5yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2005)· Last trainer Paul Nicholls· Last owner Ashleybank Investments Limited
by Broken Hearted (GB) out of Alvinru (GB) (Sandalay)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Jan 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Nov 2005 — 7,657 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2005Won at Exeter
KTB Profile
Ain't That A Shame (IRE) is 1 from 4, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Jan 2005.
Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glanceWin at Class 6
1–4Wins / Runs
25%Strike rate
2 (50%)Placed
−2.20£1 level staken=4 at SP
47dBetween runs (median)longest 246 d
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast
KTB Rating
Best recent KTB Rating136Cthe best of the last 2 rated runs · Wincanton, 19 Feb 2005
What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →
Jumps 2 figures · best 136C · median 132.5
Going
Runs
Best
Median
Since 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft
2
136C
132.5
—
Distance
Runs
Best
Median
Since 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m
1
—
—
—
2m1f – 2m4f
1
—
—
—
Of 4 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).
KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 4 runs · as at 4 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
Sire
Broken Hearted (GB)
Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 655 runs since Jan 2008 (78 horses).
Going
Runs
Wins
SR
vs sire
This horse
Firm
11
2
18.2%
+10.7
—
Good to Firm
67
5
7.5%
0
—
Good
152
9
5.9%
−1.6
0 from 1
Good to Soft
67
7
10.4%
+2.9
1 from 2
Soft
213
15
7%
−0.5
0 from 1
Heavy
143
11
7.7%
+0.2
—
Standard (AW)
2
0
0%
−7.5
—
Distance (all codes)
Runs
Wins
SR
vs sire
This horse
1m2f – 1m4f
2
0
0%
−7.5
—
1m5f – 2m
136
12
8.8%
+1.3
0 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f
283
20
7.1%
−0.4
1 from 2
2m5f – 3m
192
14
7.3%
−0.2
—
Over 3m
42
3
7.1%
−0.4
—
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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.
Ain't That A Shame (IRE) won 1 of 4 archived starts in 2005, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Ain't That A Shame?
Ain't That A Shame (IRE) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Wincanton on 16 November 2005.
Who is Ain't That A Shame's sire?
Ain't That A Shame (IRE) is by Broken Hearted (GB) out of Alvinru (GB), whose sire is Sandalay.
What is Ain't That A Shame's sire's record?
Broken Hearted (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 655 runs since Jan 2008 (78 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Ain't That A Shame's siblings?
Out of Alvinru (GB), Ain't That A Shame (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.
Ain't That A Shame (IRE)·1–4·SR 25%
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