Absolutely So (IRE)
Absolutely So (IRE) is 7 from 29, including a Group 3 win. The biggest win we hold: the Betway John Of Gaunt Stakes at Haydock (Jun 2017). Won last time out at Sandown (Class 2), off a mark 11lb below the previous winning one. All 7 wins have come over 6f – 7f.
- 7–29Wins / Runs
- 24.1%Strike rate
- 15 (51.7%)Placed
- +4.28£1 level staken=29 at SP
- 1.41Fair A/E n=29 · 1.20 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 77dAvg 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 104
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 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 104A | 84 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 103A | 97 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 104A | 85.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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% of 19,685 runs since Jan 2008 (1,326 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 151 | 23 | 15.2% | +5.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,917 | 446 | 11.4% | +1.4 | 1 from 3 |
| Good | 4,409 | 400 | 9.1% | −0.9 | 2 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 1,951 | 214 | 11% | +1 | 1 from 8 |
| Soft | 2,131 | 184 | 8.6% | −1.4 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 562 | 46 | 8.2% | −1.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 6,563 | 663 | 10.1% | +0.1 | 2 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3,758 | 409 | 10.9% | +0.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 10,495 | 1,078 | 10.3% | +0.3 | 7 from 29 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,506 | 331 | 9.4% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,209 | 106 | 8.8% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 481 | 37 | 7.7% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 194 | 13 | 6.7% | −3.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 42 | 2 | 4.8% | −5.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Mashkoorah (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Mashkoorah (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mashkoorah (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Shing Shilla (IRE) | 18 | 0 | — | — |
| Forbidden Land (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Weekend Getaway (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mabsam (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Waggle (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Premier Princess (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Weekend Lady (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 2 | 25% | +7.00 |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 2 | 29% | −1.45 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.27 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 13 | 2 | 15% | −1.00 |
| Class 1 | 11 | 3 | 27% | +4.73 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.75 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydock | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 4 | 2 | 50% | +1.55 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ascot | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Goodwood | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| York | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Salisbury | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.27 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisin Murphy | 11 | 2 | 18% | +0.00 |
| David Probert | 11 | 4 | 36% | +3.28 |
| Joshua Bryan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Graham Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jimmy Fortune | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.00 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.27 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2 | 20% | +1.00 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.20 |
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 Absolutely So (IRE) won?
- Absolutely So (IRE) won 7 of 29 archived starts between 2012 and 2018, a strike rate of 24.1%. Placed 15 times in total (51.7% of starts).
- Who trained Absolutely So (IRE)?
- Absolutely So (IRE) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Sandown on 14 September 2018.
- Who is Absolutely So (IRE)'s sire?
- Absolutely So (IRE) is by Acclamation (GB) out of Week End (GB), whose sire is Selkirk.
- What going does Absolutely So (IRE) prefer?
- Absolutely So (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Absolutely So (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 14 September 2018. The highest on record is 110.
- What is Absolutely So (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Acclamation (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,685 runs since Jan 2008 (1,326 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
- Who are Absolutely So (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Week End (GB), Absolutely So (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Mashkoorah (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Mashkoorah (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.