Chess Player (IRE)
Chess Player won four of 33 starts between Apr 2019 and Jul 2024. All four wins came in handicaps on good or faster ground, two of them at Stratford over 2m1f – 2m4f. He gained his biggest success when landing a Class 4 handicap chase at Stratford in Jul 2024 off a mark of 107, having previously scored at the same track off 105 in Aug 2023. The gelding, by No Risk At All out of Merci Jandrer, raced on turf in 30 of his 33 starts.
- 4–33Wins / Runs
- 12.1%Strike rate
- 12 (36.4%)Placed
- −10.00£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 0.79Fair A/E n=33 · 0.68 incl. margin
- 112Highest OR
- 60dAvg 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 90
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 17 | 103B | 89 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 110B | 95 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 14 | 110B | 88 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 100A | 90 | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 92C | 78.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 92C | 68 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 33 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (2) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 28 figures from 33 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
Progeny in our archive have won 14.4% of 3,107 runs since Jan 2008 (430 horses).
Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.4% from 941.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 39 | 8 | 20.5% | +6.1 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 625 | 104 | 16.6% | +2.2 | 3 from 20 |
| Good to Soft | 522 | 74 | 14.2% | −0.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 1,186 | 169 | 14.2% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 660 | 85 | 12.9% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 73 | 8 | 11% | −3.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 17 | 0 | 0% | −14.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 44 | 2 | 4.5% | −9.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 98 | 11 | 11.2% | −3.2 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 941 | 164 | 17.4% | +3 | 2 from 18 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,497 | 213 | 14.2% | −0.2 | 2 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 448 | 53 | 11.8% | −2.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 61 | 5 | 8.2% | −6.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merci Merci (FR) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Kilbarry Coreli (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 20 | 3 | 15% | −2.50 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 17 | 2 | 12% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 14 | 2 | 14% | −5.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Huntingdon | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Stratford | 2 | 2 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Fontwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Market Rasen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 18 | 2 | 11% | −9.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 2 | 18% | +3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kielan Woods | 10 | 3 | 30% | +9.00 |
| Beau Morgan | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Luca Morgan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Lilly Pinchin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Megan Fox | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Hitchcott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thomas Greatrex | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Connor Brace | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Bass | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nico de Boinville | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 25 | 2 | 8% | −16.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 8 | 2 | 25% | +6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +6.50 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.00 |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Chase | 12 | 4 | 33% | +11.00 |
| Flat | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 Chess Player (IRE) won?
- Chess Player (IRE) won 4 of 33 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 12.1%. Placed 12 times in total (36.4% of starts).
- Who trained Chess Player (IRE)?
- Chess Player (IRE) was trained by Ben Pauling on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 2 July 2024.
- Who is Chess Player (IRE)'s sire?
- Chess Player (IRE) is by No Risk At All (FR) out of Merci Jandrer (FR), whose sire is Trempolino.
- What going does Chess Player (IRE) prefer?
- Chess Player (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 20 starts (15%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Chess Player (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 107, from the run on 2 July 2024. The highest on record is 112.
- What is Chess Player (IRE)'s sire's record?
- No Risk At All (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.4% of 3,107 runs since Jan 2008 (430 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.4% from 941.
- Who are Chess Player (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Merci Jandrer (FR), Chess Player (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.