African Sun (IRE)
African Sun won once from 36 starts, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter over 1m5f – 2m on good ground in Jul 2022. The gelding, who raced on turf in 30 of those starts, has not won since. He finished 8 of 9 at Fontwell in Aug 2024 when last seen, racing off an official rating of 67 which was 10lb below his highest ever mark.
- 1–36Wins / Runs
- 2.8%Strike rate
- 2 (5.6%)Placed
- +5.00£1 level staken=36 at SP
- 0.75Fair A/E n=36 · 0.64 incl. margin
- 77Highest OR
- 50dAvg 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 90
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 15 | 109A | 90 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 100B | 74 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 77C | 74.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 15 | 100B | 82 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 109A | 87 | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 79C | 65 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 75C | 61 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 79C | 65 | — |
Of 36 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3) · did not complete (3) · race clock stored as 0 (stranded; re-scored when it lands) (1) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 28 figures from 36 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 12.5% of 10,076 runs since Jan 2008 (907 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7% from 625.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 41 | 4 | 9.8% | −2.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,510 | 218 | 14.4% | +1.9 | — |
| Good | 2,625 | 342 | 13% | +0.5 | 1 from 19 |
| Good to Soft | 1,130 | 138 | 12.2% | −0.3 | 0 from 7 |
| Soft | 1,628 | 186 | 11.4% | −1.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 528 | 55 | 10.4% | −2.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,611 | 312 | 11.9% | −0.6 | 0 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 40 | 6 | 15% | +2.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,295 | 154 | 11.9% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,106 | 263 | 12.5% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,761 | 512 | 13.6% | +1.1 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,977 | 257 | 13% | +0.5 | 1 from 19 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 625 | 44 | 7% | −5.5 | 0 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 230 | 18 | 7.8% | −4.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | −5.4 | — |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Prosperitas (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Prosperitas (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperitas (IRE) | 13 | 2 | 6f–7f | Class 4 |
| Minsky (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Meaningful Dragon (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Carrouges (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 19 | 1 | 5% | +22.00 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 24 | 1 | 4% | +17.00 |
| Class 4 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 6 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttoxeter | 8 | 1 | 13% | +33.00 |
| Fontwell | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Worcester | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Huntingdon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 19 | 1 | 5% | +22.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cillin Leonard | 10 | 1 | 10% | +31.00 |
| Harriet Tucker | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Eddie Edge | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| James Best | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Alexander Thorne | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Adrian McCarthy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Nick Scholfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| George Rooke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 30 | 1 | 3% | +11.00 |
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +34.00 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 29 | 1 | 3% | +12.00 |
| Flat | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| NH Flat | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has African Sun won?
- African Sun (IRE) won 1 of 36 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 2.8%. Placed 2 times in total (5.6% of starts).
- Who trained African Sun?
- African Sun (IRE) was trained by Joanne Thomason-Murphy on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 30 August 2024.
- Who is African Sun's sire?
- African Sun (IRE) is by Teofilo (IRE) out of Castle Cross (IRE), whose sire is Cape Cross.
- What going does African Sun prefer?
- African Sun (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 19 starts (5.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is African Sun's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 67, from the run on 30 August 2024. The highest on record is 77.
- What is African Sun's sire's record?
- Teofilo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 10,076 runs since Jan 2008 (907 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7% from 625.
- Who are African Sun's siblings?
- Out of Castle Cross (IRE), African Sun (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Prosperitas (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Prosperitas (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.