Are You Joking (IRE)
Are You Joking (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts. Best effort: 4th of 11 at Chepstow (Apr 2026).
- 0–4Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −4.00£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 100Highest OR
- 19dBetween runs (median)longest 216 d
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 73
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 7 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 64C | 52 | 2 runs · 64 / 52 |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 7 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 64C | 52 | 2 runs · 64 / 52 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 runs · as at 7 Nov 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 from 4 analysed runs since Feb 2026
- Prominent 4 (100%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.8% of 454 runs since Jul 2023 (128 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 14 | 4 | 28.6% | +15.8 | — |
| Good | 174 | 27 | 15.5% | +2.7 | — |
| Good to Soft | 97 | 9 | 9.3% | −3.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 96 | 10 | 10.4% | −2.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 54 | 6 | 11.1% | −1.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | −2.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −12.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 31 | 4 | 12.9% | +0.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 219 | 25 | 11.4% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 156 | 21 | 13.5% | +0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 35 | 8 | 22.9% | +10.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2023 · as at 6 Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie McLernon | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| David Bass | 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 | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Nov 26+216d | Chepstow | Floyds Turfcare & Weed Solutions Handicap Hurdle Race up with the pace early and shoved right at the 4th - went out of it before 3 out - eased and pulled up before the last | PU/16 | — | 12-0 | 100 | — | — | Richie McLernon | 9/1 |
| 02 Apr 26+19d | Chepstow | LSL Racing Horse Sales - Syndication - Leasing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Tracked the front group early - driven approaching 3 out then dropped to fourth before 2 out - unable to find more and held to the line | 4/11 | 1¼ | 11-2 | — | 64C | 99C | Richie McLernon | 50/1 |
| 14 Mar 26+17d | Uttoxeter | JenningsBet 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Sat close to the pace early - urged forward after 4 out - dropped away 3 out - finished sixth | 6/9 | 11 | 11-0 | — | 73A | 100A | David Bass | 40/1 |
| 25 Feb 26 | Wincanton | Happy 18th Birthday James Dunford Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Handy early - dropped away approaching the 4th and never a factor thereafter - already far off the pace before 2 out and finished last | 18/18 | 26 | 11-7 | — | 40C | 97C | Richie McLernon | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Are You Joking won?
- Are You Joking (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2026.
- Who trains Are You Joking?
- Are You Joking (IRE) is trained by Charlie Longsdon, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 4 November 2026.
- Who is Are You Joking's sire?
- Are You Joking (IRE) is by Crystal Ocean (GB) out of Faithfulness (IRE), whose sire is Robin Des Champs.
- What is Are You Joking's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 4 November 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Are You Joking's sire's record?
- Crystal Ocean (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.8% of 454 runs since Jul 2023 (128 horses), Flat and jumps together.