I Know I Can (GB)
I Know I Can won once from 28 starts, the success coming in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden at Sligo in Jul 2020 over under 6f on good ground. The gelding, by Roderic O'Connor out of Salsa Brava, has recorded no further wins on turf or all-weather since. He finished third of 10 in the Pride Of Place Maiden at Laytown in Sep 2023, last raced off an official rating of 49 which was 36lb below his highest ever mark.
- 1–28Wins / Runs
- 3.6%Strike rate
- 8 (28.6%)Placed
- −23.80£1 level staken=28 at SP
- 0.57Fair A/E n=28 · 0.46 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 44dAvg 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 84
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 98B | 84 | — |
| Soft | 6 | 90C | 67 | — |
| Good | 6 | 84A | 78.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 74C | 26.5 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 90A | 83 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 16 | 95B | 77.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 98B | 76 | — |
| Under 6f | 3 | 78A | 76 | — |
Of 28 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 28 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 10.1% of 2,341 runs since Jan 2008 (166 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 13.5% from 126. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.7% from 224. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.3% from 143.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | +23.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 341 | 27 | 7.9% | −2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 496 | 41 | 8.3% | −1.8 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 279 | 32 | 11.5% | +1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 353 | 44 | 12.5% | +2.4 | 0 from 6 |
| Heavy | 126 | 17 | 13.5% | +3.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 737 | 73 | 9.9% | −0.2 | 0 from 11 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 224 | 33 | 14.7% | +4.6 | 1 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 888 | 80 | 9% | −1.1 | 0 from 18 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 556 | 67 | 12.1% | +2 | 0 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 421 | 42 | 10% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 143 | 9 | 6.3% | −3.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 92 | 6 | 6.5% | −3.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 16 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Wild Sauce (GB) (3 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Mystic Miraaj (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Sauce (GB) | 24 | 3 | 5f–6f | Class 5 |
| Capla Berry (GB) | 18 | 3 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Mystic Miraaj (GB) | 24 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 4 |
| Brio (GB) | 14 | 1 | 7f | Class 6 |
| Symphony Bowl (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.80 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Sligo | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.20 |
| Laytown (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tipperary | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Roscommon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 18 | 0 | 0% | −18.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.20 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kearney | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cian MacRedmond | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ross Coakley | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.20 |
| Rory Cleary | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Daniel King | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jake Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Emmet McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke McAteer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| N G McCullagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 25 | 1 | 4% | −20.80 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.80 |
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 I Know I Can won?
- I Know I Can (GB) won 1 of 28 archived starts between 2020 and 2023, a strike rate of 3.6%. Placed 8 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trained I Know I Can?
- I Know I Can (GB) was trained by Fergal Birrane on the most recent run on record, at Laytown (AW) on 12 September 2023.
- Who is I Know I Can's sire?
- I Know I Can (GB) is by Roderic O'connor (IRE) out of Salsa Brava (IRE), whose sire is Almutawakel I.
- What going does I Know I Can prefer?
- I Know I Can (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is I Know I Can's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 49, from the run on 12 September 2023. The highest on record is 85.
- What is I Know I Can's sire's record?
- Roderic O'connor (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 2,341 runs since Jan 2008 (166 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 13.5% from 126. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.7% from 224. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.3% from 143.
- Who are I Know I Can's siblings?
- Out of Salsa Brava (IRE), I Know I Can (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Wild Sauce (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Mystic Miraaj (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.