Troubled Times (IRE)
Troubled Times won four of eight starts on turf, including a Listed race at Gowran Park in Sep 2022. All four wins came on soft or good going, two of them over 2m1f to 2m4f and two over 1m5f to 2m. The mare, by Shirocco out of a daughter of Old Vic, landed a rated novice hurdle at Cork in May 2023 off an official rating of 109. She finished third of six as favourite in a mares hurdle at Killarney in Jul 2023, last raced off her career-high mark of 118.
- 4–8Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 5 (62.5%)Placed
- +14.38£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 2.12Fair A/E n=8 · 1.72 incl. margin
- 118Highest OR
- 61dAvg 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 130
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 117B | 111 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 131A | 130 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 130A | 109 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 8 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 8 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 11.2% of 9,174 runs since Jan 2008 (921 horses).
Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 3 | 20% | +8.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 343 | 30 | 8.7% | −2.5 | — |
| Good | 2,737 | 316 | 11.5% | +0.3 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 1,809 | 218 | 12.1% | +0.9 | — |
| Soft | 2,473 | 258 | 10.4% | −0.8 | 3 from 4 |
| Heavy | 1,031 | 123 | 11.9% | +0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 766 | 76 | 9.9% | −1.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 20 | 0 | 0% | −11.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 203 | 15 | 7.4% | −3.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 401 | 34 | 8.5% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,091 | 107 | 9.8% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,699 | 284 | 10.5% | −0.7 | 2 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,689 | 316 | 11.8% | +0.6 | 2 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,666 | 223 | 13.4% | +2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 405 | 45 | 11.1% | −0.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Honest Vic (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Honest Vic (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honest Vic (IRE) | 34 | 5 | 1m7½f–3m | Class 2 |
| Slap Dash Harry (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | +8.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 3 | 75% | +6.38 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney | 2 | 1 | 50% | +10.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +9.38 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 2 | 100% | +6.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Enright | 6 | 2 | 33% | −1.12 |
| Mr Derek O'Connor | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Mr P A King | 1 | 1 | 100% | +11.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 5 | 3 | 60% | +5.38 |
| None | 3 | 1 | 33% | +9.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.88 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +13.50 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 6 | 2 | 33% | −1.12 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Flat | 1 | 1 | 100% | +11.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Jul 23+52d | Killarney | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Hurdle | 3/6 | 24 | 11-1 | 118 | 101B | 108B | Phillip Enright | 11/8F |
| 29 May 23+23d | Ballinrobe | McHale Mayo Handicap Hurdle | 8/16 | 4¼ | 10-5 | 118 | 111B | 119A | Phillip Enright | 11/4F |
| 06 May 23+37d | Cork | Storm The Stars At Coolagown Stud Rated Novice Hurdle | 1/7 | 11-7 | 109 | 130A | 134A | Phillip Enright | 11/8F | |
| 30 Mar 23+181d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle | 1/14 | 11-7 | — | — | 126A | Phillip Enright | 6/4F | |
| 2022 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Sep 22+73d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mucklemeg Mares Flat Race (Listed) | 1/11 | 11-8 | — | 131A | 132A | Mr Derek O'Connor | 9/2 | |
| 19 Jul 22+19d | Ballinrobe | Mayo News Maiden Hurdle | 2/15 | 2½ | 11-5 | — | 117B | 120A | Phillip Enright | 5/4F |
| 30 Jun 22+45d | Tipperary | Tipperary Town Maiden Hurdle | 4/17 | shd | 11-5 | — | 100B | 124A | Phillip Enright | 17/2 |
| 16 May 22 | Killarney | PitchSupplies.ie Flat Race | 1/14 | 11-2 | — | — | 76B | Mr P A King | 11/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Troubled Times won?
- Troubled Times (IRE) won 4 of 8 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 5 times in total (62.5% of starts).
- Who trained Troubled Times?
- Troubled Times (IRE) was trained by S Curling on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 20 July 2023.
- Who is Troubled Times's sire?
- Troubled Times (IRE) is by Shirocco (GER) out of Miss Vic Lovin (IRE), whose sire is Old Vic.
- What going does Troubled Times prefer?
- Troubled Times (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 4 starts (75%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Troubled Times's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 118, from the run on 20 July 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Troubled Times's sire's record?
- Shirocco (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 9,174 runs since Jan 2008 (921 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
- Who are Troubled Times's siblings?
- Out of Miss Vic Lovin (IRE), Troubled Times (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Honest Vic (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Honest Vic (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m. As at Oct 2026.