Bookish (GB)
Bookish (GB) is 2 from 14. Hasn't won since Jan 2008. Both wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 7 on turf. Last raced off 66, 9lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–14Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 2 (14.3%)Placed
- −1.25£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.31Fair A/E n=14 · 1.14 incl. margin
- 75Highest OR
- 26dAvg 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
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
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 11% of 6,950 runs since Jan 2008 (521 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.9% from 136.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 43 | 6 | 14% | +3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Firm | 977 | 108 | 11.1% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,811 | 176 | 9.7% | −1.3 | — |
| Good to Soft | 909 | 98 | 10.8% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,241 | 128 | 10.3% | −0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 492 | 58 | 11.8% | +0.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,477 | 190 | 12.9% | +1.9 | 2 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 136 | 23 | 16.9% | +5.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,109 | 118 | 10.6% | −0.4 | 2 from 10 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,139 | 126 | 11.1% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,377 | 164 | 11.9% | +0.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,379 | 140 | 10.2% | −0.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,006 | 106 | 10.5% | −0.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 657 | 68 | 10.4% | −0.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 147 | 19 | 12.9% | +1.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 2 | 29% | +5.75 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −6.75 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Brighton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.25 |
| Folkestone | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.50 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 10 | 2 | 20% | +2.75 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Fairley | 4 | 2 | 50% | +8.75 |
| Kirsty Milczarek | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Natalia Gemelova | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cathy Gannon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J F Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Darryll Holland | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J-P Guillambert | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 2 | 22% | +3.75 |
| Blinkers | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.75 |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.50 |
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 Bookish won?
- Bookish (GB) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2007 and 2008, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 2 times in total (14.3% of starts).
- Who trained Bookish?
- Bookish (GB) was trained by Jamie Poulton on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 9 August 2008.
- Who is Bookish's sire?
- Bookish (GB) is by Dubai Destination (USA) out of Daybook (IRE), whose sire is Daylami.
- What going does Bookish prefer?
- Bookish (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Bookish's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 66, from the run on 9 August 2008. The highest on record is 75.
- What is Bookish's sire's record?
- Dubai Destination (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 6,950 runs since Jan 2008 (521 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.9% from 136.