Joyful Tidings (GB)
Joyful Tidings is a gelding who won one of nine starts on turf. His sole success came at Tipperary in Apr 2025 in the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden over under 6f on soft ground. All three subsequent runs at 6f to 7f have failed to add to that win. He finished fourth of 12 at Fairyhouse in Jun 2026 in the Winter Festival Early Bird Handicap off an official rating of 74.
- 1–9Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 2 (22.2%)Placed
- −6.25£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 0.92Fair A/E n=9 · 0.74 incl. margin
- 81Highest OR
- 16dBetween runs (median)longest 175 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.
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 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 101A | 84 | 2 runs · 101 / 79.5 |
| Good | 3 | 101C | 93 | 3 runs · 101 / 93 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 101C | 86.5 | 3 runs · 101 / 93 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 101A | 91 | 2 runs · 101 / 79.5 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 from 9 analysed runs since Apr 2025
- Prominent 5 (56%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 2 (22%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (11%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (11%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 398 runs since Apr 2025 (65 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.1% from 116.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −8.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 93 | 7 | 7.5% | −1.3 | — |
| Good | 87 | 13 | 14.9% | +6.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 35 | 2 | 5.7% | −3.1 | — |
| Soft | 29 | 3 | 10.3% | +1.5 | 1 from 6 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −8.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 145 | 10 | 6.9% | −1.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 116 | 14 | 12.1% | +3.3 | 1 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 212 | 13 | 6.1% | −2.7 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 43 | 4 | 9.3% | +0.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 21 | 3 | 14.3% | +5.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +7.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2025 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.25 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Naas | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.25 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Carroll | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.25 |
| Robert Whearty | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.25 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Jun 26+24d | Fairyhouse | Winter Festival Early Bird Handicap Sat close to the pace early - pushed into 3rd two out and up to 2nd inside the final furlong - couldn't find more late and held for 4th | 4/12 | dht | 9-8 | 74 | 83A | 95A | Gary Carroll | 8/1 |
| 19 May 26+10d | Cork | Follow Us On Social Media Handicap Sat just off the front group - 4th at halfway - urged forward after 2f out - moved into 2nd inside the final 150 yards but couldn't find more late and held for the runner-up spot | 2/8 | ½ | 8-11 | 75 | 101A | 90A | Robert Whearty | 8/1 |
| 09 May 26+12d | Naas | Declan Landy Fencing Handicap (Premier Handicap) Sat close to the pace early - pushed along in 4th 2f out then dropped to 7th with little response - held on for 10th without finding more | 10/14 | nk | 9-0 | 76 | 101C | 76A | Robert Whearty | 14/1 |
| 27 Apr 26+23d | Naas | Enjoy Racing TV With A Free Trial Now Handicap Sat behind front pair - moved through to share front spot 2f out - soon needed urging - driven hard and matched closely inside final 2f - overtaken in the last furlong and unable to find more | 5/12 | ½ | 9-10 | 78 | 93A | 82A | Robert Whearty | 14/1 |
| 04 Apr 26+175d | Cork | Down Syndrome Centre Cork Rated Race Held up towards the back - still 7th and unable to close a furlong out - flattened out through the finish and beaten well | 7/8 | ½ | 9-1 | 79 | 58A | 68A | Gary Carroll | 4/1 |
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Oct 25+11d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Birdcatcher Premier Nursery Handicap Took up the running - gave way at halfway - under pressure from 2f out and found little - plugged on at one speed inside the final furlong | 7/14 | nk | 9-2 | 81 | 90C | 84A | Gary Carroll | 9/1 |
| 30 Sep 25+16d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Nursery Handicap Settled in midfield - still 5th at halfway then asked for effort over 2f out - stayed on at one speed inside final furlong to finish 5th | 5/12 | hd | 9-13 | 81 | 78A | 84A | Gary Carroll | 7/2J |
| 14 Sep 25+143d | Curragh | Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales Stakes Settled around midpack early on - travelling keenly - pushed along to make ground 2f out - into 5th and driven inside final furlong holding the effort to the line | 5/16 | nse | 9-3 | — | 17C | 89A | Gary Carroll | 8/1 |
| 24 Apr 25 | Tipperary | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden Tracked the pace on the far flank early - hit the front approaching the 3f marker - challenged hard inside the final furlong then driven out to prevail | 1/12 | 9-2 | — | 91A | 103A | Gary Carroll | 7/4F | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Joyful Tidings won?
- Joyful Tidings (GB) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 2 times in total (22.2% of starts).
- Who trains Joyful Tidings?
- Joyful Tidings (GB) is trained by Gavin Cromwell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 June 2026.
- Who is Joyful Tidings's sire?
- Joyful Tidings (GB) is by A'ali (IRE) out of Maajmeh Dawn (IRE), whose sire is Dawn Approach.
- What going does Joyful Tidings prefer?
- Joyful Tidings (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Joyful Tidings's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 12 June 2026. The highest on record is 81.
- What is Joyful Tidings's sire's record?
- A'ali (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 398 runs since Apr 2025 (65 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.1% from 116.