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Horse profile

Cheerful Charlie (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2023) · Last trainer Andrew Slattery · Last owner Ronald Oneill
by Affinisea (IRE) out of Sosua (IRE) (Exceed And Excel)
1 run · 1 course · from Aug 2023
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 7 Aug 2023 — 1,185 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2023 · 14th of 17 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Cheerful Charlie ran once, finishing 14 of 17 in a bumper at Cork on good to soft in Aug 2023. The gelding, by Affinisea out of a dam who has produced two winners from three runners to race, wore first-time headgear that day. His sire’s progeny have won 164 of 1,259 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

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 →

Of 1 run looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 60C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 7 Aug 2023

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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

Progeny in our archive have won 13% of 1,280 runs since Feb 2022 (203 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm8225%+12—
Good4595812.6%−0.4—
Good to Soft3304413.3%+0.30 from 1
Soft3454613.3%+0.3—
Heavy1361712.5%−0.5—
Standard (AW)200%−13—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f8225%+12—
1m5f – 2m4735211%−2—
2m1f – 2m4f5517513.6%+0.60 from 1
2m5f – 3m2133215%+2—
Over 3m35617.1%+4.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2022 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Sosua (IRE) (Exceed And Excel)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Scardura (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Scardura (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Scardura (IRE)1432m½f–2m1fClass 3
Kirwans Lane (IRE)812m—
The Whytemount Fox (IRE)20——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 1 run
07 Aug 23 Cork Follow Us On Facebook Flat Race 2m2½f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 14/17 31 11-7 —60C Mr A P Ryan 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Cheerful Charlie won?
Cheerful Charlie (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2023.
Who trained Cheerful Charlie?
Cheerful Charlie (IRE) was trained by Andrew Slattery on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 7 August 2023.
Who is Cheerful Charlie's sire?
Cheerful Charlie (IRE) is by Affinisea (IRE) out of Sosua (IRE), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
What is Cheerful Charlie's sire's record?
Affinisea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13% of 1,280 runs since Feb 2022 (203 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Cheerful Charlie's siblings?
Out of Sosua (IRE), Cheerful Charlie (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Scardura (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Scardura (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.