Welsh Bard (IRE)
Welsh Bard (IRE) is 6 from 33. Hasn't won since Sep 2017. 3 of 4 starts at Sedgefield have ended in wins. 4 of 13 starts on good or faster ground have ended in wins — 1 from 14 on softer. Last raced off 110, 8lb below the career-high mark.
- 6–33Wins / Runs
- 18.2%Strike rate
- 9 (27.3%)Placed
- +6.50£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 1.22Fair A/E n=33 · 1.07 incl. margin
- 118Highest OR
- 67dAvg 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 84
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 | 3 | 104C | 83 | — |
| Good | 2 | 118C | 101 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 4 | 118C | 83.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 104C | 88.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 10.5% of 7,487 runs since Jan 2008 (533 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 50 | 6 | 12% | +1.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 646 | 79 | 12.2% | +1.7 | 2 from 3 |
| Good | 2,072 | 239 | 11.5% | +1 | 2 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 1,138 | 111 | 9.8% | −0.7 | 1 from 6 |
| Soft | 1,711 | 154 | 9% | −1.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 649 | 65 | 10% | −0.5 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,220 | 132 | 10.8% | +0.3 | 1 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 192 | 34 | 17.7% | +7.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 691 | 60 | 8.7% | −1.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,214 | 125 | 10.3% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,248 | 127 | 10.2% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,811 | 182 | 10% | −0.5 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,551 | 171 | 11% | +0.5 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 646 | 66 | 10.2% | −0.3 | 3 from 11 |
| Over 3m | 134 | 21 | 15.7% | +5.2 | 2 from 7 |
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
6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Keeneland (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m5f; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Hebridean (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeneland (IRE) | 10 | 5 | 1m7½f–2m5f | Class 4 |
| Hebridean (IRE) | 26 | 4 | 7f–2m | Grade 2 |
| Stone Mountain (IRE) | 14 | 2 | 1m | — |
| Procellarum (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Hill Of Content (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Pink Lavender (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 2 | 20% | +6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | +7.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 2 | 67% | +5.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 19 | 2 | 11% | −10.50 |
| Class 5 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +2.00 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +16.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartmel | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Sedgefield | 4 | 3 | 75% | +15.50 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
| Catterick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 11 | 3 | 27% | +14.50 |
| Over 3m | 7 | 2 | 29% | +5.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Maguire | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| William Kennedy | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.00 |
| Henry Brooke | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.00 |
| Luke Morris | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.00 |
| Wilson Renwick | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| Seb Sanders | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Brian Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Hutchinson | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nick Slatter | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| A P McCoy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 19 | 2 | 11% | −4.00 |
| Blinkers | 13 | 4 | 31% | +11.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.00 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2 | 17% | +6.00 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.00 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 14 | 3 | 21% | +7.00 |
| Chase | 12 | 2 | 17% | +4.50 |
| Flat | 7 | 1 | 14% | −5.00 |
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 Welsh Bard (IRE) won?
- Welsh Bard (IRE) won 6 of 33 archived starts between 2011 and 2017, a strike rate of 18.2%. Placed 9 times in total (27.3% of starts).
- Who trained Welsh Bard (IRE)?
- Welsh Bard (IRE) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 22 September 2017.
- Who is Welsh Bard (IRE)'s sire?
- Welsh Bard (IRE) is by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Delphinium (IRE), whose sire is Dr Massini.
- What going does Welsh Bard (IRE) prefer?
- Welsh Bard (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Welsh Bard (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 22 September 2017. The highest on record is 118.
- What is Welsh Bard (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dylan Thomas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,487 runs since Jan 2008 (533 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
- Who are Welsh Bard (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Delphinium (IRE), Welsh Bard (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Keeneland (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Hebridean (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.