Mr Writer (IRE)
Mr Writer is 3 from 13 with all wins at Class 4 level. All three wins came over 6f – 7f on good to firm going, the latest at Newmarket (July) in Aug 2026 off a mark of 82. He ran off his career-high mark of 87 when sixth of 16 at Newbury in Sep 2026. The gelding is by Dark Angel out of a Sea The Stars mare.
- 3–13Wins / Runs
- 23.1%Strike rate
- 5 (38.5%)Placed
- −1.93£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 1.09Fair A/E n=13 · 0.93 incl. margin
- 87Highest OR
- 40dAvg 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 120
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 7 | 120B | 88 | 6 · 120 / 90 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 82C | 74 | 1 · — |
| Good | 2 | 104B | 85.5 | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 120B | 80.5 | 7 · 120 / 88 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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 8 analysed runs
- Held up 3 (38%) · 1 win
- Midfield 2 (25%) · 1 win
- Prominent 2 (25%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (13%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,863 runs since Jan 2008 (1,593 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 107 | 16 | 15% | +3.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,694 | 452 | 12.2% | +0.9 | 3 from 7 |
| Good | 4,838 | 510 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 2,406 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,722 | 253 | 9.3% | −2 | — |
| Heavy | 822 | 69 | 8.4% | −2.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7,273 | 916 | 12.6% | +1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,064 | 278 | 13.5% | +2.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 10,694 | 1,251 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 3 from 12 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,990 | 546 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,464 | 236 | 9.6% | −1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,089 | 109 | 10% | −1.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 472 | 41 | 8.7% | −2.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 86 | 7 | 8.1% | −3.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Back In Black (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Lola De Valence (IRE)).
Family form: Lola De Valence (IRE) won at Newmarket, 9 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back In Black (IRE) | 15 | 2 | 7f | Class 2 |
| Lola De Valence (IRE) | 5 | 2 | 6f–7f | Group 3 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 7 | 3 | 43% | +4.07 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 10 | 3 | 30% | +1.07 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket (July) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 3 | 25% | −0.93 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Muscutt | 10 | 3 | 30% | +1.07 |
| Ross Coakley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +3.07 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 26+30d | Newbury | Conundrum Consulting Handicap Stakes Settled in the pack on the far flank - angled right and driven 2f out - closing on the front group in the final furlong - stayed on to finish 6th | 6/16 | hd | 9-3 | 87 | 92C | 90A | Daniel Muscutt | 17/2 |
| 20 Aug 26+27d | Newmarket (July) | Racing Tv Handicap Stakes Settled towards the back through midfield - pushed along and made progress two out - moved to front - stayed on well final furlong to assert - held advantage to the line | 1/10 | 10-0 | 82 | 120B | 107A | Daniel Muscutt | 11/2 | |
| 24 Jul 26+20d | Ascot | Chapel Down Handicap Stakes Handy in behind the pacesetters - pushed along 1f out - faded final furlong | 6/11 | 1¼ | 9-11 | 82 | 79B | 81A | Daniel Muscutt | 100/30 |
| 04 Jul 26+15d | Leicester | KLG Rutland Handicap Settled towards back early - driven into contention 2f out - up into third with a furlong left - closed on pace-setter 110yds out - got up close home to score | 1/7 | 9-9 | 78 | 119A | 93A | Daniel Muscutt | 2/1J | |
| 19 Jun 26+20d | Goodwood | Casamigos Handicap Settled off the pace early - pushed along with two out and well placed approaching the furlong marker - couldn't find more late and finished 5th beaten 2½ lengths | 5/10 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 78 | 104B | 84A | Daniel Muscutt | 9/1 |
| 30 May 26+21d | Catterick | Download The Raceday Ready App Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled just behind the front two - urged forward outside final two furlongs - moved into second inside the last - drew away with the front-runner approaching the furlong marker - stayed on strongly - got up to score close home | 1/6 | 9-5 | 78 | 78A | 85B | Daniel Muscutt | 4/7F | |
| 09 May 26+22d | Lingfield | William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Tracked the pace early - asked for effort past the 2f marker - went in front approaching the final furlong - overtaken close home - stayed on to finish second | 2/8 | 3½ | 9-6 | 77 | 88A | 88A | Daniel Muscutt | 11/2 |
| 17 Apr 26+191d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled handy while eager early - urged forward two furlongs out - found extra in final strides - grabbed fourth right at the line | 4/9 | 1¼ | 9-3 | 78 | 69A | 78A | Ross Coakley | 6/1 |
| 08 Oct 25+27d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Zero% Mission EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Went straight to front - driven along and challenged with 2f remaining - length to good early in last furlong before margin shrank - caught near line - unable to go with winner and beaten into second | 2/3 | 2 | 9-7 | 78 | 82C | 90C | Billy Loughnane | 5/2 |
| 11 Sep 25+55d | Doncaster | JHA Architecture Nursery Took a strong hold up with the front group early - eased back to midfield soon after - asked for effort passing the 2f marker then faded and was clipped approaching the final furlong | 6/9 | 2 | 8-11 | 78 | 85A | 77A | Oisin Murphy | 5/2F |
| 18 Jul 25+23d | Newbury | IRE-Incentive, It Pays to Buy Irish EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Pulled hard just behind the front rank on the far flank - driven over 2f out - urged then dropped away over 1f out | 5/11 | 1½ | 9-7 | — | 75B | 87A | Daniel Muscutt | 4/1 |
| 25 Jun 25+29d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Supporting Safer Gambling/EBF 'Confined' Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Sat close to leader from the off - kept battling in final furlong - unable to get on terms - finished second | 2/10 | 1¼ | 9-7 | — | 74A | 101A | Daniel Muscutt | 13/8 |
| 27 May 25 | Leicester | Orin Swift EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - pushed along with 2f left before losing touch a furlong out - dropped away late to finish 8th | 8/13 | ½ | 9-7 | — | 67C | 73A | Daniel Muscutt | 4/1J |
Quick answers
- How many races has Mr Writer (IRE) won?
- Mr Writer (IRE) won 3 of 13 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 23.1%. Placed 5 times in total (38.5% of starts).
- Who trains Mr Writer (IRE)?
- Mr Writer (IRE) is trained by James Fanshawe, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 19 September 2026.
- Who is Mr Writer (IRE)'s sire?
- Mr Writer (IRE) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Sacred Dance (GB), whose sire is Sea The Stars.
- What going does Mr Writer (IRE) prefer?
- Mr Writer (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 3 wins from 7 starts (42.9%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Mr Writer (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 19 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Mr Writer (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,863 runs since Jan 2008 (1,593 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
- Who are Mr Writer (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Sacred Dance (GB), Mr Writer (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Back In Black (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Lola De Valence (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.