The Mean Fiddler (IRE)
The Mean Fiddler is a colt by No Nay Never out of a daughter of Australia. He has one win and two places from four turf starts, the success gained in an Irish EBF Maiden Stakes at Musselburgh over under 6f on good ground in Aug 2026 when carrying an official rating of 79. All his wins have come at Class 4 level and over under 6f. He finished fourth of five at Pontefract in a Class 4 nursery in Sep 2026.
- 1–4Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 2 (50%)Placed
- −2.67£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 79Highest OR
- 20dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 98
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 98B | 88 | 3 runs · 98 / 88 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 88C | 87 | 2 runs · 88 / 87 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 98B | 93.5 | 2 runs · 98 / 93.5 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 from 4 analysed runs since Jul 2026
- Prominent 3 (75%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,326 runs since Jan 2008 (707 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,489 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 612 | 55 | 9% | −3.1 | — |
| Soft | 845 | 110 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| Heavy | 282 | 37 | 13.1% | +1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,155 | 255 | 11.8% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 911 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | 1 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,384 | 439 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,182 | 131 | 11.1% | −1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 582 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 185 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 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 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.67 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontefract | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.33 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.67 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.67 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 24 Sep 26+31d | Pontefract | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Nursery Handicap Stakes Held a central position early - pressed for effort with 2f left and slipped back to fourth - unable to close final furlong | 4/5 | 3 | 9-6 | 79 | 86C | 75B | Jason Hart | 11/4 |
| 24 Aug 26+21d | Musselburgh | Irish EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled just behind the pace early - hit the front before halfway - driven up and lost the advantage for a moment approaching the last furlong - regained command inside the closing stages and kept finding more to win | 1/8 | 9-7 | 79 | 98B | 78A | Jason Hart | 1/3F | |
| 03 Aug 26+8d | Ripon | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Sat close up in second early - driven with two furlongs left and closed on the front-runner - kept battling under pressure inside the final furlong but couldn't get past | 2/4 | ¾ | 9-7 | — | 88C | 95B | Jason Hart | 5/4F |
| 26 Jul 26 | Pontefract | BYD Wakefield British EBF Stallion Studs Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) not far off the pace - driven over 2f out - driven again to move in front over 1f out - caught by a whisker 1f out - fought on bravely in a prolonged tussle but lost out by the shortest of margins | 2/6 | nse | 9-7 | — | 89A | 88B | Jason Hart | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Mean Fiddler won?
- The Mean Fiddler (IRE) won 1 of 4 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains The Mean Fiddler?
- The Mean Fiddler (IRE) is trained by John & Sean Quinn, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 September 2026.
- Who is The Mean Fiddler's sire?
- The Mean Fiddler (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Counterparty Risk (IRE), whose sire is Australia.
- What going does The Mean Fiddler prefer?
- The Mean Fiddler (IRE) has the best record on good 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 The Mean Fiddler's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 24 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is The Mean Fiddler's sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,326 runs since Jan 2008 (707 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.