Funny Little Ways (IRE)
Funny Little Ways (IRE) is 1 from 10. Hasn't won since Feb 2020. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 6 on turf. Last raced off a career-high mark of 72.
- 1–10Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 2 (20%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 1.00Fair A/E n=10 · 0.80 incl. margin
- 72Highest OR
- 26dBetween runs (median)longest 192 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 95
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 93A | 86 | — |
| Good | 2 | 100C | 97.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 70C | 57.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 95A | 82 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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 8.9% of 3,762 runs since Apr 2019 (302 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 3 | 27.3% | +18.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 463 | 52 | 11.2% | +2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 729 | 64 | 8.8% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 367 | 23 | 6.3% | −2.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 550 | 39 | 7.1% | −1.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 207 | 15 | 7.2% | −1.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,435 | 139 | 9.7% | +0.8 | 1 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 631 | 56 | 8.9% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,965 | 192 | 9.8% | +0.9 | 1 from 8 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 720 | 54 | 7.5% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 292 | 23 | 7.9% | −1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 115 | 8 | 7% | −1.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 37 | 2 | 5.4% | −3.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −8.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
9 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them George Bowen (IRE) (9 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Ventura Tormenta (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Bowen (IRE) | 81 | 9 | 6f | Class 2 |
| Mr Win (IRE) | 16 | 5 | 6f–7f | Class 2 |
| Mutahaady (IRE) | 12 | 4 | 6f–1m | Class 3 |
| Bezos (IRE) | 18 | 3 | 7f–1m | Class 5 |
| Ventura Tormenta (IRE) | 10 | 2 | 6f | Group 2 |
| Hua Hin (IRE) | 11 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Beloved Of All (IRE) | 20 | 0 | — | — |
| Star Of Midnight (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Fillide Melandroni (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 1 | 13% | +0.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikey Sheehy | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.00 |
| Shane Crosse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.00 |
| 2019 | 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 Funny Little Ways won?
- Funny Little Ways (IRE) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2019 and 2020, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 2 times in total (20% of starts).
- Who trained Funny Little Ways?
- Funny Little Ways (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 31 July 2020.
- Who is Funny Little Ways's sire?
- Funny Little Ways (IRE) is by Gutaifan (IRE) out of Midnight Oasis (GB), whose sire is Oasis Dream.
- What going does Funny Little Ways prefer?
- Funny Little Ways (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Funny Little Ways's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 31 July 2020. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Funny Little Ways's sire's record?
- Gutaifan (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 3,762 runs since Apr 2019 (302 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Funny Little Ways's siblings?
- Out of Midnight Oasis (GB), Funny Little Ways (IRE) has 9 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: George Bowen (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Ventura Tormenta (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Nov 2026.