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Horse profile

Say A Few Words (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2009) · Last trainer Joseph Crowley · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Definite Article (GB) out of Lessons Lass (IRE) (Doyoun)
1 run · 1 course · from Jan 2009
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Jan 2009 — 6,517 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2009 · 19th of 24
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Jan 2009 as a 5yo gelding. Finished 19 of 24 at Fairyhouse last time. By Definite Article (GB), whose progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 91C the best of the last 1 rated run · Fairyhouse, 1 Jan 2009

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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
Definite Article (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since Jan 2008 (527 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm26519.2%+8.7—
Good to Firm5316913%+2.5—
Good2,03122411%+0.5—
Good to Soft8358910.7%+0.2—
Soft1,3771228.9%−1.60 from 1
Heavy6797410.9%+0.4—
Standard (AW)13875.1%−5.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f11218.2%+7.7—
1m – 1m1f49510.2%−0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f21194.3%−6.2—
1m5f – 2m1,81118510.2%−0.30 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,90020410.7%+0.2—
2m5f – 3m1,34915611.6%+1.1—
Over 3m2862910.1%−0.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Lessons Lass (IRE) (Doyoun)

7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them The Polomoche (IRE) (8 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m7½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (The Polomoche (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
The Polomoche (IRE)1782m–2m7½fClass 2
Lessons In Milan (IRE)1322m3½f–2m6fClass 3
John Diamond (IRE)1122m4f–2m5fClass 3
My Pal Val (IRE)1222m–2m3fClass 4
Schiehallion (IRE)912m½fClass 4
Black Zorro (IRE)160——
Lecon Benefique (IRE)100——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2009 · 1 run
01 Jan 09 Fairyhouse New Year Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 24 ran 19/24 1½ 11-7 91C D G Hogan 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Say A Few Words won?
Say A Few Words (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2009.
Who trained Say A Few Words?
Say A Few Words (IRE) was trained by Joseph Crowley on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 1 January 2009.
Who is Say A Few Words's sire?
Say A Few Words (IRE) is by Definite Article (GB) out of Lessons Lass (IRE), whose sire is Doyoun.
What is Say A Few Words's sire's record?
Definite Article (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since Jan 2008 (527 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.
Who are Say A Few Words's siblings?
Out of Lessons Lass (IRE), Say A Few Words (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: The Polomoche (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Class 2 (The Polomoche (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m7½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from January 2009. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.