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Horse profile

The Way To Be (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2012) · Last trainer Gerard Butler · Last owner K J Quinn Quintessential Tb Syndicate
by Bachelor Duke (USA) out of Ines Bloom (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
3 runs · 3 courses · from May 2012
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Jun 2012 — 5,248 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2012 · 7th of 9
KTB Profile

The Way To Be (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 53C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newmarket, 8 Jun 2012

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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 53C · median 49
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f353C49—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures 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
Bachelor Duke (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 1,605 runs since Mar 2008 (109 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 11.2% from 143.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm20315%+7.2—
Good to Firm284207%−0.80 from 1
Good389338.5%+0.7—
Good to Soft1431611.2%+3.4—
Soft256166.3%−1.50 from 1
Heavy122129.8%+2—
Standard (AW)391256.4%−1.40 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8733.4%−4.4—
6f – 7f460459.8%+2—
1m – 1m1f394348.6%+0.8—
1m2f – 1m4f259197.3%−0.50 from 3
1m5f – 2m255155.9%−1.9—
2m1f – 2m4f11776%−1.8—
2m5f – 3m3126.5%−1.3—
Over 3m200%−7.8—

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

Dam
Ines Bloom (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Cardinal Sinn (UAE)110——
Inside Job (IRE)20——
Rose Thistle (UAE)130——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Eddie Ahern 1 0 0% −1.00
Darryll Holland 1 0 0% −1.00
Dane O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Hood 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
2012 · 3 runs
23 Jun 12+15d Lingfield (AW) Premier Administration Selling Stakes (AWT) Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 9 ran 7/9 nse 8-12 44C Eddie Ahern 16/1
08 Jun 12+11d Newmarket Countryside Alliance Foundation Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m4f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 5 9-3 53C Darryll Holland 50/1
28 May 12 Windsor Andrew Grant Country Homes Supporting Fitzroy Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 12/13 4 9-3 49C Dane O'Neill 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Way To Be won?
The Way To Be (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2012.
Who trained The Way To Be?
The Way To Be (IRE) was trained by Gerard Butler on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 23 June 2012.
Who is The Way To Be's sire?
The Way To Be (IRE) is by Bachelor Duke (USA) out of Ines Bloom (IRE), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
What is The Way To Be's sire's record?
Bachelor Duke (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 1,605 runs since Mar 2008 (109 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 11.2% from 143.
Who are The Way To Be's siblings?
Out of Ines Bloom (IRE), The Way To Be (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2012. 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.