Somehow (IRE)
Somehow (IRE) is 5 from 12, including a Group 2 win. The biggest win we hold: the Charm Spirit Dahlia Stakes at Newmarket (May 2017). Hasn't won since May 2017. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off a career-high mark of 114.
- 5–12Wins / Runs
- 41.7%Strike rate
- 9 (75%)Placed
- +1.03£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 1.59Fair A/E n=11 · 1.48 incl. margin
- 114Highest OR
- 53dAvg 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 110
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 102A | 99 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 110A | 100.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 12.1% of 5,477 runs since Jan 2008 (556 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9% from 210.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 676 | 87 | 12.9% | +0.8 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 1,215 | 148 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 2 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 572 | 76 | 13.3% | +1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,009 | 97 | 9.6% | −2.5 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 319 | 37 | 11.6% | −0.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,671 | 217 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 108 | 15 | 13.9% | +1.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,097 | 126 | 11.5% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,483 | 173 | 11.7% | −0.4 | 3 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,863 | 242 | 13% | +0.9 | 2 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 673 | 88 | 13.1% | +1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 210 | 19 | 9% | −3.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 41 | 1 | 2.4% | −9.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Alex My Boy (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m7½f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Alex My Boy (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex My Boy (IRE) | 14 | 5 | 1m4½f–1m7½f | Group 2 |
| Happen (USA) | 7 | 2 | 7f | Group 3 |
| Sierra Blanca (IRE) | 17 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Bella Qatara (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 1m2½f | — |
| Drops (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.50 |
| Good | 3 | 2 | 67% | +2.03 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.15 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Gowran Park (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.53 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Leopardstown (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 2 | 33% | −1.59 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 3 | 60% | +3.62 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seamie Heffernan | 7 | 3 | 43% | +1.88 |
| Ryan Moore | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.15 |
| Donnacha O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visor | 7 | 3 | 43% | +1.62 |
| None | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.41 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +1.91 |
| 2015 | 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 Somehow (IRE) won?
- Somehow (IRE) won 5 of 12 archived starts between 2015 and 2017, a strike rate of 41.7%. Placed 9 times in total (75% of starts).
- Who trained Somehow (IRE)?
- Somehow (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 28 May 2017.
- Who is Somehow (IRE)'s sire?
- Somehow (IRE) is by Fastnet Rock (AUS) out of Alexandrova (IRE), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
- What going does Somehow (IRE) prefer?
- Somehow (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Somehow (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 28 May 2017. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Somehow (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Fastnet Rock (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 5,477 runs since Jan 2008 (556 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9% from 210.
- Who are Somehow (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Alexandrova (IRE), Somehow (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Alex My Boy (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Alex My Boy (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m7½f. As at Oct 2026.