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Horse profile

Above The Curve (USA)

4yo filly (at last run, Oct 2023) · Last trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Last owner Mrs John Magniermichael Taborderrick Smithwesterberg
by American Pharoah (USA) out of Fabulous (IRE) (Galileo)
13 runs · 8 courses · from Oct 2021
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Oct 2023 — 1,109 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2023 · 4th of 14 4 wins · 4 courses First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 114
KTB Profile

Above The Curve won four of 13 starts on turf, all over 1m2f – 1m4f. Her biggest success came in the Group 1 St Mark's Basilica Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary at Longchamp in May 2022. She also landed a Group 2 at Saint-Cloud in May 2023 on good to soft ground. The filly, aged 4 at her last run in Oct 2023, finished fourth of 14 in the Group 1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot while wearing first-time headgear and racing off her career-high mark of 114.

Based on 13 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating114At career-high mark
114 106–114

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 78 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Curragh, 1 Jul 2023

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 →

Flat 8 figures · best 138C · median 87.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft5138C91—
Good398A84—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f7138C91—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 102A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ascot, 21 Oct 2023 Official rating 114 at the last run, 21 Oct 2023

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 8 figures · best 102A · median 96
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft5102A98—
Good398A90—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f7102A98—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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
American Pharoah (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 586 runs since Apr 2019 (90 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 9% from 100.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−13.1—
Good to Firm551323.6%+10.5—
Good1582415.2%+2.11 from 3
Good to Soft60813.3%+0.22 from 3
Soft10099%−4.11 from 7
Heavy48714.6%+1.5—
Standard (AW)164169.8%−3.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f10330%+16.9—
6f – 7f1161311.2%−1.9—
1m – 1m1f2263214.2%+1.10 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1972412.2%−0.94 from 12
1m5f – 2m29517.2%+4.1—
2m1f – 2m4f700%−13.1—
2m5f – 3m100%−13.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Fabulous (IRE) (Galileo)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Scandinavia (USA) (9 wins).

The wins came over 6½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Scandinavia (USA)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Scandinavia (USA)1491m2f–2m4fGroup 1
Thinking Of You (USA)1116½f—
Deadly Nightshade (USA)40——
Brandtmann (USA)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 7 1 14% −1.00
Good to Soft 3 2 67% +5.10
Good 3 1 33% −0.80

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Longchamp (FR) 3 1 33% −0.60
Curragh 3 1 33% +3.00
Leopardstown 2 1 50% +0.20
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 1 1 100% +4.70
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 12 4 33% +4.30
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ryan Moore 6 2 33% +2.40
Shane Crosse 3 1 33% −0.80
Dylan Browne McMonagle 2 0 0% −2.00
Christophe Soumillon 1 0 0% −1.00
Maxime Guyon 1 1 100% +4.70

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 12 4 33% +4.30
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 7 1 14% −1.30
2022 5 3 60% +5.60
2021 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 7 runs
21 Oct 23+41d Ascot Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) Class 1 · 1m3½f · Soft · 14 ran 4/14 ¾ 9-7 114138C102A Dylan Browne McMonagle 12/1
10 Sep 23+21d Longchamp (FR) Qatar Prix Vermeille (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Grande Course) (Turf) 1m4f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6/8 hd 9-5 ——— Christophe Soumillon 15/2
20 Aug 23+17d Deauville (FR) Sumbe Prix Jean Romanet (4yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Round Course) (Turf) 1m2f · Very Soft · 8 ran 3/8 2 9-0 ——— Ryan Moore 7/2
03 Aug 23+33d Goodwood Qatar Nassau Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Group 1) (British Champions Series) Class 1 · 1m2f · Soft · 6 ran 2/6 ½ 9-9 11377A94B Ryan Moore 7/1
01 Jul 23+34d Curragh Yulong Pretty Polly Stakes (Fillies And Mares' Group 1) 1m2f · Good · 9 ran 3/9 1¼ 9-10 11378A98A Ryan Moore 16/5
28 May 23+27d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Corrida (4yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Turf) 1m2½f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 1/6 9-0 ——— Maxime Guyon 47/10
01 May 23+211d Curragh Coolmore Stud Sottsass Irish European Breeders Fund Mooresbridge Stakes (Group 2) 1m2f · Soft · 7 ran 7/7 1¼ 9-2 11365A86A Dylan Browne McMonagle 11/2
2022 · 5 runs
02 Oct 22+21d Longchamp (FR) Prix de l'Opera Longines (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Grande Course) (Turf) 1m2f · Very Soft · 16 ran 3/16 shd 8-11 ——— Ryan Moore 19/5
11 Sep 22+105d Curragh Moyglare 'Jewels' Blandford Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Group 2) 1m2f · Yielding · 13 ran 1/13 9-5 10691C99A Ryan Moore 5/1
29 May 22+25d Longchamp (FR) St Mark's Basilica Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary (3yo Fillies) (Grande Course) (Turf) 1m2f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 1/6 9-0 ——— Ryan Moore 7/5F
04 May 22+28d Chester Weatherbys Bloodstock Pro Cheshire Oaks (For The Robert Sangster Memorial Cup) (Fillies' Listed) Class 1 · 1m3½f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 nk 9-2 —102A98A Shane Crosse 5/4F
06 Apr 22+172d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Fillies Maiden 1m2f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 9-3 —98A90A Shane Crosse 6/5F
2021 · 1 run
16 Oct 21 Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 1m · Good · 15 ran 3/15 ½ 9-2 —84C89A Shane Crosse 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Above The Curve won?
Above The Curve (USA) won 4 of 13 archived starts between 2021 and 2023, a strike rate of 30.8%. Placed 10 times in total (76.9% of starts).
Who trained Above The Curve?
Above The Curve (USA) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 21 October 2023.
Who is Above The Curve's sire?
Above The Curve (USA) is by American Pharoah (USA) out of Fabulous (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
What going does Above The Curve prefer?
Above The Curve (USA) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Above The Curve's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 21 October 2023. That is also the highest on record.
What is Above The Curve's sire's record?
American Pharoah (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 586 runs since Apr 2019 (90 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 9% from 100.
Who are Above The Curve's siblings?
Out of Fabulous (IRE), Above The Curve (USA) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Scandinavia (USA) (9). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Scandinavia (USA)). The wins came over 6½f–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2021. 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.