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Horse profile

Aine's Delight (IRE)

6yo mare (at last run, Jun 2012) · Last trainer Andy Turnell · Last owner Andrew Turnell
by King's Best (USA) out of Gentle Thoughts (GB) (Darshaan)
36 runs · 17 courses · from Aug 2008
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Jun 2012 — 5,258 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2012 5 wins · Wincanton, Windsor & Salisbury Last raced off OR 115
KTB Profile

Aine's Delight (IRE) is 5 from 36. Hasn't won since May 2011. All 5 wins have come on turf — 0 from 8 on the all-weather, and every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 7 on softer).

Based on 36 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on turf Wins on good or faster
Official rating115↓ 5lb off peak
115 54–120

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 (flat) 64A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield (AW), 2 Dec 2011 Official rating 55 at the last flat run, 23 May 2012

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 126A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Taunton, 10 Nov 2011 Official rating 115 at the last jumps run, 3 Jun 2012

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 21 figures · best 85A · median 61
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)778A64—
Good585A61—
Good to Firm480A57—
Good to Soft254A43—
Firm264A54—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1180A64—
1m – 1m1f785A61—
6f – 7f261A56.5—
Under 6f1———
Jumps 13 figures · best 134B · median 117
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good4125A97—
Good to Firm3134B126—
Firm2126B114.5—
Good to Soft2122A119.5—
Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m12134B110—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 36 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 34 figures from 36 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
King's Best (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 7,763 runs since Jan 2008 (574 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.8% from 249.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm701420%+10.11 from 5
Good to Firm1,1541018.8%−1.12 from 7
Good1,8891678.8%−1.12 from 9
Good to Soft95211612.2%+2.30 from 5
Soft1,21612810.5%+0.60 from 2
Heavy427399.1%−0.8—
Standard (AW)2,0532019.8%−0.10 from 8
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f156149%−0.90 from 1
6f – 7f1,6051489.2%−0.70 from 2
1m – 1m1f1,70217910.5%+0.61 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f1,90119610.3%+0.41 from 12
1m5f – 2m1,3781299.4%−0.53 from 12
2m1f – 2m4f7187810.9%+10 from 2
2m5f – 3m249176.8%−3.1—
Over 3m54611.1%+1.2—

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

Dam
Gentle Thoughts (GB) (Darshaan)

8 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Blue Bajan (IRE) (11 wins).

The wins came over 1m–2m5f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Blue Bajan (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Blue Bajan (IRE)72111m2f–2m½fGroup 2
Picacho (IRE)1342m–2m5fClass 3
Naughty Thoughts (IRE)2341m–1m4fClass 4
Black Or Red (IRE)2222m–2m½fClass 5
Sadler's Pride (IRE)30——
Ample Space (GB)20——
Enchanted Moment (GB)150——
Pocas Plumas (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 9 2 22% +20.00
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Firm 7 2 29% −1.43
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Firm 5 1 20% −2.50
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 16 2 13% +13.00
Class 4 13 3 23% −4.93
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wincanton 7 3 43% +1.07
Kempton (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Lingfield 3 0 0% −3.00
Taunton 3 0 0% −3.00
Windsor 3 1 33% +20.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Salisbury 2 1 50% +4.00
Bath 2 0 0% −2.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 12 1 8% +11.00
1m5f – 2m 12 3 25% −3.93
1m – 1m1f 7 1 14% −1.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Nick Scholfield 12 3 25% −3.93
Simon Pearce 11 2 18% +18.00
Dane O'Neill 2 0 0% −2.00
Kirsty Milczarek 2 0 0% −2.00
Paul Eddery 2 0 0% −2.00
Alan Daly 2 0 0% −2.00
A P McCoy 1 0 0% −1.00
Kyle James 1 0 0% −1.00
Steve Drowne 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Poste 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Hughes 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 4 0 0% −4.00
2011 16 3 19% −7.93
2010 7 0 0% −7.00
2009 7 2 29% +22.00
2008 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 22 2 9% +7.00
Hurdle 13 3 23% −4.93
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2012 · 4 runs
03 Jun 12+11d Fontwell Thomas Sanderson Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran F/8 — 11-12 115— Nick Scholfield 13/2
23 May 12+56d Lingfield Menzies Select Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 7/8 2½ 9-0 5553A Simon Pearce 8/1
28 Mar 12+20d Taunton Setsquare Recruitment Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Firm · 5 ran 4/5 3 11-10 118103B A P McCoy 3/1
08 Mar 12+81d Wincanton Bathwick Tyres Salisbury Handicap Hurdle (Betfair Hurdle Series Qualifier) Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4/8 2 11-12 120122A Nick Scholfield 9/1
2011 · 16 runs
18 Dec 11+16d Kempton (AW) Download The Blue Square Bet App Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 9/14 ¾ 9-3 5660A Dane O'Neill 5/1
02 Dec 11+22d Lingfield (AW) Limpio Facilities Management Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 10 ran 8/10 ½ 9-1 5664A Dane O'Neill 11/2
10 Nov 11+5d Taunton Fred Hitchings Memorial Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 2/7 7 11-12 115126A Nick Scholfield 10/3
05 Nov 11+13d Wincanton totepool Elite Hurdle (Grade 2 Limited Handicap) Class 1 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 2/5 16 10-4 115117B Nick Scholfield 33/1
23 Oct 11+111d Wincanton Wincanton Golf Course Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 ½ 11-10 115125A Nick Scholfield 8/1
04 Jul 11+16d Windsor Trailfinders Award Winning Service Handicap Class 6 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 3/16 1¾ 9-8 5780A Simon Pearce 6/1
18 Jun 11+16d Lingfield (AW) Premier Pensions Actuarial Handicap (AWT) Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 2/14 ½ 8-12 5474A Simon Pearce 5/1
02 Jun 11+22d Lingfield attheraces.com Exclusive Hugh Taylor Tipping Handicap Class 6 · 11.5f · Firm · 8 ran UR/8 — 8-12 54— Simon Pearce 15/8
11 May 11+6d Wincanton Moores Recycling Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 1/7 12-5 100134B Nick Scholfield 4/7F
05 May 11+14d Wincanton Frys Electrical Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Firm · 5 ran 1/5 11-12 100126B Nick Scholfield 6/4F
21 Apr 11+11d Wincanton Higos For All Your Commercial Insurance Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 1/6 10-12 90118B Nick Scholfield 3/1
10 Apr 11+18d Wincanton Bathwick Tyres Midsomer Norton Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 11 ran 7/11 1¼ 10-10 9096A Kyle James 14/1
23 Mar 11+35d Kempton (AW) Free Entry For Betdaq Members Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 6/12 1¼ 9-2 5559A Steve Drowne 13/2
16 Feb 11+19d Kempton (AW) betdaq.com Every Wednesday At Kempton Park Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 hd 9-2 5569A Kirsty Milczarek 15/2
28 Jan 11+24d Wolverhampton (AW) Play Rainbow Riches At Bluesq.com Handicap Class 6 · 9.5f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 3/12 ½ 9-2 5578A Kirsty Milczarek 25/1
04 Jan 11+14d Leicester Widmerpool Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 9/9 hd 10-12 —90C Nick Scholfield 66/1
2010 · 7 runs
21 Dec 10+40d Kempton (AW) kempton.co.uk 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race (Div 1) Class 4 · 16f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 8/10 ½ 10-7 5597A Nick Scholfield 25/1
11 Nov 10+22d Taunton Bathwick Tyres Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 21 10-5 —82C Nick Scholfield 15/2
20 Oct 10+20d Worcester Book Christmas Parties At Worcester Racecourse Mares' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 14 ran 5/14 6 10-10 —98A Nick Scholfield 28/1
30 Sep 10+108d Warwick Support Us At ace-egypt.org.uk Amateur Riders' Handicap Class 6 · 11f · Soft · 15 ran 7/15 ½ 10-5 5868A Ben Poste 25/1
14 Jun 10+31d Windsor A C Beck Handicap Class 5 · 11.5f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 5 8-13 6157A Richard Hughes 8/1
14 May 10+38d Newbury Berkshire County Blind Society Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 11/16 4½ 8-6 6350C Simon Pearce 16/1
06 Apr 10+169d Ffos Las Kevin Thomas Pharmacy Fillies' Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 8/9 ½ 8-6 6354A Simon Pearce 13/2
2009 · 7 runs
19 Oct 09+19d Windsor Doris Horton Memorial Vase Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good · 16 ran 1/16 8-6 5876A Simon Pearce 22/1
30 Sep 09+41d Salisbury Francis Clark Chartered Accountants Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 4/9 ¾ 8-9 5961A Simon Pearce 10/1
20 Aug 09+26d Chepstow Sunshine Radio Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good · 16 ran 13/16 1½ 9-0 6042A Simon Pearce 17/2
25 Jul 09+27d Lingfield Wych Cross Handicap Class 6 · 7.5f · Good · 16 ran 4/16 1 8-8 6061A Simon Pearce 14/1
28 Jun 09+28d Salisbury Axminster Carpets Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 9-3 5785A Simon Pearce 5/1
31 May 09+23d Bath Bigger Odds Guaranteed At Totesport.com Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Firm · 14 ran 9/14 3¾ 9-4 6044A Paul Eddery 22/1
08 May 09+228d Nottingham Toteswinger Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 8.5f · Firm · 11 ran 7/11 hd 9-0 6064A Paul Eddery 150/1
2008 · 2 runs
22 Sep 08+31d Kempton (AW) Avanta E.B.F. Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 1) Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 13/14 ¾ 9-0 —52C Alan Daly 150/1
22 Aug 08 Bath E.B.F./Bath Ales Salamander Maiden Fillies' Stakes Class 5 · 5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 12/16 3¾ 9-0 —32C Alan Daly 80/1

Quick answers

How many races has Aine's Delight won?
Aine's Delight (IRE) won 5 of 36 archived starts between 2008 and 2012, a strike rate of 13.9%. Placed 11 times in total (30.6% of starts).
Who trained Aine's Delight?
Aine's Delight (IRE) was trained by Andy Turnell on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 3 June 2012.
Who is Aine's Delight's sire?
Aine's Delight (IRE) is by King's Best (USA) out of Gentle Thoughts (GB), whose sire is Darshaan.
What going does Aine's Delight prefer?
Aine's Delight (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Aine's Delight's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 115, from the run on 3 June 2012. The highest on record is 120.
What is Aine's Delight's sire's record?
King's Best (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 7,763 runs since Jan 2008 (574 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.8% from 249.
Who are Aine's Delight's siblings?
Out of Gentle Thoughts (GB), Aine's Delight (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Blue Bajan (IRE) (11). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Blue Bajan (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2008. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.