Horse profile
Canford's Joy (IRE)
6yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2021) · Last trainer Liam Bailey · Last owner Mrs C M Clarke Foulrice Park Racing Ltd
by Canford Cliffs (IRE) out of Joyful (IRE) (Green Desert)
27 runs · 16 courses · from Aug 2017
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Sep 2021 — 1,863 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2021 · 9th of 9
3 wins · Brighton, Catterick & Carlisle
Last raced off OR 57
KTB Profile
Canford's Joy (IRE) is 3 from 27. Hasn't won since Jun 2019. All 3 wins have come on turf — 0 from 5 on the all-weather. All 3 wins have come over 6f – 7f. Last raced off 57, 25lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 27 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 25lb off peak
- 3–27Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 8 (29.6%)Placed
- +12.00£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 1.69Fair A/E n=26 · 1.43 incl. margin
- 82Highest OR
- 58dAvg 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.
Official rating57↓ 25lb off peak
57
57–82
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 7 | 107A | 71 | — |
| Soft | 6 | 102A | 66.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 94A | 73 | — |
| Good | 5 | 71A | 66 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 98A | 89.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 22 | 107A | 71 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 46C | -25.5 | — |
| Under 6f | 2 | 81A | 71 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 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
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 5,091 runs since Jan 2008 (314 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 263.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −3.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 620 | 55 | 8.9% | −0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,152 | 134 | 11.6% | +1.8 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 605 | 51 | 8.4% | −1.4 | 2 from 7 |
| Soft | 759 | 67 | 8.8% | −1 | 1 from 6 |
| Heavy | 263 | 18 | 6.8% | −3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,674 | 170 | 10.2% | +0.4 | 0 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 406 | 40 | 9.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,529 | 162 | 10.6% | +0.8 | 3 from 22 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,078 | 93 | 8.6% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 909 | 80 | 8.8% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 697 | 78 | 11.2% | +1.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 367 | 35 | 9.5% | −0.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 96 | 8 | 8.3% | −1.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | +1.3 | — |
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
Dam
Joyful (IRE) (Green Desert)
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Roker Park (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Roker Park (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roker Park (IRE) | 55 | 6 | 5f–6f | Class 2 |
| Springinmystep (IRE) | 22 | 3 | 5f–6f | Class 3 |
| Enabling (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 1m½f | Class 4 |
| Embroidery (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Hammana Queen (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 7 | 2 | 29% | +21.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | +4.00 |
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 12 | 2 | 17% | +16.00 |
| Class 4 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 6 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +4.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catterick | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.00 |
| Hamilton | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Les Sables-d'Olonne (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Brighton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 22 | 3 | 14% | +16.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Tudhope | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Shane Gray | 4 | 1 | 25% | +7.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Billy Garritty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Abbie McCain | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Nolan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kevin Stott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adrien Fouassier | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Daniel Muscutt | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Martin Harley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Matthew Ennis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Graham Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jimmy Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J F Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 18 | 3 | 17% | +21.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +23.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Sep 21+114d | Hamilton | Training Courses Available At scottishracingacademy.co.uk Handicap (Div 1) | 9/9 | 70 | 9-6 | 57 | -97C | 43C | Billy Garritty | 50/1 |
| 29 May 21+19d | Catterick | Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Handicap (Div 2) | 13/15 | ½ | 9-9 | 60 | 70C | 55A | Daniel Tudhope | 16/1 |
| 10 May 21+10d | Catterick | Racing Welfare Supporting Racing's Workforce Veterans' Handicap | 7/12 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 63 | 66A | 65A | Daniel Tudhope | 13/2 |
| 30 Apr 21+214d | Newcastle (AW) | QuinnBet Quarterback Handicap | 9/13 | dht | 9-2 | 65 | 73B | 69A | Daniel Tudhope | 33/1 |
| 2020 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Sep 20+20d | Hamilton | Stay At Our On-Site Hotel Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 8/11 | 3¾ | 11-1 | 67 | 71A | 57A | Abbie McCain | 6/1 |
| 08 Sep 20+14d | Catterick | Get So Much More With Racing TV Handicap | 11/12 | 5 | 9-10 | 68 | 67A | 53A | David Nolan | 7/1 |
| 25 Aug 20+5d | Catterick | Tunstall Handicap | 3/12 | ¾ | 8-13 | 67 | 93A | 82A | Ben Curtis | 6/1 |
| 20 Aug 20+26d | Chester | Children's Air Ambulance Handicap (Div 2) | 2/11 | hd | 8-13 | 67 | 72A | 79A | Jason Hart | 16/1 |
| 25 Jul 20+13d | York | Sky Bet Most Extra Place Races Handicap (Div 1) | 14/14 | 1 | 8-13 | 69 | 41C | 44C | Ben Curtis | 11/1 |
| 12 Jul 20+9d | Hamilton | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap | 4/9 | ¾ | 9-10 | 70 | 107A | 84A | Daniel Tudhope | 7/2 |
| 03 Jul 20+295d | Hamilton | Stay At Our On-Site Hotel Handicap | 2/11 | 3 | 8-11 | 70 | 102A | 93A | Kevin Stott | 33/1 |
| 2019 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Sep 19+38d | Epsom Downs | Back To The 80s NYE Party Handicap | 10/10 | 8 | 9-0 | 72 | 46C | 41C | Cieren Fallon | 14/1 |
| 05 Aug 19+59d | Les Sables-d'Olonne (FR) | Prix Port Bourgenay (Claimer) (4yo+) (Turf) | 2/6 | 1¼ | 9-4 | — | — | — | Adrien Fouassier | — |
| 07 Jun 19+175d | Brighton | First For Industry Jobs Visit Starrecruitment.bet Handicap | 1/9 | 9-5 | 63 | 99A | 81A | Daniel Muscutt | 9/1 | |
| 2018 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Dec 18+28d | Kempton (AW) | Bet At racinguk.com Handicap | 6/11 | 1 | 9-5 | 65 | 85A | 73A | Martin Harley | 8/1 |
| 16 Nov 18+18d | Wolverhampton (AW) | sunracing.co.uk Handicap | 5/12 | ¾ | 9-7 | 66 | 94A | 78A | Richard Kingscote | 10/1 |
| 29 Oct 18+29d | Leicester | Fosse Way Handicap (Gentleman Amateur Riders) | 13/15 | ¾ | 10-11 | 67 | 65C | 58C | Mr Matthew Ennis | 10/1 |
| 30 Sep 18+34d | Epsom Downs | Saga Possibilities Handicap | 2/10 | 1¾ | 9-5 | 67 | 66A | 77A | Silvestre De Sousa | 7/2 |
| 27 Aug 18+23d | Southwell (AW) | Visit toals.com Handicap | 5/12 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 70 | 47A | 72A | Graham Lee | 20/1 |
| 04 Aug 18+46d | Doncaster | Unison Supporting Your Community Handicap | 10/11 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 75 | 81A | 62A | Jimmy Quinn | 25/1 |
| 19 Jun 18+13d | Thirsk | Peter Sharp Memorial Handicap | 7/10 | ¾ | 9-0 | 78 | 98A | 68A | Joe Fanning | 33/1 |
| 06 Jun 18+207d | Kempton (AW) | 32red.com Handicap | 12/12 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 80 | 56A | 45A | J F Egan | 50/1 |
| 2017 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Nov 17+29d | Doncaster | Betfred 'Racing's Biggest Supporter' Nursery | 10/11 | shd | 9-4 | 82 | 62A | 62A | Shane Gray | 33/1 |
| 13 Oct 17+20d | York | TSG Paul Beioley Memorial Nursery | 17/17 | hd | 8-11 | 82 | 66C | 52C | Shane Gray | 25/1 |
| 23 Sep 17+31d | Catterick | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes | 1/8 | 9-9 | — | 71A | 87A | Shane Gray | 10/1 | |
| 23 Aug 17+22d | Carlisle | EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes (Div 2) | 1/8 | 9-5 | — | 84A | 79A | James Sullivan | 16/1 | |
| 01 Aug 17 | Beverley | Chris Gray 70th Birthday Celebrations Novice Auction Stakes | 6/9 | hd | 9-2 | — | 61A | 63A | Shane Gray | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Canford's Joy won?
- Canford's Joy (IRE) won 3 of 27 archived starts between 2017 and 2021, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 8 times in total (29.6% of starts).
- Who trained Canford's Joy?
- Canford's Joy (IRE) was trained by Liam Bailey on the most recent run on record, at Hamilton on 20 September 2021.
- Who is Canford's Joy's sire?
- Canford's Joy (IRE) is by Canford Cliffs (IRE) out of Joyful (IRE), whose sire is Green Desert.
- What going does Canford's Joy prefer?
- Canford's Joy (IRE) has the best record on good to soft 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 Canford's Joy's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 57, from the run on 20 September 2021. The highest on record is 82.
- What is Canford's Joy's sire's record?
- Canford Cliffs (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 5,091 runs since Jan 2008 (314 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 263.
- Who are Canford's Joy's siblings?
- Out of Joyful (IRE), Canford's Joy (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Roker Park (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Roker Park (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.