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Horse profile

True Ballew (IRE)

4yo filly (at last run, Mar 2018) · Last trainer Philip Kirby · Last owner The Jessies P Kirby
by Equiano (FR) out of Hula Ballew (GB) (Weldnaas)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Dec 2017
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Mar 2018 — 3,156 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2018 · 5th of 6
KTB Profile

True Ballew (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts. Best effort: 4th of 8 at Wetherby (Jan 2018).

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 55 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Wetherby, 9 Dec 2017

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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Jumps 2 figures · best 55B · median 49
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft255B49—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f255B49—

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 36C the best of the last 1 rated run · Southwell (AW), 8 Mar 2018

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 93A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wetherby, 13 Jan 2018

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Jumps 3 figures · best 93A · median 83
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft293A88—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f293A88—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Equiano (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 7,539 runs since Jan 2008 (549 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm75912%+2.9—
Good to Firm1,31613310.1%+1—
Good1,4021238.8%−0.3—
Good to Soft740679.1%0—
Soft860859.9%+0.80 from 2
Heavy197189.1%0—
Standard (AW)2,9492508.5%−0.60 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2,35224710.5%+1.4—
6f – 7f3,9073348.5%−0.6—
1m – 1m1f942818.6%−0.5—
1m2f – 1m4f199189%−0.10 from 3
1m5f – 2m9655.2%−3.90 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f3900%−9.1—
2m5f – 3m400%−9.1—

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

Dam
Hula Ballew (GB) (Weldnaas)

5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Teescomponentsfly (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m6f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Teescomponentsfly (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Teescomponentsfly (GB)1921m6f–2m4½fClass 5
Ateescomponent (IRE)110——
Seraffimo (GB)170——
French Revolution (GB)80——
Teescomponentstwo (GB)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

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

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wetherby 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
William Cox 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Nicol 1 0 0% −1.00
Ross Turner 1 0 0% −1.00
Thomas Dowson 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 3 0 0% −3.00
2017 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2018 · 3 runs
08 Mar 18+31d Southwell (AW) Read Richard Johnson On Betway Insider Blog Selling Stakes Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 6 ran 5/6 15 8-2 67C36C William Cox 33/1
05 Feb 18+23d Newcastle (AW) Enhanced Place Odds At 188Bet (All Weather) Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16.5f · Standard · 13 ran 11/13 3 10-4 —72A Adam Nicol 25/1
13 Jan 18+35d Wetherby Racing UK On Sky 432 Fillies' 'Junior' Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 12.5f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 8 10-3 43C93A Ross Turner 40/1
2017 · 1 run
09 Dec 17 Wetherby Stormin Norman Smith Memorial Fillies''Junior' Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 12.5f · Soft · 10 ran 6/10 5 10-9 55B83A Thomas Dowson 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has True Ballew won?
True Ballew (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2017 and 2018.
Who trained True Ballew?
True Ballew (IRE) was trained by Philip Kirby on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 8 March 2018.
Who is True Ballew's sire?
True Ballew (IRE) is by Equiano (FR) out of Hula Ballew (GB), whose sire is Weldnaas.
What is True Ballew's sire's record?
Equiano (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 7,539 runs since Jan 2008 (549 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are True Ballew's siblings?
Out of Hula Ballew (GB), True Ballew (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Teescomponentsfly (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Teescomponentsfly (GB)). The wins came over 1m6f–2m4½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2017. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.