Special Focus (IRE)
Special Focus (IRE) is 1 from 15. Hasn't won since Aug 2015. Last raced off 78, 12lb below the career-high mark.
Progeny in our archive
As a dam, Special Focus (IRE) has 1 produce in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circoloco (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
- 1–15Wins / Runs
- 6.7%Strike rate
- 5 (33.3%)Placed
- −11.25£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 0.58Fair A/E n=15 · 0.50 incl. margin
- 90Highest OR
- 41dAvg 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 112
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 to Soft | 2 | 125C | 116.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 112A | 104.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 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 8.3% of 3,630 runs since Jan 2008 (218 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 11.5% from 349. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.5% from 384.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | 0 | — |
| Good to Firm | 514 | 39 | 7.6% | −0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 811 | 65 | 8% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 349 | 40 | 11.5% | +3.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 686 | 39 | 5.7% | −2.6 | 1 from 6 |
| Heavy | 240 | 21 | 8.8% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,017 | 97 | 9.5% | +1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 384 | 44 | 11.5% | +3.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,388 | 122 | 8.8% | +0.5 | 1 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 780 | 61 | 7.8% | −0.5 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 621 | 48 | 7.7% | −0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 328 | 21 | 6.4% | −1.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 93 | 4 | 4.3% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 30 | 0 | 0% | −8.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | +25 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Teoranta (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teoranta (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Quill And Vellum (IRE) | 15 | 0 | — | — |
| Siansa (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.25 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.25 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Manning | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.25 |
| Ronan Whelan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ana O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Redmond | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 13 | 1 | 8% | −9.25 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.25 |
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 Focus (IRE) won?
- Special Focus (IRE) won 1 of 15 archived starts between 2015 and 2016, a strike rate of 6.7%. Placed 5 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Special Focus (IRE)?
- Special Focus (IRE) was trained by J S Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 9 November 2016.
- Who is Special Focus (IRE)'s sire?
- Special Focus (IRE) is by Intense Focus (USA) out of Arjooch (IRE), whose sire is Marju.
- What going does Special Focus (IRE) prefer?
- Special Focus (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Special Focus (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 9 November 2016. The highest on record is 90.
- What is Special Focus (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Intense Focus (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 3,630 runs since Jan 2008 (218 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 11.5% from 349. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.5% from 384.
- Who are Special Focus (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Arjooch (IRE), Special Focus (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Teoranta (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.
- Has Special Focus (IRE) produced winners?
- As a dam, Special Focus (IRE) has 1 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.