Shy John (GB)
Shy John (GB) is 3 from 19. Hasn't won since Mar 2015. Last raced off 98, 26lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–19Wins / Runs
- 15.8%Strike rate
- 4 (21.1%)Placed
- −6.83£1 level staken=19 at SP
- 0.95Fair A/E n=19 · 0.83 incl. margin
- 124Highest OR
- 80dAvg 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 —
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 11.1% of 287 runs since Jan 2008 (20 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 22 | 5 | 22.7% | +11.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 50 | 13 | 26% | +14.9 | — |
| Good | 64 | 7 | 10.9% | −0.2 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 38 | 3 | 7.9% | −3.2 | 0 from 6 |
| Soft | 32 | 2 | 6.3% | −4.8 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | +5.6 | 1 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 69 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 33 | 4 | 12.1% | +1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 46 | 3 | 6.5% | −4.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 33 | 3 | 9.1% | −2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 52 | 3 | 5.8% | −5.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 44 | 7 | 15.9% | +4.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 38 | 7 | 18.4% | +7.3 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 30 | 4 | 13.3% | +2.2 | 1 from 7 |
| Over 3m | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | −2 | 1 from 9 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.50 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.33 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.00 |
| Class 6 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +5.17 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wincanton | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.50 |
| Ludlow | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Taunton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Stratford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Towcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.67 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 9 | 1 | 11% | −1.50 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.33 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Mason | 10 | 2 | 20% | −0.83 |
| Mr Lewis Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| James Davies | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Conor Shoemark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.00 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.17 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 18 | 3 | 17% | −5.83 |
| Hurdle | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Shy John (GB) won?
- Shy John (GB) won 3 of 19 archived starts between 2013 and 2017, a strike rate of 15.8%. Placed 4 times in total (21.1% of starts).
- Who trained Shy John (GB)?
- Shy John (GB) was trained by Jennifer Mason on the most recent run on record, at Towcester on 2 February 2017.
- Who is Shy John (GB)'s sire?
- Shy John (GB) is by Kier Park (IRE) out of Shy Lizzie (GB), whose sire is Buzzards Bay.
- What going does Shy John (GB) prefer?
- Shy John (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Shy John (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 2 February 2017. The highest on record is 124.
- What is Shy John (GB)'s sire's record?
- Kier Park (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 287 runs since Jan 2008 (20 horses), Flat and jumps together.