Whatever It Takes (IRE)
Whatever It Takes (IRE) is 9 from 60. Hasn't won since Jul 2017. Last raced off 99, 13lb below the career-high mark.
- 9–60Wins / Runs
- 15%Strike rate
- 19 (31.7%)Placed
- +3.58£1 level staken=60 at SP
- 1.73Fair A/E n=60 · 1.34 incl. margin
- 112Highest OR
- 56dAvg 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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 138B | 79 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 67C | 62.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 113C | 79 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 92B | 89.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 92B | 91 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 88C | 67 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 17 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 17 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 10.3% of 8,730 runs since Jan 2008 (682 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 419.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 48 | 7 | 14.6% | +4.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,254 | 135 | 10.8% | +0.5 | 1 from 8 |
| Good | 2,216 | 224 | 10.1% | −0.2 | 3 from 22 |
| Good to Soft | 1,076 | 123 | 11.4% | +1.1 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,678 | 154 | 9.2% | −1.1 | 2 from 10 |
| Heavy | 630 | 70 | 11.1% | +0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,828 | 188 | 10.3% | 0 | 2 from 17 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 38 | 10 | 26.3% | +16 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 726 | 72 | 9.9% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,440 | 154 | 10.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,865 | 323 | 11.3% | +1 | 4 from 18 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,226 | 221 | 9.9% | −0.4 | 2 from 18 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 956 | 88 | 9.2% | −1.1 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 419 | 26 | 6.2% | −4.1 | 1 from 14 |
| Over 3m | 60 | 7 | 11.7% | +1.4 | 1 from 1 |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Sharjah (IRE) (15 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Sharjah (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharjah (IRE) | 154 | 15 | 1m2f–2m | Class 5 |
| Glitz (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Lord Aslan (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 22 | 3 | 14% | +9.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 2 | 12% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 10 | 2 | 20% | +1.83 |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.75 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 17 | 2 | 12% | −5.00 |
| Limerick | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Navan | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Galway | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Down Royal | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Roscommon | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| Kilbeggan | 3 | 2 | 67% | +25.00 |
| Bellewstown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Clonmel | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.50 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 2 | 2 | 100% | +9.83 |
| Listowel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 18 | 2 | 11% | −7.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 18 | 4 | 22% | +2.25 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 14 | 1 | 7% | −1.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.67 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niall P Madden | 22 | 2 | 9% | −1.50 |
| Tom Madden | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Fran Berry | 9 | 2 | 22% | +3.00 |
| Mark Walsh | 5 | 2 | 40% | +2.83 |
| Wayne Lordan | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.25 |
| Mr N Bashford | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Donal McInerney | 2 | 1 | 50% | +13.00 |
| Rob Brennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jody McGarvey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alan Crowe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 25 | 4 | 16% | −2.50 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 12 | 2 | 17% | +16.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 10 | 2 | 20% | −2.42 |
| Visor | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| E/SB | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +9.00 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +6.00 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| 2014 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.67 |
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.50 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.50 |
| 2011 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +3.75 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 32 | 5 | 16% | +11.33 |
| Flat | 28 | 4 | 14% | −7.75 |
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 Whatever It Takes (IRE) won?
- Whatever It Takes (IRE) won 9 of 60 archived starts between 2010 and 2019, a strike rate of 15%. Placed 19 times in total (31.7% of starts).
- Who trained Whatever It Takes (IRE)?
- Whatever It Takes (IRE) was trained by Niall Madden on the most recent run on record, at Galway on 16 September 2019.
- Who is Whatever It Takes (IRE)'s sire?
- Whatever It Takes (IRE) is by High Chaparral (IRE) out of Lunar Lustre (IRE), whose sire is Desert Prince.
- What going does Whatever It Takes (IRE) prefer?
- Whatever It Takes (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 10 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Whatever It Takes (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 16 September 2019. The highest on record is 112.
- What is Whatever It Takes (IRE)'s sire's record?
- High Chaparral (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 8,730 runs since Jan 2008 (682 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 419.
- Who are Whatever It Takes (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Lunar Lustre (IRE), Whatever It Takes (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Sharjah (IRE) (15). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Sharjah (IRE)). The wins came over 1m2f–2m. As at Oct 2026.