Western Ability (IRE)
Western Ability is a gelding by Westerner out of an unraced daughter of Presenting. He showed his best effort when third of 10 at Downpatrick in Jul 2024 and has since raced off an official rating of 98 on his last two starts. The maiden finished once from seven turf starts between May 2024 and Jul 2025, all without success over trips from 2m1f to over 3m on good or good to soft ground. He ran four times at Downpatrick.
- 0–7Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (14.3%)Placed
- −7.00£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=7 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 98Highest OR
- 70dAvg 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 133
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 | 5 | 114B | 94 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 114B | 94 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 133B | 119 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 7 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 7 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 from 4 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Mid-division 3 (75%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,826 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 234 | 27 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 3,406 | 429 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 2,108 | 251 | 11.9% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 3,778 | 452 | 12% | −0.1 | — |
| Heavy | 2,105 | 259 | 12.3% | +0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 188 | 16 | 8.5% | −3.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 124 | 13 | 10.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,366 | 395 | 11.7% | −0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,280 | 535 | 12.5% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,974 | 375 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 766 | 88 | 11.5% | −0.6 | 0 from 2 |
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
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downpatrick | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ben Harvey | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Alex Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 25+2d | Downpatrick | Join Racing TV Now With A Free Trial Rated Novice Hurdle Balked at the start - turned away and declined to take part | RR/4 | — | 10-13 | 98 | — | — | Ben Harvey | 5/1 |
| 13 Jul 25+48d | Sligo | Sligo Park Hotel Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the front - blundered 4 out - pressed for effort before 3 out and erred again 2 out - stayed on same rate to finish ninth | 9/11 | ½ | 11-0 | 98 | 105A | 108A | Ben Harvey | 16/1 |
| 26 May 25+276d | Ballinrobe | McHale Fusion 4 Range Maiden Hurdle Held around midpack early - hit second last awkwardly - dropped away soon after - finished well held in 7th | 7/15 | 8 | 11-4 | — | 84B | 96A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 18/1 |
| 23 Aug 24+12d | Kilbeggan | New Forest Estate & Golf Club Maiden Hurdle Settled in the pack early - moved closer to the front from halfway - clumsy at the fourth and third from home - pushed along into fourth two out - held that spot to the line without finding more finishing fourth | 4/15 | 15 | 10-13 | — | 133B | 106A | Alex Harvey | 28/1 |
| 11 Aug 24+27d | Downpatrick | Randox Maiden Hurdle Settled in the pack - urged forward approaching 7th and toiling by 2 out - lost ground steadily to finish fifth | 5/11 | 5 | 11-4 | — | 94A | 109A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 11/1 |
| 15 Jul 24+52d | Downpatrick | Plus 2 Print Remembering Tony Oakes MBE Maiden Hurdle | 3/10 | 1¾ | 11-4 | — | 114B | 120A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 66/1 |
| 24 May 24 | Downpatrick | Download The New Tote App Maiden Hurdle | 8/15 | 9½ | 11-4 | — | 93C | 94C | Darragh O'Keeffe | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Western Ability (IRE) won?
- Western Ability (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2024 and 2025. Placed 1 time in total (14.3% of starts).
- Who trained Western Ability (IRE)?
- Western Ability (IRE) was trained by D M Christie on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 15 July 2025.
- Who is Western Ability (IRE)'s sire?
- Western Ability (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of Ability To Burn (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
- What is Western Ability (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 15 July 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Western Ability (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,826 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.