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Horse profile

Celtic Joy (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2021) · Last trainer Gordon Edwards · Last owner G F Edwards
by Kayf Tara (GB) out of No Time For Tears (IRE) (Celtic Swing)
19 runs · 11 courses · from Nov 2017
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Jul 2021 — 1,920 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2021 Won at Kempton Last raced off OR 102
KTB Profile

Celtic Joy (IRE) is 1 from 19, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Oct 2019. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 8 on softer). Last raced off 102, 18lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 19 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 18lb off peak
Official rating102↓ 18lb off peak
102 102–120

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 88 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kempton, 7 Feb 2020

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 →

Jumps 18 figures · best 118C · median 82
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good8104B73.5—
Good to Soft6100C88—
Good to Firm287C75—
Soft2118C107.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f13104B75—
1m5f – 2m4118C98—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 19 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 19 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 105B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ffos Las, 3 Jun 2021 Official rating 102 at the last run, 18 Jul 2021

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 18 figures · best 124B · median 102
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good8124B107—
Good to Soft6124A102—
Good to Firm295C94—
Soft2118A105.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f13124B100—
1m5f – 2m4118A113—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 19 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 19 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
Kayf Tara (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,740 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1300%−12.6—
Good to Firm5296011.3%−1.30 from 3
Good4,49052411.7%−0.91 from 8
Good to Soft3,04935911.8%−0.80 from 6
Soft3,75849313.1%+0.50 from 2
Heavy1,70827716.2%+3.6—
Standard (AW)1932412.4%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−12.6—
1m – 1m1f2400%−12.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1631811%−1.6—
1m5f – 2m3,97552113.1%+0.50 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f4,75859312.5%−0.11 from 13
2m5f – 3m3,81547912.6%00 from 2
Over 3m1,00312612.6%0—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Kayf Hope (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 1 13% +1.00
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 13 1 8% −4.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Huntingdon 4 0 0% −4.00
Kempton 4 1 25% +5.00
Ffos Las 2 0 0% −2.00
Fontwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Fakenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 13 1 8% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Adam Wedge 4 1 25% +5.00
Mr Darren Edwards 3 0 0% −3.00
Aidan Coleman 3 0 0% −3.00
Leighton Aspell 3 0 0% −3.00
Ben Jones 2 0 0% −2.00
Fergus Gillard 1 0 0% −1.00
Brendan Powell 1 0 0% −1.00
Lee Cosgrove 1 0 0% −1.00
Patrick Cowley 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 1 7% −5.00
Cheekpieces 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 5 0 0% −5.00
2020 4 0 0% −4.00
2019 6 1 17% +3.00
2018 3 0 0% −3.00
2017 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 9 1 11% +0.00
Hurdle 8 0 0% −8.00
NH Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
18 Jul 21+31d Newton Abbot Happy Birthday Cath King Handicap Chase Class 5 · 21f · Good To Firm · 7 ran F/7 — 11-7 102—— Fergus Gillard 33/1
17 Jun 21+14d Ffos Las CP Civil Engineering (UK) Welcomes Back Spectators Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 9 ran 6/9 43 11-7 10568C87C Mr Darren Edwards 25/1
03 Jun 21+10d Ffos Las Casumo Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Chase Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 4 ran 4/4 4 11-7 11144C105B Mr Darren Edwards 28/1
24 May 21+56d Ludlow Lorna Brooke Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 21f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 8/10 37 11-8 10670C94C Mr Darren Edwards 33/1
29 Mar 21+128d Fontwell starsports.bet 20k Owners Club Guarantee Handicap Chase Class 4 · 18f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 5/6 28 11-12 11463C93C Brendan Powell 7/2
21 Nov 20+21d Huntingdon Best Odds Guaranteed At MansionBet Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 7½ 11-0 11758C100C Ben Jones 4/1
31 Oct 20+23d Ascot tote.co.uk Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8/11 10 10-12 11567A100A Lee Cosgrove 18/1
08 Oct 20+244d Exeter Subscribe To Racing TV On Youtube Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 5 10-13 12087C95C Ben Jones 4/1
07 Feb 20+88d Kempton Racing TV Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 18f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 6/7 1 10-12 12088A104B Adam Wedge 5/1
11 Nov 19+22d Kempton Racingtv.com Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 11 11-10 12072B123B Adam Wedge 9/4F
20 Oct 19+13d Kempton Matchbook Betting Podcast Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 18f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 11-7 11575A124B Adam Wedge 8/1
07 Oct 19+192d Stratford Finnick Group, Design And Print Solutions Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 2/11 3½ 12-0 11188C124A Adam Wedge 7/2
29 Mar 19+36d Fontwell Millstone Landscapes Experts In Commercial Landscaping Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 1¼ 11-10 107104B123A Aidan Coleman 9/2F
21 Feb 19+24d Huntingdon Download The MansionBet App Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 7/11 ¾ 11-6 10977B109A Aidan Coleman 9/2
28 Jan 19+55d Kempton Matchbook Betting Exchange Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 3/11 10 11-0 —99A117A Aidan Coleman 50/1
04 Dec 18+49d Fakenham North Creake 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 5/5 24 10-12 —100C93C Leighton Aspell 16/1
16 Oct 18+263d Huntingdon Alconbury Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 5 10-9 —87C95C Patrick Cowley 28/1
26 Jan 18+76d Huntingdon Sheridan Maine Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 13.5f · Soft · 14 ran 6/14 1¼ 11-4 —97B118A Leighton Aspell 10/1
11 Nov 17 Wincanton Jaytrack Employees Day Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 15.5f · Soft · 10 ran 5/10 20 11-2 —118C93C Leighton Aspell 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Celtic Joy (IRE) won?
Celtic Joy (IRE) won 1 of 19 archived starts between 2017 and 2021, a strike rate of 5.3%. Placed 5 times in total (26.3% of starts).
Who trained Celtic Joy (IRE)?
Celtic Joy (IRE) was trained by Gordon Edwards on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 18 July 2021.
Who is Celtic Joy (IRE)'s sire?
Celtic Joy (IRE) is by Kayf Tara (GB) out of No Time For Tears (IRE), whose sire is Celtic Swing.
What going does Celtic Joy (IRE) prefer?
Celtic Joy (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Celtic Joy (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 18 July 2021. The highest on record is 120.
What is Celtic Joy (IRE)'s sire's record?
Kayf Tara (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,740 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Who are Celtic Joy (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of No Time For Tears (IRE), Celtic Joy (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2017. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.