Fake News (GB)
Fake News (GB) is 2 from 14. Hasn't won since Mar 2018. Last raced off 63, 23lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–14Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 2 (14.3%)Placed
- +21.00£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 2.34Fair A/E n=14 · 1.98 incl. margin
- 86Highest OR
- 39dBetween runs (median)longest 160 d
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 92
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 91A | 80.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 92A | 84.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 74C | 67 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 89A | 84 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 92A | 85 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 84C | 75.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 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 3,450 runs since Apr 2014 (269 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 3.9% from 103.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 672 | 75 | 11.2% | +2 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 641 | 60 | 9.4% | +0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 405 | 38 | 9.4% | +0.2 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 381 | 25 | 6.6% | −2.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 103 | 4 | 3.9% | −5.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,224 | 113 | 9.2% | 0 | 1 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 434 | 40 | 9.2% | 0 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,513 | 151 | 10% | +0.8 | 2 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 778 | 65 | 8.4% | −0.8 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 453 | 42 | 9.3% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 187 | 14 | 7.5% | −1.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 69 | 4 | 5.8% | −3.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 15 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2014 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Lackaday (GB) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Lackaday (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lackaday (GB) | 49 | 4 | 5f–6f | Class 4 |
| Mamalouka (IRE) | 9 | 4 | 1m–1m4f | Class 6 |
| River Echo (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mass Consumption (IRE) | 21 | 0 | — | — |
| Paradise Papers (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mr Jack Daniels (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +22.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +19.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 1 | 50% | +24.00 |
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 2 | 29% | +28.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Downey | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 3 | 2 | 67% | +32.00 |
| Kevin Stott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Levey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dougie Costello | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fran Berry | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 11 | 2 | 18% | +24.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.00 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +23.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Jul 19+6d | Ayr | Ayrshire Cancer Support Handicap | 8/11 | 6 | 9-5 | 63 | 81A | 55A | Kevin Stott | 14/1 |
| 16 Jul 19+29d | Beverley | Ann Eves Birthday Handicap (Div 1) | 8/11 | 1¾ | 9-8 | 63 | 92A | 64A | Jason Hart | 12/1 |
| 17 Jun 19+6d | Carlisle | Celebrating The Life Of Vanessa Graham Handicap | 11/14 | 1 | 9-5 | 67 | 71C | 67A | Robbie Downey | 14/1 |
| 11 Jun 19+14d | Thirsk | Weatherbys Racing Bank Handicap | 7/13 | 2 | 9-6 | 67 | 80C | 72A | Robbie Downey | 9/1 |
| 28 May 19+17d | Redcar | Join Racing TV Now Handicap | 6/14 | 2 | 9-7 | 70 | 84C | 78A | Robbie Downey | 10/1 |
| 11 May 19+42d | Nottingham | Gentings Lucky Ladies Handicap (Div 1) | 6/9 | 2¾ | 9-6 | 73 | 60A | 69A | Sean Levey | 20/1 |
| 30 Mar 19+115d | Doncaster | Unibet Spring Mile Handicap (Str) | 15/16 | 4 | 8-6 | 78 | 67C | 47C | Hollie Doyle | 25/1 |
| 2018 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 05 Dec 18+160d | Newcastle (AW) | Follow Sunracing On Twitter Handicap | 9/9 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 84 | 89A | 61A | Dougie Costello | 16/1 |
| 28 Jun 18+19d | Newmarket | Club188 Exclusive Offers Handicap | 7/8 | 4 | 9-4 | 85 | 55C | 52C | Fran Berry | 13/2 |
| 09 Jun 18+91d | Newmarket | Animal Health Trust Handicap | 9/11 | 2 | 8-4 | 86 | 85A | 64A | Martin Dwyer | 16/1 |
| 10 Mar 18+154d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 32red.com Handicap | 1/6 | 9-4 | 78 | 79A | 86B | Ben Curtis | 8/1 | |
| 2017 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Oct 17+39d | Newmarket | 150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes | 9/28 | 1 | 8-7 | — | 74C | 77A | Ben Curtis | 12/1 |
| 29 Aug 17+55d | Carlisle | Armstrong Watson Novice Auction Stakes | 1/8 | 9-2 | — | 91A | 77A | Ben Curtis | 25/1 | |
| 05 Jul 17 | Thirsk | Racing Welfare Racing Staff Week Novice Auction Stakes (Div 2) | 11/11 | 53 | 8-13 | — | -86C | 32C | James Sullivan | 22/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Fake News won?
- Fake News (GB) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2017 and 2019, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 2 times in total (14.3% of starts).
- Who trained Fake News?
- Fake News (GB) was trained by David Barron on the most recent run on record, at Ayr on 22 July 2019.
- Who is Fake News's sire?
- Fake News (GB) is by Paco Boy (IRE) out of Day Creek (GB), whose sire is Daylami.
- What going does Fake News prefer?
- Fake News (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Fake News's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 63, from the run on 22 July 2019. The highest on record is 86.
- What is Fake News's sire's record?
- Paco Boy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 3,450 runs since Apr 2014 (269 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 3.9% from 103.
- Who are Fake News's siblings?
- Out of Day Creek (GB), Fake News (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Lackaday (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Lackaday (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m4f. As at Nov 2026.