Horse profile
Happy Banner (IRE)
by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Lady Clinch (IRE) (High Chaparral)
18 runs · 13 courses · from Oct 2024
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Kempton (AW)
Last run 9 Oct 2026 · 10th of 10
Last raced off OR 71
KTB Profile
Happy Banner is 1 from 18, the win coming at Class 4 level in a 6f-7f novice at Kempton on standard AW in Dec 2024. He has not won since. The gelding raced prominently when finishing 10 of 10 in a Class 5 handicap at Kempton in Oct 2026, last raced off an official rating of 71 which was 8lb below his highest ever mark. All his turf starts have been unplaced.
Based on 18 archived runs · run-style from 17 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
Won on AW, 0 on turf
Win at Class 4
OR ↓ 8lb off peak
- 1–18Wins / Runs
- 5.6%Strike rate
- 7 (38.9%)Placed
- −15.12£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 0.36Fair A/E n=18 · 0.31 incl. margin
- 79Highest OR
- 42dAvg 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.
Official rating71↓ 8lb off peak
71
70–79
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 113
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 105A | 85 | 3 runs · 102 / 85 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 120A | 95 | 3 runs · 120 / 113 |
| Good | 3 | 100A | 94 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 2 | 74A | 70 | 1 run · — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 12 | 120A | 97.5 | 9 runs · 120 / 94 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 87B | 85 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 runs · as at 17 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 from 17 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 8 (47%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 4 (24%) · 0 wins
- Led 3 (18%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (12%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,196 runs since May 2014 (663 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,195.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 1,034 | 125 | 12.1% | +1 | 0 from 5 |
| Good | 1,737 | 183 | 10.5% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 777 | 90 | 11.6% | +0.5 | — |
| Soft | 1,079 | 123 | 11.4% | +0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 294 | 33 | 11.2% | +0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,250 | 243 | 10.8% | −0.3 | 1 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,195 | 174 | 14.6% | +3.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,582 | 397 | 11.1% | 0 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,401 | 139 | 9.9% | −1.2 | 0 from 12 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 651 | 60 | 9.2% | −1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 270 | 26 | 9.6% | −1.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 84 | 4 | 4.8% | −6.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2014 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Lady Clinch (IRE) (High Chaparral)
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Chopsticks (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m5½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chopsticks (IRE) | 32 | 1 | 1m5½f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.12 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −8.12 |
| Class 5 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.12 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.12 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| George Downing | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| None | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.12 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Oct 26+30d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's Superboosts Handicap Stakes (London Mile Series Qualifier) (Div I) Prominent early - lost ground from 2f out and finished well beaten in 10th | 10/10 | 3¼ | 9-5 | 71 | 73C | 54C | George Downing | 10/1 |
| 09 Sep 26+11d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 40,000+ Live Streamed Events Handicap Stakes Handy early - urged forward with 3f left - dropped away under pressure inside final 2f - eventually well held in 8th | 8/13 | ¾ | 9-7 | 73 | 85B | 71A | Tom Marquand | 6/1 |
| 29 Aug 26+31d | Windsor | Play The Matchbook Match 6 Handicap Stakes Settled in the pack - pushed along with 2f left - dropped away in the final furlong to finish seventh | 7/8 | 3¾ | 9-5 | 75 | 74A | 66A | George Downing | 8/1 |
| 29 Jul 26+20d | Sandown | Spillers Future Champions Apprentice Handicap Stakes Settled in behind the leading group - squeezed for space with 2f to run - pressed for effort inside the final furlong but unable to quicken - finished fourth | 4/5 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 76 | 68C | 77B | Ashley Lewis | 3/1 |
| 09 Jul 26+12d | Epsom Downs | Betfred 'Nifty 50' Handicap Raced in mid-division - roused and made progress over 2f out before soon being driven to the front - overtaken and edged left inside the final furlong - stayed on to finish second | 2/8 | ½ | 9-11 | 73 | 113B | 92A | Ashley Lewis | 3/1 |
| 27 Jun 26+35d | Chepstow | Congratulations Dan & Grace Handicap Handy in the early stages - asked for effort 3f out - drifted left approaching final furlong - closed on leader inside last and kept responding to finish second | 2/7 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 73 | 120A | 81A | Ashley Lewis | 11/8F |
| 23 May 26+26d | Salisbury | Taste The World Handicap Close up early - moved left and pushed along 2f out - hit front approaching final furlong - edge shrunk in final stretch and gave way late to finish third | 3/11 | hd | 8-11 | 73 | 94A | 90A | Ashley Lewis | 9/2 |
| 27 Apr 26+172d | Bath | Signs Express Handicap Handy early - hit front two out - overtaken approaching final furlong - edged out for second on the line finishing third | 3/6 | shd | 9-2 | 73 | 102A | 74B | George Downing | 4/1 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Nov 25+23d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap Went straight to front - driven and drifted markedly right approaching final furlong - overtaken close home and unable to fight back despite battling on | 2/10 | ¾ | 9-2 | 70 | 102A | 85A | Kieran Shoemark | 11/2 |
| 14 Oct 25+13d | Lingfield (AW) | At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap (Div 2) Settled off the pace early - moved through and drifted left approaching final furlong - stayed on late without threatening to close finished 6th beaten 3.5 lengths | 6/11 | nk | 9-3 | 72 | 105A | 75A | Hector Crouch | 8/1 |
| 01 Oct 25+55d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Handy early - urged on with two furlongs left and moved left - given a further reminder inside final furlong - kept on without threatening finishing eighth | 8/13 | ½ | 9-9 | 74 | 86B | 72A | Kieran Shoemark | 3/1J |
| 07 Aug 25+48d | Sandown | Ultimate Summer Handicap Fought for control early - up with leading group before pressed for effort 2f out - lost ground final furlong to finish 7th | 7/7 | ¾ | 9-1 | 76 | 87B | 63A | Tom Marquand | 9/2 |
| 20 Jun 25+34d | Redcar | Start Your Racing TV Free Trial Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Went straight to front early - shaken up when overtaken approaching 2f out - lost touch with front two in final furlong and dropped away late | 3/8 | 4¼ | 9-8 | 77 | 78B | 81A | Paul Mulrennan | 9/4 |
| 17 May 25+30d | Newbury | World Pool Handicap (Str) Handy in the pack early - pressed for effort with 2f left - squeezed for space then eased right approaching final furlong before finishing on at one tempo | 5/10 | ½ | 8-13 | 78 | 95A | 79A | Kieran Shoemark | 11/1 |
| 17 Apr 25+127d | Newmarket | Never Ordinary At bet365 Handicap Settled towards the rear early travelling on the far flank - crept through late along the fence - lacked the speed to threaten in the closing stages | 6/10 | hd | 9-4 | 79 | 100A | 82A | Ryan Moore | 18/1 |
| 2024 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Dec 24+19d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Set the pace from the off - opened up a good margin approaching the final furlong - stayed on well to the line without any pressure | 1/11 | 9-7 | — | 85A | 85A | Hector Crouch | 15/8 | |
| 22 Nov 24+30d | Newcastle (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly With BetMGM EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - moved up through the field from 3f out to reach the front group by 2f out - stayed on well but couldn't get to the top two finishing third | 3/12 | 1½ | 9-7 | — | 81A | 82A | Clifford Lee | 11/1 |
| 23 Oct 24 | Newmarket | Aston Martin Novice Stakes Held up towards back of field - urged into effort with over 2f left - faded steadily to finish seventh | 7/9 | 5½ | 9-2 | — | 66A | 69A | Kieran Shoemark | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Happy Banner won?
- Happy Banner (IRE) won 1 of 18 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 5.6%. Placed 7 times in total (38.9% of starts).
- Who trains Happy Banner?
- Happy Banner (IRE) is trained by Ed Walker, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 October 2026.
- Who is Happy Banner's sire?
- Happy Banner (IRE) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Lady Clinch (IRE), whose sire is High Chaparral.
- What going does Happy Banner prefer?
- Happy Banner (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Happy Banner's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 9 October 2026. The highest on record is 79.
- What is Happy Banner's sire's record?
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,196 runs since May 2014 (663 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,195.
- Who are Happy Banner's siblings?
- Out of Lady Clinch (IRE), Happy Banner (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Chopsticks (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m5½f. As at Nov 2026.