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Horse profile

Oh What Fun (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, May 2024) · Last trainer Edward Bethell · Last owner Paul Clare Rooney
by Ulysses (IRE) out of Vega's Angel (GB) (Lope De Vega)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Oct 2023
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 May 2024 — 882 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2024 · 6th of 7 New yard First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 65
KTB Profile

Oh What Fun is a gelding by Ulysses out of a Lope De Vega mare who failed to win in four starts between Oct 2023 and May 2024. He raced on both turf and all-weather, over trips from 1m to 2m, without placing. His last run, at Redcar in May 2024, was his first for the Edward Bethell yard, came in first-time headgear and saw him finish sixth of seven in a Class 5 maiden handicap off an official rating of 65. He reached a highest ever mark of 65.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 93 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 10 Nov 2023

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 4 figures · best 93A · median 61.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft251A30—
Standard (AW)293A82.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f393A72—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 65A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 10 Nov 2023 Official rating 65 at the last run, 28 May 2024

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 4 figures · best 73A · median 63.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft273A65—
Standard (AW)265A63.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f373A65—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 4 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

Sire
Ulysses (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 2,981 runs since Jan 2008 (293 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm800%−10.6—
Good to Firm4975711.5%+0.9—
Good7547910.5%−0.1—
Good to Soft258259.7%−0.9—
Soft3113611.6%+10 from 2
Heavy891011.2%+0.6—
Standard (AW)1,06410810.2%−0.40 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2229.1%−1.5—
6f – 7f534458.4%−2.2—
1m – 1m1f8328910.7%+0.10 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f1,06012912.2%+1.6—
1m5f – 2m433388.8%−1.80 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f861214%+3.4—
2m5f – 3m1100%−10.6—
Over 3m300%−10.6—

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

Dam
Vega's Angel (GB) (Lope De Vega)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Cosy Bear (FR) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m3f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Cosy Bear (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Cosy Bear (FR)1231m3f–1m4fClass 2

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Connor Beasley 1 0 0% −1.00
Trevor Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00
Billy Loughnane 1 0 0% −1.00
Kevin Stott 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 3 0 0% −3.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 1 run
28 May 24+200d Redcar racingtv.com Maiden Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 38 9-4 659C57C Connor Beasley 7/2
2023 · 3 runs
10 Nov 23+17d Chelmsford City (AW) Racing Here Tomorrow Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 6/11 1¾ 9-7 —93A65A Trevor Whelan 25/1
24 Oct 23+19d Wolverhampton (AW) Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 11 ran 10/11 shd 9-4 —72A62A Billy Loughnane 28/1
05 Oct 23 Salisbury Byerley Stud British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 8f · Soft · 11 ran 8/11 ¾ 9-4 —51A73A Kevin Stott 11/1

Quick answers

How many races has Oh What Fun won?
Oh What Fun (GB) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2023 and 2024.
Who trained Oh What Fun?
Oh What Fun (GB) was trained by Edward Bethell on the most recent run on record, at Redcar on 28 May 2024.
Who is Oh What Fun's sire?
Oh What Fun (GB) is by Ulysses (IRE) out of Vega's Angel (GB), whose sire is Lope De Vega.
What is Oh What Fun's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 65, from the run on 28 May 2024. That is also the highest on record.
What is Oh What Fun's sire's record?
Ulysses (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 2,981 runs since Jan 2008 (293 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Oh What Fun's siblings?
Out of Vega's Angel (GB), Oh What Fun (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Cosy Bear (FR) (3). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Cosy Bear (FR)). The wins came over 1m3f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.