 102 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 119B | 104 | 1 · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 119B | 102 | 5 · 119 / 107 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 114B | 91 | 3 · 114 / 91 |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 81C | 70 | — |
| Good | 2 | 73C | 69 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 88C | 69 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 24 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (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 from 12 analysed runs
- Held up 8 (67%) · 1 win
- Midfield 3 (25%) · 1 win
- Led 1 (8%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 2,020 runs since Jan 2008 (127 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 13.7% from 183. Weakest on heavy going: 2.9% from 105. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.4% from 110.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +15.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 183 | 25 | 13.7% | +4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 509 | 53 | 10.4% | +0.7 | 3 from 14 |
| Good to Soft | 209 | 21 | 10% | +0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 321 | 23 | 7.2% | −2.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 105 | 3 | 2.9% | −6.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 689 | 70 | 10.2% | +0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 43 | 5 | 11.6% | +1.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 448 | 48 | 10.7% | +1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 536 | 49 | 9.1% | −0.6 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 563 | 51 | 9.1% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 297 | 32 | 10.8% | +1.1 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 110 | 7 | 6.4% | −3.3 | 2 from 12 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 22 | 4 | 18.2% | +8.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Quaich (GB) (Danehill)
7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Coolree (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m3f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Coolree (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolree (IRE) | 49 | 6 | 7½f–1m½f | Class 4 |
| Sehayli (IRE) | 35 | 3 | 1m7½f–2m3f | Class 5 |
| Diala (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Matula (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Bella Rua (IRE) | 16 | 0 | — | — |
| Whataboutherself (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Place Your Regrets (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 14 | 3 | 21% | +41.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Clonmel | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cork | 3 | 1 | 33% | +31.00 |
| Downpatrick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Down Royal | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kilbeggan (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.50 |
| Galway (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +11.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 2 | 17% | +34.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick M O'Brien | 8 | 2 | 25% | +13.50 |
| Eoghan Finegan | 4 | 1 | 25% | +30.00 |
| Mr T C Kileff | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Luke McAteer | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr E P Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hugh Horgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Julian Pietropaolo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 2 | 17% | +9.50 |
| Hood | 8 | 1 | 13% | +26.00 |
| HT | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +12.50 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +26.00 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 17 | 3 | 18% | +38.50 |
| Flat | 7 | 0 | 0% | −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 | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Sep 26+6d | Kilbeggan (IRE) | Midland Breeders Mares Handicap Hurdle Held a midfield position - dropped to 10th two out - unable to threaten the front group late on - well held at the finish | 8/16 | 9 | 11-3 | 107 | 119B | 104A | Mr E P Powell | 18/1 |
| 28 Aug 26+14d | Down Royal (IRE) | Golden Cow Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the pace - 4th two out - driven after the last but found nothing entering the straight - lost touch over a furlong out to finish eighth | 8/14 | nk | 11-9 | 107 | 110B | 114A | Ben Harvey | 10/1 |
| 14 Aug 26+16d | Tramore (IRE) | John Fairbrother Memorial Mares Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back early - hit the third and stumbled at the fourth then lost more ground - urged forward after three out - improved to fourth approaching two out - drifted left when asked for effort before the last - powered home late to score in the closing strides | 1/9 | 11-4 | 102 | 91A | 114A | Patrick M O'Brien | 17/2 | |
| 29 Jul 26+15d | Galway (IRE) | Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Irish EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle Held up in the pack from the off - unable to make an impression - well beaten in 14th | 14/20 | 11 | 9-12 | 102 | 69C | 81C | Patrick M O'Brien | 14/1 |
| 14 Jul 26+39d | Downpatrick (IRE) | Join Racing TV Now With A Free Trial Handicap Hurdle Racing in 4th early - made headway approaching 2 out - in front after 2 out - two lengths to the good after drifting left at the last and kept on strongly | 1/15 | 11-3 | 94 | 107B | 125A | Patrick M O'Brien | 11/1 | |
| 05 Jun 26+28d | Clonmel | Bulmers Berries Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) Held up towards back of pack - pushed for effort after 3 out - flat spot before 2 out where clipped fence - well held at finish | 10/16 | 4¼ | 11-5 | 96 | 114B | 91A | Hugh Horgan | 11/1 |
| 08 May 26+4d | Downpatrick | Angie Orr Still Celebrating Her 70th Birthday Mares Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - 7th at halfway - moved into 5th after the second-last - into 4th before the final fence but idled - stayed on at one gait to finish 4th | 4/12 | 6½ | 10-7 | 98 | 102A | 106A | Eoghan Finegan | 13/2 |
| 04 May 26+62d | Down Royal | Club Lemon Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up towards the back - clipped heels 1st and stumbled 4th - errant step 6th and driven forward - no headway from 3 out - down in 8th before the last - stayed on same gear to finish 7th | 7/20 | ½ | 11-5 | 98 | 94B | 110A | Eoghan Finegan | 18/1 |
| 03 Mar 26+188d | Leopardstown | QuinnBet Mares Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - moved into second by halfway - driven after the second-last but had nothing more to offer - eased and pulled up before the final fence | PU/13 | — | 9-12 | 99 | — | — | Mr T C Kileff | 80/1 |
| 27 Aug 25+23d | Bellewstown | John Purfield Memorial Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Shared the initiative early and hit the front for a spell in 3rd - up in 2nd by halfway - dropped away after 2 out and beaten into 6th by the last with nothing more to offer | 13/15 | hd | 11-2 | 100 | 52B | 95A | Mr T C Kileff | 16/1 |
| 04 Aug 25+24d | Cork | Follow Us On Instagram Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) Held up towards the back - improved into midfield by halfway - driven approaching 3 out but stayed on one paced through to the line | 8/18 | 3¼ | 11-4 | 100 | 77B | 105A | Eoghan Finegan | 4/1J |
| 11 Jul 25+26d | Cork | Mallow Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Settled at back early - moved into contention from midfield after fifth - made ground before four out - up to third by two out and second at the last - stayed on strongly to hit the front near the finish | 1/17 | 10-10 | 93 | 118C | 112A | Eoghan Finegan | 33/1 | |
| 15 Jun 25+9d | Downpatrick | Cab Plant Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up early - improved out wide 2 out - drifted off a true line nearing last after cutting deficit - driven out but made no further gain finishing 8th | 8/11 | 2 | 11-0 | 95 | 56A | 93A | Patrick M O'Brien | 25/1 |
| 06 Jun 25+22d | Clonmel | Bulmers Light Maiden Hurdle Sat close behind pace - disputed second at halfway - stumbled minor error 3 out then pushed along with nothing more left before 2 out and well held | 10/18 | 9½ | 10-7 | — | 89C | 80C | Patrick M O'Brien | 10/1 |
| 15 May 25+10d | Clonmel | Clonmel Racecourse Supporters Club Mares Maiden Hurdle Settled midfield in early stages - 3rd at halfway - driven approaching final furlong with little response - stayed on same rate to finish third | 3/11 | 6 | 10-0 | — | — | 100A | Patrick M O'Brien | 28/1 |
| 05 May 25+32d | Down Royal | Ballygowan Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Held up at the back of the pack - moved into 8th after 3 out - stayed on at one speed from 2 out - well held at the line | 8/18 | 3½ | 9-12 | — | 102B | 83A | Patrick M O'Brien | 125/1 |
| 03 Apr 25+139d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle Sat close to front group early - fighting for control under restraint - equipment shifted out of place at the 2nd - eased and pulled up before the 4th | PU/20 | — | 10-6 | — | — | — | Patrick M O'Brien | 50/1 |
| 15 Nov 24+75d | Dundalk (AW) | Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Handicap (47-70) Towards the back of the field and detached from the tempo - crept into contention nearing the home turn - found nothing when asked 2f out and faded to finish ninth | 9/10 | 4¼ | 8-7 | 47 | 81C | 41C | Leigh Roche | 50/1 |
| 01 Sep 24+16d | Tipperary | Breens Farm Machinery Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) Settled midpack near the rail - squeezed for space early on - dropped towards the back turning in - asked for effort 2f out but couldn't land a blow - stayed on at the same speed to finish eighth | 8/15 | hd | 8-5 | 47 | 73C | 44A | Julian Pietropaolo | 25/1 |
| 16 Aug 24+35d | Cork | Follow Us On Social Media Handicap (47-65) Settled early - mid-pack at halfway - moved up on the rails over 2f out then stayed on to finish 5th | 5/18 | ½ | 8-7 | 47 | 88C | 62A | Leigh Roche | 40/1 |
| 12 Jul 24+16d | Dundalk (AW) | Gift & Art Gallery Dundalk Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 11/13 | hd | 8-7 | 47 | 62B | 49A | Rory Cleary | 80/1 |
| 26 Jun 24+166d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden | 10/11 | 5½ | 9-3 | — | 65C | 44C | Luke McAteer | 250/1 |
| 12 Jan 24+35d | Dundalk (AW) | View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Fillies Maiden | 9/14 | 1¼ | 8-12 | — | 78B | 42A | James Ryan | 150/1 |
| 08 Dec 23 | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Maiden | 12/13 | 7 | 9-2 | — | 58C | 49C | Luke McAteer | 150/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Small Bucks (IRE) won?
- Small Bucks (IRE) won 3 of 24 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 4 times in total (16.7% of starts).
- Who trains Small Bucks (IRE)?
- Small Bucks (IRE) is trained by P E Collins, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 3 September 2026.
- Who is Small Bucks (IRE)'s sire?
- Small Bucks (IRE) is by The Gurkha (IRE) out of Quaich (GB), whose sire is Danehill.
- What going does Small Bucks (IRE) prefer?
- Small Bucks (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 14 starts (21.4%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Small Bucks (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 107, from the run on 3 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Small Bucks (IRE)'s sire's record?
- The Gurkha (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 2,020 runs since Jan 2008 (127 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 13.7% from 183. Weakest on heavy going: 2.9% from 105. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.4% from 110.
- Who are Small Bucks (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Quaich (GB), Small Bucks (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Coolree (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Coolree (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m3f. As at Oct 2026.