How's The Cricket (IRE)
How's The Cricket won three of 16 starts on turf, all in handicaps. Two of those wins came over 2m5f – 3m, one at Newton Abbot on soft ground in Mar 2022 and one at Taunton on good to soft in Dec 2020, while the third came at Ffos Las over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft in Oct 2022 off an official rating of 102. The gelding, aged 8 at his last run in Mar 2023, finished fifth of 10 in a Class 2 novices' handicap chase at Uttoxeter, last raced off his career-high mark of 114.
- 3–16Wins / Runs
- 18.8%Strike rate
- 7 (43.8%)Placed
- −3.75£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 1.34Fair A/E n=16 · 1.14 incl. margin
- 114Highest OR
- 37dBetween runs (median)longest 470 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 96
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 to Soft | 7 | 100B | 92 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 89B | 65 | — |
| Good | 3 | 93A | 86 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 97B | 90 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 100B | 83 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 92A | 88.5 | — |
Of 16 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 16 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 11.5% of 7,374 runs since Jul 2009 (605 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 22 | 2 | 9.1% | −2.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 351 | 42 | 12% | +0.5 | — |
| Good | 2,248 | 275 | 12.2% | +0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,440 | 194 | 13.5% | +2 | 2 from 8 |
| Soft | 2,006 | 215 | 10.7% | −0.8 | 1 from 4 |
| Heavy | 761 | 66 | 8.7% | −2.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 546 | 57 | 10.4% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 76 | 6 | 7.9% | −3.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 360 | 36 | 10% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 411 | 45 | 10.9% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 584 | 60 | 10.3% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,183 | 252 | 11.5% | 0 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,205 | 266 | 12.1% | +0.6 | 1 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,289 | 158 | 12.3% | +0.8 | 2 from 5 |
| Over 3m | 266 | 28 | 10.5% | −1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2009 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them The Fresh Prince (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (The Fresh Prince (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fresh Prince (IRE) | 22 | 4 | 2m–2m7½f | Class 3 |
| Duke Of Monmouth (IRE) | 21 | 2 | 2m6½f–3m1f | Class 4 |
| New Ross (IRE) | 16 | 2 | 1m7½f–2m4½f | — |
| Benefit North (IRE) | 31 | 1 | 2m3f | — |
| Rose Earley (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Darking Time (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 8 | 2 | 25% | −1.75 |
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +0.50 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.25 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttoxeter | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Wincanton | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ffos Las | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| Taunton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Newton Abbot | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.25 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Carver | 5 | 2 | 40% | +3.75 |
| Mitchell Bastyan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Noonan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Bromley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kevin Brogan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Brian Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rex Dingle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richie McLernon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 1 | 10% | −6.50 |
| Tongue tie | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.75 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.75 |
| 2020 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.50 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 9 | 2 | 22% | +0.50 |
| Chase | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.25 |
| 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 How's The Cricket won?
- How's The Cricket (IRE) won 3 of 16 archived starts between 2019 and 2023, a strike rate of 18.8%. Placed 7 times in total (43.8% of starts).
- Who trained How's The Cricket?
- How's The Cricket (IRE) was trained by Harry Fry on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 18 March 2023.
- Who is How's The Cricket's sire?
- How's The Cricket (IRE) is by Doyen (IRE) out of Hayley Cometh (IRE), whose sire is Supreme Leader.
- What going does How's The Cricket prefer?
- How's The Cricket (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is How's The Cricket's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 18 March 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is How's The Cricket's sire's record?
- Doyen (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,374 runs since Jul 2009 (605 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are How's The Cricket's siblings?
- Out of Hayley Cometh (IRE), How's The Cricket (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: The Fresh Prince (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (The Fresh Prince (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m1f. As at Nov 2026.