Horse profile
It's Good To Laugh (IRE)
8yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2025) · Last trainer Jennie Candlish · Last owner Brian Verinder Alan Baxter
by Tamayuz (GB) out of London Plane (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)
37 runs · 19 courses · from Jul 2019
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Jun 2025 — 508 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2025 · 9th of 9
5 wins · 5 courses
Last raced off OR 79
KTB Profile
It's Good To Laugh won five of 37 starts on turf, all at different courses. Wins came over 6f-7f on good, over 1m2f-1m4f on soft in a Chester handicap off 90, and over 1m5f-2m4f on good to soft or soft, the last of them in a Catterick Class 4 novices' hurdle in Jan 2022 off 125. He last ran at Chester in Jun 2025, finishing 9 of 9 off an official rating of 79.
Based on 37 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since May 2025 · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 53lb off peak
- 5–37Wins / Runs
- 13.5%Strike rate
- 16 (43.2%)Placed
- −23.89£1 level staken=37 at SP
- 0.80Fair A/E n=37 · 0.70 incl. margin
- 132Highest OR
- 36dBetween runs (median)longest 386 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.
Official rating79↓ 53lb off peak
79
79–132
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 106
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 108C | 78 | — |
| Good | 10 | 119C | 84.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 115A | 105 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 75A | 67 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 91C | 90 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 12 | 119C | 95 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 114A | 86.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 108C | 89.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 79A | 77 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 69A | 59.5 | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 120C | 108 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 120C | 96 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 126B | 119.5 | — |
Of 37 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 35 figures from 37 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 5,188 runs since May 2012 (401 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 29 | 1 | 3.4% | −7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 743 | 81 | 10.9% | +0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,163 | 120 | 10.3% | −0.1 | 2 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 503 | 62 | 12.3% | +1.9 | 1 from 7 |
| Soft | 655 | 59 | 9% | −1.4 | 2 from 12 |
| Heavy | 208 | 17 | 8.2% | −2.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,887 | 198 | 10.5% | +0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 257 | 32 | 12.5% | +2.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,743 | 185 | 10.6% | +0.2 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,419 | 155 | 10.9% | +0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,099 | 107 | 9.7% | −0.7 | 1 from 10 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 489 | 44 | 9% | −1.4 | 2 from 16 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 145 | 14 | 9.7% | −0.7 | 1 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −7.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2012 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
London Plane (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Waipiro (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Waipiro (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waipiro (IRE) | 5 | 2 | 1m2f | Group 3 |
| Waikuku (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Dancing Rebel (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 5f | — |
| Ringabella (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Kino Plasmat (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 12 | 2 | 17% | −4.38 |
| Good | 11 | 2 | 18% | −7.76 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.75 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Class 3 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −5.00 |
| Class 4 | 10 | 3 | 30% | −4.51 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.62 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | 11 | 1 | 9% | −5.00 |
| Ayr | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Haydock | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Goodwood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.62 |
| Hexham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.62 |
| Perth | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.62 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 16 | 2 | 13% | −12.13 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −5.38 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.38 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Quinlan | 7 | 3 | 43% | −1.51 |
| Adam Kirby | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.38 |
| George Wood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Nolan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Graham Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Connor Beasley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Trevor Whelan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 19 | 5 | 26% | −5.89 |
| Cheekpieces | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −7.38 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +2.87 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.38 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 30 | 2 | 7% | −22.38 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 3 | 43% | −1.51 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Jun 25+14d | Chester | Going Is Good Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled behind the pace on the rail - lost touch under pressure with 4f left - allowed to drop away 2f out - finished well beaten in 9th | 9/9 | 15 | 9-8 | 79 | 22C | 71C | George Wood | 33/1 |
| 31 May 25+386d | Chester | King Kabs Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Up with the leaders on the rail - dropped back under pressure from 4f out - faded badly to finish 11th | 11/12 | 2¾ | 10-0 | 82 | 85C | 73C | George Wood | 14/1 |
| 2024 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 10 May 24+174d | Chester | Duke Of Westminster Supporting The Chester Plate Handicap | 8/16 | 2½ | 9-10 | 87 | 91C | 81A | Oisin Orr | 22/1 |
| 2023 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Nov 23+49d | Wetherby | Save Our Sport Sign The Petition Handicap Hurdle | 4/4 | 12 | 11-0 | 123 | 89C | 105B | Sean Quinlan | 3/1 |
| 30 Sep 23+13d | Chester | Watergate Cup Handicap | 8/9 | 16 | 8-8 | 87 | 108C | 70C | Kieran O'Neill | 7/1 |
| 17 Sep 23+15d | Musselburgh | Musselburgh Gold Cup Handicap | 2/5 | ¾ | 10-4 | 87 | 105C | 88B | Oisin Orr | 9/4 |
| 02 Sep 23+49d | Chester | Jordan North DJ Set Handicap | 2/7 | ¾ | 10-4 | 87 | 82A | 96A | Daniel Tudhope | 3/1J |
| 15 Jul 23+21d | Chester | Clogau Handicap | 2/10 | 1¾ | 10-2 | 85 | 71B | 99A | P J McDonald | 9/1 |
| 24 Jun 23+43d | Ayr | Unite Scotland's Farewell To Pat Rafferty Handicap | 9/11 | ½ | 8-10 | 86 | 106A | 66A | Hector Crouch | 7/1 |
| 12 May 23+13d | Chester | tote Fantasy, Whos In Your Stable Chester Plate Handicap | 3/14 | ¾ | 9-9 | 85 | 72C | 84A | Billy Loughnane | 17/2 |
| 29 Apr 23+31d | Ripon | Visit attheraces.com Handicap | 5/7 | 3 | 9-2 | 85 | 108A | 79A | Hollie Doyle | 4/1 |
| 29 Mar 23+154d | Newcastle | quinnbet.com Handicap Hurdle | PU/6 | — | 11-6 | 126 | — | — | Sean Quinlan | 13/2 |
| 2022 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Oct 22+18d | Nottingham | Bet At racingtv.com Handicap | 3/6 | 10 | 9-10 | 87 | 84A | 76B | Andrew Mullen | 6/4F |
| 08 Oct 22+21d | York | Watch Racing Online Free With Coral Stayers Handicap | 4/11 | 1½ | 9-8 | 89 | 115A | 85A | David Nolan | 4/1 |
| 17 Sep 22+77d | Ayr | Jordan Electrics Ltd Handicap | 5/15 | 1 | 10-2 | 90 | 111C | 91A | Andrew Mullen | 9/1 |
| 02 Jul 22+14d | Haydock | Bet365 Old Newton Cup Handicap | 10/17 | nse | 8-4 | 92 | 105C | 76A | Harry Davies | 18/1 |
| 18 Jun 22+7d | Ayr | Weddings At Western House Hotel Handicap | 9/13 | nse | 9-6 | 93 | 119C | 86A | Graham Lee | 7/1 |
| 11 Jun 22+36d | Chester | Edinburgh Gin Boyzlife Handicap | 5/7 | ½ | 9-0 | 93 | 77A | 79A | Joe Fanning | 9/2 |
| 06 May 22+62d | Chester | Tote+ Chester Cup Handicap | 7/14 | 1¾ | 8-11 | 94 | 88C | 82A | Connor Beasley | 14/1 |
| 05 Mar 22+38d | Kelso | bet365 Premier Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | 5/9 | 7½ | 11-3 | 132 | 113C | 115B | Sean Quinlan | 16/1 |
| 26 Jan 22+67d | Catterick | racingtv.com/freemonth Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 11-10 | 125 | 126B | 144A | Sean Quinlan | 8/13F | |
| 2021 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Nov 21+42d | Haydock | Betfair Weighed In Podcast Newton Novices' Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) | 2/5 | 4¾ | 11-0 | 125 | 120C | 128B | Sean Quinlan | 9/4 |
| 09 Oct 21+16d | Hexham | Ne-Bet Sports Book & Casino Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/8 | 11-4 | — | — | 136A | Sean Quinlan | 8/13F | |
| 23 Sep 21+13d | Perth | MKM Building Supplies Perth Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 1/9 | 10-10 | — | 96A | 134A | Sean Quinlan | 5/4 | |
| 10 Sep 21+45d | Chester | White Oak Handicap | 1/6 | 9-13 | 90 | 72A | 100B | David Nolan | 5/1 | |
| 27 Jul 21+18d | Goodwood | Unibet 'you're On' Chesterfield Cup Handicap | 10/11 | 1 | 8-7 | 92 | 67A | 75A | Oisin Murphy | 9/1 |
| 09 Jul 21+62d | Chester | Boodles Raindance Handicap | 2/12 | shd | 9-9 | 90 | 114A | 93A | Trevor Whelan | 50/1 |
| 08 May 21+209d | Ascot | tote+ Exclusively At tote.co.uk Handicap | 9/9 | 13 | 9-6 | 92 | 23C | 75C | Adam Kirby | 12/1 |
| 2020 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Oct 20+42d | Goodwood | Join tote.co.uk With 10 Risk Free Handicap | 5/7 | 19 | 9-0 | 93 | 59C | 65C | Adam Kirby | 6/1 |
| 30 Aug 20+40d | Goodwood | Ladbrokes Get Your Daily Odds Boost Handicap | 2/5 | 1½ | 9-5 | 92 | 89C | 89B | Adam Kirby | 10/3 |
| 21 Jul 20+17d | Sandown | Telegraph Hill Handicap | 7/8 | 3 | 9-7 | 93 | 89A | 70A | Adam Kirby | 13/2 |
| 04 Jul 20+21d | Haydock | Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap | 2/8 | nse | 9-7 | 90 | 102A | 106A | Adam Kirby | 8/1 |
| 13 Jun 20+224d | Newbury | It's Not Rocket Science With MansionBet Handicap | 2/5 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 87 | 84C | 84B | Tom Marquand | 3/1F |
| 2019 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Nov 19+43d | Newmarket | Arioneo Nursery | 2/9 | 2 | 9-7 | 83 | 75A | 89A | Adam Kirby | 5/1 |
| 20 Sep 19+22d | Newbury | Haynes, Hanson & Clark Conditions Stakes (Plus 10) (Str) | 8/8 | 1½ | 8-12 | — | 79A | 76A | Hector Crouch | 10/1 |
| 29 Aug 19+35d | Ffos Las | Weatherbys VAT Services Maiden Stakes | 1/12 | 9-5 | — | 50A | 90A | Hector Crouch | 8/13F | |
| 25 Jul 19 | Sandown | Martin Densham Memorial EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 2/8 | ½ | 9-5 | — | 69A | 87A | Adam Kirby | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has It's Good To Laugh won?
- It's Good To Laugh (IRE) won 5 of 37 archived starts between 2019 and 2025, a strike rate of 13.5%. Placed 16 times in total (43.2% of starts).
- Who trained It's Good To Laugh?
- It's Good To Laugh (IRE) was trained by Jennie Candlish on the most recent run on record, at Chester on 14 June 2025.
- Who is It's Good To Laugh's sire?
- It's Good To Laugh (IRE) is by Tamayuz (GB) out of London Plane (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
- What going does It's Good To Laugh prefer?
- It's Good To Laugh (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 11 starts (18.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is It's Good To Laugh's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 14 June 2025. The highest on record is 132.
- What is It's Good To Laugh's sire's record?
- Tamayuz (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 5,188 runs since May 2012 (401 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are It's Good To Laugh's siblings?
- Out of London Plane (IRE), It's Good To Laugh (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Waipiro (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Waipiro (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.