Wonderful Friend (IRE)
Wonderful Friend is a maiden who has run seven times without a win and placed once. His best effort came when second of 10 at Redcar in Aug 2025. The gelding, by Bungle Inthejungle out of a Dansili mare, showed form on turf and AW up to 1m1f on good to firm through good to soft. He finished fifth of eight in a Class 5 nursery at Newcastle on AW in Oct 2025, last raced off an official rating of 69.
- 0–7Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (14.3%)Placed
- −7.00£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=7 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 75Highest OR
- 15dBetween runs (median)
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 80
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 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 94C | 81 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 80B | 74.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 80A | 80 | — |
| Under 6f | 3 | 94C | 81 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 6 analysed runs since Jun 2025
- Mid-division 2 (33%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (33%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,248 runs since Mar 2018 (353 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 2.4% from 123. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 2.4% from 124.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 36 | 2 | 5.6% | −3.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 708 | 74 | 10.5% | +1.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,077 | 96 | 8.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 428 | 29 | 6.8% | −2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 486 | 43 | 8.8% | 0 | — |
| Heavy | 123 | 3 | 2.4% | −6.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,390 | 126 | 9.1% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,535 | 176 | 11.5% | +2.7 | 0 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 2,105 | 159 | 7.6% | −1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 434 | 35 | 8.1% | −0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 124 | 3 | 2.4% | −6.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 38 | 0 | 0% | −8.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −8.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −8.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2018 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Jm Jungle (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Jm Jungle (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jm Jungle (IRE) | 44 | 7 | 5f–5½f | Group 2 |
| Lila Girl (IRE) | 7 | 3 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Petruchio (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 1m½f | Class 5 |
| Caitie (IRE) | 16 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Darkest Hour (IRE) | 22 | 0 | — | — |
| Playwriter (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Corrida De Toros (IRE) | 17 | 0 | — | — |
| Cherryblossom Time (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcar | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Beasley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rowan Scott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Oct 25+12d | Newcastle (AW) | Tips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com Nursery Settled midfield keen in the run - shaken up to stay 4th approaching 2f out - lost ground under pressure inside final furlong to finish 5th | 5/8 | 4½ | 9-9 | 69 | 59A | 56A | Connor Beasley | 4/1 |
| 27 Sep 25+15d | Haydock | Coterie Vaults Nursery Pulled hard behind the front group early - pressed for effort but couldn't find another gear inside the last two furlongs - dropped away close home to finish sixth beaten 3 lengths | 6/9 | nk | 9-7 | 71 | 70A | 70A | Hector Crouch | 5/1 |
| 12 Sep 25+20d | Chester | Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled in the pack - pushed along with 2f left then found extra late - stayed on to finish fourth | 4/9 | 2½ | 9-5 | 74 | 80A | 73A | Hollie Doyle | 4/1 |
| 23 Aug 25+42d | Redcar | Bakers Tailoring EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Held up close to the pace - driven with a real threat inside final furlong - kept battling but couldn't overhaul the winner close home | 2/10 | 1½ | 9-4 | 75 | 80B | 72A | Oisin Orr | 7/4F |
| 12 Jul 25+21d | Hamilton | John & Margaret McCluskey Memorial Celebrations EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - pushed along with two furlongs left and closed on the leader entering the final furlong - stayed on at an even effort to finish second | 2/4 | 2¼ | 9-7 | — | 94C | 71B | Connor Beasley | 4/1 |
| 21 Jun 25+9d | Redcar | Free Racing TV At racingtv.com/freetrial EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Fretting before the off - tracked the pace in 4th tight to the far rail - pressed for effort with a furlong left and faded to finish 4th | 4/7 | ½ | 9-4 | — | 69A | 69A | Rowan Scott | 10/1 |
| 12 Jun 25 | Nottingham | pricedup.bet EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Sluggish start - settled towards the back - made no impact through the race - finished well behind in 6th | 6/8 | ¾ | 9-7 | — | 81A | 61A | Callum Rodriguez | 10/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Wonderful Friend won?
- Wonderful Friend (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts in 2025. Placed 1 time in total (14.3% of starts).
- Who trained Wonderful Friend?
- Wonderful Friend (IRE) was trained by Edward Bethell on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 9 October 2025.
- Who is Wonderful Friend's sire?
- Wonderful Friend (IRE) is by Bungle Inthejungle (GB) out of The Shrew (GB), whose sire is Dansili.
- What is Wonderful Friend's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 69, from the run on 9 October 2025. The highest on record is 75.
- What is Wonderful Friend's sire's record?
- Bungle Inthejungle (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,248 runs since Mar 2018 (353 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 2.4% from 123. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 2.4% from 124.
- Who are Wonderful Friend's siblings?
- Out of The Shrew (GB), Wonderful Friend (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Jm Jungle (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Jm Jungle (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m½f. As at Nov 2026.