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Horse profile

Amber Groove (IRE)

4yo filly (at last run, Jul 2018) · Last trainer Matthew J Smith · Last owner Kevin John Smith
by Denham Red (FR) out of Role Model (FR) (Malinas)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Jun 2018
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 7 Jul 2018 — 3,041 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2018 · 6th of 10
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Jun 2018 and Jul 2018, the last of them as a 4yo filly. Finished 6 of 10 at Bellewstown last time. By Denham Red (FR), whose progeny in our archive have won 16.4% of 592 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 74C · median 73
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m274C73—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 70C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Roscommon, 12 Jun 2018

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 70C · median 68.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m270C68.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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
Denham Red (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 16.4% of 592 runs since Jan 2008 (65 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 8.2% from 184.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−16.4—
Good to Firm11327.3%+10.90 from 1
Good1402215.7%−0.70 from 1
Good to Soft551221.8%+5.4—
Soft2554216.5%+0.1—
Heavy1211714%−2.4—
Standard (AW)400%−16.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f100%−16.4—
1m2f – 1m4f18316.7%+0.3—
1m5f – 2m743040.5%+24.10 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f2594216.2%−0.2—
2m5f – 3m184158.2%−8.2—
Over 3m56712.5%−3.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Role Model (FR) (Malinas)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them On Cloud Nine (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (On Cloud Nine (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
On Cloud Nine (IRE)1012m3½fClass 4
Bobbysingindablues (IRE)90——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2018 · 2 runs
07 Jul 18+25d Bellewstown Mcloughlin Oil Flat Race 2m½f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 6/10 47 10-1 74C67C Sean O'Keeffe 50/1
12 Jun 18 Roscommon Knockcroghery (pro/am) Flat Race 2m · Good · 10 ran 7/10 13 10-5 72C70C Trevor Ryan 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Amber Groove won?
Amber Groove (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2018.
Who trained Amber Groove?
Amber Groove (IRE) was trained by Matthew J Smith on the most recent run on record, at Bellewstown on 7 July 2018.
Who is Amber Groove's sire?
Amber Groove (IRE) is by Denham Red (FR) out of Role Model (FR), whose sire is Malinas.
What is Amber Groove's sire's record?
Denham Red (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 16.4% of 592 runs since Jan 2008 (65 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 8.2% from 184.
Who are Amber Groove's siblings?
Out of Role Model (FR), Amber Groove (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: On Cloud Nine (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (On Cloud Nine (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 2018. 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.