Skip to content
Horse profile

Countryman Joe (IRE)

6yo gelding · Trainer Jane Walton · Owner Mrs J M Walton
by Shirocco (GER) out of Savage Love (IRE) (Wolver Hollow)
4 runs · 2 courses · from May 2025
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
First-time headgear LTO Last run 13 Apr 2026 · 11th of 11
KTB Profile

Countryman Joe is a Shirocco gelding who is yet to win from four starts on turf. He has raced twice at both Hexham and Kelso, with three starts over 1m5f to 2m and one over 2m1f to 2m4f. He has contested races on good, soft and heavy ground. His last run, at Hexham in Apr 2026, was his first in first-time headgear when he finished 11 of 11 in a Class 4 novices hurdle.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Feb 2026 · updated 8 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 3 figures · best 51C · median 40
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Good251C411 run · —
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m351C402 runs · 51 / 45.5

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 87C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hexham, 13 Apr 2026

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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 87C · median 74
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Good287C80.51 run · —
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m387C742 runs · 87 / 76.5

Of 4 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 · 3 figures from 4 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 from 3 analysed runs since Feb 2026

  • Held up 3 (100%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Shirocco (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 9,192 runs since Apr 2010 (922 horses).

Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm15320%+8.9—
Good to Firm343308.7%−2.4—
Good2,74931611.5%+0.40 from 2
Good to Soft1,81521812%+0.9—
Soft2,47325810.4%−0.70 from 1
Heavy1,03112311.9%+0.80 from 1
Standard (AW)766769.9%−1.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2000%−11.1—
6f – 7f203157.4%−3.7—
1m – 1m1f401348.5%−2.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1,0911079.8%−1.3—
1m5f – 2m2,70128410.5%−0.60 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f2,69631611.7%+0.60 from 1
2m5f – 3m1,67322313.3%+2.2—
Over 3m4074511.1%0—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2010 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Savage Love (IRE) (Wolver Hollow)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hexham 2 0 0% −2.00
Kelso 2 0 0% −2.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Peter Kavanagh 2 0 0% −2.00
Charlie Maggs 1 0 0% −1.00
Ross Chapman 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 3 runs
13 Apr 26+19d Hexham carpetgallop.co.uk Where Performance Begins 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good · 11 ran Settled towards the back - blundered before losing more ground - well beaten in the closing stages - never troubled the front and finished last 11/11 24 11-2 51C87C Peter Kavanagh 300/1
25 Mar 26+40d Hexham Racing To School Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4f · Soft · 13 ran Settled at back of field - stumbled three from home and made up ground approaching two out - lost touch soon after and pulled up PU/13 — 11-7 —— Peter Kavanagh 300/1
13 Feb 26+282d Kelso Racing TV Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 9 ran Held up at the back from the off - dropped away well out of contention two furlongs from home - well beaten in 8th 8/9 37 11-2 40C66C Charlie Maggs 150/1
2025 · 1 run
07 May 25 Kelso Racing TV Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good · 6 ran Fought for control early - shared front running until 4f out then dropped away rapidly - finished well beaten in 6th 6/6 18 11-5 31C74C Ross Chapman 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Countryman Joe won?
Countryman Joe (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2025 and 2026.
Who trains Countryman Joe?
Countryman Joe (IRE) is trained by Jane Walton, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 April 2026.
Who is Countryman Joe's sire?
Countryman Joe (IRE) is by Shirocco (GER) out of Savage Love (IRE), whose sire is Wolver Hollow.
What is Countryman Joe's sire's record?
Shirocco (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 9,192 runs since Apr 2010 (922 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.

Record shown from May 2025. 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.