A Good Yarn (IRE)
A Good Yarn is a gelding by Calyx out of a daughter of Australia who has shown placed form from three starts on turf. He has never won but finished third of 11 at the Curragh in Sep 2026. All his runs have come over 6f to 7f on soft or heavy ground. He finished fifth of 11 when prominent at Roscommon in Oct 2026.
- 0–3Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (33.3%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 88dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 100
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 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 97A | 87 | 2 runs · 97 / 87 |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 100A | 97 | 3 runs · 100 / 97 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 20 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 1,507 runs since Mar 2023 (172 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9.5% from 169. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.9% from 111.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 210 | 25 | 11.9% | −1.5 | — |
| Good | 376 | 51 | 13.6% | +0.2 | — |
| Good to Soft | 169 | 16 | 9.5% | −3.9 | — |
| Soft | 189 | 25 | 13.2% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 67 | 15 | 22.4% | +9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 493 | 70 | 14.2% | +0.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 111 | 11 | 9.9% | −3.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 761 | 108 | 14.2% | +0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 367 | 51 | 13.9% | +0.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 200 | 23 | 11.5% | −1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 46 | 6 | 13% | −0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 22 | 3 | 13.6% | +0.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2023 · as at 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roscommon (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. M. Lordan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 26+15d | Roscommon (IRE) | Roscommon Racecourse (C & G) Maiden Veered left leaving stalls - handy early and sat 4th - dropped to 5th over 2f out - failed to make any dent - plodded on at one speed from over 1f out to finish 5th | 5/11 | ½ | 9-8 | 97A | 71A | W. M. Lordan | 7/2 |
| 27 Sep 26+161d | Curragh (IRE) | Celebrating County Kildare And Lexington Twinning Maiden Settled midfield early - made progress into 4th approaching final furlong under urging - moved into 3rd close home - stayed on same gait to finish third | 3/11 | 2 | 9-8 | 100A | 83A | W. M. Lordan | 7/2 |
| 19 Apr 26 | Curragh | Bermingham Cameras Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden Held up at the back - improved into midfield under urging with 2f left - 8th approaching final furlong then unable to find more | 6/24 | nk | 9-8 | 77C | 86A | Wayne Lordan | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has A Good Yarn won?
- A Good Yarn (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2026. Placed 1 time in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trains A Good Yarn?
- A Good Yarn (IRE) is trained by Aidan Anthony Howard, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 October 2026.
- Who is A Good Yarn's sire?
- A Good Yarn (IRE) is by Calyx (GB) out of Music To My Ears (IRE), whose sire is Australia.
- What is A Good Yarn's sire's record?
- Calyx (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 1,507 runs since Mar 2023 (172 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9.5% from 169. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.9% from 111.