Special Buddy (IRE)
Special Buddy (IRE) is 1 from 15, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Sep 2022. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 8 on softer). Last raced off 81, 11lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–15Wins / Runs
- 6.7%Strike rate
- 5 (33.3%)Placed
- −12.20£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 0.47Fair A/E n=15 · 0.41 incl. margin
- 92Highest OR
- 73dAvg 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 109
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 | 7 | 109A | 72 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 68C | 66 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 103C | 94 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 109A | 76.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 86A | 77 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 68C | 65.5 | — |
Of 15 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 · 12 figures from 15 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 9.2% of 2,800 runs since Jan 2008 (229 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 94 | 18 | 19.1% | +9.9 | — |
| Good | 1,092 | 101 | 9.2% | 0 | 1 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 525 | 46 | 8.8% | −0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 735 | 71 | 9.7% | +0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 333 | 21 | 6.3% | −2.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 15 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 14 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 719 | 65 | 9% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,105 | 105 | 9.5% | +0.3 | 1 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 768 | 68 | 8.9% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 190 | 20 | 10.5% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 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 Boston Bobby (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m1f–2m2½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bobby (IRE) | 15 | 2 | 2m1f–2m2½f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.20 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −8.20 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontwell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Stratford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Warwick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.80 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.20 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kielan Woods | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.20 |
| Nico de Boinville | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Bass | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Finn Lambert | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Charlie Deutsch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| A P Heskin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.20 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.20 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 12 | 1 | 8% | −9.20 |
| 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 Special Buddy (IRE) won?
- Special Buddy (IRE) won 1 of 15 archived starts between 2019 and 2022, a strike rate of 6.7%. Placed 5 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Special Buddy (IRE)?
- Special Buddy (IRE) was trained by Ben Pauling on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 1 October 2022.
- Who is Special Buddy (IRE)'s sire?
- Special Buddy (IRE) is by Robin Des Pres (FR) out of Annees D'or (IRE), whose sire is Revoque.
- What going does Special Buddy (IRE) prefer?
- Special Buddy (IRE) has the best record on good 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 Special Buddy (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 81, from the run on 1 October 2022. The highest on record is 92.
- What is Special Buddy (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Robin Des Pres (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 2,800 runs since Jan 2008 (229 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Special Buddy (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Annees D'or (IRE), Special Buddy (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Boston Bobby (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m1f–2m2½f. As at Oct 2026.