Joyful Act (GB)
Joyful Act is a Frankel filly out of Blue Bunting who won one of three starts. She took a Class 5 maiden at Newcastle over 1m2f – 1m4f on Standard going in Apr 2023. Both her other runs came over 1m2f – 1m4f, one on turf when she finished 9 of 9 at Newmarket in the Class 1 Howden Pretty Polly Stakes in May 2023. All wins at Class 5.
- 1–3Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 1 (33.3%)Placed
- +0.50£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 22dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 84
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 | 84A | 77 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 70A | 45.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 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 18% of 7,519 runs since Jan 2008 (878 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.3% from 268.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,280 | 259 | 20.2% | +2.2 | — |
| Good | 1,915 | 362 | 18.9% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,020 | 175 | 17.2% | −0.8 | — |
| Soft | 1,110 | 162 | 14.6% | −3.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 329 | 42 | 12.8% | −5.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,850 | 350 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 1 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 65 | 11 | 16.9% | −1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,261 | 236 | 18.7% | +0.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,980 | 371 | 18.7% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,882 | 546 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 968 | 151 | 15.6% | −2.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 268 | 33 | 12.3% | −5.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −10.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −18 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Flag Festival (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m2f–1m3f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Flag Festival (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Festival (GB) | 2 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 5 |
| Blue Illusion (GB) | 5 | 1 | 1m3f | — |
| State Event (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Blue Mountain (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Star Garland (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Davies | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| James Doyle | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 07 May 23+24d | Newmarket | Howden Pretty Polly Stakes (Fillies' Listed) | 9/9 | 22 | 9-2 | 21C | 64C | James Doyle | 16/1 |
| 13 Apr 23+19d | Newcastle (AW) | At The Races App Market Movers Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 8-8 | 70A | 66A | Harry Davies | 5/2 | |
| 25 Mar 23 | Wolverhampton (AW) | talkSPORT Download The App Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/10 | 1½ | 8-8 | 84A | 70A | Harry Davies | 5/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Joyful Act won?
- Joyful Act (GB) won 1 of 3 archived starts in 2023, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 1 time in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Joyful Act?
- Joyful Act (GB) was trained by Charlie Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 7 May 2023.
- Who is Joyful Act's sire?
- Joyful Act (GB) is by Frankel (GB) out of Blue Bunting (USA), whose sire is Dynaformer.
- What is Joyful Act's sire's record?
- Frankel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,519 runs since Jan 2008 (878 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.3% from 268.
- Who are Joyful Act's siblings?
- Out of Blue Bunting (USA), Joyful Act (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Flag Festival (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Flag Festival (GB)). The wins came over 1m2f–1m3f. As at Oct 2026.