What A Pleasure (GB)
What A Pleasure ran eight times on turf between Oct 2020 and Jun 2023 without winning or placing. The mare, by Al Namix out of an Emergence mare, reached an official rating of 79 and last ran off 71, 8 lb below that career-high mark. She contested four races over 2m1f – 2m4f and four over 1m5f – 2m, all on good or softer. Her final recorded run came in the Ebcs Leisure Giddy Up Novices Handicap Hurdle at Newton Abbot in Jun 2023.
- 0–8Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −8.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=8 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 79Highest OR
- 32dBetween runs (median)longest 427 d
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 120
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 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 99B | 76 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 120B | 84 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 99B | 76 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 120B | 75 | — |
Of 8 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (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 11.6% of 2,207 runs since Oct 2008 (293 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 27 | 6 | 22.2% | +10.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 485 | 66 | 13.6% | +2 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 353 | 49 | 13.9% | +2.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 872 | 96 | 11% | −0.6 | — |
| Heavy | 432 | 40 | 9.3% | −2.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 36 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 86 | 10 | 11.6% | 0 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 616 | 78 | 12.7% | +1.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,051 | 118 | 11.2% | −0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 369 | 41 | 11.1% | −0.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 69 | 9 | 13% | +1.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Oct 2008 · as at 6 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Fat Sam (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m½f–2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Fat Sam (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fat Sam (GB) | 38 | 5 | 2m3½f–2m5f | Class 4 |
| Dry Ol'party (GB) | 25 | 2 | 2m½f–2m2½f | Class 4 |
| Good Little Wife (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Taunton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Davies | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| David Noonan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harriet Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bryan Carver | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Hood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 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 Pleasure won?
- What A Pleasure (GB) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2020 and 2023.
- Who trained What A Pleasure?
- What A Pleasure (GB) was trained by Chris Down on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 27 June 2023.
- Who is What A Pleasure's sire?
- What A Pleasure (GB) is by Al Namix (FR) out of Emergence (FR), whose sire is Poliglote.
- What is What A Pleasure's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 27 June 2023. The highest on record is 79.
- What is What A Pleasure's sire's record?
- Al Namix (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 2,207 runs since Oct 2008 (293 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are What A Pleasure's siblings?
- Out of Emergence (FR), What A Pleasure (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Fat Sam (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Fat Sam (GB)). The wins came over 2m½f–2m5f. As at Nov 2026.