Taurus Bay (IRE)
Taurus Bay is 2 from 4 with both wins at Class 3. He won the EBF And Charlie Longsdon Racing National Hunt Novices Hurdle at Stratford in Oct 2025 over 1m5f to 2m on good to soft and the Daily Bet Boosts At William Hill Novices Hurdle at Aintree in Dec 2025 over 2m1f to 2m4f on soft. Each win came on a first visit to the course. He finished 15 of 21 in the Turners Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham in Mar 2026 off an official rating of 135.
- 2–4Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 3 (75%)Placed
- +1.76£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 135Highest OR
- 44dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 143
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 120B | 113.5 | 2 · 120 / 113.5 |
| Soft | 2 | 143A | 116.5 | 2 · 143 / 116.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 143A | 116.5 | 2 · 143 / 116.5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 698 runs since Jan 2008 (132 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.2% from 106.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 47 | 7 | 14.9% | +5 | — |
| Good | 201 | 15 | 7.5% | −2.4 | — |
| Good to Soft | 123 | 11 | 8.9% | −1 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 158 | 12 | 7.6% | −2.3 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 61 | 9 | 14.8% | +4.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 106 | 15 | 14.2% | +4.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 78 | 8 | 10.3% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 65 | 8 | 12.3% | +2.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 96 | 9 | 9.4% | −0.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 236 | 23 | 9.7% | −0.2 | 1 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 180 | 17 | 9.4% | −0.5 | 1 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 36 | 3 | 8.3% | −1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +40.1 | — |
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
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.76 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Stratford | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.76 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 26+46d | Cheltenham | Turners Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle) (GBB Race) Shared front spot early before giving way after 2nd - still close to pace but scrappy 3 out - pressed for effort and dropped away - faded from 2 out home | 15/21 | 3¼ | 11-7 | 135 | 120B | 124A | Ben Jones | 33/1 |
| 24 Jan 26+49d | Cheltenham | AIS Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Classic Novices' Hurdle) (GBB Race) Settled midfield early - moving strongly from 2 out to hit the front approaching the last - kept battling to the line - overtaken in the final strides to finish second by a nose | 2/7 | shd | 11-5 | 132 | 143A | 143B | Ben Jones | 11/4 |
| 06 Dec 25+37d | Aintree | Daily Bet Boosts At William Hill Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in second early - moved up to challenge 3rd - shared 5th - a mistake 4 out - in front 2 out - drew right away after the last - won with plenty in hand | 1/3 | 11-6 | — | 90C | 140C | Ben Jones | 15/8 | |
| 30 Oct 25 | Stratford | EBF And Charlie Longsdon Racing 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Up with the front group - moved to 2nd approaching 2 out - hit the front before the last - drew right out on the run-in and won without being pressed | 1/14 | 10-13 | — | 107B | 141A | Ben Jones | 15/8 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Taurus Bay (IRE) won?
- Taurus Bay (IRE) won 2 of 4 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 3 times in total (75% of starts).
- Who trains Taurus Bay (IRE)?
- Taurus Bay (IRE) is trained by Ben Pauling, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 11 March 2026.
- Who is Taurus Bay (IRE)'s sire?
- Taurus Bay (IRE) is by Poet's Word (IRE) out of Tea Time Tilly (IRE), whose sire is Shantou.
- What is Taurus Bay (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 135, from the run on 11 March 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Taurus Bay (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Poet's Word (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 698 runs since Jan 2008 (132 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.2% from 106.