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Horse profile

I Wonder Why (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2017) · Last trainer G T H Bailey · Last owner Dr P R A C Walpole
by Publisher (USA) out of Wondering Lady (IRE) (Kemal)
1 run · 1 course · from Apr 2017
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Apr 2017 — 3,488 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2017 · 2nd of 7
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Apr 2017 as a 10yo gelding. Finished 2 of 7 at Fakenham last time. By Publisher (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.4% of 356 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 65 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Fakenham, 17 Apr 2017

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 114B the best of the last 1 rated run · Fakenham, 17 Apr 2017

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 4 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

Sire
Publisher (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.4% of 356 runs since Jan 2008 (45 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1300%−8.4—
Good10887.4%−10 from 1
Good to Soft58610.3%+1.9—
Soft11298%−0.4—
Heavy6269.7%+1.3—
Standard (AW)3133.3%+24.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m9055.6%−2.8—
2m1f – 2m4f125108%−0.4—
2m5f – 3m1041110.6%+2.20 from 1
Over 3m37410.8%+2.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Wondering Lady (IRE) (Kemal)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Have Your Say (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Changing Gear (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Have Your Say (IRE)312m—
I Wonder Now (IRE)812m—
Changing Gear (IRE)912mClass 5
Gothspirit (IRE)50——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 1 run
17 Apr 17 Fakenham Robert Hoare Novices' Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 2m5f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 19 11-11 65B114B Mr Samuel Davies-Thomas 9/2

Quick answers

How many races has I Wonder Why won?
I Wonder Why (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2017. Placed 1 time in total (100% of starts).
Who trained I Wonder Why?
I Wonder Why (IRE) was trained by G T H Bailey on the most recent run on record, at Fakenham on 17 April 2017.
Who is I Wonder Why's sire?
I Wonder Why (IRE) is by Publisher (USA) out of Wondering Lady (IRE), whose sire is Kemal.
What is I Wonder Why's sire's record?
Publisher (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.4% of 356 runs since Jan 2008 (45 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are I Wonder Why's siblings?
Out of Wondering Lady (IRE), I Wonder Why (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Have Your Say (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Changing Gear (IRE)). The wins came over 2m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2017. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.