Happy News (GB)
Happy News won three of 22 starts, all in Class 5 handicaps over 2m1f – 2m4f on turf. She gained those victories at Ludlow twice and Leicester once, on good, good to soft and soft ground. The mare last ran at Leicester in Feb 2023, finishing fourth of four off an official rating of 86, which was 24lb below her highest ever mark. She had not won since Oct 2021.
- 3–22Wins / Runs
- 13.6%Strike rate
- 4 (18.2%)Placed
- +16.50£1 level staken=22 at SP
- 2.39Fair A/E n=22 · 2.08 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 30dBetween runs (median)longest 287 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 97
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 112B | 89 | — |
| Soft | 7 | 121B | 77 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 73C | 53.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 97A | 76 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 121B | 76 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 105A | 97 | — |
Of 22 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 22 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 7.3% of 2,578 runs since Dec 2008 (251 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 138 | 10 | 7.2% | −0.1 | — |
| Good | 983 | 69 | 7% | −0.3 | 1 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 533 | 35 | 6.6% | −0.7 | 1 from 7 |
| Soft | 554 | 40 | 7.2% | −0.1 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 258 | 26 | 10.1% | +2.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 105 | 7 | 6.7% | −0.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 10 | 0 | 0% | −7.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 39 | 2 | 5.1% | −2.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 66 | 4 | 6.1% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,002 | 70 | 7% | −0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 862 | 73 | 8.5% | +1.2 | 3 from 13 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 503 | 34 | 6.8% | −0.5 | 0 from 7 |
| Over 3m | 79 | 3 | 3.8% | −3.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Dec 2008 · as at 4 Nov 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 Big News (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Big News (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big News (GB) | 15 | 1 | 3m | Class 4 |
| Better News (GB) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.50 |
| Good | 7 | 1 | 14% | +3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 1 | 14% | +12.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 14 | 3 | 21% | +24.50 |
| Class 4 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludlow | 7 | 2 | 29% | +22.00 |
| Leicester | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.50 |
| Huntingdon | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 13 | 3 | 23% | +25.50 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Nailor | 10 | 2 | 20% | +18.50 |
| Lee Edwards | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Philip Donovan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Charlie Todd | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Miss Gina Andrews | 2 | 1 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Jack Savage | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 10 | 3 | 30% | +28.50 |
| None | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +13.50 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +15.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 16 | 3 | 19% | +22.50 |
| Hurdle | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 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 Happy News won?
- Happy News (GB) won 3 of 22 archived starts between 2019 and 2023, a strike rate of 13.6%. Placed 4 times in total (18.2% of starts).
- Who trained Happy News?
- Happy News (GB) was trained by Sam Allwood on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 28 February 2023.
- Who is Happy News's sire?
- Happy News (GB) is by Fair Mix (IRE) out of Welcome News (GB), whose sire is Bob Back.
- What going does Happy News prefer?
- Happy News (GB) has the best record on good 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 News's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 28 February 2023. The highest on record is 110.
- What is Happy News's sire's record?
- Fair Mix (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.3% of 2,578 runs since Dec 2008 (251 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Happy News's siblings?
- Out of Welcome News (GB), Happy News (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Big News (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Big News (GB)). The wins came over 3m. As at Nov 2026.