Happy Romance (IRE)
Happy Romance won seven of 25 starts in our archive including the Group 3 bet365 Hackwood Stakes at Newbury in Jul 2021 and two other Listed races. All wins came at 6f-7f or under on turf or all-weather with three on good ground and two on good to soft. The mare landed a Class 1 at Bath in Apr 2023 on good to soft but finished 8 of 10 in the Bengough Stakes at Ascot in Oct 2023. She raced off an official rating of 102 at Ascot 9lb below her highest ever mark.
- 7–25Wins / Runs
- 28%Strike rate
- 9 (36%)Placed
- +10.07£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 2.63Fair A/E n=24 · 2.15 incl. margin
- 111Highest OR
- 51dAvg 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 125
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 | 8 | 112C | 95 | — |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 125A | 107.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 115C | 93 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 15 | 125A | 96 | — |
| Under 6f | 9 | 115C | 96 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 24 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 9.1% of 14,946 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 92 | 14 | 15.2% | +6.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,477 | 256 | 10.3% | +1.2 | 1 from 8 |
| Good | 3,167 | 264 | 8.3% | −0.8 | 3 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 1,340 | 109 | 8.1% | −1 | 2 from 6 |
| Soft | 1,718 | 136 | 7.9% | −1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 474 | 50 | 10.5% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 5,678 | 534 | 9.4% | +0.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4,439 | 507 | 11.4% | +2.3 | 3 from 9 |
| 6f – 7f | 7,634 | 643 | 8.4% | −0.7 | 4 from 16 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,043 | 158 | 7.7% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 581 | 44 | 7.6% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 170 | 9 | 5.3% | −3.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 66 | 2 | 3% | −6.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
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
7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Red Tycoon (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5½f–6f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Red Tycoon (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Tycoon (IRE) | 52 | 4 | 5½f–6f | Class 4 |
| Rock Steady Beat (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 6f | Class 4 |
| Beechwood Izzy (IRE) | 14 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Sweet Joanna (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Rez (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Anyone Home (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Feel This Moment (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 3 | 38% | +1.99 |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 1 | 13% | +4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 2 | 33% | +3.33 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 19 | 4 | 21% | +4.83 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +6.33 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.09 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Newbury | 6 | 2 | 33% | +10.33 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.09 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| York | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 16 | 4 | 25% | +8.50 |
| Under 6f | 9 | 3 | 33% | +1.57 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Levey | 21 | 7 | 33% | +14.07 |
| Pat Dobbs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alec Voikhansky | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.67 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +7.75 |
| 2020 | 7 | 4 | 57% | +7.99 |
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 Romance won?
- Happy Romance (IRE) won 7 of 25 archived starts between 2020 and 2023, a strike rate of 28%. Placed 9 times in total (36% of starts).
- Who trained Happy Romance?
- Happy Romance (IRE) was trained by Richard Hannon on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 7 October 2023.
- Who is Happy Romance's sire?
- Happy Romance (IRE) is by Dandy Man (IRE) out of Rugged Up (IRE), whose sire is Marju.
- What going does Happy Romance prefer?
- Happy Romance (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 8 starts (37.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Happy Romance's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 7 October 2023. The highest on record is 111.
- What is Happy Romance's sire's record?
- Dandy Man (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,946 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
- Who are Happy Romance's siblings?
- Out of Rugged Up (IRE), Happy Romance (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Red Tycoon (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Red Tycoon (IRE)). The wins came over 5½f–6f. As at Oct 2026.