Unexpected Issues (IRE)
Unexpected Issues is a filly who won one of eight starts on turf. She took the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden at Navan over under 6f on soft ground in May 2024 and has not won since. Typically held up, she finished 7 of 10 at Naas in the RFL Steels Stakes in Oct 2025 when last raced off an official rating of 81, 10 lb below her highest ever mark of 91.
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 1 (12.5%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 2.36Fair A/E n=8 · 1.96 incl. margin
- 91Highest OR
- 75dAvg 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 95
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 95A | 87 | — |
| Good | 3 | 75C | 53 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 95A | 64 | — |
| Under 6f | 3 | 75C | 75 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 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 from 5 analysed runs
- Held up 3 (60%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (20%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,129 runs since Jan 2008 (659 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,186.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,032 | 124 | 12% | +0.9 | — |
| Good | 1,735 | 183 | 10.5% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 770 | 90 | 11.7% | +0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,062 | 120 | 11.3% | +0.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 292 | 33 | 11.3% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,213 | 237 | 10.7% | −0.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,186 | 172 | 14.5% | +3.4 | 1 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,553 | 394 | 11.1% | 0 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,379 | 135 | 9.8% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 648 | 60 | 9.3% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −1.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 83 | 4 | 4.8% | −6.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Oman (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m6½f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Castle Star (IRE)).
Family form: Oman (IRE) finished 2nd of 9 at Bath, 8 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oman (IRE) | 52 | 7 | 1m1f–1m6½f | Class 3 |
| Castle Star (IRE) | 12 | 2 | 5f–6f | Group 3 |
| Spring Is Here (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Zingaro Boy (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Slattery | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 25+7d | Naas | RFL Steels Stakes (Listed) Held up towards the back - urged forward with over 2f left - asked for effort but unable to close from a furlong out - finished 7th | 7/10 | 1¾ | 9-1 | 81 | 95A | 78A | Gary Carroll | 100/1 |
| 04 Oct 25+73d | Curragh | Darley Irish European Breeders Fund Brigid's Pastures Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Listed) Held a midfield spot early - began fading with over two furlongs left and dropped through the field - faded further in the closing stages to finish well beaten | 15/18 | 1½ | 9-2 | 85 | 64C | 74C | Andrew Slattery | 66/1 |
| 23 Jul 25+49d | Naas | Yeomanstown Stud Irish EBF Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Listed) Held up at the back from the off - made no impression through the race - well held at the finish | 9/10 | 2¼ | 9-2 | 89 | 87A | 64A | Andrew Slattery | 80/1 |
| 04 Jun 25+37d | Curragh | Sky Bet Handicap (Premier Handicap) Held up towards the back - urged for effort with 2f left but couldn't find any response - finished without threatening | 11/14 | 1¾ | 9-12 | 91 | 75C | 77A | Andrew Slattery | 28/1 |
| 28 Apr 25+226d | Naas | Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Woodlands Stakes (Listed) Slow to break - settled at the back and asked for effort by halfway - little improvement over a furlong out - found extra to move into third inside the final furlong - stayed on but couldn't trouble those in front - finished third | 3/7 | 4 | 8-8 | 84 | 71A | 81A | Andrew Slattery | 50/1 |
| 14 Sep 24+112d | Leopardstown | Ballylinch Stud Irish EBF Ingabelle Stakes (Fillies' Listed) Sat close to front pair early - third at halfway before urged forward and slipping back into straight - weakened into last spot a furlong out and allowed to finish well held | 9/9 | 11 | 9-2 | — | 53C | 46C | Seamie Heffernan | 125/1 |
| 25 May 24+18d | Curragh | GAIN Marble Hill Stakes (In Memory Of Theresa Marnane) (Group 3) | 6/7 | 3 | 9-2 | — | 53A | 69A | J M Sheridan | 12/1 |
| 07 May 24 | Navan | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden | 1/11 | 9-3 | — | 75A | 95A | Seamie Heffernan | 2/1F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Unexpected Issues (IRE) won?
- Unexpected Issues (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 1 time in total (12.5% of starts).
- Who trained Unexpected Issues (IRE)?
- Unexpected Issues (IRE) was trained by J A Stack on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 11 October 2025.
- Who is Unexpected Issues (IRE)'s sire?
- Unexpected Issues (IRE) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Awohaam (IRE), whose sire is Iffraaj.
- What going does Unexpected Issues (IRE) prefer?
- Unexpected Issues (IRE) has the best record on soft 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 Unexpected Issues (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 81, from the run on 11 October 2025. The highest on record is 91.
- What is Unexpected Issues (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,129 runs since Jan 2008 (659 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,186.
- Who are Unexpected Issues (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Awohaam (IRE), Unexpected Issues (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Oman (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Castle Star (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m6½f. As at Oct 2026.