What About Bob (IRE)
What About Bob (IRE) is 1 from 12. Hasn't won since Oct 2016. Last raced off 52, 13lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–12Wins / Runs
- 8.3%Strike rate
- 1 (8.3%)Placed
- +22.00£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 2.26Fair A/E n=12 · 1.78 incl. margin
- 65Highest OR
- 37dAvg 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 87
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 87A | 82.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 79C | 59.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 83A | 68 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 71C | 40.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 87A | 79 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 78A | 71 | — |
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 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 8.8% of 4,568 runs since Jan 2008 (314 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 19 | 3 | 15.8% | +7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 665 | 63 | 9.5% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,046 | 90 | 8.6% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 483 | 52 | 10.8% | +2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 863 | 85 | 9.8% | +1 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 299 | 21 | 7% | −1.8 | 1 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,192 | 90 | 7.6% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 193 | 18 | 9.3% | +0.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,106 | 86 | 7.8% | −1 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,084 | 101 | 9.3% | +0.5 | 0 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,033 | 110 | 10.6% | +1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 766 | 58 | 7.6% | −1.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 287 | 22 | 7.7% | −1.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 91 | 8 | 8.8% | 0 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +3.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Miss Anya (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Miss Anya (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Anya (IRE) | 18 | 2 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Stroke Of Love (USA) | 3 | 1 | 1m2½f | — |
| Formiga (IRE) | 21 | 1 | 1m | Class 6 |
| Acoustic Cheer (USA) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ravens Heart (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +32.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 1 | 50% | +32.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +29.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Hussey | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Sean Davis | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ronan Short | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killian Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Breslin | 1 | 1 | 100% | +33.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 6 | 1 | 17% | +28.00 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +27.00 |
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 About Bob (IRE) won?
- What About Bob (IRE) won 1 of 12 archived starts between 2016 and 2017, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 1 time in total (8.3% of starts).
- Who trained What About Bob (IRE)?
- What About Bob (IRE) was trained by C Roche on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 12 July 2017.
- Who is What About Bob (IRE)'s sire?
- What About Bob (IRE) is by Big Bad Bob (IRE) out of Hymn Of Love (IRE), whose sire is Barathea.
- What is What About Bob (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 52, from the run on 12 July 2017. The highest on record is 65.
- What is What About Bob (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Big Bad Bob (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since Jan 2008 (314 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are What About Bob (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Hymn Of Love (IRE), What About Bob (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Miss Anya (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Miss Anya (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.