Lovejoy (IRE)
Lovejoy (IRE) is 1 from 8. Hasn't won since Oct 2022.
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 2 (25%)Placed
- +5.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.52Fair A/E n=8 · 1.26 incl. margin
- 83Highest OR
- 43dAvg 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 110
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 110A | 96 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 85A | 24.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 110A | 55 | — |
| Under 6f | 3 | 101C | 85 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 9.4% of 1,942 runs since Jan 2008 (164 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6% from 116.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 273 | 30 | 11% | +1.6 | — |
| Good | 443 | 48 | 10.8% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 215 | 20 | 9.3% | −0.1 | — |
| Soft | 262 | 21 | 8% | −1.4 | 1 from 4 |
| Heavy | 81 | 6 | 7.4% | −2 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 657 | 58 | 8.8% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 283 | 28 | 9.9% | +0.5 | 1 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 823 | 77 | 9.4% | 0 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 408 | 42 | 10.3% | +0.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 224 | 20 | 8.9% | −0.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 116 | 7 | 6% | −3.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 68 | 5 | 7.4% | −2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | +7.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 2 | 25% | +15.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Social Butterfly (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Little Nosegay (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Butterfly (IRE) | 19 | 4 | 5f–6f | Class 6 |
| Little Nosegay (IRE) | 22 | 3 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Loveday (IRE) | 14 | 1 | 5f | — |
| Never In Red (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 7f | Class 6 |
| Love Bomb (IRE) | 16 | 1 | 5f | — |
| Love Ya (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Snowballs (IRE) | 14 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Crosse | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| W J Lee | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 7 | 1 | 14% | +6.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 23+5d | Galway | Claytonhotelgalway.ie Handicap (50-80) | 15/15 | 4¾ | 9-11 | 76 | -36C | 56C | W J Lee | 22/1 |
| 26 Jul 23+59d | Naas | Sean Barrett Bloodstock Insurances Ltd Handicap | 15/15 | ½ | 9-7 | 76 | 42C | 42C | Nathan Crosse | 20/1 |
| 28 May 23+27d | Curragh | Barberstown Castle Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Handicap | 13/15 | 4¼ | 8-9 | 79 | 55C | 41C | Nathan Crosse | 11/1 |
| 01 May 23+13d | Curragh | Treacy Group Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Handicap | 2/9 | 3¼ | 9-0 | 78 | 110A | 85A | Nathan Crosse | 28/1 |
| 18 Apr 23+12d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race | 6/6 | 1¼ | 9-4 | 79 | 91A | 62B | Nathan Crosse | 50/1 |
| 06 Apr 23+167d | Bellewstown | His Majesty's Cup Rated Race | 5/6 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 80 | 85A | 60B | W J Lee | 5/2F |
| 21 Oct 22+16d | Dundalk (AW) | William Hill Play Responsibly Nursery Handicap | 7/10 | 2½ | 10-1 | 83 | 67A | 59A | W J Lee | 4/1 |
| 05 Oct 22 | Navan | Arkle Bar Median Auction Maiden | 1/17 | 8-6 | — | 101C | 88A | Nathan Crosse | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Lovejoy (IRE) won?
- Lovejoy (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 2 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Lovejoy (IRE)?
- Lovejoy (IRE) was trained by W McCreery on the most recent run on record, at Galway on 31 July 2023.
- Who is Lovejoy (IRE)'s sire?
- Lovejoy (IRE) is by Gregorian (IRE) out of Bank On Black (IRE), whose sire is Big Bad Bob.
- What going does Lovejoy (IRE) prefer?
- Lovejoy (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Lovejoy (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 76, from the run on 31 July 2023. The highest on record is 83.
- What is Lovejoy (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Gregorian (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 1,942 runs since Jan 2008 (164 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6% from 116.
- Who are Lovejoy (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Bank On Black (IRE), Lovejoy (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Social Butterfly (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Little Nosegay (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.