Horse profile
Norwalk Havoc (GB)
by Showcasing (GB) out of Light Of Joy (USA) (Kitten's Joy)
19 runs · 9 courses · from May 2023
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Leopardstown & Gowran Park
Last run 28 Jul 2026 · 17th of 17
Last raced off OR 103
KTB Profile
Norwalk Havoc is 4 wins from 19 runs on turf, including two Listed wins in our archive. His biggest win in our archive came in the Bahrain Turf Club Knockaire Stakes at Leopardstown in Oct 2025. He has three wins from five starts at Leopardstown and all four wins came on soft or heavy ground. The gelding last ran at Galway in Jul 2026, finishing 17 of 17 off his career-high mark of 103.
Based on 19 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR at career high
- 4–19Wins / Runs
- 21.1%Strike rate
- 8 (42.1%)Placed
- +4.50£1 level staken=19 at SP
- 1.97Fair A/E n=19 · 1.66 incl. margin
- 103Highest OR
- 30dBetween runs (median)longest 319 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.
Official rating103At career-high mark
103
95–103
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 120C | 100.5 | 2 runs · 108 / 101.5 |
| Heavy | 6 | 116A | 100.5 | 2 runs · 95 / 78 |
| Good | 3 | 97A | 79 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 13 | 120C | 97 | 4 runs · 108 / 96 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 106C | 94 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 89A | 75 | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 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 10 analysed runs since Sep 2024
- Led 4 (40%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 3 (30%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (20%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 11,659 runs since Apr 2014 (999 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 109.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 92 | 10 | 10.9% | +0.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,912 | 187 | 9.8% | −0.4 | — |
| Good | 2,277 | 232 | 10.2% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,144 | 116 | 10.1% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,275 | 133 | 10.4% | +0.2 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 330 | 29 | 8.8% | −1.4 | 3 from 7 |
| Standard (AW) | 4,629 | 477 | 10.3% | +0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,289 | 272 | 11.9% | +1.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5,931 | 635 | 10.7% | +0.5 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,181 | 189 | 8.7% | −1.5 | 3 from 14 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 897 | 60 | 6.7% | −3.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 219 | 15 | 6.8% | −3.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 109 | 6 | 5.5% | −4.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 24 | 4 | 16.7% | +6.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | +23.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2014 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Light Of Joy (USA) (Kitten's Joy)
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Emit (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m1f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Listed (Emit (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emit (IRE) | 16 | 2 | 1m1f–1m4f | Listed |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.50 |
| Heavy | 7 | 3 | 43% | +13.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Leopardstown | 5 | 3 | 60% | +15.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Galway (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 3 | 21% | +6.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Foley | 16 | 3 | 19% | +1.50 |
| Scott McCullagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 12 | 2 | 17% | −3.00 |
| None | 6 | 2 | 33% | +8.50 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +9.50 |
| 2023 | 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 | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Jul 26+51d | Galway (IRE) | COLM QUINN BMW Mile Handicap Slow to break - settled at the back and lost more ground before the turn - never a factor thereafter | 17/17 | 2¼ | 10-0 | 103 | 95C | 83C | Shane Foley | 14/1 |
| 07 Jun 26+53d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Hill Of Tara Stakes (Listed) Settled close to the front early - eased back to 5th with 3f left after a push along - faded through the closing stages | 10/10 | 1½ | 9-12 | 103 | 97A | 89A | Scott McCullagh | 40/1 |
| 15 Apr 26+12d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Heritage Stakes (Listed) Held up early - still back in 9th with three furlongs left - bumped approaching the final two - progress gained inside the last furlong - closed strongly to grab 3rd right at the line | 3/11 | 1¾ | 9-10 | 99 | 108A | 103A | Shane Foley | 10/1 |
| 03 Apr 26+19d | Curragh | 1xBet.ie Emerald Cup Handicap (Premier Handicap) Went straight to front - overtaken before 1f - down to 5th by halfway - driven on rail approaching final 2f - stopped responding and dropped away close home | 8/18 | nk | 10-2 | 102 | 61C | 89C | Shane Foley | 16/1 |
| 15 Mar 26+126d | Curragh | Nua Healthcare Irish Lincolnshire (Premier Handicap) Settled with the pack early - still 9th and unable to close on leading group over a furlong out - finished without gaining or losing significant ground - well held in 7th | 7/25 | nk | 9-12 | 103 | 95C | 105A | Shane Foley | 11/1 |
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Nov 25+21d | Saint-Cloud (FR) | Prix Tantieme () (3yo+) (Turf) | 11/11 | 3 | 9-4 | — | — | — | Shane Foley | 4/1 |
| 19 Oct 25+26d | Leopardstown | Bahrain Turf Club Knockaire Stakes (Listed) Set the pace from the break - driven out and had a two length advantage with a furlong left - urged and stayed on strongly to the line for victory | 1/8 | 9-9 | 97 | 106A | 117A | Seamie Heffernan | 5/1 | |
| 23 Sep 25+56d | Listowel | Edmund & Josie Whelan Memorial Listowel Stakes (Listed) Shared front spot early - edged clear approaching 2f out - pushed along inside final two furlongs - challenger came back level a furlong out - pipped near the line and stayed second | 2/6 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 97 | 116A | 95B | Shane Foley | 11/4J |
| 29 Jul 25+47d | Galway | COLM QUINN BMW Mile Handicap (Premier Handicap) Sat handy behind the front group - 6th at halfway - pressed for effort 2f out and unable to find more inside the final furlong | 10/14 | 1¼ | 9-12 | 102 | 120C | 88A | Shane Foley | 8/1 |
| 12 Jun 25+235d | Leopardstown | Barberstown Castle Stakes (Group 3) (Registered as the Ballycorus Stakes) Sat closest to pace in second - pushed to get on terms 2f out and level 1 1/2f out - lost the front spot inside final furlong - held on final effort late | 6/11 | 3½ | 9-9 | 103 | 94A | 90A | Shane Foley | 6/1 |
| 2024 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Oct 24+22d | Leopardstown | Bahrain Turf Club Knockaire Stakes (Listed) Set the pace from the start - driven on with two furlongs left - stayed the course to hold on inside the final furlong | 1/8 | 9-6 | 102 | 112A | 111A | Shane Foley | 2/1F | |
| 28 Sep 24+60d | Newmarket | bet365 Cambridgeshire (Heritage Handicap) Tracked the pace from mid-pack towards the far rail - pushed along with two furlongs left and battling for the front inside the final furlong - unable to gain ground closer home finishing ninth | 9/31 | nse | 9-4 | 102 | 91C | 99A | Jim Crowley | 14/1 |
| 30 Jul 24+30d | Galway | COLM QUINN BMW Mile Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 2/18 | nk | 9-2 | 99 | 115C | 104A | Shane Foley | 14/1 |
| 30 Jun 24+35d | Curragh | Colm McLoughlin Celebration Stakes (Listed) | 4/8 | nse | 8-13 | 100 | 79A | 88A | Shane Foley | 11/1 |
| 26 May 24+20d | Curragh | Heider Family Stables Gallinule Stakes (Group 3) | 6/8 | nk | 9-5 | 100 | 89A | 88A | Shane Foley | 14/1 |
| 06 May 24+13d | Curragh | Coolmore Stud Paddington Irish European Breeders Fund Tetrarch Stakes (Listed) | 2/5 | 1 | 9-5 | 95 | 79C | 96B | Shane Foley | 13/2 |
| 23 Apr 24+13d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race | 1/5 | 9-9 | — | 106C | 99B | Shane Foley | 5/2J | |
| 10 Apr 24+319d | Leopardstown | 1888 Restaurant (C & G) Maiden | 1/6 | 9-8 | — | 95A | 101B | Shane Foley | 10/1 | |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 27 May 23 | Curragh | Tally Ho Stud Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden | 6/6 | 6 | 9-5 | — | 38A | 66B | Shane Foley | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Norwalk Havoc won?
- Norwalk Havoc (GB) won 4 of 19 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 21.1%. Placed 8 times in total (42.1% of starts).
- Who trains Norwalk Havoc?
- Norwalk Havoc (GB) is trained by Mrs John Harrington, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 28 July 2026.
- Who is Norwalk Havoc's sire?
- Norwalk Havoc (GB) is by Showcasing (GB) out of Light Of Joy (USA), whose sire is Kitten's Joy.
- What going does Norwalk Havoc prefer?
- Norwalk Havoc (GB) has the best record on heavy 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 Norwalk Havoc's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 103, from the run on 28 July 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Norwalk Havoc's sire's record?
- Showcasing (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 11,659 runs since Apr 2014 (999 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 109.
- Who are Norwalk Havoc's siblings?
- Out of Light Of Joy (USA), Norwalk Havoc (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Emit (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Emit (IRE)). The wins came over 1m1f–1m4f. As at Nov 2026.