Good News (GB)
Good News won nine of 40 starts between Nov 2016 and Feb 2024, all on turf. Five of those wins came over 3m and four over 2m5f – 3m, with three on soft ground and three on good to soft. He won four times at Fontwell and three at Plumpton, all in handicaps. His last run, at Plumpton in Feb 2024, saw him finish third of five off an official rating of 110.
- 9–40Wins / Runs
- 22.5%Strike rate
- 12 (30%)Placed
- +28.88£1 level staken=40 at SP
- 2.02Fair A/E n=40 · 1.76 incl. margin
- 117Highest OR
- 68dAvg 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 115
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 | 13 | 143A | 116 | — |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 136B | 113.5 | — |
| Soft | 7 | 135A | 117 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 148B | 118 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 15 | 143A | 115 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 11 | 148B | 116 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 129C | 106.5 | — |
Of 40 runs looked at, 10 have no figure: did not complete (8) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 30 figures from 40 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 14.2% of 8,309 runs since Jan 2008 (494 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −7.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 404 | 58 | 14.4% | +0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 3,125 | 462 | 14.8% | +0.6 | 3 from 14 |
| Good to Soft | 1,896 | 259 | 13.7% | −0.5 | 3 from 11 |
| Soft | 1,977 | 260 | 13.2% | −1 | 3 from 10 |
| Heavy | 766 | 118 | 15.4% | +1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 127 | 19 | 15% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 102 | 16 | 15.7% | +1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,205 | 299 | 13.6% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,707 | 381 | 14.1% | −0.1 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,497 | 363 | 14.5% | +0.3 | 4 from 14 |
| Over 3m | 791 | 118 | 14.9% | +0.7 | 5 from 19 |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Certainly Red (GB) (7 wins).
The wins came over 2m4f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Certainly Red (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certainly Red (GB) | 35 | 7 | 2m4f–3m1f | Class 2 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 14 | 3 | 21% | +4.50 |
| Good to Soft | 11 | 3 | 27% | +11.50 |
| Soft | 10 | 3 | 30% | +17.88 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 23 | 3 | 13% | −3.50 |
| Class 5 | 13 | 6 | 46% | +36.38 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontwell | 18 | 4 | 22% | +15.88 |
| Plumpton | 12 | 3 | 25% | +6.00 |
| Warwick | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.50 |
| Kempton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Towcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 19 | 5 | 26% | +10.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 14 | 4 | 29% | +25.88 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Goldstein | 19 | 2 | 11% | +6.50 |
| Rex Dingle | 8 | 2 | 25% | +6.38 |
| Tom Cannon | 5 | 4 | 80% | +15.50 |
| Niall Houlihan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr Zac Baker | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Caoilin Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Cobden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Sherwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Glassonbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visor | 18 | 6 | 33% | +19.50 |
| None | 15 | 2 | 13% | +4.38 |
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 1 | 14% | +5.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2022 | 8 | 5 | 63% | +21.50 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +6.00 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +16.38 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 38 | 9 | 24% | +30.88 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 Good News (GB) won?
- Good News (GB) won 9 of 40 archived starts between 2016 and 2024, a strike rate of 22.5%. Placed 12 times in total (30% of starts).
- Who trained Good News (GB)?
- Good News (GB) was trained by Lydia Richards on the most recent run on record, at Plumpton on 12 February 2024.
- Who is Good News (GB)'s sire?
- Good News (GB) is by Midnight Legend (GB) out of Venetian Lass (GB), whose sire is First Trump.
- What going does Good News (GB) prefer?
- Good News (GB) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 10 starts (30%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Good News (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 12 February 2024. The highest on record is 117.
- What is Good News (GB)'s sire's record?
- Midnight Legend (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 8,309 runs since Jan 2008 (494 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Good News (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Venetian Lass (GB), Good News (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Certainly Red (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Certainly Red (GB)). The wins came over 2m4f–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.