The Special One (IRE)
The Special One (IRE) is 3 from 39, all wins coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Sep 2017. All 3 wins have come on turf — 0 from 19 on the all-weather. All 3 wins have come over 6f – 7f. Last raced off 46, 15lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–39Wins / Runs
- 7.7%Strike rate
- 10 (25.6%)Placed
- −16.50£1 level staken=39 at SP
- 0.88Fair A/E n=39 · 0.74 incl. margin
- 61Highest OR
- 39dAvg 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 94
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 19 | 100B | 82 | — |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 93A | 77.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 103A | 96 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 105C | 99.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 20 | 103A | 80.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 105C | 82 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 32 figures from 32 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 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 141 | 22 | 15.6% | +2.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,367 | 353 | 14.9% | +1.6 | 1 from 11 |
| Good | 2,866 | 382 | 13.3% | 0 | 2 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 1,378 | 135 | 9.8% | −3.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,618 | 172 | 10.6% | −2.7 | — |
| Heavy | 477 | 40 | 8.4% | −4.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,905 | 588 | 15.1% | +1.8 | 0 from 19 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 245 | 31 | 12.7% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 2,817 | 357 | 12.7% | −0.6 | 3 from 25 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,292 | 455 | 13.8% | +0.5 | 0 from 11 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,812 | 544 | 14.3% | +1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,699 | 224 | 13.2% | −0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 629 | 61 | 9.7% | −3.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 230 | 18 | 7.8% | −5.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 30 | 3 | 10% | −3.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Capote's Dream (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Capote's Dream (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capote's Dream (IRE) | 52 | 6 | 6f | Class 2 |
| Sister Slew (IRE) | 52 | 5 | 7f–1m | — |
| Mister X (IRE) | 21 | 4 | 6f–7f | Class 5 |
| Cotai West (IRE) | 12 | 2 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Capeslew (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Lady Sparkler (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| First Responder (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| On The Cat Walk (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 19 | 0 | 0% | −19.00 |
| Good to Firm | 11 | 1 | 9% | −2.00 |
| Good | 7 | 2 | 29% | +6.50 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 27 | 3 | 11% | −4.50 |
| Class 5 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 11 | 2 | 18% | +5.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Lingfield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Yarmouth | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 25 | 3 | 12% | −2.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Marquand | 11 | 3 | 27% | +11.50 |
| Grace McEntee | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| John Fahy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Josephine Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Adam Kirby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sophie Ralston | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Liam Jones | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Finley Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| George Wood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Joshua Newman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Steve Drowne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 15 | 2 | 13% | +0.50 |
| Hood | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| None | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.00 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.00 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2017 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +10.50 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2015 | 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 The Special One won?
- The Special One (IRE) won 3 of 39 archived starts between 2015 and 2019, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 10 times in total (25.6% of starts).
- Who trained The Special One?
- The Special One (IRE) was trained by Phil McEntee on the most recent run on record, at Brighton on 8 August 2019.
- Who is The Special One's sire?
- The Special One (IRE) is by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Capote West (USA), whose sire is Capote.
- What going does The Special One prefer?
- The Special One (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Special One's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 46, from the run on 8 August 2019. The highest on record is 61.
- What is The Special One's sire's record?
- Cape Cross (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
- Who are The Special One's siblings?
- Out of Capote West (USA), The Special One (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Capote's Dream (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Capote's Dream (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.