How many races has The Wooden Spoon won?

The Wooden Spoon (IRE) won 3 of 15 archived starts between 2005 and 2009, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 7 times in total (46.7% of starts).

Who trained The Wooden Spoon?

The Wooden Spoon (IRE) was trained by Jim Best on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 21 March 2009.

Who is The Wooden Spoon's sire?

The Wooden Spoon (IRE) is by Old Vic (GB) out of Amy's Gale (IRE), whose sire is Strong Gale.

What going does The Wooden Spoon prefer?

The Wooden Spoon (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is The Wooden Spoon's official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 124, from the run on 21 March 2009. That is also the highest on record.

Who are The Wooden Spoon's siblings?

Out of Amy's Gale (IRE), The Wooden Spoon (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Horse profile

The Wooden Spoon (IRE)

11yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2009) · Last trainer Jim Best · Last owner W A Scott M J Hills

by Old Vic (GB) out of Amy's Gale (IRE) (Strong Gale)

15 runs · 10 courses · from Dec 2005

As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 21 Mar 2009 — 6,438 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Mar 2009 · 1st of 16 Won last time out 3 wins · Stratford, Wetherby & Newton Abbot Last raced off OR 124

KTB Profile

The Wooden Spoon (IRE) is 3 from 15. Won last time out at Stratford (Class 5). Each win came on a first visit to the course. All 3 wins have come over 2m5f – 3m. Last raced off a career-high mark of 124.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance OR at career high

3–15Wins / Runs
20%Strike rate
7 (46.7%)Placed
−3.00£1 level staken=15 at SP
1.62Fair A/E n=15 · 1.34 incl. margin
124Highest OR
28dBetween runs (median)longest 321 d

Official rating124At career-high mark

124 75–124

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 131^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Stratford, 21 Mar 2009 Official rating 124 at the last run, 21 Mar 2009

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 14 figures · best 131^A · median 111

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 5 Nov 2025
Soft	7	125^A	99	—
Good to Soft	4	128^A	116	—
Heavy	2	107^C	98	—
Good to Firm	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m	11	131^A	117	—
2m1f – 2m4f	3	99^C	94	—

Of 15 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 15 runs · as at 4 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

Sire

Old Vic (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since Jan 2008 (630 horses).

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	30	4	13.3%	+1.6	—
Good to Firm	397	44	11.1%	−0.6	1 from 1
Good	1,797	242	13.5%	+1.8	—
Good to Soft	1,169	115	9.8%	−1.9	2 from 4
Soft	2,053	249	12.1%	+0.4	0 from 8
Heavy	1,447	157	10.9%	−0.8	0 from 2
Standard (AW)	23	0	0%	−11.7	—

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
1m – 1m1f	4	0	0%	−11.7	—
1m2f – 1m4f	24	2	8.3%	−3.4	—
1m5f – 2m	1,499	173	11.5%	−0.2	—
2m1f – 2m4f	2,249	260	11.6%	−0.1	0 from 3
2m5f – 3m	2,398	284	11.8%	+0.1	3 from 12
Over 3m	742	92	12.4%	+0.7	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Amy's Gale (IRE) (Strong Gale)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Top Gale (IRE)	9	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Soft	8	0	0%	−8.00
Good to Soft	4	2	50%	+3.00
Heavy	2	0	0%	−2.00
Good to Firm	1	1	100%	+4.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 4	10	2	20%	−3.00
Class 5	3	1	33%	+2.00
Class 3	2	0	0%	−2.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Chepstow	4	0	0%	−4.00
Folkestone	2	0	0%	−2.00
Taunton	2	0	0%	−2.00
Stratford	1	1	100%	+4.00
Wetherby	1	1	100%	+2.50
Newton Abbot	1	1	100%	+2.50
Uttoxeter	1	0	0%	−1.00
Huntingdon	1	0	0%	−1.00
Exeter	1	0	0%	−1.00
Plumpton	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2m5f – 3m	12	3	25%	+0.00
2m1f – 2m4f	3	0	0%	−3.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Seamus Durack	5	3	60%	+7.00
Robert L Butler	2	0	0%	−2.00
Jamie Moore	2	0	0%	−2.00
Leighton Aspell	2	0	0%	−2.00
Jack Doyle	1	0	0%	−1.00
Rhys Flint	1	0	0%	−1.00
Mick Fitzgerald	1	0	0%	−1.00
Justin Morgan	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
None	12	3	25%	+0.00
Blinkers	3	0	0%	−3.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2009	2	1	50%	+3.00
2008	6	2	33%	+1.00
2007	3	0	0%	−3.00
2006	3	0	0%	−3.00
2005	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

Date	Course	Race	Pos	Btn	Wgt	OR	KTB	Jockey	SP
2009 · 2 runs
21 Mar 09+28d	Stratford	Alcester Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 2m6f · Good To Firm · 16 ran	1/16		11-12	124	131^A	Seamus Durack	4/1C
21 Feb 09+56d	Chepstow	toteexacta Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m7½f · Soft · 15 ran	F/15	—	11-9	124	—	Jack Doyle	7/1
2008 · 6 runs
27 Dec 08+270d	Chepstow	Coral.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m7½f · Soft · 18 ran	3/18	7	11-5	120	125^A	Rhys Flint	12/1
01 Apr 08+10d	Wetherby	Jabra GN & Rocom Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7f · Good To Soft · 10 ran	1/10		11-5	120	128^A	Seamus Durack	5/2
22 Mar 08+14d	Newton Abbot	South West Racing Club Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5½f · Good To Soft · 9 ran	1/9		11-5	103	117^B	Seamus Durack	5/2F
08 Mar 08+10d	Chepstow	WBX.COM Are You In Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7½f · Soft · 17 ran	2/17	8	11-0	103	124^A	Seamus Durack	9/1
27 Feb 08+51d	Folkestone	ALS Civil Engineers Ltd Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m6½f · Good To Soft · 11 ran	4/11	2	11-9	105	115^A	Seamus Durack	8/1
07 Jan 08+7d	Taunton	Thurlbear Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m · Soft · 15 ran	7/15	9	10-8	90	85^C	Robert L Butler	10/11F
2007 · 3 runs
31 Dec 07+321d	Uttoxeter	toteexacta Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m · Soft · 18 ran	2/18	1¾	11-6	90	122^C	Robert L Butler	7/2J
13 Feb 07+20d	Folkestone	Tendon Works Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Heavy · 12 ran	4/12	30	11-4	75	89^C	Jamie Moore	25/1
24 Jan 07+301d	Huntingdon	'NH' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 12 ran	5/12	6	11-2	95	94^C	Jamie Moore	20/1
2006 · 3 runs
29 Mar 06+22d	Taunton	Southwestracing.Com Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 3m · Good To Soft · 11 ran	7/11	23	11-3	95	82^C	Mick Fitzgerald	7/1
07 Mar 06+46d	Exeter	Gregory Distribution Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 3m½f · Heavy · 10 ran	3/10	2	11-3	98	107^C	Leighton Aspell	25/1
20 Jan 06+39d	Chepstow	Letheby & Christopher Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 2m7½f · Soft · 15 ran	4/15	19	10-13	—	82^C	Justin Morgan	50/1
2005 · 1 run
12 Dec 05	Plumpton	Coralcasino.com 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Soft · 13 ran	9/13	29	10-12	—	99^C	Leighton Aspell	25/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Wooden Spoon won?: The Wooden Spoon (IRE) won 3 of 15 archived starts between 2005 and 2009, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 7 times in total (46.7% of starts).
Who trained The Wooden Spoon?: The Wooden Spoon (IRE) was trained by Jim Best on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 21 March 2009.
Who is The Wooden Spoon's sire?: The Wooden Spoon (IRE) is by Old Vic (GB) out of Amy's Gale (IRE), whose sire is Strong Gale.
What going does The Wooden Spoon prefer?: The Wooden Spoon (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is The Wooden Spoon's official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 124, from the run on 21 March 2009. That is also the highest on record.
What is The Wooden Spoon's sire's record?: Old Vic (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since Jan 2008 (630 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are The Wooden Spoon's siblings?: Out of Amy's Gale (IRE), The Wooden Spoon (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

KTB Speed and Rating

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