Westward Ho (IRE)
Westward Ho (IRE) is 1 from 8, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Oct 2016. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 5 on turf. Last raced off 67, 12lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 2 (25%)Placed
- −5.25£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.14Fair A/E n=8 · 0.97 incl. margin
- 79Highest OR
- 111dAvg 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 97
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 96A | 85.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 99C | 85.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 97A | 81.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 12.1% of 5,483 runs since Jan 2008 (557 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 676 | 87 | 12.9% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,216 | 148 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 572 | 76 | 13.3% | +1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,012 | 98 | 9.7% | −2.4 | — |
| Heavy | 319 | 37 | 11.6% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,673 | 217 | 13% | +0.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 108 | 15 | 13.9% | +1.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,097 | 126 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,484 | 173 | 11.7% | −0.4 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,864 | 242 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 675 | 88 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 212 | 20 | 9.4% | −2.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 41 | 1 | 2.4% | −9.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
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
7 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Merry Me (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Merry Me (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merry Me (IRE) | 17 | 2 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Wild Hero (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Eastern (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Elusive Thought (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Beyond Argument (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Missed Illusion (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Loose One (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.25 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.25 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.25 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.25 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P J McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| David Allan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gerald Mosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nathan Evans | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kevin Stott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Sep 18+26d | Carlisle | Smarkets Handicap (Div 2) | 9/9 | 1 | 9-7 | 67 | 29C | 58C | David Allan | 7/1 |
| 17 Aug 18+461d | Newmarket | Fly London Southend Airport To Budapest Handicap | 10/15 | 7 | 10-0 | 70 | 66C | 63C | Gerald Mosse | 14/1 |
| 2017 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 May 17+19d | Nottingham | Genting Casino At The Cornerhouse Handicap | 6/9 | shd | 9-1 | 77 | 97A | 70A | Nathan Evans | 16/1 |
| 24 Apr 17+150d | Pontefract | Lynsey Bacon Memorial Handicap | 8/15 | hd | 9-2 | 79 | 99C | 77A | P J McDonald | 16/1 |
| 2016 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Nov 16+28d | Newcastle (AW) | Sunbets.co.uk Handicap | 10/12 | 4½ | 9-4 | 79 | 96A | 64A | Joe Fanning | 4/1F |
| 28 Oct 16+56d | Newcastle (AW) | Gary Moss Maiden Stakes | 1/5 | 9-5 | — | 75C | 84B | Joe Fanning | 7/4F | |
| 02 Sep 16+34d | Newcastle (AW) | Stonbury Maiden Stakes | 3/10 | shd | 9-5 | — | — | 82A | P J McDonald | 8/1 |
| 30 Jul 16 | Thirsk | Breeders Backing Racing Ebf Maiden Stakes | 5/10 | nk | 9-5 | — | — | 57C | Kevin Stott | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Westward Ho won?
- Westward Ho (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2016 and 2018, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 2 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Westward Ho?
- Westward Ho (IRE) was trained by James Bethell on the most recent run on record, at Carlisle on 12 September 2018.
- Who is Westward Ho's sire?
- Westward Ho (IRE) is by Fastnet Rock (AUS) out of Thought Is Free (GB), whose sire is Cadeaux Genereux.
- What going does Westward Ho prefer?
- Westward Ho (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Westward Ho's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 67, from the run on 12 September 2018. The highest on record is 79.
- What is Westward Ho's sire's record?
- Fastnet Rock (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 5,483 runs since Jan 2008 (557 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Westward Ho's siblings?
- Out of Thought Is Free (GB), Westward Ho (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Merry Me (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Merry Me (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Oct 2026.