Without Words (USA)
Without Words won the Group 3 Coolmore Stud No Nay Never Fairy Bridge Stakes at Tipperary in Sep 2024, her sole success from five turf starts. The filly recorded one win and two places overall, with the victory coming over 6f-7f on good ground off an official rating of 92. All four previous runs had been over 1m-1m1f. She last ran at Tipperary in Sep 2024.
- 1–5Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 2 (40%)Placed
- +36.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 3.06Fair A/E n=5 · 2.66 incl. margin
- 92Highest OR
- 23dAvg 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 106
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 | 3 | 110A | 106 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 110A | 102 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 97 runs since Jan 2008 (19 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 11 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | +2.3 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | +0.1 | — |
| Soft | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 39 | 4 | 10.3% | +2.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | +2.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 24 | 4 | 16.7% | +8.5 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | −1.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 12 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Long Lashes (USA) (3 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Long Lashes (USA)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Lashes (USA) | 8 | 3 | 6f–1m | Group 3 |
| Mythical Border (USA) | 4 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +38.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +40.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +40.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Mikey Sheehy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +40.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Sep 24+9d | Tipperary | Coolmore Stud No Nay Never Fairy Bridge Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Group 3) Settled at back early and taken along steadily - into contention with strong run inside final furlong - shaken up into second with 150 yards left - stayed on strongly - got up on the line to score | 1/8 | 9-3 | 92 | 105A | 98A | Mikey Sheehy | 40/1 | |
| 23 Aug 24+36d | Killarney | Irish Stallion Farms Irish EBF Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes (Listed) Settled towards the back - boxed in with about 2f left before finding room right and pushing on 6th place - responded to close the gap at the finish | 5/9 | ½ | 8-12 | 90 | 98A | 84A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 8/1 |
| 18 Jul 24+27d | Leopardstown | Meld Stakes (Group 3) | 5/7 | ½ | 8-11 | 92 | 106A | 74A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 22/1 |
| 21 Jun 24+19d | Ascot | Sandringham Stakes (Fillies' Handicap) (Str) | 15/30 | hd | 8-11 | 92 | 52C | 81A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 22/1 |
| 02 Jun 24 | Listowel | Pat Smullen Race | 2/6 | 2 | 9-5 | — | 110A | 86B | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 11/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Without Words (USA) won?
- Without Words (USA) won 1 of 5 archived starts in 2024, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 2 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trained Without Words (USA)?
- Without Words (USA) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Tipperary on 1 September 2024.
- Who is Without Words (USA)'s sire?
- Without Words (USA) is by Mendelssohn (USA) out of Border Dispute (USA), whose sire is Boundary.
- What going does Without Words (USA) prefer?
- Without Words (USA) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Without Words (USA)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 1 September 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Without Words (USA)'s sire's record?
- Mendelssohn (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 97 runs since Jan 2008 (19 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Without Words (USA)'s siblings?
- Out of Border Dispute (USA), Without Words (USA) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Long Lashes (USA) (3). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Long Lashes (USA)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.