Too Darn Good (IRE)
Too Darn Good is a gelding who has won two of 14 starts, both at Class 5 level in handicaps under 6f. He gained those successes at Windsor on good to firm in Jul 2026 off 64 and at Wolverhampton on standard going in Sep 2026 off 66. All his wins have come when ridden prominently. He finished eighth of eight at Wolverhampton in Sep 2026 when last raced off a mark of 73.
- 2–14Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 4 (28.6%)Placed
- +11.00£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.28Fair A/E n=14 · 1.09 incl. margin
- 75Highest OR
- 38dAvg 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 108
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 to Firm | 6 | 111A | 75 | 5 runs · 111 / 77 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 108A | 79.5 | 3 runs · 108 / 71 |
| Good | 3 | 101B | 79 | 1 run · — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 11 | 111A | 77 | 8 runs · 111 / 82 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 88A | 72 | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 runs · as at 6 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 13 analysed runs since May 2025
- Prominent 7 (54%) · 1 win
- Led 4 (31%) · 1 win
- Held up 1 (8%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (8%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.1% of 2,327 runs since Jan 2008 (321 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.4% from 117.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | +19.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 469 | 71 | 15.1% | +1 | 1 from 6 |
| Good | 623 | 83 | 13.3% | −0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 260 | 37 | 14.2% | +0.1 | — |
| Soft | 233 | 29 | 12.4% | −1.7 | — |
| Heavy | 61 | 11 | 18% | +3.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 671 | 94 | 14% | −0.1 | 1 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 117 | 11 | 9.4% | −4.7 | 2 from 11 |
| 6f – 7f | 918 | 133 | 14.5% | +0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 701 | 104 | 14.8% | +0.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 477 | 67 | 14% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 91 | 13 | 14.3% | +0.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 23 | 0 | 0% | −14.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Thurso (GB) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Flight Signal (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurso (GB) | 26 | 4 | 5½f–7f | Class 5 |
| Flight Signal (GB) | 3 | 1 | 5f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 17% | +6.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +16.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 4 | 1 | 25% | +8.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
| Bath | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 11 | 2 | 18% | +14.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Hornby | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Nicola Currie | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| Taryn Langley | 2 | 1 | 50% | +10.00 |
| Thomas Greatrex | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Sanderson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean D Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 1 | 10% | +3.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 1 | 25% | +8.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +17.00 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Sep 26+21d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Cavani Winning Form Handicap Stakes Held a forward spot early - pressed for effort with 2f left - dropped away inside the final furlong - finished 8th | 8/8 | 2¾ | 9-9 | 73 | 68A | 34A | Nicola Currie | 11/1 |
| 07 Sep 26+21d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap Stakes Handy in the pack early - urged forward with 2f left - nosed in front approaching final furlong - kicked away smartly inside the last 110 yards drifting left to score comfortably | 1/9 | 9-7 | 66 | 108A | 88A | Nicola Currie | 12/1 | |
| 17 Aug 26+21d | Windsor | Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Apprentice Handicap Stakes Set the pace in brisk fashion - overtaken inside the final furlong and knocked sideways entering it - held on for sixth without finding more | 6/9 | ½ | 9-6 | 67 | 87B | 67A | Taryn Langley | 15/2 |
| 27 Jul 26+20d | Windsor | Download The At The Races App Apprentice Handicap Stakes led throughout - driven over 2f out - drifted left over the final 110 yards but held on to win | 1/11 | 8-12 | 64 | 111A | 76A | Taryn Langley | 11/1 | |
| 07 Jul 26+18d | Brighton | fairplaybet.co.uk Bet 20 Pound Get 20 Pound Free Bets Handicap Raced up with the pace - well placed to challenge with 2f to run - faded inside the final furlong | 5/5 | 1 | 9-8 | 65 | 77C | 59B | Rob Hornby | 9/2 |
| 19 Jun 26+28d | Goodwood | Goodwood Horseracing Club Membership Handicap Tracked leader - pressed for effort over a furlong out - stayed on at one speed to finish third | 3/8 | 1¼ | 8-11 | 66 | 101B | 75A | Thomas Greatrex | 18/1 |
| 22 May 26+18d | Bath | Blackmore Build And Design Handicap Drifted right at the off - raced handy and pushed for effort with 2f left - knocked about when fading inside final furlong to finish seventh | 7/9 | 5½ | 9-7 | 68 | 68A | 44A | Nicola Currie | 13/2 |
| 04 May 26+166d | Windsor | BetWright Bet The Wright Way Handicap Sent clear early - pushed along and lost the advantage 2f out - dropped away in the closing stages to finish sixth | 6/10 | 1¾ | 9-9 | 70 | 73A | 64A | Rob Hornby | 9/4F |
| 2025 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Nov 25+42d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 40,000+ Live Streamed Events Nursery Held up eager to go early - sat off pace - boxed in when pressed with a furlong to run - lost momentum close home - finished sixth | 6/7 | hd | 9-8 | 72 | 71A | 62A | Ben Sanderson | 18/5 |
| 08 Oct 25+62d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boosts Nursery Settled behind the pace early - moved up to second inside the final furlong - held for the effort late finishing 3rd | 3/9 | 1 | 8-11 | 73 | 88A | 72A | David Egan | 16/1 |
| 07 Aug 25+12d | Sandown | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Sent to the front early - roused approaching the final furlong and lost command - couldn't find more inside the closing stages - finished fifth beaten three and a half lengths | 5/9 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 75 | 79B | 57A | Jim Crowley | 7/2 |
| 26 Jul 25+46d | Windsor | British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled in the pack - pushed along two out then moved left with a final furlong to run and gained ground - stayed on inside the closing stages but couldn't find enough to reach the leaders - finished fourth beaten 1.75 lengths | 4/9 | ½ | 9-7 | — | 71A | 74A | Sean D Bowen | 9/1 |
| 10 Jun 25+18d | Salisbury | Clive Cox Racing British EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Tracked front group early - lost place inside final furlong - finished ninth beaten 5.5 lengths | 9/12 | nse | 9-4 | — | 72A | 66A | Rob Hornby | 11/2 |
| 23 May 25 | Bath | Heavenly Desserts British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Sat close to the front pack early - squeezed for space and dropped back 3f out before rallying widest 2f out - held the effort through the last furlong to finish 4th beaten just over two lengths | 4/6 | ¾ | 9-4 | — | 69A | 75B | Rob Hornby | 18/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Too Darn Good won?
- Too Darn Good (IRE) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 4 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trains Too Darn Good?
- Too Darn Good (IRE) is trained by Henry Candy, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 28 September 2026.
- Who is Too Darn Good's sire?
- Too Darn Good (IRE) is by Too Darn Hot (GB) out of Rebecca Rocks (GB), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
- What going does Too Darn Good prefer?
- Too Darn Good (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Too Darn Good's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 73, from the run on 28 September 2026. The highest on record is 75.
- What is Too Darn Good's sire's record?
- Too Darn Hot (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.1% of 2,327 runs since Jan 2008 (321 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.4% from 117.
- Who are Too Darn Good's siblings?
- Out of Rebecca Rocks (GB), Too Darn Good (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Thurso (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Flight Signal (GB)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.