What A Joke (IRE)
What A Joke (IRE) is yet to win from 14 starts, though has placed twice. Best effort: 2nd of 5 at Newton Abbot (Aug 2013). Last raced off 95, 10lb below the career-high mark.
- 0–14Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 2 (14.3%)Placed
- −14.00£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=14 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 105Highest OR
- 160dAvg 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 112
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 to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 112B | 97 | — |
Of 7 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (4).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 7 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 11.3% of 3,061 runs since Jan 2008 (236 horses).
Weakest on good to firm going: 7.8% from 166.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +88.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 166 | 13 | 7.8% | −3.5 | 0 from 6 |
| Good | 1,130 | 134 | 11.9% | +0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 432 | 45 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 856 | 95 | 11.1% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 453 | 57 | 12.6% | +1.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | −2.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 31 | 4 | 12.9% | +1.6 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 715 | 84 | 11.7% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,050 | 125 | 11.9% | +0.6 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,018 | 100 | 9.8% | −1.5 | 0 from 7 |
| Over 3m | 242 | 34 | 14% | +2.7 | 0 from 3 |
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
8 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Open Day (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Open Day (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Day (IRE) | 18 | 5 | 2m–2m4f | Class 3 |
| Old Si (IRE) | 26 | 5 | 2m–2m4f | — |
| San Angelo (IRE) | 21 | 2 | 2m1f–2m4f | — |
| Inishlacken (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Great Banter (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Poetry Man (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jas D'Esclans (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tale Of A Champion (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Class 5 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Abbot | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Towcester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Greenall | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jordan Williams | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Conor Shoemark | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr George Prince | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ian Popham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Edward Glassonbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Cobden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Chase | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has What A Joke won?
- What A Joke (IRE) has yet to win, from 14 archived starts between 2013 and 2019. Placed 2 times in total (14.3% of starts).
- Who trained What A Joke?
- What A Joke (IRE) was trained by Mrs Claire Hardwick on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 3 May 2019.
- Who is What A Joke's sire?
- What A Joke (IRE) is by Vinnie Roe (IRE) out of Shaping (IRE), whose sire is Deep Run.
- What is What A Joke's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 3 May 2019. The highest on record is 105.
- What is What A Joke's sire's record?
- Vinnie Roe (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 3,061 runs since Jan 2008 (236 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to firm going: 7.8% from 166.
- Who are What A Joke's siblings?
- Out of Shaping (IRE), What A Joke (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Open Day (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Open Day (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.