Encouraged (IRE)
Encouraged (IRE) is 3 from 7. Hasn't won since May 2022. Last raced off a career-high mark of 85.
- 3–7Wins / Runs
- 42.9%Strike rate
- 5 (71.4%)Placed
- +2.87£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 2.01Fair A/E n=7 · 1.70 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 122dAvg 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 116
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 116A | 109 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 76A | 64 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 119C | 116 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 109A | 92.5 | — |
| Under 6f | 2 | 108C | 80 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 9.2% of 4,508 runs since Jan 2008 (371 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 322.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 10 | 1 | 10% | +0.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 464 | 54 | 11.6% | +2.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,113 | 85 | 7.6% | −1.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 461 | 47 | 10.2% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 861 | 74 | 8.6% | −0.6 | 1 from 1 |
| Heavy | 291 | 25 | 8.6% | −0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,308 | 130 | 9.9% | +0.7 | 2 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 408 | 47 | 11.5% | +2.3 | 1 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,768 | 165 | 9.3% | +0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,114 | 98 | 8.8% | −0.4 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 698 | 75 | 10.7% | +1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 322 | 15 | 4.7% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 152 | 15 | 9.9% | +0.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 39 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +5.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Vormir (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Dreadpirateroberts (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vormir (IRE) | 40 | 2 | 6f–7½f | — |
| Dreadpirateroberts (IRE) | 3 | 2 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Commander Solo (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Pretty Pioneer (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 2 | 67% | +3.12 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.12 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvestre De Sousa | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.12 |
| David Probert | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Crosse | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Mark Gallagher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.12 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 22+24d | Sandown | Coral Play 'Racing-Super-Series' For Free Handicap | 4/7 | nk | 9-7 | 85 | 76A | 87A | Silvestre De Sousa | 6/4F |
| 18 May 22+23d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Handicap | 1/12 | 9-4 | 80 | 109A | 101A | Silvestre De Sousa | 13/8F | |
| 25 Apr 22+24d | Southwell (AW) | Cazoo Handicap | 1/8 | 9-6 | 79 | 116A | 96A | Silvestre De Sousa | 5/2 | |
| 01 Apr 22+16d | Leicester | Next Meeting At leicesterraces Saturday 23rd April Handicap | 2/13 | nk | 9-5 | 78 | 119C | 102A | Silvestre De Sousa | 2/1F |
| 16 Mar 22+586d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap | 3/12 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 78 | 98B | 91A | David Probert | 11/1 |
| 07 Aug 20+56d | Tipperary | Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden (Plus 10) | 1/13 | 9-3 | — | 108C | 109A | Shane Crosse | 11/4F | |
| 12 Jun 20 | Curragh | Tally-Ho Stud Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10) | 4/11 | nk | 9-2 | — | 52A | 82A | Mark Gallagher | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Encouraged (IRE) won?
- Encouraged (IRE) won 3 of 7 archived starts between 2020 and 2022, a strike rate of 42.9%. Placed 5 times in total (71.4% of starts).
- Who trained Encouraged (IRE)?
- Encouraged (IRE) was trained by James Fanshawe on the most recent run on record, at Sandown on 11 June 2022.
- Who is Encouraged (IRE)'s sire?
- Encouraged (IRE) is by Elzaam (AUS) out of Gangster Squad (FR), whose sire is Astronomer Royal.
- What going does Encouraged (IRE) prefer?
- Encouraged (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Encouraged (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 11 June 2022. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Encouraged (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Elzaam (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,508 runs since Jan 2008 (371 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 322.
- Who are Encouraged (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Gangster Squad (FR), Encouraged (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Vormir (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Dreadpirateroberts (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7½f. As at Oct 2026.