Hey Sunshine (IRE)
Hey Sunshine won four of seven starts in our archive, including two Listed wins in our archive. Her biggest success came when she took the Listed Lawlor's Of Naas Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown in May 2025 off a mark of 130, having already landed a mares novice hurdle at the same track in Dec 2024. All four wins came over 1m5f – 2m4f, with two on soft and two on good to soft. Aged 6 at her last run in May 2025, she made all from prominent in the Punchestown Listed event to score by a length and a half.
- 4–7Wins / Runs
- 57.1%Strike rate
- 6 (85.7%)Placed
- +10.13£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 2.56Fair A/E n=7 · 2.07 incl. margin
- 130Highest OR
- 50dAvg 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 137
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 137B | 127 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 114A | 103.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 111B | 95 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 137B | 105 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 117B | 111 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 from 6 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 3 (50%) · 2 wins
- Mid-division 2 (33%) · 2 wins
- Held up 1 (17%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,824 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +36.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 158 | 32 | 20.3% | +6.7 | — |
| Good | 2,289 | 311 | 13.6% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,430 | 176 | 12.3% | −1.3 | 2 from 2 |
| Soft | 2,611 | 363 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 2 from 2 |
| Heavy | 1,283 | 178 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 51 | 5 | 9.8% | −3.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,030 | 276 | 13.6% | 0 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,711 | 378 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 3 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,339 | 334 | 14.3% | +0.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 668 | 72 | 10.8% | −2.8 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Sunday Soldier (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Sunday Soldier (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Soldier (IRE) | 28 | 5 | 1m7½f–2m4f | Class 2 |
| Scotcantou (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 2m½f | — |
| He's Something (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 2 | 100% | +8.25 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 2 | 100% | +4.88 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 2 | 2 | 100% | +6.88 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 3 | 75% | +9.38 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.75 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Townend | 3 | 3 | 100% | +10.38 |
| Phillip Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Cleary-Farrell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Mr P W Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss J Townend | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +5.63 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 5 | 4 | 80% | +12.13 |
| 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 May 25+13d | Punchestown | Lawlor's Of Naas Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Sat handy in behind the front group - fourth two out then driven up to hit the front approaching the last - kept finding under pressure to prevail | 1/16 | 10-6 | 130 | 137B | 141A | Paul Townend | 11/2 | |
| 20 Apr 25+131d | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Honeysuckle Mares Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) Held up at the back - still 12th after the 5th - edged into it approaching 3 out before fading before 2 out | 9/14 | 13 | 11-5 | 130 | 96C | 114C | Phillip Enright | 20/1 |
| 2024 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Dec 24+60d | Punchestown | Buy Your Punchestown Christmas Gift Mares Novice Hurdle (Listed) Settled with the pack early - moved up inside after 3 out then found room to hit the front approaching the last - stayed on strongly to the line | 1/10 | 10-11 | 127 | 114A | 129A | Paul Townend | 11/8F | |
| 11 Oct 24+35d | Downpatrick | Northern Ireland On Course Bookmakers Association Novice Handicap Hurdle Settled behind the pace - 3rd at halfway - dropped to 4th after 2 out under pressure - back to 3rd approaching last then 2nd inside final 100 yards - stayed on to score right on the line | 1/6 | 12-3 | 119 | 93B | 132B | Paul Townend | 7/2 | |
| 06 Sep 24+28d | Kilbeggan | Sean Hughes Memorial Maiden Hurdle Settled midpack towards the wide side - clipped the first fence - moved into 4th approaching two out - pushed along into 2nd soon after - hit the front near the line and powered clear to win | 1/14 | 10-12 | — | 117B | 130A | Sean Cleary-Farrell | 11/4 | |
| 09 Aug 24+32d | Wexford | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race Sat just behind the front group - 8th at halfway - asked for effort with 4f left - found renewed energy to move up into 4th inside the final 2f then edged into 3rd close to the line | 3/13 | 4 | 11-11 | — | 111B | 118A | Mr P W Mullins | 7/4F |
| 08 Jul 24 | Roscommon | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Ladies Pro/Am) Flat Race | 2/14 | ¾ | 11-11 | — | 79B | 130A | Miss J Townend | 6/5F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hey Sunshine won?
- Hey Sunshine (IRE) won 4 of 7 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 57.1%. Placed 6 times in total (85.7% of starts).
- Who trained Hey Sunshine?
- Hey Sunshine (IRE) was trained by W P Mullins on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 3 May 2025.
- Who is Hey Sunshine's sire?
- Hey Sunshine (IRE) is by Shantou (USA) out of Fortunes Harvest (FR), whose sire is Soldier Of Fortune.
- What is Hey Sunshine's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 130, from the run on 3 May 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Hey Sunshine's sire's record?
- Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,824 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
- Who are Hey Sunshine's siblings?
- Out of Fortunes Harvest (FR), Hey Sunshine (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Sunday Soldier (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Sunday Soldier (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.