It's How U Tell Em (IRE)
It's How U Tell Em is a gelding by Soldier of Fortune out of Nadiya De La Vega. He ran three times on turf between Jul 2024 and Aug 2024 without winning or placing. All three starts came over trips between 1m5f and 2m4f on good to soft or softer ground, twice at Wexford and once at Killarney. He finished 9 of 10, having been held, in the Killarney Park Hotel Beginners Chase at Killarney in Aug 2024.
- 0–3Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 11dBetween runs (median)
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 104
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 104B | 40.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,874 runs since May 2013 (684 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +88.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 80 | 16 | 20% | +8.7 | — |
| Good | 1,542 | 189 | 12.3% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,238 | 136 | 11% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,897 | 214 | 11.3% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 780 | 86 | 11% | −0.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 336 | 22 | 6.5% | −4.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 71 | 8 | 11.3% | 0 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 249 | 8 | 3.2% | −8.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 493 | 64 | 13% | +1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,581 | 193 | 12.2% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,993 | 203 | 10.2% | −1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,242 | 155 | 12.5% | +1.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 242 | 33 | 13.6% | +2.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2013 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Splashing Out (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m5½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splashing Out (IRE) | 34 | 4 | 2m–2m1f | — |
| Norwigi (IRE) | 23 | 3 | 2m–2m5½f | — |
| Keep On Dreaming (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 24+31d | Killarney | Killarney Park Hotel Beginners Chase Held up at the back throughout - clumsy at the opening fence - driven with no headway made by 4 out - dropped away - finished last well beaten | 9/10 | 27 | 11-12 | -23C | 111C | Jody McGarvey | 80/1 |
| 24 Jul 24+11d | Wexford | Forth Mountain Trails Beginners Chase | 6/9 | 13 | 11-12 | 66C | 95C | Jody McGarvey | 40/1 |
| 13 Jul 24 | Wexford | Visit Wexford.ie Beginners Chase | 11/14 | 1¼ | 11-12 | 104B | 106A | Jody McGarvey | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has It's How U Tell Em won?
- It's How U Tell Em (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2024.
- Who trained It's How U Tell Em?
- It's How U Tell Em (IRE) was trained by E Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 24 August 2024.
- Who is It's How U Tell Em's sire?
- It's How U Tell Em (IRE) is by Soldier of Fortune (IRE) out of Nadiya De La Vega (FR), whose sire is Lost World.
- What is It's How U Tell Em's sire's record?
- Soldier of Fortune (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,874 runs since May 2013 (684 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
- Who are It's How U Tell Em's siblings?
- Out of Nadiya De La Vega (FR), It's How U Tell Em (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Splashing Out (IRE) (4). The wins came over 2m–2m5½f. As at Nov 2026.