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Horse profile

A Rose In The Sun (FR)

2yo filly (at last run, Oct 2007) · Last trainer Nicholas Cox · Last owner Bernard Anthony Heffernan
by Dubai Destination (USA) out of A Rose In The Rain (USA) (Swain)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Aug 2007
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Oct 2007 — 6,960 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2007 · 14th of 18 Last raced off OR 69
KTB Profile

A Rose In The Sun (FR) is yet to win from 4 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 11 at Tipperary (Sep 2007).

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 61C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Tipperary, 13 Sep 2007 Official rating 69 at the last run, 14 Oct 2007

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 4 figures · best 61C · median 42.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
Firm1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f461C42.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 4 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

Sire
Dubai Destination (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 6,950 runs since Jan 2008 (521 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.9% from 136.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm43614%+30 from 1
Good to Firm97710811.1%+0.1—
Good1,8111769.7%−1.30 from 1
Good to Soft9099810.8%−0.20 from 1
Soft1,24112810.3%−0.70 from 1
Heavy4925811.8%+0.8—
Standard (AW)1,47719012.9%+1.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1362316.9%+5.9—
6f – 7f1,10911810.6%−0.40 from 4
1m – 1m1f1,13912611.1%+0.1—
1m2f – 1m4f1,37716411.9%+0.9—
1m5f – 2m1,37914010.2%−0.8—
2m1f – 2m4f1,00610610.5%−0.5—
2m5f – 3m6576810.4%−0.6—
Over 3m1471912.9%+1.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 3 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
A Rose In The Rain (USA) (Swain)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Naas (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
D J Moran 3 0 0% −3.00
Seamie Heffernan 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2007 · 4 runs
14 Oct 07+13d Naas (IRE) Michael Bathe Memorial European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden 6f · Good · 18 ran 14/18 shd 8-11 6944C D J Moran 25/1
01 Oct 07+18d Roscommon Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) Maiden 7f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 9/14 hd 8-11 —37C D J Moran 12/1
13 Sep 07+19d Tipperary Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 7½f · Firm · 11 ran 2/11 3 8-11 —61C D J Moran 16/1
25 Aug 07 Curragh Racing South Africa EBF Maiden 6f · Soft · 25 ran 22/25 ½ 8-12 —41C Seamie Heffernan 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has A Rose In The Sun won?
A Rose In The Sun (FR) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2007. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
Who trained A Rose In The Sun?
A Rose In The Sun (FR) was trained by Nicholas Cox on the most recent run on record, at Naas (IRE) on 14 October 2007.
Who is A Rose In The Sun's sire?
A Rose In The Sun (FR) is by Dubai Destination (USA) out of A Rose In The Rain (USA), whose sire is Swain.
What is A Rose In The Sun's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 69, from the run on 14 October 2007. That is also the highest on record.
What is A Rose In The Sun's sire's record?
Dubai Destination (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 6,950 runs since Jan 2008 (521 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.9% from 136.

Record shown from August 2007. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.