Whistlejacket (IRE)
Whistlejacket won four of 12 starts on turf, including the Group 1 Sumbe Prix Morny at Deauville in Aug 2024. He also took the Kingdom Of Bahrain July Stakes at Newmarket in Jul 2024 and the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Committed Stakes at Navan in Apr 2025, all over 6f – 7f or under. All four wins came on soft or good to soft going. The colt, by No Nay Never out of Adventure Seeker, finished 14 of 15 in the Bar One Racing Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh in Sep 2025 on his first run in headgear.
- 4–12Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 8 (66.7%)Placed
- −2.12£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 0.95Fair A/E n=12 · 0.84 incl. margin
- 115Highest OR
- 46dAvg 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 100
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 100A | 91 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 107C | 94 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 107C | 98 | — |
| Under 6f | 3 | 99C | 86 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 from 4 analysed runs
- Midfield 1 (25%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (25%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (25%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,297 runs since Jan 2008 (703 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 609. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 184.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 1,487 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 609 | 55 | 9% | −3.1 | 2 from 2 |
| Soft | 840 | 109 | 13% | +0.9 | 2 from 4 |
| Heavy | 276 | 36 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,142 | 252 | 11.8% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 910 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | 1 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,366 | 436 | 13% | +0.9 | 3 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,173 | 129 | 11% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 582 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 184 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Little Big Bear (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m1½f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Little Big Bear (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Big Bear (IRE) | 9 | 5 | 5f–6½f | Group 1 |
| Soyounique (IRE) | 45 | 5 | 6f–7f | Class 6 |
| Vin Rouge (IRE) | 34 | 4 | 2m–2m1½f | Class 5 |
| American Graffiti (FR) | 5 | 2 | 1m2f | Class 4 |
| The Lincoln Lawyer (GB) | 16 | 0 | — | — |
| Araca (FR) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrea Mantegna (USA) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.08 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.80 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.90 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.17 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.90 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.70 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 3 | 33% | −0.95 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.17 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Moore | 11 | 4 | 36% | −1.12 |
| Christophe Soumillon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 11 | 4 | 36% | −1.12 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.75 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +0.63 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 25+64d | Curragh | Bar One Racing Flying Five Stakes (Group 1) Sat close to the pace in the middle of the field - pressed for effort inside final 2f - found little and dropped away - finished 14th | 14/15 | 3¼ | 9-5 | 108 | 76C | 71A | Christophe Soumillon | 14/1 |
| 12 Jul 25+22d | Newmarket | Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai July Cup Stakes (Group 1) Settled towards the back on the near flank - remained outpaced throughout - finished well off the pace in 12th | 12/14 | 1 | 9-2 | 110 | 102C | 87A | Ryan Moore | 13/2 |
| 20 Jun 25+33d | Ascot | Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) Settled towards back on the near rail - nudged into the pack inside the final furlong - lacked the speed to threaten and finished sixth | 6/21 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 112 | 83C | 103A | Ryan Moore | 12/1 |
| 18 May 25+22d | Naas | Goffs Lacken Stakes (Group 3) Fretful in stalls - settled second early - improved into contention from halfway and driven from 2f out - couldn't quicken under pressure inside the final furlong but hung on for the runner-up spot | 2/6 | 2¾ | 9-8 | 114 | 98A | 104B | Ryan Moore | 4/5F |
| 26 Apr 25+210d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Committed Stakes (Listed) Sat just off the front group early - fourth at halfway then driven into second inside the last two furlongs - responded gamely to hit the front late and score | 1/6 | 9-10 | 114 | 100A | 106B | Ryan Moore | 5/4F | |
| 28 Sep 24+41d | Newmarket | Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes (Group 1) Settled just behind the front runner - pushed along and within range approaching the final furlong - unable to match the winner's stride and held on for second | 2/6 | 4 | 9-2 | 115 | 83A | 98B | Ryan Moore | 4/5F |
| 18 Aug 24+8d | Deauville (FR) | Sumbe Prix Morny (2yo Colts & Fillies) (Straight Course) (Turf) | 1/9 | 9-0 | — | — | — | Ryan Moore | 27/10F | |
| 10 Aug 24+30d | Curragh | Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (Group 1) Shared front spot early - edged in front approaching final furlong under urging - overtaken close home - kept responding to the line - runner-up unable to match winner's finish | 2/5 | 1½ | 9-5 | 111 | 107C | 101B | Ryan Moore | 8/13F |
| 11 Jul 24+21d | Newmarket | Kingdom Of Bahrain July Stakes (Group 2) | 1/6 | 9-2 | 106 | 98A | 102B | Ryan Moore | 11/10F | |
| 20 Jun 24+45d | Ascot | Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) | 4/13 | shd | 9-3 | — | 86C | 101A | Ryan Moore | 10/11F |
| 06 May 24+15d | Curragh | GAIN First Flier Stakes (Listed) | 1/5 | 9-5 | — | 99C | 116B | Ryan Moore | 5/6F | |
| 21 Apr 24 | Curragh | Keadeen Hotel Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 2/11 | 2½ | 9-7 | — | 78A | 103A | Ryan Moore | EvensF |
Quick answers
- How many races has Whistlejacket (IRE) won?
- Whistlejacket (IRE) won 4 of 12 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 8 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trained Whistlejacket (IRE)?
- Whistlejacket (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 14 September 2025.
- Who is Whistlejacket (IRE)'s sire?
- Whistlejacket (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Adventure Seeker (FR), whose sire is Bering.
- What going does Whistlejacket (IRE) prefer?
- Whistlejacket (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Whistlejacket (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 108, from the run on 14 September 2025. The highest on record is 115.
- What is Whistlejacket (IRE)'s sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,297 runs since Jan 2008 (703 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 609. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 184.
- Who are Whistlejacket (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Adventure Seeker (FR), Whistlejacket (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Little Big Bear (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Little Big Bear (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m1½f. As at Oct 2026.