Happy Boy (FR)
Happy Boy won one of ten starts, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Kempton in Apr 2024 over 1m5f – 2m on good ground. The gelding, by Rail Link out of Vrai Bonheur, had all three placed efforts at that trip and recorded his highest ever official rating of 108. He last ran at Market Rasen in Jul 2024, finishing 9 of 13 in a Class 3 handicap hurdle off that same career-high mark.
- 1–10Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 3 (30%)Placed
- −0.50£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 0.72Fair A/E n=10 · 0.62 incl. margin
- 108Highest OR
- 108dAvg 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 114
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 144B | 112 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 162C | 117 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 110B | 102 | — |
Of 10 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: 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 · 8 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 10.5% of 2,918 runs since Jan 2008 (285 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 13.5% from 341. Weakest on heavy going: 7.2% from 237. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.7% from 228.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | −1.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 341 | 46 | 13.5% | +3 | — |
| Good | 619 | 65 | 10.5% | 0 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 390 | 34 | 8.7% | −1.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 573 | 47 | 8.2% | −2.3 | — |
| Heavy | 237 | 17 | 7.2% | −3.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 747 | 97 | 13% | +2.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 27 | 3 | 11.1% | +0.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 228 | 13 | 5.7% | −4.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 429 | 48 | 11.2% | +0.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 933 | 123 | 13.2% | +2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 676 | 67 | 9.9% | −0.6 | 1 from 8 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 462 | 37 | 8% | −2.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 141 | 15 | 10.6% | +0.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 22 | 1 | 4.5% | −6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Grain De Bonheur (FR) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m2f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grain De Bonheur (FR) | 15 | 1 | 2m2f | — |
| Etoile Du Bonheur (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | +3.50 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.50 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumpton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.50 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Gordon | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tom Cannon | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Nick Scholfield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rex Dingle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.50 |
| Lorcan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Tongue tie | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.50 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.50 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 7 | 1 | 14% | +2.50 |
| NH Flat | 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 Happy Boy won?
- Happy Boy (FR) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 3 times in total (30% of starts).
- Who trained Happy Boy?
- Happy Boy (FR) was trained by Chris Gordon on the most recent run on record, at Market Rasen on 20 July 2024.
- Who is Happy Boy's sire?
- Happy Boy (FR) is by Rail Link (GB) out of Vrai Bonheur (FR), whose sire is Lavirco.
- What going does Happy Boy prefer?
- Happy Boy (FR) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Happy Boy's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 108, from the run on 20 July 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Happy Boy's sire's record?
- Rail Link (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 2,918 runs since Jan 2008 (285 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 13.5% from 341. Weakest on heavy going: 7.2% from 237. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.7% from 228.
- Who are Happy Boy's siblings?
- Out of Vrai Bonheur (FR), Happy Boy (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Grain De Bonheur (FR) (1). The wins came over 2m2f. As at Oct 2026.