Sometimes Always (IRE)
Sometimes Always won three of 12 starts between Nov 2019 and Dec 2024. Two of those wins came over 2m1f – 2m4f on turf, one in a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Wetherby on good to soft in Nov 2020 off a mark of 121 and one in a Class 4 novice hurdle at Doncaster on heavy the following month off 127. His third success was in a Class 5 jumpers bumper at Lingfield on standard going. The gelding, aged 9 at his last run in Dec 2024, finished 7 of 8 at Doncaster.
- 3–12Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 4 (33.3%)Placed
- −4.00£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 1.81Fair A/E n=12 · 1.54 incl. margin
- 127Highest OR
- 170dAvg 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 123
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 7 | 118A | 113 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 101B | 95 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 123A | 113 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 113B | 78.5 | — |
Of 12 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 12 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% of 20,049 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 62 | 13 | 21% | +10 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,240 | 171 | 13.8% | +2.8 | — |
| Good | 7,022 | 840 | 12% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 3,503 | 321 | 9.2% | −1.8 | 1 from 7 |
| Soft | 5,327 | 545 | 10.2% | −0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 2,759 | 274 | 9.9% | −1.1 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 136 | 33 | 24.3% | +13.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,727 | 517 | 10.9% | −0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,696 | 722 | 10.8% | −0.2 | 2 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6,537 | 742 | 11.4% | +0.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 2,018 | 210 | 10.4% | −0.6 | — |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present Soldier (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Afancy Getaway (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Western Fancy (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ellie's Warrior (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.62 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 6 | 2 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.38 |
| Ascot | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 2 | 22% | −3.38 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.62 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Todd | 7 | 3 | 43% | +1.00 |
| Tom O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Scudamore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Tudor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.62 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +2.62 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 8 | 2 | 25% | −2.38 |
| Chase | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.38 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Dec 24+23d | Doncaster | Grace And Dotty Handicap Chase Went straight to front - stumbled at 2nd - overtaken but stayed handy at 4th - clipped 7th - slipped back 9th - hampered by loose horse 12th then eased steadily out of contention | 7/8 | 21 | 11-2 | 110 | 75C | 94C | Charlie Todd | 25/1 |
| 20 Nov 24+1125d | Warwick | Weatherbys And Northampton Town FC Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Pulling hard from the off - held up towards the back and bumped at the opening fence - untidy over the 6th - well held from there | 5/7 | 40 | 10-8 | 114 | 44C | 101C | Charlie Todd | 80/1 |
| 22 Oct 21+209d | Cheltenham | Abu Dhabi Digital Exchange Handicap Hurdle | 8/12 | 1¼ | 10-10 | 124 | 123A | 104A | Tom Scudamore | 9/1 |
| 27 Mar 21+14d | Newbury | BetVictor Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 4/7 | 3 | 10-8 | 125 | 118A | 114B | Charlie Todd | 6/1 |
| 13 Mar 21+40d | Sandown | European Breeders' Fund Paddy Power 'National Hunt' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Final (Grade 3) (GBB Race) | 7/15 | 4¼ | 11-3 | 127 | 89B | 112A | Charlie Todd | 22/1 |
| 01 Feb 21+34d | Lingfield (AW) | Ian Collins 80th Birthday Surprise 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race (Div 2) | 1/11 | 10-13 | — | — | 116A | Charlie Todd | 11/8F | |
| 29 Dec 20+34d | Doncaster | British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/8 | 10-7 | 127 | 113B | 116B | Charlie Todd | 8/13F | |
| 25 Nov 20+25d | Wetherby | Visit injuredjockeys.co.uk For Christmas Cards Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 1/13 | 11-10 | 121 | 116B | 138A | Charlie Todd | 3/1F | |
| 31 Oct 20+307d | Ascot | tote.co.uk Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 2/9 | ½ | 11-10 | 116 | 94A | 133A | Jack Tudor | 17/2 |
| 29 Dec 19+37d | Doncaster | CWS Plumbing And Heating British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle | 4/11 | 8 | 10-12 | — | 115B | 115A | Tom O'Brien | 6/1 |
| 22 Nov 19+20d | Ascot | Zeelo 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle | 4/14 | 1 | 11-0 | — | 101B | 119A | Tom O'Brien | 33/1 |
| 02 Nov 19 | Ascot | Millgate Standard Open NH Flat Race | 5/16 | ½ | 11-0 | — | 113B | 122A | William Kennedy | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Sometimes Always (IRE) won?
- Sometimes Always (IRE) won 3 of 12 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 4 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Sometimes Always (IRE)?
- Sometimes Always (IRE) was trained by Ian Williams on the most recent run on record, at Doncaster on 13 December 2024.
- Who is Sometimes Always (IRE)'s sire?
- Sometimes Always (IRE) is by Presenting (GB) out of Noras Fancy (IRE), whose sire is Brian Boru.
- What going does Sometimes Always (IRE) prefer?
- Sometimes Always (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sometimes Always (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 13 December 2024. The highest on record is 127.
- What is Sometimes Always (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Presenting (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,049 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
- Who are Sometimes Always (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Noras Fancy (IRE), Sometimes Always (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.