Would Be King (IRE)
Would Be King (IRE) is yet to win from 10 starts, though has placed 7 times. Best effort: 2nd of 12 at Dundalk (AW) (Jul 2018). Last raced off 90, 10lb below the career-high mark.
- 0–10Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 7 (70%)Placed
- −10.00£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=10 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 100Highest OR
- 53dAvg 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 103
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 | 4 | 103A | 93.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 94A | 82.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 66C | 66 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 103A | 82 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 103A | 96 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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 10.7% of 4,264 runs since Jan 2008 (268 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 6.2% from 357.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 35 | 8 | 22.9% | +12.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 734 | 99 | 13.5% | +2.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 800 | 78 | 9.8% | −0.9 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 369 | 34 | 9.2% | −1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 357 | 22 | 6.2% | −4.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 100 | 7 | 7% | −3.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,869 | 207 | 11.1% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 797 | 100 | 12.5% | +1.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,278 | 247 | 10.8% | +0.1 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 648 | 60 | 9.3% | −1.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 345 | 31 | 9% | −1.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 133 | 13 | 9.8% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 50 | 4 | 8% | −2.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −10.7 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Pike Corner Cross (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Pike Corner Cross (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Corner Cross (IRE) | 68 | 6 | 1m–1m1½f | Class 5 |
| Cocoa Beach (IRE) | 9 | 2 | 6f–7f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2017 | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Would Be King (IRE) won?
- Would Be King (IRE) has yet to win, from 10 archived starts between 2017 and 2018. Placed 7 times in total (70% of starts).
- Who trained Would Be King (IRE)?
- Would Be King (IRE) was trained by G M Lyons on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 31 August 2018.
- Who is Would Be King (IRE)'s sire?
- Would Be King (IRE) is by Lethal Force (IRE) out of Smart Coco (USA), whose sire is Smarty Jones.
- What is Would Be King (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 31 August 2018. The highest on record is 100.
- What is Would Be King (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Lethal Force (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 4,264 runs since Jan 2008 (268 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 6.2% from 357.
- Who are Would Be King (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Smart Coco (USA), Would Be King (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Pike Corner Cross (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Pike Corner Cross (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.