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Horse profile

The Boy Soldier (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2011) · Last trainer Diarmuid P Ryan · Last owner Jerome Foley
by Beneficial (GB) out of Finzel (IRE) (Buckskin)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Apr 2009
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Aug 2011 — 5,565 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2011 New yard First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

The Boy Soldier (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 91C the best of the last 1 rated run · Kilbeggan, 25 Apr 2009

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 3 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 3 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.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Beneficial (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 17,045 runs since Jan 2008 (1,155 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm6657.6%−2.8—
Good to Firm93910711.4%+10 from 1
Good5,29654910.4%00 from 1
Good to Soft2,46726710.8%+0.4—
Soft5,05751910.3%−0.10 from 1
Heavy3,15932810.4%0—
Standard (AW)6169.8%−0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−10.4—
1m – 1m1f10110%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f6457.8%−2.6—
1m5f – 2m4,89050210.3%−0.1—
2m1f – 2m4f6,35566110.4%00 from 1
2m5f – 3m4,70252211.1%+0.70 from 2
Over 3m1,022908.8%−1.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Finzel (IRE) (Buckskin)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Fourcuil Fashion (IRE)10——
Dunline Lad (IRE)40——
Benfinzel (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Brian O'Connell 1 0 0% −1.00
Barry Geraghty 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Bolger 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 1 0 0% −1.00
2009 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
Chase 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 KTB Jockey SP
2011 · 1 run
11 Aug 11+789d Tramore Brennan's Pharmacy Beginners Chase 2m6f · Good To Firm · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-12 — Brian O'Connell 33/1
2009 · 2 runs
13 Jun 09+49d Limerick Funk Junkies 23rd July Twilight Music Maiden Hurdle 3m · Good · 18 ran PU/18 — 11-12 — Barry Geraghty 20/1
25 Apr 09 Kilbeggan Kinnegad Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 9/16 2½ 11-1 91C Mark Bolger 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Boy Soldier won?
The Boy Soldier (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2009 and 2011.
Who trained The Boy Soldier?
The Boy Soldier (IRE) was trained by Diarmuid P Ryan on the most recent run on record, at Tramore on 11 August 2011.
Who is The Boy Soldier's sire?
The Boy Soldier (IRE) is by Beneficial (GB) out of Finzel (IRE), whose sire is Buckskin.
What is The Boy Soldier's sire's record?
Beneficial (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 17,045 runs since Jan 2008 (1,155 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are The Boy Soldier's siblings?
Out of Finzel (IRE), The Boy Soldier (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2009. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.