Finding Joy (IRE)
Finding Joy (IRE) is 2 from 23. Hasn't won since Aug 2019. Last raced off 93, 13lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–23Wins / Runs
- 8.7%Strike rate
- 6 (26.1%)Placed
- +8.00£1 level staken=23 at SP
- 1.48Fair A/E n=23 · 1.20 incl. margin
- 106Highest OR
- 44dAvg 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 123
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 16 | 130B | 95 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 140B | 100 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 130B | 92 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 140B | 102.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 123B | 103.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 23 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 23 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 11.9% of 9,807 runs since Jan 2008 (704 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 222 | 28 | 12.6% | +0.7 | — |
| Good | 3,431 | 475 | 13.8% | +1.9 | 1 from 18 |
| Good to Soft | 1,954 | 212 | 10.8% | −1.1 | — |
| Soft | 2,837 | 305 | 10.8% | −1.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 1,155 | 136 | 11.8% | −0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 203 | 14 | 6.9% | −5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | −8.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 86 | 6 | 7% | −4.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 263 | 26 | 9.9% | −2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,431 | 273 | 11.2% | −0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,282 | 352 | 10.7% | −1.2 | 1 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,901 | 387 | 13.3% | +1.4 | 1 from 10 |
| Over 3m | 816 | 125 | 15.3% | +3.4 | 0 from 3 |
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, 2 winners — best of them Neville's Cross (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 2m3f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Neville's Cross (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville's Cross (IRE) | 31 | 7 | 2m3f–3m1½f | Class 3 |
| Home Sweet Highway (IRE) | 13 | 1 | 2m7f | Class 5 |
| Piccolo Milano (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 18 | 1 | 6% | −8.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +16.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilbeggan | 5 | 1 | 20% | +16.00 |
| Downpatrick | 3 | 1 | 33% | +7.00 |
| Killarney | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Listowel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 1 | 10% | +0.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 1 | 13% | +13.00 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Ryan | 12 | 2 | 17% | +19.00 |
| Tom Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Miss L A Hourigan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr J C Canavan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Katie O'Farrell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 13 | 2 | 15% | +18.00 |
| Blinkers | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +22.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 20 | 2 | 10% | +11.00 |
| Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 Finding Joy (IRE) won?
- Finding Joy (IRE) won 2 of 23 archived starts between 2019 and 2021, a strike rate of 8.7%. Placed 6 times in total (26.1% of starts).
- Who trained Finding Joy (IRE)?
- Finding Joy (IRE) was trained by Michael Hourigan on the most recent run on record, at Kilbeggan on 3 September 2021.
- Who is Finding Joy (IRE)'s sire?
- Finding Joy (IRE) is by Yeats (IRE) out of Dancing Bird (IRE), whose sire is Bahhare.
- What going does Finding Joy (IRE) prefer?
- Finding Joy (IRE) has the best record on soft 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 Finding Joy (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 93, from the run on 3 September 2021. The highest on record is 106.
- What is Finding Joy (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Yeats (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,807 runs since Jan 2008 (704 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.
- Who are Finding Joy (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Dancing Bird (IRE), Finding Joy (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Neville's Cross (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Neville's Cross (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3f–3m1½f. As at Oct 2026.