Horse profile
American Star (IRE)
by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Signora Valentina (IRE) (Henrythenavigator)
38 runs · 20 courses · from Jun 2021
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Jun 2025 — 500 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2025 · 7th of 8
3 wins · Chester, Newbury & Salisbury
Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile
American Star is a gelding who won three of 38 starts, all over 6f – 7f on good to soft turf. His wins came in a maiden at Salisbury in Jul 2021, a Class 3 nursery at Newbury in Sep 2021 and a Class 5 handicap at Chester in Jul 2024. He was held up in six of seven analysed runs. Aged 6 at his last run in Jun 2025, he finished 7 of 8 at Leicester off an official rating of 45.
Based on 38 archived runs · run-style from 15 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 48lb off peak
- 3–38Wins / Runs
- 7.9%Strike rate
- 4 (10.5%)Placed
- −21.40£1 level staken=38 at SP
- 0.94Fair A/E n=38 · 0.81 incl. margin
- 93Highest OR
- 40dAvg 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.
Official rating45↓ 48lb off peak
45
45–93
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 11 | 103A | 84 | — |
| Good | 11 | 109A | 82 | — |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 101C | 84.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 103A | 90 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 111C | 75 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 32 | 111C | 82.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 103A | 73 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 38 figures from 38 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.
Run style from 15 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 7 (47%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 4 (27%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (20%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (7%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,168 runs since Jan 2008 (661 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,191.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,034 | 125 | 12.1% | +1 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 1,737 | 183 | 10.5% | −0.6 | 0 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 772 | 90 | 11.7% | +0.6 | 3 from 8 |
| Soft | 1,074 | 122 | 11.4% | +0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 294 | 33 | 11.2% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,232 | 238 | 10.7% | −0.4 | 0 from 11 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,191 | 173 | 14.5% | +3.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,568 | 394 | 11% | −0.1 | 3 from 32 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,393 | 137 | 9.8% | −1.3 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 650 | 60 | 9.2% | −1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 269 | 26 | 9.7% | −1.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 84 | 4 | 4.8% | −6.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
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
Signora Valentina (IRE) (Henrythenavigator)
3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Citation (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Valentino Express (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Stella Acclamata (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Good | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 3 | 38% | +8.60 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −8.90 |
| Class 6 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 5 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +0.00 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.50 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ripon | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ayr | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 32 | 3 | 9% | −15.40 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Sullivan | 16 | 1 | 6% | −8.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ross Coakley | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Joanna Mason | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jonny Peate | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Charli Parker | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brandon Wilkie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Josephine Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pat Cosgrave | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 19 | 1 | 5% | −11.00 |
| None | 12 | 2 | 17% | −3.40 |
| Blinkers | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1 | 7% | −7.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.60 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Jun 25+16d | Leicester | Dark Horse Ladies' Day Saturday 5th July Classified Stakes Settled off the pace in the pack - moved through and drifted right approaching 2f out - lost momentum inside the final furlong to finish 7th | 7/8 | 4¼ | 9-9 | 45 | 99B | 48A | Jonny Peate | 7/2 |
| 29 May 25+17d | Carlisle | Blogger The Train Stopper Handicap Settled at the back of the field - pushed along with no progress inside the final furlong - kept going to the line - finished 7th beaten 11 lengths | 7/12 | ½ | 9-0 | 46 | 70A | 54A | James Sullivan | 15/2 |
| 12 May 25+12d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Went straight to front - urged forward with over 2f remaining - driven inside final furlong - overtaken entering last furlong - unable to find more and yielded another place close home - finished fourth | 4/10 | hd | 9-6 | 47 | 73A | 67A | James Sullivan | 4/1 |
| 30 Apr 25+9d | Southwell (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Handicap (Div 2) Raced wide behind the front group - urged forward with over 2f left - stayed on inside the final furlong without threatening | 5/11 | nk | 9-7 | 50 | 88A | 68A | Joanna Mason | 18/1 |
| 21 Apr 25+12d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap (Div 1) Settled towards the back early - made no impact on the leaders - finished well beaten in 9th | 9/11 | 2¼ | 9-4 | 50 | 76A | 57A | James Sullivan | 12/1 |
| 09 Apr 25+12d | Catterick | Download Raceday Ready Today Handicap Held up towards rear - driven with over 2f left - nudged into eighth late but never involved | 8/14 | 3 | 9-0 | 53 | 93C | 59A | James Sullivan | 12/1 |
| 28 Mar 25+22d | Southwell (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap Settled midfield early - swept forward wide to reach the front pair 4f from home and briefly led into 3rd with 3f left - drifted left and surrendered that spot approaching the final 2f - faded in the last furlong to finish ninth | 9/11 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 56 | 69A | 66A | James Sullivan | 22/1 |
| 06 Mar 25+143d | Newcastle (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap Up with the pace - dropped away over 1f out - faded to finish eighth | 8/8 | nk | 9-9 | 60 | 57A | 55A | James Sullivan | 18/1 |
| 2024 · 15 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Oct 24+4d | Musselburgh | Bet At Racingtv.Com Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Held up towards the back - lost touch with the field over 3f out and pushed for effort - unable to make headway thereafter | 7/8 | 3¾ | 10-4 | 63 | 55A | 54A | Miss Charli Parker | 9/1 |
| 10 Oct 24+17d | Ayr | Aperol Handicap Settled towards rear from the off - never a threat through the race - well beaten in 13th | 13/13 | shd | 9-2 | 63 | 57C | 58A | James Sullivan | 40/1 |
| 23 Sep 24+14d | Wolverhampton (AW) | At The Races 1m Social Followers Handicap Settled towards the back - pushed along with 2f left - unable to land a blow - finished 8th | 8/11 | 1½ | 9-9 | 65 | 84A | 67A | James Sullivan | 25/1 |
| 09 Sep 24+11d | Wolverhampton (AW) | At The Races App Form Study Claiming Stakes Settled just behind pace on the wide side - moved up into second with 4f left - held a strong position approaching the last furlong before fading to finish fourth | 4/6 | nk | 9-2 | 67 | 91A | 71B | James Sullivan | 17/2 |
| 29 Aug 24+16d | Carlisle | David Allen IT Solutions Handicap Held up at the back throughout - urged forward over 2f out but lost touch quickly - no threat to the front runners | 10/10 | hd | 9-6 | 68 | 75A | 57A | James Sullivan | 7/1 |
| 13 Aug 24+10d | Hamilton | McEwan Grant Construction & Retail Joinery Handicap Settled towards the near rail early - stayed off the leading group towards the back - urged into effort over 2f out - closed well inside the final furlong to finish 7th | 7/15 | dht | 9-0 | 69 | 111C | 75A | James Sullivan | 16/1 |
| 03 Aug 24+15d | Thirsk | William Hill Offers Proper Prices Handicap Settled in the pack early - asked for effort over 2f out - kept on same gear to finish fifth | 5/8 | nk | 8-11 | 70 | 78B | 69A | Joanna Mason | 18/1 |
| 19 Jul 24+7d | Newmarket | Air Charter Services Handicap | 5/13 | 1¾ | 9-10 | 64 | 83C | 82A | Billy Loughnane | 10/3F |
| 12 Jul 24+7d | Chester | Seat Unique Handicap | 1/12 | 9-11 | 65 | 80B | 90A | James Sullivan | 7/1 | |
| 05 Jul 24+13d | Doncaster | Summer Saturday Series At Doncaster Handicap | 6/11 | shd | 10-1 | 65 | 82A | 75A | Tom Eaves | 11/1 |
| 22 Jun 24+12d | Ayr | 3B Crane Hire 10th Anniversary Handicap (Div 1) | 4/10 | nk | 9-7 | 66 | 103A | 80A | James Sullivan | 14/1 |
| 10 Jun 24+10d | Pontefract | Mr Wolf Sprint Handicap | 6/9 | 3¼ | 9-10 | 69 | 86B | 72A | James Sullivan | 25/1 |
| 31 May 24+27d | Doncaster | Bhayani Law Fighting Cancer With Wpcc Handicap | 7/9 | 2½ | 8-10 | 72 | 96A | 61A | James Sullivan | 16/1 |
| 04 May 24+16d | Thirsk | Follow vickersracing On X Handicap | 10/15 | nk | 8-12 | 74 | 89C | 64A | James Sullivan | 28/1 |
| 18 Apr 24+201d | Ripon | Armstrong Memorial Handicap | 12/13 | 2½ | 9-0 | 76 | 28C | 63C | Brandon Wilkie | 40/1 |
| 2023 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Sep 23+17d | Ripon | Armstrong Memorial Handicap | 9/9 | 7 | 9-10 | 78 | 71A | 40A | Paul Mulrennan | 11/1 |
| 13 Sep 23+25d | Southwell (AW) | William Hill Bet In-Running Racing League Race 39 Handicap | 14/14 | 1¼ | 9-13 | 81 | 69B | 72A | Josephine Gordon | 28/1 |
| 19 Aug 23+65d | Ripon | William Hill Silver Trophy Handicap | 8/17 | 1 | 10-0 | 82 | 101C | 89A | Jason Hart | 16/1 |
| 15 Jun 23+36d | Newbury | BetVictor Handicap | 4/9 | ¾ | 9-11 | 82 | 109A | 91A | Tom Marquand | 11/1 |
| 10 May 23+35d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts Per Day Handicap | 5/6 | ½ | 9-4 | 85 | 98A | 79B | Ross Coakley | 28/1 |
| 05 Apr 23+63d | Kempton (AW) | More Price Boosts Races At Unibet Handicap | 5/6 | 2 | 9-2 | 88 | 103A | 71B | Ross Coakley | 80/1 |
| 01 Feb 23+271d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap | 5/9 | 3 | 8-13 | 91 | 103A | 77A | Ross Coakley | 66/1 |
| 2022 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 06 May 22+195d | Ascot | Racing Together Community Day Handicap | 8/8 | 4 | 9-0 | 93 | 40C | 66C | Tom Marquand | 50/1 |
| 2021 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Oct 21+14d | Newbury | Virgin Bet Horris Hill Stakes (Group 3) | 6/7 | 3¾ | 9-0 | 93 | 71A | 65A | Richard Kingscote | 50/1 |
| 09 Oct 21+22d | Newmarket | Dubai Nursery | 8/8 | 7½ | 9-7 | 93 | 55A | 61A | Oisin Murphy | 7/2 |
| 17 Sep 21+28d | Newbury | Dubai Duty Free Nursery (Str) | 1/6 | 9-4 | 85 | 93A | 90B | Oisin Murphy | 11/2 | |
| 20 Aug 21+27d | York | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes (Group 2) | 9/11 | 10 | 9-0 | 85 | 72A | 51A | Tom Marquand | 18/1 |
| 24 Jul 21+23d | Salisbury | Molson Coors British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/8 | 9-5 | — | 79A | 93A | Pat Cosgrave | 11/10F | |
| 01 Jul 21+21d | Newbury | Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/11 | 1¼ | 9-0 | — | 92A | 92A | Oisin Murphy | 2/1F |
| 10 Jun 21 | Newbury | Betfair Racing...Only Bettor Podcast Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 6/11 | nse | 9-2 | — | 81A | 79A | Andrea Atzeni | 17/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has American Star won?
- American Star (IRE) won 3 of 38 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 7.9%. Placed 4 times in total (10.5% of starts).
- Who trained American Star?
- American Star (IRE) was trained by Ruth Carr on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 14 June 2025.
- Who is American Star's sire?
- American Star (IRE) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Signora Valentina (IRE), whose sire is Henrythenavigator.
- What going does American Star prefer?
- American Star (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 8 starts (37.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is American Star's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 14 June 2025. The highest on record is 93.
- What is American Star's sire's record?
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,168 runs since Jan 2008 (661 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,191.
- Who are American Star's siblings?
- Out of Signora Valentina (IRE), American Star (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.