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Horse profile

Aoife's Joy (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Jun 2022) · Last trainer Mark Walford · Last owner Keith Brown
by Elzaam (AUS) out of Spavento (IRE) (Verglas)
15 runs · 9 courses · from Jul 2020
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Jun 2022 — 1,594 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2022 · 9th of 12 Won at Haydock Last raced off OR 59
KTB Profile

Aoife's Joy won once from 15 starts, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap at Haydock in Jul 2021 over 1m to 1m1f on good ground. The mare, by Elzaam out of a Verglas mare, was 0 from five on the all-weather. She finished 9 of 12 in a Class 6 handicap at Newcastle in Jun 2022, last raced off an official rating of 59 which was 11lb below her highest ever mark.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating59↓ 11lb off peak
59 59–70

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 95 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Haydock, 16 Jul 2021

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 →

Flat 15 figures · best 95A · median 88
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good695A87.5—
Standard (AW)593B88—
Good to Firm290C86.5—
Soft295C85.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f1095A83.5—
6f – 7f395C91—
1m2f – 1m4f293B76.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 66A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wetherby, 3 May 2022 Official rating 59 at the last run, 23 Jun 2022

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 →

Flat 15 figures · best 81A · median 67
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good680A76.5—
Standard (AW)581A60—
Good to Firm266A62—
Soft275A64—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f1081A62—
6f – 7f378A75—
1m2f – 1m4f275A73.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,528 runs since Apr 2016 (374 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 326.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%+0.8—
Good to Firm4645411.6%+2.40 from 2
Good1,115867.7%−1.51 from 6
Good to Soft4634710.2%+1—
Soft873758.6%−0.60 from 2
Heavy291258.6%−0.6—
Standard (AW)1,3121309.9%+0.70 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4084711.5%+2.3—
6f – 7f1,7731659.3%+0.10 from 3
1m – 1m1f1,120998.8%−0.41 from 10
1m2f – 1m4f7027510.7%+1.50 from 2
1m5f – 2m326164.9%−4.3—
2m1f – 2m4f153159.8%+0.6—
2m5f – 3m3900%−9.2—
Over 3m7114.3%+5.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Spavento (IRE) (Verglas)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Oxygen Thief (IRE)100——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 1 17% +0.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 8 1 13% −2.00
Class 6 7 0 0% −7.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newcastle (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Thirsk 3 0 0% −3.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 1 100% +5.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 10 1 10% −4.00
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jack Garritty 5 0 0% −5.00
Jason Hart 3 0 0% −3.00
Dougie Costello 2 0 0% −2.00
Miss Jessica Bedi 1 0 0% −1.00
Zak Wheatley 1 1 100% +5.00
Amie Waugh 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam James 1 0 0% −1.00
Graham Lee 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 1 8% −7.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 4 0 0% −4.00
2021 7 1 14% −1.00
2020 4 0 0% −4.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 4 runs
23 Jun 22+30d Newcastle (AW) Pertemps Education Network Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 9/12 7 9-13 5957C44C Jack Garritty 33/1
24 May 22+21d Newcastle (AW) Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Standard To Slow · 14 ran 12/14 9 9-4 6043C52C Jack Garritty 10/1
03 May 22+8d Wetherby Join Racing TV Now Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Good To Firm · 16 ran 9/16 nk 9-4 6090C66A Jack Garritty 11/2
25 Apr 22+248d Thirsk bettingsites.ltd.uk For Analysis & Reviews Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Good · 15 ran 3/15 nk 9-2 6091C78A Jack Garritty 25/1
2021 · 7 runs
20 Aug 21+23d Newcastle (AW) Read Hollie Doyle's Column On attheraces.com Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 8/9 nse 8-13 6191A60A Jack Garritty 15/2
28 Jul 21+12d Redcar AJA Novice Flat Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good · 9 ran 7/9 2 11-0 6293A67A Miss Jessica Bedi 5/1
16 Jul 21+11d Haydock Haydock Park Apprentice Training Series Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good · 8 ran 1/8 9-1 5995A80A Zak Wheatley 5/1
05 Jul 21+10d Nottingham racingtv.com Handicap (Female Amateur Jockeys) Class 6 · 1m2f · Good · 14 ran 5/14 shd 10-1 5960C75A Amie Waugh 5/1
25 Jun 21+22d Newcastle (AW) Smooth Radio North East Handicap Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 14 ran 5/14 hd 9-3 6193B72A Dougie Costello 28/1
03 Jun 21+9d Thirsk Watch On Racing TV Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good To Firm · 14 ran 11/14 2 9-1 6483C58A Dougie Costello 12/1
25 May 21+232d Newcastle (AW) Equine Products In Saudi Arabia At Ramz-Al-Sharq Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Standard · 14 ran 5/14 ½ 9-6 6488B81A Sam James 40/1
2020 · 4 runs
05 Oct 20+26d Pontefract Volkswagen Van Centre (West Yorkshire) Ltd Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 · 1m · Soft · 13 ran 7/13 1¾ 9-0 6776C53C Jason Hart 16/1
09 Sep 20+13d Doncaster Mondialiste Leger Legends Classified Stakes (Str) Class 5 · 1m · Good · 20 ran 19/20 ¾ 9-2 7084C52A Graham Lee 40/1
27 Aug 20+29d Beverley Churchill Tyres Novice Stakes Class 5 · 7½f · Soft · 13 ran 4/13 2¼ 8-11 —95C75A Jason Hart 7/1
29 Jul 20 Thirsk British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 1m · Good · 10 ran 4/10 ½ 8-11 —77A80A Jason Hart 80/1

Quick answers

How many races has Aoife's Joy won?
Aoife's Joy (IRE) won 1 of 15 archived starts between 2020 and 2022, a strike rate of 6.7%. Placed 2 times in total (13.3% of starts).
Who trained Aoife's Joy?
Aoife's Joy (IRE) was trained by Mark Walford on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 23 June 2022.
Who is Aoife's Joy's sire?
Aoife's Joy (IRE) is by Elzaam (AUS) out of Spavento (IRE), whose sire is Verglas.
What going does Aoife's Joy prefer?
Aoife's Joy (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Aoife's Joy's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 59, from the run on 23 June 2022. The highest on record is 70.
What is Aoife's Joy's sire's record?
Elzaam (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,528 runs since Apr 2016 (374 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 326.
Who are Aoife's Joy's siblings?
Out of Spavento (IRE), Aoife's Joy (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2020. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.