Solar Benny (IRE)
Solar Benny (IRE) is 1 from 18. Hasn't won since Nov 2015. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 11 on turf. Last raced off 47, 18lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–18Wins / Runs
- 5.6%Strike rate
- 1 (5.6%)Placed
- −9.00£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 1.30Fair A/E n=18 · 0.99 incl. margin
- 65Highest OR
- 32dAvg 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 95
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 95B | 90.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 95B | 90.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 9.6% of 384 runs since Jan 2008 (29 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 15.2% from 158.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +15.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 67 | 7 | 10.4% | +0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 66 | 3 | 4.5% | −5.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −5.4 | — |
| Soft | 54 | 1 | 1.9% | −7.7 | 0 from 5 |
| Heavy | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 158 | 24 | 15.2% | +5.6 | 1 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 49 | 6 | 12.2% | +2.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 158 | 17 | 10.8% | +1.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 62 | 5 | 8.1% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 94 | 9 | 9.6% | 0 | 1 from 15 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Brave King (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brave King (IRE) | 5 | 2 | 7f–1m | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | +2.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | +2.00 |
| Bellewstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 1 | 7% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Downey | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.00 |
| Keith Donoghue | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gary Halpin | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Niall Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P B Beggy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 1 | 8% | −3.00 |
| Hood | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 15 | 1 | 7% | −6.00 |
| Hurdle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 Solar Benny won?
- Solar Benny (IRE) won 1 of 18 archived starts between 2015 and 2016, a strike rate of 5.6%. Placed 1 time in total (5.6% of starts).
- Who trained Solar Benny?
- Solar Benny (IRE) was trained by Keith Henry Clarke on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 23 December 2016.
- Who is Solar Benny's sire?
- Solar Benny (IRE) is by Balmont (USA) out of Ban Draiocht (IRE), whose sire is Desert Sun.
- What going does Solar Benny prefer?
- Solar Benny (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Solar Benny's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 47, from the run on 23 December 2016. The highest on record is 65.
- What is Solar Benny's sire's record?
- Balmont (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 384 runs since Jan 2008 (29 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 15.2% from 158.
- Who are Solar Benny's siblings?
- Out of Ban Draiocht (IRE), Solar Benny (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Brave King (IRE) (2). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Oct 2026.