Sheer Joy (IRE)
Sheer Joy is a lightly raced gelding with no wins or places from two starts between Jul 2024 and Sep 2024, both over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground. By Yeats, whose progeny have won 1,170 of 9,802 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip all codes over 3m. His dam has produced three winners from eight runners to date, the best being Arthur’s Quay with seven wins. He finished 7 of 11 in a Class 4 novices’ hurdle at Bangor-on-Dee in Sep 2024.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 60dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 | 2 | 78C | 65.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 78C | 65.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,825 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 818.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 222 | 28 | 12.6% | +0.7 | — |
| Good | 3,437 | 476 | 13.8% | +1.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,959 | 212 | 10.8% | −1.1 | — |
| Soft | 2,839 | 305 | 10.7% | −1.2 | — |
| Heavy | 1,159 | 136 | 11.7% | −0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 204 | 14 | 6.9% | −5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | −8.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 86 | 6 | 7% | −4.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 263 | 26 | 9.9% | −2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,436 | 274 | 11.2% | −0.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,288 | 352 | 10.7% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,906 | 387 | 13.3% | +1.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 818 | 125 | 15.3% | +3.4 | — |
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
8 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Arthur's Quay (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Arthur's Quay (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur's Quay (IRE) | 46 | 7 | 1m7½f–2m5f | Class 2 |
| Likearollingstone (IRE) | 15 | 2 | 2m4½f | Class 4 |
| The Big Apple (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 2m | — |
| Masterofthebree (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Bannow Storm (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Brooklynn (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Crixus (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Aurora Sunrise (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 06 Sep 24+60d | Bangor-on-Dee | Jones Bros Supporting CSRC Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled towards the back - lost touch before halfway - well beaten from there - finished 7th | 7/11 | 2½ | 11-0 | 78C | 95C | David Bass | 150/1 |
| 08 Jul 24 | Worcester | AK Bets Watch All UK Racing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 7/9 | 8½ | 11-2 | 53C | 90C | David Bass | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Sheer Joy won?
- Sheer Joy (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2024.
- Who trained Sheer Joy?
- Sheer Joy (IRE) was trained by Alastair Ralph on the most recent run on record, at Bangor-on-Dee on 6 September 2024.
- Who is Sheer Joy's sire?
- Sheer Joy (IRE) is by Yeats (IRE) out of Bannow Girl (IRE), whose sire is Glacial Storm.
- What is Sheer Joy's sire's record?
- Yeats (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,825 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 818.
- Who are Sheer Joy's siblings?
- Out of Bannow Girl (IRE), Sheer Joy (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Arthur's Quay (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Arthur's Quay (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.