Who's Shirl (GB)
Who's Shirl (GB) is 7 from 69. Hasn't won since Jul 2015. All 7 wins have come on turf — 0 from 16 on the all-weather, and every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 3 on softer). All 7 wins have come over 6f – 7f. Last raced off 55, 28lb below the career-high mark.
- 7–69Wins / Runs
- 10.1%Strike rate
- 20 (29%)Placed
- +39.50£1 level staken=69 at SP
- 1.57Fair A/E n=68 · 1.33 incl. margin
- 83Highest OR
- 45dAvg 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 94
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 97A | 86.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 94B | 82 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 97A | 94 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 9.5% of 1,059 runs since Jan 2008 (80 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.1% from 255. Weakest on good going: 5.5% from 253.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | +1.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Firm | 274 | 32 | 11.7% | +2.2 | 5 from 29 |
| Good | 253 | 14 | 5.5% | −4 | 2 from 19 |
| Good to Soft | 99 | 7 | 7.1% | −2.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 114 | 8 | 7% | −2.5 | — |
| Heavy | 46 | 2 | 4.3% | −5.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 255 | 36 | 14.1% | +4.6 | 0 from 16 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 159 | 16 | 10.1% | +0.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 514 | 51 | 9.9% | +0.4 | 7 from 50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 154 | 15 | 9.7% | +0.2 | 0 from 18 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 73 | 10 | 13.7% | +4.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 105 | 9 | 8.6% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 48 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Gielgud (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Gielgud (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gielgud (GB) | 10 | 1 | 2m5f | Class 6 |
| Princess Shirl (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Shirls Son Sam (GB) | 44 | 0 | — | — |
| Cats In The Cradle (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dancing Shirl (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 29 | 5 | 17% | +19.50 |
| Good | 19 | 2 | 11% | +41.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 0 | 0% | −16.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 38 | 4 | 11% | +18.00 |
| Class 4 | 17 | 0 | 0% | −17.00 |
| Class 6 | 10 | 2 | 20% | +8.50 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +31.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcar | 16 | 1 | 6% | −5.00 |
| Newcastle | 11 | 3 | 27% | +15.50 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Pontefract | 8 | 2 | 25% | +37.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Doncaster | 4 | 1 | 25% | +22.00 |
| Thirsk | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Haydock | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 50 | 7 | 14% | +58.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 18 | 0 | 0% | −18.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Harrison | 21 | 2 | 10% | +24.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 12 | 1 | 8% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Elliott | 10 | 2 | 20% | +24.00 |
| Michael Stainton | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Ted Durcan | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Paula Muir | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Duran Fentiman | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Paul Pickard | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Dean McKeown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rachel Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| L McNiff | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Royston Ffrench | 1 | 1 | 100% | +11.00 |
| Matthew Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2015 | 10 | 1 | 10% | +16.00 |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +10.00 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2011 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +50.00 |
| 2009 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −2.50 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 Who's Shirl won?
- Who's Shirl (GB) won 7 of 69 archived starts between 2008 and 2017, a strike rate of 10.1%. Placed 20 times in total (29% of starts).
- Who trained Who's Shirl?
- Who's Shirl (GB) was trained by Chris Fairhurst on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 21 January 2017.
- Who is Who's Shirl's sire?
- Who's Shirl (GB) is by Shinko Forest (IRE) out of Shirl (GB), whose sire is Shirley Heights.
- What going does Who's Shirl prefer?
- Who's Shirl (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 5 wins from 29 starts (17.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Who's Shirl's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 55, from the run on 21 January 2017. The highest on record is 83.
- What is Who's Shirl's sire's record?
- Shinko Forest (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 1,059 runs since Jan 2008 (80 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.1% from 255. Weakest on good going: 5.5% from 253.
- Who are Who's Shirl's siblings?
- Out of Shirl (GB), Who's Shirl (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Gielgud (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Gielgud (GB)). The wins came over 2m5f. As at Oct 2026.