Top Dog (IRE)
Top Dog (IRE) is 1 from 5, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange at Newbury (Feb 2022). Hasn't won since Feb 2022. Last raced off a career-high mark of 127.
- 1–5Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 4 (80%)Placed
- +5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 1.60Fair A/E n=5 · 1.31 incl. margin
- 127Highest OR
- 84dAvg 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 136
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 136B | 129.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 136B | 131 | — |
Of 5 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 5 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 8.2% of 2,197 runs since Jan 2008 (225 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 23 | 8 | 34.8% | +26.6 | — |
| Good | 764 | 79 | 10.3% | +2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 522 | 38 | 7.3% | −0.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 634 | 44 | 6.9% | −1.3 | — |
| Heavy | 241 | 11 | 4.6% | −3.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 13 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 17 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 613 | 37 | 6% | −2.2 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 839 | 74 | 8.8% | +0.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 583 | 56 | 9.6% | +1.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 135 | 13 | 9.6% | +1.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 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 Ben Solo (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m6f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Ben Solo (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Solo (IRE) | 15 | 2 | 2m–2m3½f | Class 3 |
| Dramatic License (IRE) | 11 | 1 | 2m6f | — |
| Young Leya (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +7.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +7.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bellamy | 4 | 1 | 25% | +6.00 |
| Mr B O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +8.00 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NH Flat | 4 | 1 | 25% | +6.00 |
| Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar 22+32d | Cheltenham | Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | PU/20 | — | 11-5 | 127 | — | — | Tom Bellamy | 50/1 |
| 12 Feb 22+57d | Newbury | Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange (Listed Standard Open NH Flat Race) (GBB Race) | 1/12 | 11-5 | — | 123A | 139A | Tom Bellamy | 9/1 | |
| 17 Dec 21+55d | Ascot | Lexicon Recruitment Championship Open NH Flat Race (Listed) (GBB Race) | 3/12 | 1½ | 11-4 | — | 136B | 128A | Tom Bellamy | 9/4F |
| 23 Oct 21+193d | Cheltenham | Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 2/15 | ¾ | 10-13 | — | 131B | 137A | Tom Bellamy | 4/1 |
| 13 Apr 21 | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Flat Race | 2/16 | ½ | 11-6 | — | — | 78A | Mr B O'Neill | 13/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Top Dog (IRE) won?
- Top Dog (IRE) won 1 of 5 archived starts between 2021 and 2022, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 4 times in total (80% of starts).
- Who trained Top Dog (IRE)?
- Top Dog (IRE) was trained by Emma Lavelle on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 16 March 2022.
- Who is Top Dog (IRE)'s sire?
- Top Dog (IRE) is by Leading Light (IRE) out of Princess Leya (IRE), whose sire is Old Vic.
- What going does Top Dog (IRE) prefer?
- Top Dog (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Top Dog (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 127, from the run on 16 March 2022. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Top Dog (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Leading Light (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 2,197 runs since Jan 2008 (225 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
- Who are Top Dog (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Princess Leya (IRE), Top Dog (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Ben Solo (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Ben Solo (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m6f. As at Oct 2026.