The Road Is Long (IRE)
The Road Is Long won one of two starts between Jun 2024 and Jul 2024. The colt won the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden over 1m – 1m1f on good going at Bellewstown in Jul 2024. By Coulsty whose progeny have won 146 of 1,510 runs since Jan 2008. His dam has produced two winners from three runners to date. He won last time out.
- 1–2Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- +0.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 21dBetween runs (median)
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 50
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 55C | 52.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 1,548 runs since Jun 2020 (168 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 2 | 40% | +30.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 235 | 17 | 7.2% | −2.4 | — |
| Good | 383 | 39 | 10.2% | +0.6 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 154 | 15 | 9.7% | +0.1 | — |
| Soft | 244 | 25 | 10.2% | +0.6 | — |
| Heavy | 69 | 8 | 11.6% | +2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 458 | 42 | 9.2% | −0.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 252 | 25 | 9.9% | +0.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 743 | 69 | 9.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 333 | 31 | 9.3% | −0.3 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 139 | 16 | 11.5% | +1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 63 | 7 | 11.1% | +1.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2020 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Gambling Man (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Gambling Man (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambling Man (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 7f | Class 2 |
| Chimgan (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| All White Mate (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 24+21d | Bellewstown | Irish EBF Median Sires Series (C & G) Maiden | 1/9 | 9-1 | 50A | 76A | Mikey Sheehy | EvensF | |
| 14 Jun 24 | Fairyhouse | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden | 8/17 | ½ | 9-5 | 55C | 76A | Declan McDonogh | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Road Is Long won?
- The Road Is Long (IRE) won 1 of 2 archived starts in 2024, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained The Road Is Long?
- The Road Is Long (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Bellewstown on 5 July 2024.
- Who is The Road Is Long's sire?
- The Road Is Long (IRE) is by Coulsty (IRE) out of Global Alexander (IRE), whose sire is Dark Angel.
- What is The Road Is Long's sire's record?
- Coulsty (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 1,548 runs since Jun 2020 (168 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are The Road Is Long's siblings?
- Out of Global Alexander (IRE), The Road Is Long (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Gambling Man (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Gambling Man (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Nov 2026.