Shakespeare's Word (GB)
Shakespeare's Word (GB) is yet to win from 14 starts, though has placed 3 times. Best effort: 2nd of 8 at Galway (Oct 2020).
- 0–14Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 3 (21.4%)Placed
- −14.00£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=14 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 111Highest OR
- 69dAvg 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 100
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 2 | 80C | 72 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 107B | 92 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 106A | 103 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 97B | 78.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 107B | 101.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 100B | 92 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 14 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2) · did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 14 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 18.4% of 12,953 runs since Jan 2008 (1,525 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 48 | 11 | 22.9% | +4.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,323 | 477 | 20.5% | +2.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 3,166 | 563 | 17.8% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,742 | 310 | 17.8% | −0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,908 | 327 | 17.1% | −1.3 | 0 from 7 |
| Heavy | 595 | 103 | 17.3% | −1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,169 | 585 | 18.5% | +0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 429 | 42 | 9.8% | −8.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,121 | 580 | 18.6% | +0.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,858 | 726 | 18.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,833 | 769 | 20.1% | +1.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,209 | 188 | 15.6% | −2.8 | 0 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 333 | 48 | 14.4% | −4 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 138 | 19 | 13.8% | −4.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 32 | 6 | 18.8% | +0.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Royal Symbol (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Royal Symbol (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Symbol (IRE) | 4 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | Class 2 |
| Summer School (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 1m4f | Class 5 |
| Franz Schubert (GB) | 9 | 1 | 1m1f | — |
| Menuetto (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Music Teacher (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Miss A B O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jody McGarvey | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mr L P Shanahan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Gallagher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Flat | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chase | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Jun 22+16d | Leopardstown | Bulmers Secret Orchard Live At Leopardstown (Q.R.) Maiden | 9/11 | 1 | 11-0 | — | 64C | 60C | Mr L P Shanahan | 40/1 |
| 31 May 22+135d | Tipperary | Thank You To All The Frontline Workers Maiden | 8/10 | 4½ | 10-7 | — | 80C | 67C | Mark Gallagher | 100/1 |
| 16 Jan 22+19d | Punchestown | Sporting Life Beginners Chase | PU/12 | — | 12-0 | — | — | — | Jody McGarvey | 33/1 |
| 2021 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Dec 21+179d | Leopardstown | Irish Daily Star Christmas Handicap Hurdle (80-116) | 16/28 | ¾ | 11-6 | 107 | — | 103A | Jody McGarvey | 50/1 |
| 02 Jul 21+32d | Wexford | Cullen Mills Ballymurn Maiden Hurdle | 11/11 | 5 | 11-6 | 109 | 86C | 92C | Darragh O'Keeffe | 11/2 |
| 31 May 21+57d | Punchestown | Longhouse Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) | 6/18 | 3¾ | 12-0 | 110 | 100B | 100A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 5/1 |
| 04 Apr 21+28d | Fairyhouse | Cawley Furniture Novice Handicap Hurdle | 9/22 | 2 | 10-12 | 111 | 89B | 103A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 16/1 |
| 07 Mar 21+31d | Leopardstown | Donohoe Marquees Maiden Hurdle | 6/16 | 1 | 11-13 | — | 92B | 112A | Mark Walsh | 14/1 |
| 04 Feb 21+76d | Down Royal | Molson Coors Maiden Hurdle | 4/18 | 4½ | 11-5 | — | 97B | 107A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 25/1 |
| 2020 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Nov 20+27d | Gowran Park | Download The Boylesports App Novice Hurdle | 9/9 | ¾ | 11-4 | — | 60C | 96C | Jody McGarvey | 33/1 |
| 24 Oct 20+17d | Galway | Colm Quinn Bmw (c & G) (pro/am) Flat Race | 2/8 | 2¾ | 11-7 | — | — | 77B | Miss A B O'Connor | 2/1F |
| 07 Oct 20+249d | Galway | Galway Flat Race | 2/9 | 2¼ | 11-4 | — | — | 74C | Miss A B O'Connor | 11/4 |
| 01 Feb 20+27d | Leopardstown | Goffs Future Stars (C & G) I.N.H. Flat Race (Grade 2) | 5/8 | 3¾ | 10-7 | — | 107B | 103A | Miss A B O'Connor | 16/1 |
| 05 Jan 20 | Naas | Rushe's Supervalu (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 2/11 | 1¾ | 11-2 | — | 106A | 116A | Miss A B O'Connor | 11/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Shakespeare's Word won?
- Shakespeare's Word (GB) has yet to win, from 14 archived starts between 2020 and 2022. Placed 3 times in total (21.4% of starts).
- Who trained Shakespeare's Word?
- Shakespeare's Word (GB) was trained by Ross O'Sullivan on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 16 June 2022.
- Who is Shakespeare's Word's sire?
- Shakespeare's Word (GB) is by Dubawi (IRE) out of Measured Tempo (GB), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
- What is Shakespeare's Word's official rating?
- Shakespeare's Word (GB)'s highest official rating on record is 111.
- What is Shakespeare's Word's sire's record?
- Dubawi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,953 runs since Jan 2008 (1,525 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
- Who are Shakespeare's Word's siblings?
- Out of Measured Tempo (GB), Shakespeare's Word (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Royal Symbol (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Royal Symbol (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.