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Horse profile

So Be It (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2024) · Last trainer William Young Jnr · Last owner W G Young Jnr
by Yeats (IRE) out of Maple Valley Gale (IRE) (Winged Love)
18 runs · 6 courses · from Mar 2021
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Oct 2024 — 747 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2024 · 7th of 12 Last raced off OR 90
KTB Profile

So Be It is a maiden who has failed to win in 18 starts on turf and has placed three times. His best effort came when second of 13 at Hexham in Jun 2024. All his racing has been over 1m5f to 3m, with the bulk of his efforts over 2m5f to 3m on good ground. He finished seventh of 12 in a Class 5 novices handicap chase at Hexham in Oct 2024.

Based on 18 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Oct 2024 · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating90↓ 10lb off peak
90 58–100

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 99 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Perth, 2 Aug 2023

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 12 figures · best 99B · median 80.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good999B84—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m899B85.5—
2m1f – 2m4f390C77—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 18 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 18 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 109A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hexham, 15 Jun 2024 Official rating 90 at the last run, 4 Oct 2024

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 12 figures · best 116A · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good9116A109—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m8116A110.5—
2m1f – 2m4f3104A86—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 18 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (6).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 18 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
Yeats (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,807 runs since Jan 2008 (704 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−11.9—
Good to Firm2222812.6%+0.7—
Good3,43147513.8%+1.90 from 13
Good to Soft1,95421210.8%−1.10 from 2
Soft2,83730510.8%−1.10 from 2
Heavy1,15513611.8%−0.10 from 1
Standard (AW)203146.9%−5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2813.6%−8.3—
1m – 1m1f8667%−4.9—
1m2f – 1m4f263269.9%−2—
1m5f – 2m2,43127311.2%−0.70 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f3,28235210.7%−1.20 from 5
2m5f – 3m2,90138713.3%+1.40 from 11
Over 3m81612515.3%+3.4—

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

Dam
Maple Valley Gale (IRE) (Winged Love)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 13 0 0% −13.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 12 0 0% −12.00
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hexham 7 0 0% −7.00
Perth 6 0 0% −6.00
Cartmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 11 0 0% −11.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Derek Fox 5 0 0% −5.00
Jamie Hamilton 5 0 0% −5.00
Mr Nick Orpwood 3 0 0% −3.00
Sam Coltherd 2 0 0% −2.00
Lewis Dobb 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr John Dixon 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr N McParlan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 15 0 0% −15.00
None 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 2 0 0% −2.00
2023 9 0 0% −9.00
2022 6 0 0% −6.00
2021 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 13 0 0% −13.00
Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00
NH 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
04 Oct 24+111d Hexham Bet Calculator At Oddsmetrik.Com Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 12 ran Up with the front group - clipped by another runner at the 4th - progress and travelling strongly approaching 3 out - pressure applied soon after - dropped back before the following fence and fell out of contention 7/12 19 11-4 9069C86C Sam Coltherd 66/1
15 Jun 24+231d Hexham Cleansweep Handicap Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 13 ran 2/13 14 11-6 9088B109A Derek Fox 22/1
28 Oct 23+31d Kelso Clifford, Martin & Sarah Firth Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23.5f · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 15 10-13 9597A80B Sam Coltherd 28/1
27 Sep 23+21d Perth Join Racing TV Now Handicap Chase Class 5 · 20f · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 12-0 99—— Jamie Hamilton 15/2
06 Sep 23+35d Hexham At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 10 ran PU/10 — 12-0 100—— Jamie Hamilton 9/1
02 Aug 23+27d Perth Auto Services Perth Ltd. Handicap Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 ½ 11-10 10099B112B Jamie Hamilton 5/1
06 Jul 23+19d Perth Horizon Parking Uk's Leading Parking Company Handicap Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 3½ 11-10 10087B116A Jamie Hamilton 11/1
17 Jun 23+19d Hexham Langley Castle An Outstanding Small Hotel Handicap Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 4 12-0 10084A114B Jamie Hamilton 22/1
29 May 23+12d Cartmel Fraser Cup Maiden Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 21f · Good · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-11 100—— Mr Nick Orpwood 6/1
17 May 23+4d Perth 125 Years Of Bruce Farms 'Grassroots' Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 4 ran 2/4 shd 11-9 5848C116B Mr Nick Orpwood 13/2
13 May 23+201d Hexham Paxton's Are Case IH's No 1 Dealer Maiden Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4/9 5 11-11 5863A98B Mr Nick Orpwood 100/1
24 Oct 22+48d Ayr Coral Get Closer To The Action Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 9-9 62—— Lewis Dobb 50/1
06 Sep 22+24d Hexham At The Races App Market Movers Handicap Chase Class 5 · 15.5f · Good · 5 ran 5/5 19 10-2 6246C53C Derek Fox 22/1
13 Aug 22+18d Perth www.perthlodge.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24f · Good · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-2 62—— Derek Fox 50/1
26 Jul 22+8d Perth Every Race Live On Racing TV Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 7/8 27 10-11 —90C74C Mr John Dixon 125/1
18 Jul 22+37d Cartmel Happy Birthday Anthea Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 17f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 1 11-4 —34C86C Derek Fox 66/1
11 Jun 22+453d Hexham Download The At The Races App Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16f · Good · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-2 ——— Derek Fox 22/1
15 Mar 21 Punchestown Punchestown (C & G) Point-To-Point Flat Race 20f · Heavy · 9 ran 6/9 8½ 11-13 —77A104A Mr N McParlan 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has So Be It (IRE) won?
So Be It (IRE) has yet to win, from 18 archived starts between 2021 and 2024. Placed 3 times in total (16.7% of starts).
Who trained So Be It (IRE)?
So Be It (IRE) was trained by William Young Jnr on the most recent run on record, at Hexham on 4 October 2024.
Who is So Be It (IRE)'s sire?
So Be It (IRE) is by Yeats (IRE) out of Maple Valley Gale (IRE), whose sire is Winged Love.
What is So Be It (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 4 October 2024. The highest on record is 100.
What is So Be It (IRE)'s sire's record?
Yeats (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,807 runs since Jan 2008 (704 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.

Record shown from March 2021. 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.