James's Delight (IRE)
James's Delight is a gelding with six wins from 22 starts on turf, including a Group 2 success in the Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh in May 2025. All six wins have come over 6f – 7f, on going ranging from heavy to good. Typically held up, he finished 11 of 16 at Ascot in the Qatar Racing British Champions Sprint Stakes in Oct 2026, last raced off an official rating of 106. He has not won since May 2025.
- 6–22Wins / Runs
- 27.3%Strike rate
- 9 (40.9%)Placed
- +45.55£1 level staken=22 at SP
- 2.10Fair A/E n=22 · 1.77 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 56dAvg 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 108
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 24 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 108A | 91 | 2 · 108 / 95.5 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 121C | 97.5 | 1 · — |
| Soft | 3 | 104A | 52 | 1 · — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 107C | 91 | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 24 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 19 | 126C | 92 | 5 · 108 / 107 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 19 runs · as at 24 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 from 10 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 6 (60%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (20%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 1,646 runs since Jan 2008 (163 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 14.7% from 150. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.5% from 406.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +40 | — |
| Good to Firm | 221 | 24 | 10.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 452 | 39 | 8.6% | −1.4 | 2 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 150 | 22 | 14.7% | +4.7 | 2 from 7 |
| Soft | 207 | 18 | 8.7% | −1.3 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 71 | 9 | 12.7% | +2.7 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 543 | 51 | 9.4% | −0.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 406 | 55 | 13.5% | +3.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 872 | 84 | 9.6% | −0.4 | 6 from 22 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 253 | 18 | 7.1% | −2.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 90 | 7 | 7.8% | −2.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 20 | 0 | 0% | −10 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −10 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Newmarket Warrior (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Newmarket Warrior (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket Warrior (IRE) | 68 | 4 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Livingston Range (IRE) | 57 | 3 | 5f–6f | — |
| Le Panache (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Sea The Dawn (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Rule The Sea (GB) | 11 | 1 | 7½f | — |
| Teen Wolf (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 2 | 29% | +33.00 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 2 | 29% | +13.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.70 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +22.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.25 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newbury | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 1 | 50% | +21.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.30 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Kingscote | 5 | 2 | 40% | +25.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.30 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Mickael Barzalona | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +22.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Colin Keane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +18.00 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 50% | +23.55 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 26+42d | Ascot | Qatar Racing British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1) held up in last group - pushed for effort 2f out - no impact and finished 11th | 11/16 | ½ | 9-4 | 106 | 83C | 101A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 66/1 |
| 05 Sep 26+27d | Haydock | Betfair Sprint Cup Stakes (Group 1) Settled off the pace early - progress out wide inside final furlong - stayed on well to grab fourth close home | 4/8 | 1 | 9-5 | 106 | 104A | 99A | Clifford Lee | 28/1 |
| 09 Aug 26+78d | Curragh (IRE) | FBD Hotels And Resorts Phoenix Sprint Stakes (Group 3) Sat close to the pace - 4th at halfway - asked for effort over 2f out then edged right and up to 3rd inside final furlong - stayed on to finish 3rd | 3/5 | ½ | 9-7 | 106 | 107C | 109B | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 4/1 |
| 23 May 26+56d | Curragh | Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes (Group 2) Sat just behind the front group - still 3rd at halfway - nudged into 2nd a furlong out but couldn't find more - eased back to 3rd close home | 3/10 | ½ | 9-5 | 107 | 108A | 107A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 7/1 |
| 28 Mar 26+161d | Doncaster | William Hill Price Boosts Every Day Cammidge Trophy Stakes (Listed) Settled midfield early - urged for effort with 2f left then lost touch approaching final furlong - kept going at unchanged tempo to the line | 6/12 | 1 | 9-10 | 108 | 108A | 97A | P J McDonald | 11/1 |
| 18 Oct 25+42d | Ascot | Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1) Well placed on the far flank early - pushed along and asked to quicken over 2f out - unable to close 1f out - beaten into 15th | 15/19 | 1 | 9-4 | 109 | 86C | 91A | Clifford Lee | 80/1 |
| 06 Sep 25+105d | Haydock | Betfair Sprint Cup Stakes (Group 1) Held up handy in the pack - driven along - dropped away over 2f out - well held at the finish | 17/17 | ¾ | 9-5 | 109 | 92C | 79A | Clifford Lee | 50/1 |
| 24 May 25+22d | Curragh | Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes (Group 2) Handy early - 4th approaching halfway - driven on with 2f left - level with leader inside final furlong before edging ahead and holding on to the finish | 1/9 | 9-5 | 108 | 102A | 101A | Oisin Murphy | 22/1 | |
| 02 May 25+34d | Chantilly (FR) | Prix Servanne () (4yo+) (Turf) | 5/8 | ¾ | 9-0 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 5/2 |
| 29 Mar 25+161d | Doncaster | William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Cammidge Trophy Stakes (Listed) Tracked the front group early - pressed for the lead approaching final furlong then knocked sideways close home - lost momentum to finish fifth | 5/9 | 1 | 9-10 | 110 | 95A | 96A | Rossa Ryan | 3/1F |
| 19 Oct 24+55d | Ascot | Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) Held up towards back - angled right and made progress over 2f out - kept on inside final furlong but couldn't reach leaders | 8/20 | ¾ | 9-3 | 110 | 51C | 110A | Ryan Moore | 18/1 |
| 25 Aug 24+50d | Deauville (FR) | Barriere Prix de Meautry (3yo+) (Straight Course) (Turf) | 2/9 | hd | 8-13 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 13/5 |
| 06 Jul 24+21d | Deauville (FR) | Prix Kistena () (3yo) (Straight Course) (Turf) | 1/13 | 8-13 | — | — | — | Clifford Lee | 33/10F | |
| 15 Jun 24+28d | York | Churchill Tyres Supporting Macmillan Sprint Handicap | 1/17 | 9-9 | 102 | 100C | 135A | Ryan Moore | 6/1 | |
| 18 May 24+14d | Newbury | Highclere Castle Gin Carnarvon Stakes (Listed) | 11/14 | 1 | 9-2 | 102 | 75C | 77A | Richard Kingscote | 13/2 |
| 04 May 24+14d | Newmarket | William Hill Bet In-Running Handicap | 1/11 | 9-9 | 97 | 91A | 127A | Richard Kingscote | 16/1 | |
| 20 Apr 24+18d | Newbury | Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Group 3) | 9/11 | nk | 9-2 | 97 | 84A | 82A | Richard Kingscote | 11/1 |
| 02 Apr 24+171d | Pontefract | Napoleons Casino Bradford Handicap | 1/5 | 9-9 | 88 | 126C | 116B | Daniel Tudhope | 9/4 | |
| 14 Oct 23+30d | Newmarket | Godolphin Flying Start Nursery | 5/9 | ¾ | 9-8 | 89 | 52A | 91A | Ryan Moore | 10/3 |
| 14 Sep 23+19d | Naas | Goffs Sportsman's Challenge | 3/14 | 1½ | 9-5 | 84 | 121C | 102A | Colin Keane | 4/1 |
| 26 Aug 23+35d | Windsor | At The Races App Market Movers Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/13 | nk | 9-11 | — | 75C | 99A | Richard Kingscote | 10/11F |
| 22 Jul 23 | Newbury | bet365 EBF Novice Stakes (Div 2) | 1/12 | 9-2 | — | 77A | 100A | Richard Kingscote | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has James's Delight (IRE) won?
- James's Delight (IRE) won 6 of 22 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 27.3%. Placed 9 times in total (40.9% of starts).
- Who trains James's Delight (IRE)?
- James's Delight (IRE) is trained by Clive Cox, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 October 2026.
- Who is James's Delight (IRE)'s sire?
- James's Delight (IRE) is by Invincible Army (IRE) out of Heavens Peak (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does James's Delight (IRE) prefer?
- James's Delight (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is James's Delight (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 106, from the run on 17 October 2026. The highest on record is 110.
- What is James's Delight (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Invincible Army (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 1,646 runs since Jan 2008 (163 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14.7% from 150. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.5% from 406.
- Who are James's Delight (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Heavens Peak (GB), James's Delight (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Newmarket Warrior (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Newmarket Warrior (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.