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Bella Union: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Bella Union is a 10-year-old gelding by Mahler, trained by John C McConnell. He has won 2 of 23 starts and placed in 2 more, for £1,751 in prize money. His best trip is 2m 1f, where 1 win from 5 is a 20% strike rate against 6% at every other distance. He runs next in the 2:00 at Sligo on 23 October. His best performance rating is 110, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 23
  • Wins 2
  • Placed 4
  • Strike rate 9%
  • Prize money £1,751
  • Best rating 110
  • Official rating 87

Where Bella Union runs next

Time Course Race Best price
2:00 Sligo Callan Tansey Handicap Hurdle (Div I) —

Bella Union form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Visitwexford.ie Handicap Hurdle 2m 1f Good 3 4 11/1 Eoghan Finegan 87
3 Jul 26 Wexford Clearwater Construction Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) 2m 1f Good PU - 12/1 Darragh O'Keeffe 87
27 May 26 Wexford Treo Eile Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) 2m 1f Good To Yielding 2 11 17/2 Dylan Kidd 87
4 May 26 Down Royal Club Lemon Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 1.5f Good 1 — 8/1 Dylan Kidd 79
18 Apr 26 Bellewstown Tony Marmion Memorial Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 1f Yielding 1 — 22/1 Simon Torrens 74
26 Mar 26 Clonmel Glenary Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 2m 3f Soft 13 25.5 12/1 Darragh O'Keeffe 77
17 Mar 26 Down Royal Bluegrass Respire Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) 2m 4.5f Yielding 9 27.5 8/1 Carl Millar 80
10 Oct 25 Downpatrick Denis Macauley Memorial Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 6f Yielding 7 10 12/1 Alex Harvey 82
30 Sep 25 Sedgefield Paxtons No1 For CaseIH Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 4f Good 5 10.25 4/1 Sean Bowen 88
8 Sep 25 Perth Auto Services Peugeot & Citroen Commercials Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 4f Good 6 7.25 9/1 Alex Harvey 89
8 Aug 25 Wexford Traynors Of Wexford Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) 2m 4.5f Good To Yielding 7 27 6/1 Alex Harvey 83
13 Apr 25 Down Royal Fibrus Says Neigh To Price Hikes Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 6f Good 5 7.25 11/4F Darragh O'Keeffe 83
17 Mar 25 Down Royal Powered By Bluegrass Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 4f Good 4 5.5 40/1 Jody McGarvey 83
4 Sep 24 Kilbeggan Racing Again On Friday Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m 3f Yielding 10 31.5 14/1 Simon Torrens 85
23 May 23 Punchestown Join Us For Summer In Town Mini Festival Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m 3.5f Good To Yielding 10 20 5/2J Ben Harvey 89
25 Feb 23 Fairyhouse Anna Gannon 90th Birthday Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m 4f Yielding 11 19.5 7/1 Brian Hayes 90
16 Jan 23 Punchestown Book Your Festival Hospitality Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m 4.5f Heavy 8 10.5 50/1 Brian Hayes 91
21 Dec 22 Fairyhouse Kevin Sheedy Bowel Cancer Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m Yielding To Soft 16 50.5 10/1 Brian Hayes 93
30 Sep 22 Gowran Park Gowran Park Racing Club Maiden Hurdle 2m Yielding 9 33 66/1 Simon Torrens –
5 Sep 22 Galway Kenny Developments Maiden Hurdle 2m 0.5f Good 12 41.75 100/1 Brian Hayes –
8 Jul 22 Kilbeggan Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey Maiden Hurdle 2m 3f Good 13 90.25 17/2 Simon Torrens –
28 Mar 22 Hexham Racegoers Club British Horse Racing's Fan Club. Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 2m Good To Soft 4 5.25 7/4F Sean Bowen –
7 Feb 22 Carlisle Lyne Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 2m 1f Soft 4 3 11/2 Sean Bowen –

Last time out

Finished 3 in the Visitwexford.ie Handicap Hurdle at Wexford (IRE) on 28 August 2026. Up with the front group - 5th at the 5th - moved into 3rd 3 out - dropped to 4th and feeling the strain after 2 out - threw down a momentary effort over the last - plugged on at one speed to finish 3rd.

Bella Union by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
17f 5 1 20% —
20f 4 0 0% —
19f 3 0 0% —
20.5f 3 0 0% —
16f 3 0 0% —
22f 2 0 0% —
17.5f 1 1 100% —
19.5f 1 0 0% —
16.5f 1 0 0% —

Bella Union by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 9 1 11% —
Yielding 6 1 17% —
Good To Yielding 3 0 0% —
Soft 2 0 0% —
Heavy 1 0 0% —
Yielding To Soft 1 0 0% —
Good To Soft 1 0 0% —

Bella Union by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Down Royal 4 1 25% —
Wexford 3 0 0% —
Kilbeggan 2 0 0% —
Punchestown 2 0 0% —
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% —
Wexford (IRE) 1 0 0% —
Bellewstown 1 1 100% —
Clonmel 1 0 0% —
Downpatrick 1 0 0% —
Sedgefield 1 0 0% —

Bella Union breeding

  • Sire Mahler (GB)
  • Dam Missusan (IRE)
  • Damsire King's Ride (IRE)
  • Breeder Railside Farm
  • Foaled 19 July 2016

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