African Star (IRE)
African Star won a Class 5 maiden at Lingfield over 1m2f – 1m4f on good to firm in Aug 2023 and has one win from 11 starts overall. The gelding was 0 from seven on the all-weather. He finished fourth of 11 in a Class 6 handicap at Wolverhampton in Dec 2024 when last raced off OR 64, 9lb below his highest ever mark of 73. By Galileo out of a Fastnet Rock mare, he raced nine times at eight different courses.
- 1–11Wins / Runs
- 9.1%Strike rate
- 2 (18.2%)Placed
- +70.00£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.21Fair A/E n=11 · 1.03 incl. margin
- 73Highest OR
- 70dAvg 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 99
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 100A | 83 | — |
| Good | 2 | 88B | 83.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 100A | 82 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 88B | 83.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 11 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 11 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 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).
Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 72 | 14 | 19.4% | +4.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,765 | 442 | 16% | +1.5 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 5,308 | 790 | 14.9% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 2,343 | 328 | 14% | −0.5 | — |
| Soft | 3,845 | 576 | 15% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 1,378 | 190 | 13.8% | −0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,483 | 304 | 12.2% | −2.3 | 0 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −7.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,383 | 252 | 18.2% | +3.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,021 | 517 | 17.1% | +2.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6,848 | 1,051 | 15.3% | +0.8 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,240 | 555 | 13.1% | −1.4 | 0 from 8 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,650 | 170 | 10.3% | −4.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 889 | 83 | 9.3% | −5.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 150 | 16 | 10.7% | −3.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Ivy League (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Java Raja (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy League (IRE) | 9 | 2 | 1m | — |
| Ontario (IRE) | 11 | 1 | 1m½f | — |
| Java Raja (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m4f | Class 5 |
| San Marco (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 1m1f | — |
| Love Rome (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Lola Paige (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +80.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +75.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +80.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +79.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Havlin | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Liam Keniry | 3 | 1 | 33% | +78.00 |
| Frederick Larson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 6 | 1 | 17% | +75.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +76.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Dec 24+110d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) Tracked the pace early - hit front soon after - driven into effort with 2f remaining before losing top spot inside final furlong - unable to find more close home finishing 4th | 4/11 | 2½ | 9-9 | 64 | 99A | 78A | Frederick Larson | 14/1 |
| 14 Aug 24+46d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Sat close to the pace early - pushed along with 2f remaining - lost ground inside the last - finished 8th | 8/12 | shd | 10-3 | 66 | 58A | 74A | Billy Loughnane | 9/2 |
| 29 Jun 24+30d | Chester | Jam Shed Handicap | 7/8 | 1½ | 8-12 | 68 | 79A | 68A | Daniel Tudhope | 9/1 |
| 30 May 24+131d | Lingfield (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap (AWT) | 7/8 | ½ | 9-10 | 69 | — | 72A | William Buick | 7/1 |
| 20 Jan 24+15d | Lingfield (AW) | BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap | 3/10 | hd | 9-8 | 69 | 82A | 76A | Robert Havlin | 4/1 |
| 05 Jan 24+22d | Southwell (AW) | Boost Your Acca With BetUK Handicap | 4/11 | hd | 9-9 | 69 | 84A | 77A | Robert Havlin | 13/2 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Dec 23+70d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Weatherbysshop.Co.Uk Handicap | 4/8 | 1¼ | 9-0 | 71 | 100A | 67A | Robert Havlin | 40/1 |
| 05 Oct 23+37d | Salisbury | M J Church Handicap | 8/9 | 31 | 9-5 | 73 | 76C | 59C | Liam Keniry | 14/1 |
| 29 Aug 23+17d | Newbury | Watch Weekend Winners With BetVictor Handicap | 5/10 | 2¼ | 9-7 | 73 | 88B | 71A | Liam Keniry | 18/1 |
| 12 Aug 23+221d | Lingfield | Samson Centre Celebration Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 9-6 | — | 79B | 75A | Liam Keniry | 80/1 | |
| 03 Jan 23 | Wolverhampton (AW) | talkSPORT Powered By Fans Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 7/12 | 6½ | 9-7 | — | 79C | 52C | Luke Morris | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has African Star won?
- African Star (IRE) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 2 times in total (18.2% of starts).
- Who trained African Star?
- African Star (IRE) was trained by Mark Loughnane on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 2 December 2024.
- Who is African Star's sire?
- African Star (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Timbuktu (IRE), whose sire is Fastnet Rock.
- What is African Star's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 2 December 2024. The highest on record is 73.
- What is African Star's sire's record?
- Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
- Who are African Star's siblings?
- Out of Timbuktu (IRE), African Star (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Ivy League (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Java Raja (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.