Idle Talker (IRE)
Idle Talker (IRE) is 3 from 21, all wins coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Aug 2015. All 3 wins have come over 1m2f – 1m4f.
- 3–21Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 6 (28.6%)Placed
- −11.25£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 1.24Fair A/E n=21 · 1.06 incl. margin
- 65Highest OR
- 51dAvg 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 65
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) | 2 | 92C | 78.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 92C | 76 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 9.1% of 14,946 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 92 | 14 | 15.2% | +6.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 2,477 | 256 | 10.3% | +1.2 | — |
| Good | 3,167 | 264 | 8.3% | −0.8 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,340 | 109 | 8.1% | −1 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,718 | 136 | 7.9% | −1.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Heavy | 474 | 50 | 10.5% | +1.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 5,678 | 534 | 9.4% | +0.3 | 1 from 9 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4,439 | 507 | 11.4% | +2.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 7,634 | 643 | 8.4% | −0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,043 | 158 | 7.7% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 581 | 44 | 7.6% | −1.5 | 3 from 10 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 170 | 9 | 5.3% | −3.8 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 66 | 2 | 3% | −6.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
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
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.75 |
| Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 13 | 3 | 23% | −3.25 |
| Class 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.75 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Brighton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 3 | 30% | −0.25 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Stott | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Raul Da Silva | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Colin Keane | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Martin Lane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr David Dunsdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Liam Jones | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Will Pettis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Edward Greatrex | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Royston Ffrench | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| Patrick O'Donnell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Victor Santos | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Renato Souza | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Irineu Goncalves | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 10 | 3 | 30% | −0.25 |
| None | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2015 | 13 | 3 | 23% | −3.25 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 20 | 3 | 15% | −10.25 |
| Hurdle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 Idle Talker won?
- Idle Talker (IRE) won 3 of 21 archived starts between 2014 and 2017, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 6 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trained Idle Talker?
- Idle Talker (IRE) was trained by Nick Gifford on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 16 May 2017.
- Who is Idle Talker's sire?
- Idle Talker (IRE) is by Dandy Man (IRE) out of Special Pearl (IRE), whose sire is Alhaarth.
- What going does Idle Talker prefer?
- Idle Talker (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 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 Idle Talker's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 16 May 2017. The highest on record is 65.
- What is Idle Talker's sire's record?
- Dandy Man (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,946 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.