I'm Always Trying (IRE)
I'm Always Trying (IRE) is 1 from 8, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Jun 2018. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 4 on softer).
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 1 (12.5%)Placed
- −4.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 0.63Fair A/E n=8 · 0.54 incl. margin
- 119Highest OR
- 45dAvg 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 101
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 130C | 99 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 133B | 122.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 101B | 97 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 133B | 122.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 8 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 · 6 figures from 8 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 12.1% of 11,835 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 234 | 27 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 3,407 | 430 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 2,110 | 252 | 11.9% | −0.2 | — |
| Soft | 3,780 | 452 | 12% | −0.1 | — |
| Heavy | 2,109 | 259 | 12.3% | +0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 188 | 16 | 8.5% | −3.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 124 | 13 | 10.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,367 | 395 | 11.7% | −0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,284 | 537 | 12.5% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,978 | 375 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 766 | 88 | 11.5% | −0.6 | 1 from 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
9 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Young Buck (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 2m1f–3m2f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Queens Wild (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Buck (IRE) | 11 | 4 | 2m7½f–3m2f | Class 4 |
| Caspian Piper (IRE) | 27 | 3 | 2m5f–2m7f | Class 5 |
| Queens Wild (IRE) | 15 | 2 | 2m1f–2m6f | Grade 3 |
| The Phantom Piper (IRE) | 14 | 1 | 2m4f | — |
| Bob's Legend (IRE) | 32 | 1 | 2m2½f | Class 5 |
| Western Starlet (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Metaurus (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Asino (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Twotwentyyards (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Heavy | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontwell | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ffos Las | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skelton | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Tom Scudamore | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Michael Heard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Chase | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| NH Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Oct 18+41d | Bangor-on-Dee | Nicol Hughes Food Service Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) | 4/6 | 2¼ | 11-5 | 117 | 96B | 106B | Harry Skelton | 11/2 |
| 23 Aug 18+36d | Fontwell | Yeomans Honda Handicap Hurdle | 4/7 | 3¾ | 11-11 | 119 | 97B | 112A | Harry Skelton | EvensF |
| 18 Jul 18+32d | Uttoxeter | Browns Trade Waste Collections Handicap Hurdle | 5/9 | 13 | 11-12 | 119 | 101B | 113A | Harry Skelton | 10/11F |
| 16 Jun 18+70d | Fontwell | Netbet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle | 1/12 | 11-4 | 107 | 130C | 134A | Harry Skelton | 3/1F | |
| 07 Apr 18+66d | Uttoxeter | Betfred 'Home Of Goals Galore' Handicap Hurdle | PU/12 | — | 11-11 | 109 | — | — | Tom Scudamore | 20/1 |
| 31 Jan 18+44d | Leicester | Ebf British Stallion Studs 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle | 2/2 | 38 | 11-2 | — | — | 97C | Tom Scudamore | 8/1 |
| 2017 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Dec 17+24d | Ffos Las | Davies Chemists Novices' Hurdle | 3/6 | 4 | 10-12 | — | 112A | 112B | Tom Scudamore | 5/1 |
| 24 Nov 17 | Ffos Las | West Coast Haulage Standard NH Flat Race (Conditionals/Amateurs) | 5/8 | 2½ | 10-7 | — | 133B | 107B | Michael Heard | 9/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has I'm Always Trying won?
- I'm Always Trying (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2017 and 2018, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 1 time in total (12.5% of starts).
- Who trained I'm Always Trying?
- I'm Always Trying (IRE) was trained by Dan Skelton on the most recent run on record, at Bangor-on-Dee on 3 October 2018.
- Who is I'm Always Trying's sire?
- I'm Always Trying (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of Pepsi Starlet (IRE), whose sire is Heavenly Manna.
- What going does I'm Always Trying prefer?
- I'm Always Trying (IRE) has the best record on good 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 I'm Always Trying's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 117, from the run on 3 October 2018. The highest on record is 119.
- What is I'm Always Trying's sire's record?
- Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,835 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
- Who are I'm Always Trying's siblings?
- Out of Pepsi Starlet (IRE), I'm Always Trying (IRE) has 9 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Young Buck (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Queens Wild (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f–3m2f. As at Oct 2026.