Emphatic Answer (IRE)
Emphatic Answer (IRE) is 2 from 17. Hasn't won since Jul 2021.
Progeny in our archive
As a dam, Emphatic Answer (IRE) has 1 produce in the archive, 0 winners.
Family form: Wo Wo Never (IRE) finished 3rd of 14 at Gowran Park (IRE), 19 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wo Wo Never (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
- 2–17Wins / Runs
- 11.8%Strike rate
- 7 (41.2%)Placed
- −5.25£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 0.97Fair A/E n=17 · 0.81 incl. margin
- 104Highest OR
- 51dAvg 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 101
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 | 8 | 114C | 90.5 | — |
| Good | 5 | 102A | 84 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 69A | 63.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 114C | 99 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 94A | 63.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 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 12.1% of 6,310 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | — |
| Good | 1,489 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 612 | 55 | 9% | −3.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 843 | 109 | 12.9% | +0.8 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 276 | 36 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,147 | 253 | 11.8% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 910 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,374 | 437 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,177 | 129 | 11% | −1.1 | 2 from 12 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 582 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 185 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them La Dolce Vita (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 7½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Dolce Vita (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 7½f | — |
| Kalispera (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Pompano Beach (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | +0.00 |
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.25 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.25 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Tipperary | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 12 | 2 | 17% | −0.25 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Shane Crosse | 5 | 2 | 40% | +6.75 |
| Declan McDonogh | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jake Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +6.75 |
| 2020 | 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 Emphatic Answer (IRE) won?
- Emphatic Answer (IRE) won 2 of 17 archived starts between 2020 and 2022, a strike rate of 11.8%. Placed 7 times in total (41.2% of starts).
- Who trained Emphatic Answer (IRE)?
- Emphatic Answer (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Saint-Cloud (FR) on 28 October 2022.
- Who is Emphatic Answer (IRE)'s sire?
- Emphatic Answer (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Ask Me Nicely (IRE), whose sire is Fastnet Rock.
- What going does Emphatic Answer (IRE) prefer?
- Emphatic Answer (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Emphatic Answer (IRE)'s official rating?
- Emphatic Answer (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 104.
- What is Emphatic Answer (IRE)'s sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,310 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
- Who are Emphatic Answer (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Ask Me Nicely (IRE), Emphatic Answer (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: La Dolce Vita (IRE) (1). The wins came over 7½f. As at Oct 2026.
- Has Emphatic Answer (IRE) produced winners?
- As a dam, Emphatic Answer (IRE) has 1 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.