Good Banter (2022) Horse

Foal Date

20-Mar-22

Colour

chestnut

Sire

Calyx

Dam

The Stalking Moon

Prize Money

43975

Trainer

J Candlish

Owners

Paul & Clare Rooney

About

Good Banter is a 4yo ch trained by J Candlish, based at Leek. It is sired by the stallion Calyx out of the dam The Stalking Moon. Good Banter has won 3 races in its career so far. On 17 Sep 2025 at Wolverhampton, Good Banter secured its most significant win to date, earning $10034.00 in the Class 4.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Kempton 04-Feb-26 1408m SYNTHETIC R5 CL4 Hcp $367 (of $11,804) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:24.450, SP: 41.00 1st I'm Workin On It ( L Edmunds 124 ) 2nd Valley Ofthe Kings ( S M Levey 135 ) 4.00L 3rd Diamondonthehill ( H Crouch 134 ) 4.50L 5th Good Banter ( D Keenan 129 ) 5.75L See full resultsD Keenan 58.5kg 5.75L5 (10)
Southwell 26-Nov-25 1220m SYNTHETIC R8 CL4 $1,227 (of $9,837) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:13.960, SP: 5.00 1st Dyrholaey ( L Morris 130 ) 2nd Prince Of Pillo ( H Russell 135 ) 2.50L 3rd Good Banter ( R Ryan 133 ) 4.75L See full resultsR Ryan 60.3kg 4.75L3 (7)
Leicester 14-Oct-25 1410m GOOD R4 CL4 $1,227 (of $9,837) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:25.650, SP: 2.88 1st Packetofbiscuits ( J Garritty 130 ) 2nd Amused ( D Egan 130 ) 0.15L 3rd Good Banter ( D Keenan 134 ) 3.65L See full resultsD Keenan 60.8kg 3.65L3 (7)
Wolverhampton 17-Sep-25 1740m SYNTHETIC R1 CL4 $5,508 (of $10,034) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:49.320, SP: 3.00 1st Good Banter ( G Wood 140 ) 2nd Babychino ( O Mcsweeney 125 ) 2.25L 3rd Nanny Park ( S Osborne 131 ) 2.50L See full resultsG Wood 63.5kg1 (6)
Ascot 05-Sep-25 1410m SOFT R7 CL4 Hcp (of $16,378) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:29.680, SP: 26.00 1st Forty Years On ( C Shepherd 132 ) 2nd Dannick ( D Egan 124 ) 0.50L 3rd Law Of Design ( B Loughnane 129 ) 0.50L 10th Good Banter ( L Edmunds 131 ) 26.95L See full resultsL Edmunds 59.4kg 26.95L10 (12)
Wolverhampton 01-Aug-25 1230m SYNTHETIC R9 CL4 Hcp $1,057 (of $34,430) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:12.770, SP: 10.00 1st Sudden Flight ( F Marsh 140 ) 2nd Cayman Tai ( J Leavy 135 ) 2.25L 3rd Miraculous ( J Mitchell 140 ) 0.75L 5th Good Banter ( J Hart 136 ) 5.25L See full resultsJ Hart 61.7kg 5.25L5 (10)
York 28-Jun-25 1210m GOOD R6 CL4 Hcp (of $24,592) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:10.740, SP: 15.00 Chased leaders centre, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened, well beaten over 1f out 1st Dream Out Loud ( O Murphy 121 ) 2nd Far Above The Law ( T Marquand 132 ) 0.75L 3rd Territorial Knight ( T Eaves 129 ) 0.30L 14th Good Banter ( C Shepherd 135 ) 20.15L See full resultsC Shepherd 61.2kg 20.15L14 (18)
Windsor 03-Jun-25 1220m GOOD R4 CL3 Hcp (of $18,101) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:10.130, SP: 12.00 Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f 1st So Darn Hot ( J Mitchell 135 ) 2nd Strong Warrior ( R Kingscote 133 ) 1.25L 3rd King Of Bears ( C Shepherd 132 ) 2.50L 6th Good Banter ( S Osborne 129 ) 6.80L See full resultsS Osborne 58.5kg 6.80L6 (9)
Newmarket 19-May-25 1210m GOOD R5 CL2 Hcp $1,510 (of $49,185) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:10.180, SP: 12.00 Chased leader, pushed along well over 2f out, soon hung right and beaten 1st Marchogion ( R Dawson 119 ) 2nd American Style ( J Gordon 117 ) 1.00L 3rd Dark Cloud Rising ( T Marquand 125 ) 2.25L 5th Good Banter ( D Probert 124 ) 8.25L See full resultsD Probert 56.2kg 8.25L5 (8)
Newcastle 18-Apr-25 1210m GOOD R2 CL2 Hcp (of $147,555) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:11.040, SP: 11.00 Mid-division, pushed along and closed over 2f out, ridden and faded over 110 yards out 1st Berkshire Whisper ( O Murphy 131 ) 2nd Master Technician ( G Wood 125 ) 1.25L 3rd Cyclonite ( H Doyle 127 ) 1.40L 8th Good Banter ( R Ryan 133 ) 3.25L See full resultsR Ryan 60.3kg 3.25L8 (14)
Southwell 16-Mar-25 1420m GOOD R5 CL3 Hcp $933 (of $14,952) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:27.190, SP: 2.38 Raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, ridden disputing lead inside final furlong, headed final 100 yards, no extra towards finish 1st Well Enough ( D Keenan 122 ) 2nd High On Hope ( P Jamin 122 ) 0.50L 3rd Saxonia ( J Fanning 117 ) 0.80L 4th Good Banter ( R Ryan 137 ) 1.10L See full resultsR Ryan 62.1kg 1.10L4 (6)
Lingfield 01-Mar-25 1210m GOOD R3 CL2 Hcp $680 (of $44,266) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:12.160, SP: 3.75 Held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, kept on inside final 150 yards, never dangerous 1st So Darn Hot ( J Mitchell 129 ) 2nd Carbine Harvester ( H Burns 124 , Cd 121 ) 1.25L 3rd Marchogion ( D Probert 127 ) 1.75L 6th Good Banter ( H Crouch 135 ) 4.00L See full resultsH Crouch 61.2kg 4.00L6 (12)
Wolverhampton 19-Nov-24 1230m GOOD R4 CL5 Nv $3,510 (of $6,394) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:15.010, SP: 2.00 Prominent, led over 4f out, ran on well inside final furlong, comfortably 1st Good Banter ( R Kingscote 137 ) 2nd The Quiet Gent ( R Ryan 130 ) 1.75L 3rd Don Pacifico ( J Mitchell 130 ) 2.25L See full resultsR Kingscote 62.1kg1 (10)
Wolverhampton 24-Sep-24 1230m GOOD R2 Nv $3,402 (of $3,402), Winning Time: 01:13.570, SP: 4/11 Slowly into stride, soon recovered to go prominent on outside, went 2nd over 4f out, led well over 1f out, ran on well, comfortably 1st Good Banter ( R Ryan 133 ) 2nd Peter The Wolf ( E Greatrex 133 ) 3.50L 3rd Target Man ( D Egan 133 ) 3.75L See full resultsR Ryan 60.3kg1 (7)
Salisbury 31-Aug-24 1210m GOOD R3 Nv $2,535 (of $5,400), Winning Time: 01:12.840, SP: 25/1 Tracked leaders out wide, went 2nd 1f out, soon ridden, led narrowly inside final furlong, headed final stride 1st Sarab Star ( D Probert 130 ) 2nd Good Banter ( J P Fahy 130 ) 0.15L 3rd Sky Advocate ( R Kingscote 130 ) 1.50L See full resultsJ P Fahy 59kg 0.15L2 (11)