How Lovely (IRE)
How Lovely won one of her two starts between Oct 2024 and May 2025, taking a Class 5 fillies novice at Southwell over 6f-7f on standard AW in Oct 2024. By No Nay Never, whose progeny in the archive have won 12.1% of 6,253 runs since Jan 2008, she finished fourth of seven as beaten favourite at Yarmouth in May 2025. Her dam has produced one winner from three runners to date.
- 1–2Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- +3.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 209dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 82
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 82A | 78 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,310 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,489 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 612 | 55 | 9% | −3.1 | — |
| Soft | 843 | 109 | 12.9% | +0.8 | — |
| Heavy | 276 | 36 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,147 | 253 | 11.8% | −0.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 910 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,374 | 437 | 13% | +0.9 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,177 | 129 | 11% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 582 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 185 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 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 Frescobaldi (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Frescobaldi (IRE)).
Family form: Valdoro (IRE) won at Southwell (AW), 19 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frescobaldi (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 7f | Class 2 |
| Valdoro (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Kodikova (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 25+209d | Yarmouth | Mental Health Awareness Week Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Sat just behind the front group - urged forward with over a furlong left - kept going at one speed to finish 4th | 4/7 | ¾ | 9-9 | 74B | 83B | Harry Davies | 6/5F |
| 17 Oct 24 | Southwell (AW) | Golf And Gallop Package Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Tracked the pace on the wide side - pushed along and closed in with a furlong left - powered clear inside the last to score | 1/8 | 9-2 | 82A | 91A | Harry Davies | 4/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has How Lovely (IRE) won?
- How Lovely (IRE) won 1 of 2 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained How Lovely (IRE)?
- How Lovely (IRE) was trained by Simon & Ed Crisford on the most recent run on record, at Yarmouth on 14 May 2025.
- Who is How Lovely (IRE)'s sire?
- How Lovely (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Kodiva (IRE), whose sire is Kodiac.
- What is How Lovely (IRE)'s sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,310 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
- Who are How Lovely (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Kodiva (IRE), How Lovely (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Frescobaldi (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Frescobaldi (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.