Sporting John (IRE)
Sporting John (IRE) is 6 from 19, including a Grade 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices' Chase at Sandown (Feb 2021). Hasn't won since Jan 2022. Last raced off 140, 14lb below the career-high mark.
- 6–19Wins / Runs
- 31.6%Strike rate
- 6 (31.6%)Placed
- +13.00£1 level staken=19 at SP
- 1.71Fair A/E n=19 · 1.46 incl. margin
- 154Highest OR
- 72dAvg 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 90
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 5 | 144A | 81 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 134C | 114 | — |
| Good | 4 | 122A | 89 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 144A | 99 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 141B | 120 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 114A | 102 | — |
Of 19 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (4).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 19 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 11.3% of 10,898 runs since Jan 2008 (1,025 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 23.7% from 131.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 131 | 31 | 23.7% | +12.4 | — |
| Good | 3,860 | 507 | 13.1% | +1.8 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 2,375 | 263 | 11.1% | −0.2 | 0 from 8 |
| Soft | 3,158 | 291 | 9.2% | −2.1 | 4 from 6 |
| Heavy | 1,246 | 126 | 10.1% | −1.2 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 127 | 13 | 10.2% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 78 | 7 | 9% | −2.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,390 | 371 | 10.9% | −0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,087 | 468 | 11.5% | +0.2 | 4 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,702 | 311 | 11.5% | +0.2 | 1 from 11 |
| Over 3m | 613 | 73 | 11.9% | +0.6 | 1 from 3 |
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, 3 winners — best of them Theyseekhimthere (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m3½f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Theyseekhimthere (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theyseekhimthere (IRE) | 8 | 2 | 2m3½f–2m7½f | Class 3 |
| Kala Brandy (IRE) | 13 | 2 | 2m4f | — |
| Kalabaloo (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 3m1½f | Class 4 |
| Queens Abbey (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sporting Sally (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 4 | 67% | +5.50 |
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +11.50 |
| Class 2 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.50 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.25 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.25 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Exeter | 3 | 2 | 67% | +2.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 11 | 1 | 9% | −5.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 4 | 80% | +17.50 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aidan Coleman | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Tom O'Brien | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Barry Geraghty | 4 | 3 | 75% | +3.50 |
| Richard Johnson | 3 | 1 | 33% | +12.00 |
| Micheal Nolan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richie McLernon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 17 | 6 | 35% | +15.00 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +15.50 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.50 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 10 | 5 | 50% | +7.00 |
| Chase | 9 | 1 | 11% | +6.00 |
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 Sporting John (IRE) won?
- Sporting John (IRE) won 6 of 19 archived starts between 2019 and 2023, a strike rate of 31.6%. Placed 6 times in total (31.6% of starts).
- Who trained Sporting John (IRE)?
- Sporting John (IRE) was trained by Philip Hobbs & Johnson White on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 20 May 2023.
- Who is Sporting John (IRE)'s sire?
- Sporting John (IRE) is by Getaway (GER) out of Wild Spell (IRE), whose sire is Oscar.
- What going does Sporting John (IRE) prefer?
- Sporting John (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 4 wins from 6 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 Sporting John (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 140, from the run on 20 May 2023. The highest on record is 154.
- What is Sporting John (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Getaway (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,898 runs since Jan 2008 (1,025 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 23.7% from 131.
- Who are Sporting John (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Wild Spell (IRE), Sporting John (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Theyseekhimthere (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Theyseekhimthere (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3½f–3m1½f. As at Oct 2026.