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Battle Of Benburb: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Battle Of Benburb is a 9-year-old gelding by War Command, trained by Patrick Michael Verling. He has won 2 of 43 starts and placed in 5 more, for £2,808 in prize money. His best trip is 3m, where 1 win from 3 is a 33% strike rate against 3% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:05 at Clonmel on 22 October. His best performance rating is 114, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 43
  • Wins 2
  • Placed 7
  • Strike rate 5%
  • Prize money £2,808
  • Best rating 114
  • Official rating 77

Where Battle Of Benburb runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:05 Clonmel Clonmel Oil Chase Day November 5th Handicap Steeplechase —

Battle Of Benburb form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
22 Aug 26 Killarney (IRE) Old Market Lane Traders Novice Steeplechase 2m 7.5f Good 4 113 300/1 Mr P Verling 77
24 Jul 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Racing Again On 8th August Handicap Steeplechase 2m 4.5f Good 12 53.5 100/1 Mr P Verling 79
6 Apr 26 Cork Jack Tyner Memorial Hunters Chase 2m 4f Good To Yielding PU - 250/1 Mr P Verling 86
6 Sep 23 Hexham Sue Heslop Loves Phil Kirby Racing. Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 7.5f Good PU - 11/1 Ben Harvey 99
14 Aug 23 Ballinrobe C.J. Sheeran Ltd Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m 7f Good To Yielding 9 40.25 18/1 Ben Harvey 90
21 Jul 23 Killarney Lee Stand Handicap Chase (0-102) 2m 7f Good To Yielding 5 29.5 17/2 Ben Harvey 88
20 Jun 23 Wexford Country Fest Wexford August 13th Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-95) 3m 1.5f Good To Yielding PU - 6/1J Kieren Buckley 88
26 May 23 Limerick FEXCO Asset Finance Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m 6f Good To Yielding 6 14.25 20/1 Kieren Buckley 91
5 May 23 Downpatrick Cosy Roof Handicap Chase (0-95) 2m 3f Yielding PU - 11/1 Kieren Buckley 90
31 Mar 23 Wexford Wexford Supporters Club Handicap Chase (0-102) (Div 2) 3m 1.5f Heavy 6 22.25 20/1 Kieren Buckley 91
5 Mar 23 Wexford Eoin O'Gorman Solicitors, Wexford Handicap Chase (0-95) 2m 4f Good To Yielding 9 22 8/1 Ben Harvey 91
16 Feb 23 Clonmel Kilmolash (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m 3f Soft PU - 18/1 Mr A Harvey 93
4 Nov 22 Down Royal Lough Construction Ltd. Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 3m Soft 9 35.25 14/1 Kieren Buckley 95
23 Sep 22 Listowel Guinness Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 3m Good PU - 10/3F Kieren Buckley 95
1 Sep 22 Sedgefield Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle Class 4 3m 3f Good To Firm 2 7.5 2/1J Kieren Buckley 105
5 Aug 22 Wexford Think Print & Design Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 3m Good 1 — 6/1 Kieren Buckley 89
14 Jul 22 Killarney Killarney Plaza Hotel & Spa Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m 4f Good 3 4.5 11/2 Kieren Buckley 88
3 Jun 22 Down Royal Danny Boy Bookmaker Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m 4.5f Good 6 11.75 17/2 Kieren Buckley 89
6 May 22 Downpatrick Randox Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m 6f Yielding To Soft 9 21 7/2 Barry Browne 91
21 Apr 22 Kilbeggan Follow Kilbeggan On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m 3f Good To Yielding 7 18.75 12/1 Barry Browne 93
13 Mar 22 Limerick Croom Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m 6f Soft To Heavy PU - 10/1 Jack Foley 94
29 Dec 21 Limerick Party Time Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m 3f Heavy 6 28.75 28/1 Barry Browne 96
11 Dec 21 Fairyhouse Happy Christmas From Everyone At Fairyhouse Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m Yielding To Soft 9 39.75 28/1 Simon Torrens 99
18 Nov 21 Thurles Holycross Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m Good To Yielding 13 37 33/1 Simon Torrens 102
28 Oct 21 Clonmel Suir Blueway Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m 3.5f Heavy 5 36.75 16/1 Simon Torrens 104
30 Sep 21 Clonmel Slievenamon Claiming Hurdle 2m 4f Good To Yielding 4 18.5 20/1 Jonathan Moore 107
15 Sep 21 Sligo Brenda Anderson Memorial Beginners Chase 2m 4f Good 9 26.25 15/2 James O'Sullivan –
22 Aug 21 Naas Treo Eile Retraining Racehorses Apprentice Handicap 1m 2f Yielding To Soft 10 7.5 14/1 Robert Whearty 69
29 Jul 21 Galway Arthur Guinness Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m Good 9 18.5 25/1 Conor McNamara 109
4 Jun 21 Tramore Tramore Amusement Park Handicap Hurdle 2m 0.5f Good To Yielding 9 14.5 7/1 Jonathan Moore 110
8 May 21 Cork Follow Us On Instagram Rated Novice Hurdle 2m 3f Good 4 23 4/1J Jonathan Moore 111
19 Apr 21 Tramore Newtown Maiden Hurdle 2m Yielding 1 — 3/1 Keith Donoghue –
4 Apr 21 Cork Dermot Casey Tree Care Maiden Hurdle 2m Good To Yielding 5 6 11/2 Patrick M O'Brien –
19 Mar 21 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap 1m 2.5f Standard 7 3.25 11/2 Conor Maxwell 73
5 Mar 21 Dundalk (AW) Hollywoodbets Racing & Sports Betting (Q.R.) Handicap 2m Standard 9 8 13/2 Mr J Dunne 74
12 Feb 21 Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk Maiden 1m 4f Standard 4 3 16/5 Ronan Whelan 76
1 Feb 21 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Maiden 1m 2.5f Standard 3 .75 11/2 Gary Carroll 76
15 Jan 21 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Rated Race 1m 4f Standard 6 4 10/1 Colin Keane 76
23 Oct 20 Sligo CountySligoRaces.com 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 2m 1.5f Yielding 4 18.75 5/2 Jonathan Moore –
13 Oct 20 Punchestown Ladbrokes 3-Y-O Hurdle 2m Yielding 3 25 11/1 Sean Flanagan –
4 Oct 20 Killarney Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden 1m 3f Soft 3 4.25 22/1 Ronan Whelan –
15 Sep 20 Tipperary Meadowview Stables Maiden (Div 1) 1m 1f Good To Yielding 11 6.75 16/1 Ronan Whelan –
5 Sep 20 Navan Irish EBF Supporting Irish Champions Weekend Maiden 1m Yielding 4 4 9/2 Colin Keane –

Last time out

Finished 4 in the Old Market Lane Traders Novice Steeplechase at Killarney (IRE) on 22 August 2026. Handy early - 4th before stumbling at the 9th - dropped away from rivals soon after - fell further back 10th - finished a long way behind in 4th.

Battle Of Benburb by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
16f 7 1 14% —
20f 5 0 0% —
19f 5 0 0% —
22f 3 0 0% —
24f 3 1 33% —
23.5f 2 0 0% —
20.5f 2 0 0% —
23f 2 0 0% —
25.5f 2 0 0% —
10.5f 2 0 0% —
12f 2 0 0% —
27f 1 0 0% —
19.5f 1 0 0% —
10f 1 0 0% —
16.5f 1 0 0% —
17.5f 1 0 0% —
11f 1 0 0% —
9f 1 0 0% —
8f 1 0 0% —

Battle Of Benburb by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good To Yielding 12 0 0% —
Good 10 1 10% —
Yielding 5 1 20% —
Standard 5 0 0% —
Heavy 3 0 0% —
Soft 3 0 0% —
Yielding To Soft 3 0 0% —
Good To Firm 1 0 0% —
Soft To Heavy 1 0 0% —

Battle Of Benburb by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Dundalk (AW) 5 0 0% —
Wexford 4 1 25% —
Cork 3 0 0% —
Killarney 3 0 0% —
Limerick 3 0 0% —
Clonmel 3 0 0% —
Downpatrick 2 0 0% —
Down Royal 2 0 0% —
Sligo 2 0 0% —
Tramore 2 1 50% —

Battle Of Benburb breeding

  • Sire War Command (USA)
  • Dam Maghzaa (IRE)
  • Damsire Aqlaam (GB)
  • Breeder Colm McEvoy
  • Foaled 2 May 2017

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