What A Surprise (IRE)
Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Sep 2016 as a 2yo gelding. Finished 8 of 10 at Newmarket last time. By Rip Van Winkle (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 3,947 runs since Apr 2014.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 30
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 10.1% of 3,947 runs since Apr 2014 (324 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | +0.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 499 | 49 | 9.8% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 901 | 82 | 9.1% | −1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 440 | 35 | 8% | −2.1 | — |
| Soft | 541 | 54 | 10% | −0.1 | — |
| Heavy | 182 | 20 | 11% | +0.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,363 | 157 | 11.5% | +1.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 127 | 15 | 11.8% | +1.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 902 | 101 | 11.2% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 976 | 89 | 9.1% | −1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 990 | 98 | 9.9% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 636 | 66 | 10.4% | +0.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 258 | 23 | 8.9% | −1.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 57 | 7 | 12.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2014 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weymouth Bay (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Vodoo Mistress (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 23 Sep 16 | Newmarket | Derrinstown EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 1) | 8/10 | 2 | 9-0 | 30A | 49A | Martin Dwyer | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has What A Surprise won?
- What A Surprise (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2016.
- Who trained What A Surprise?
- What A Surprise (IRE) was trained by Conrad Allen on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 23 September 2016.
- Who is What A Surprise's sire?
- What A Surprise (IRE) is by Rip Van Winkle (IRE) out of Superstitious (USA), whose sire is Kingmambo.
- What is What A Surprise's sire's record?
- Rip Van Winkle (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 3,947 runs since Apr 2014 (324 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are What A Surprise's siblings?
- Out of Superstitious (USA), What A Surprise (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.