Cher Why Not (IRE)
Cher Why Not won three of 39 starts, all in handicap hurdles over 2m5f – 3m on good to soft or softer. His wins came at Fairyhouse in Jan 2023 off 92, Clonmel in Sep 2022 off 85 and Thurles in Feb 2019 off 87. The gelding, by Flemensfirth out of a Be My Native mare, was held when he finished 13 of 20 at Punchestown in Jan 2025. He last ran off an official rating of 92, 12 lb below his highest ever mark.
- 3–39Wins / Runs
- 7.7%Strike rate
- 16 (41%)Placed
- −4.25£1 level staken=39 at SP
- 0.87Fair A/E n=39 · 0.66 incl. margin
- 104Highest OR
- 75dAvg 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
Best recent Speed 79
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 11 | 175B | 93 | — |
| Heavy | 9 | 114B | 79 | — |
| Good | 7 | 133B | 106 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 104C | 96 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 25 | 175B | 96 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 83C | 38 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 133B | 106 | — |
Of 39 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 30 figures from 39 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,274 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 38 | 0 | 0% | −11.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 522 | 50 | 9.6% | −2.3 | — |
| Good | 4,051 | 441 | 10.9% | −1 | 1 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 2,931 | 354 | 12.1% | +0.2 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 5,876 | 751 | 12.8% | +0.9 | 1 from 15 |
| Heavy | 3,814 | 449 | 11.8% | −0.1 | 0 from 9 |
| Standard (AW) | 42 | 2 | 4.8% | −7.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −11.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 25 | 1 | 4% | −7.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,484 | 547 | 12.2% | +0.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,077 | 724 | 11.9% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5,254 | 622 | 11.8% | −0.1 | 3 from 34 |
| Over 3m | 1,432 | 153 | 10.7% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Getaway Charlie (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m4½f–2m7f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getaway Charlie (IRE) | 31 | 2 | 2m4½f–2m7f | — |
| Cher Tel Me (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Ah Cher (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 15 | 1 | 7% | −9.50 |
| Good | 11 | 1 | 9% | −7.75 |
| Heavy | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +22.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.50 |
| Thurles | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.75 |
| Tipperary | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cork | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 1 | 100% | +25.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 34 | 3 | 9% | +0.75 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Burke | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Cian Quirke | 9 | 2 | 22% | +22.50 |
| Mr D Doyle | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Ryan Treacy | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.75 |
| Ambrose McCurtin | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Conor McNamara | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| J J Slevin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Niall Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.50 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +20.00 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.75 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Cher Why Not (IRE) won?
- Cher Why Not (IRE) won 3 of 39 archived starts between 2017 and 2025, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 16 times in total (41% of starts).
- Who trained Cher Why Not (IRE)?
- Cher Why Not (IRE) was trained by Timothy Doyle on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 27 January 2025.
- Who is Cher Why Not (IRE)'s sire?
- Cher Why Not (IRE) is by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Chermesina (IRE), whose sire is Be My Native.
- What going does Cher Why Not (IRE) prefer?
- Cher Why Not (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Cher Why Not (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 27 January 2025. The highest on record is 104.
- What is Cher Why Not (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Flemensfirth (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,274 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Cher Why Not (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Chermesina (IRE), Cher Why Not (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Getaway Charlie (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m4½f–2m7f. As at Oct 2026.