Excellent News (IRE)
Excellent News (IRE) is 1 from 31, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Mar 2012. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 10 on turf. Last raced off 45, 23lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–31Wins / Runs
- 3.2%Strike rate
- 5 (16.1%)Placed
- −20.00£1 level staken=31 at SP
- 0.67Fair A/E n=31 · 0.58 incl. margin
- 68Highest OR
- 36dAvg 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
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 9.9% of 4,555 runs since Jan 2008 (298 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 451.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 701 | 74 | 10.6% | +0.7 | 0 from 5 |
| Good | 949 | 84 | 8.9% | −1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 451 | 51 | 11.3% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 691 | 68 | 9.8% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 194 | 22 | 11.3% | +1.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,550 | 152 | 9.8% | −0.1 | 1 from 21 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 316 | 34 | 10.8% | +0.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,489 | 175 | 11.8% | +1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,117 | 100 | 9% | −0.9 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,033 | 102 | 9.9% | 0 | 1 from 19 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 451 | 26 | 5.8% | −4.1 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 113 | 10 | 8.8% | −1.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 4 | 12.5% | +2.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +15.1 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Onemoreandstay (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m½f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Onemoreandstay (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onemoreandstay (GB) | 17 | 2 | 1m3f–1m4f | Class 5 |
| Zipp (IRE) | 13 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 5 |
| Silk Mascara (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m½f | — |
| The Seanachie (IRE) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| Randwick (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 21 | 1 | 5% | −10.00 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 21 | 1 | 5% | −10.00 |
| Class 5 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 14 | 1 | 7% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Nottingham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Folkestone | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 19 | 1 | 5% | −8.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Garritty | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Seb Sanders | 7 | 1 | 14% | +4.00 |
| Adam McLean | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jack Duern | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Shirley Teasdale | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Michael Hills | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paolo Sirigu | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Matthew Chadwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Lane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Darryll Holland | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 24 | 1 | 4% | −13.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2012 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +2.00 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 Excellent News (IRE) won?
- Excellent News (IRE) won 1 of 31 archived starts between 2011 and 2014, a strike rate of 3.2%. Placed 5 times in total (16.1% of starts).
- Who trained Excellent News (IRE)?
- Excellent News (IRE) was trained by Tony Forbes on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 20 September 2014.
- Who is Excellent News (IRE)'s sire?
- Excellent News (IRE) is by Excellent Art (GB) out of Subito (GB), whose sire is Darshaan.
- What going does Excellent News (IRE) prefer?
- Excellent News (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 21 starts (4.8%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Excellent News (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 20 September 2014. The highest on record is 68.
- What is Excellent News (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Excellent Art (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 4,555 runs since Jan 2008 (298 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 451.
- Who are Excellent News (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Subito (GB), Excellent News (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Onemoreandstay (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Onemoreandstay (GB)). The wins came over 1m½f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.