Better News (GB)
Better News (GB) is yet to win from 8 starts. Best effort: 4th of 12 at Ludlow (Apr 2018).
- 0–8Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −8.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=8 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 102Highest OR
- 33dBetween runs (median)longest 318 d
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 74
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 70C | 65.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 74B | 61 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 8 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 8 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 7.3% of 2,578 runs since Dec 2008 (251 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 138 | 10 | 7.2% | −0.1 | — |
| Good | 983 | 69 | 7% | −0.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 533 | 35 | 6.6% | −0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 554 | 40 | 7.2% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 258 | 26 | 10.1% | +2.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 105 | 7 | 6.7% | −0.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 10 | 0 | 0% | −7.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 39 | 2 | 5.1% | −2.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 66 | 4 | 6.1% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,002 | 70 | 7% | −0.3 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 862 | 73 | 8.5% | +1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 503 | 34 | 6.8% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 79 | 3 | 3.8% | −3.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Dec 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Happy News (GB) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m4f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Big News (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy News (GB) | 22 | 3 | 2m4f | Class 5 |
| Big News (GB) | 15 | 1 | 3m | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taunton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Donovan | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Robert Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Corby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Noel Fehily | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 19 Feb 19+50d | Taunton | Racing To School Riders Programme Selling Handicap Hurdle | 10/14 | 1¼ | 11-0 | 95 | — | 83A | Philip Donovan | 25/1 |
| 2018 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Dec 18+33d | Warwick | Local Parking Security Novices' Handicap Hurdle | PU/15 | — | 11-9 | 97 | — | — | Robert Dunne | 25/1 |
| 28 Nov 18+21d | Hereford | Sri Lanka Wonder Of Asia Handicap Hurdle | PU/16 | — | 11-0 | 100 | — | — | Philip Donovan | 18/1 |
| 07 Nov 18+196d | Chepstow | Velindre Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 5/17 | 5 | 11-8 | 102 | 74B | 112A | Philip Donovan | 33/1 |
| 25 Apr 18+16d | Taunton | Half Year Membership Available Today Mares' Novices' Hurdle | 9/12 | ½ | 10-5 | — | 61A | 79A | Philip Donovan | 20/1 |
| 09 Apr 18+318d | Ludlow | Ludlow Racecourse Bookmakers Mares' Novices' Hurdle | 4/12 | 2¾ | 10-5 | — | 58A | 89A | Philip Donovan | 66/1 |
| 2017 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 May 17+16d | Worcester | David Hellyar Real Ale 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle | UR/9 | — | 10-2 | — | — | — | Sean Corby | 50/1 |
| 10 May 17 | Newton Abbot | Barbara Dodson Memorial Mares' Novices' Hurdle | 9/11 | 4 | 10-12 | — | 70C | 87C | Noel Fehily | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Better News won?
- Better News (GB) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2017 and 2019.
- Who trained Better News?
- Better News (GB) was trained by Neil Mulholland on the most recent run on record, at Taunton on 19 February 2019.
- Who is Better News's sire?
- Better News (GB) is by Fair Mix (IRE) out of Welcome News (GB), whose sire is Bob Back.
- What is Better News's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 19 February 2019. The highest on record is 102.
- What is Better News's sire's record?
- Fair Mix (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.3% of 2,578 runs since Dec 2008 (251 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Better News's siblings?
- Out of Welcome News (GB), Better News (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Happy News (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Big News (GB)). The wins came over 2m4f–3m. As at Nov 2026.