Animate (IRE)
Animate (IRE) is a gelding who won three of 25 starts, all at Class 4 level over 6f – 7f. He gained those victories on good to soft at Catterick in Jun 2024, on standard at Wolverhampton in May 2023 and on standard at Newcastle in Aug 2022. The son of Shamardal last ran at Ayr in Jul 2025, finishing 9 of 10 in a Class 4 handicap off an official rating of 72, 18lb below his highest ever mark.
- 3–25Wins / Runs
- 12%Strike rate
- 7 (28%)Placed
- −6.68£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 1.07Fair A/E n=25 · 0.91 incl. margin
- 90Highest OR
- 47dAvg 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 112
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 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 112B | 88 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 111A | 91 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 91A | 83.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 98B | 76.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 22 | 112B | 91 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 85A | 67 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 25 figures from 25 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 4 analysed runs
- Prominent 3 (75%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,411 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,287. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | +4.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,981 | 306 | 15.4% | +0.6 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 2,387 | 335 | 14% | −0.8 | 0 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 1,013 | 124 | 12.2% | −2.6 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,287 | 151 | 11.7% | −3.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 370 | 45 | 12.2% | −2.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,315 | 564 | 17% | +2.2 | 2 from 8 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 583 | 87 | 14.9% | +0.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,073 | 593 | 14.6% | −0.2 | 3 from 22 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,985 | 476 | 15.9% | +1.1 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,073 | 313 | 15.1% | +0.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 475 | 44 | 9.3% | −5.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 180 | 21 | 11.7% | −3.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | −9.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −14.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Moving Shadow (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Moving Shadow (GB)).
Family form: Moving Shadow (GB) finished 2nd of 9 at Southwell (AW), 22 Sep 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving Shadow (GB) | 4 | 1 | 7f | Class 3 |
| Smart Contender (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bright Lily (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Estifada (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 2 | 25% | −2.68 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 14 | 3 | 21% | +4.32 |
| Class 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydock | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Catterick | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.75 |
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ayr | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ripon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 22 | 3 | 14% | −3.68 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam James | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Rowan Scott | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Callum Rodriguez | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Franny Norton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| James Doyle | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.43 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Harry Burns | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Allan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 16 | 3 | 19% | +2.32 |
| Cheekpieces | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +5.00 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −6.43 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jul 25+23d | Ayr | Tennent's Lager Handicap Raced with plenty of enthusiasm early - sat close to the pacesetter - drifted off a true line and dropped away with more than a furlong left - eventually beaten well into 9th | 9/10 | 2 | 9-8 | 72 | 91A | 61A | Clifford Lee | 40/1 |
| 05 Jul 25+31d | Haydock | Eachway Extra At bet365 Handicap Sat close to the front group early - urged forward past halfway - drifted left and lost momentum fast when clipped inside the final 2f - dropped away to finish well beaten in 15th | 15/15 | 7 | 9-2 | 73 | 60C | 50C | David Allan | 20/1 |
| 04 Jun 25+42d | Ripon | weatherbysshop.co.uk Handicap Tracked the pace - hit the front a furlong out - overtaken close home but kept battling - denied by a short margin | 2/12 | nse | 9-4 | 70 | 112B | 89A | Sam James | 22/1 |
| 23 Apr 25+14d | Catterick | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Fumbled break and hesitant start - progressed into contention with 4f left - dropped back inside final furlong - finished ninth well beaten | 9/9 | 5½ | 9-8 | 73 | 82A | 57A | Sam James | 8/1 |
| 09 Apr 25+188d | Catterick | Racing Again 23rd April Handicap Settled midpack early - found extra pace a furlong out and moved right to find room - kept responding to the line - grabbed 4th late | 4/11 | 1¾ | 9-9 | 74 | 95A | 87A | Sam James | 9/1 |
| 03 Oct 24+26d | Newcastle (AW) | Get Raceday Ready Handicap (Div 1) Shared front spot early - driven when overtaken inside final 2f then dropped away quickly - allowed to coast home well held | 11/12 | 1 | 9-13 | 79 | 87A | 67A | Callum Rodriguez | 13/2 |
| 07 Sep 24+43d | Thirsk | Moody Construction Handicap (Div 1) Held up in 4th - pushed along but unable to quicken through the final furlong - kept on at one tempo without threatening the leaders - finished 4th | 4/12 | ½ | 9-4 | 75 | 101A | 89A | Callum Rodriguez | 18/1 |
| 26 Jul 24+9d | York | Tomahawk Restaurants Handicap | 19/21 | ¾ | 9-5 | 76 | 71C | 55A | Rowan Scott | 40/1 |
| 17 Jul 24+29d | Thirsk | Download The Vickers.Bet App Handicap | 9/12 | 5½ | 9-12 | 76 | 55A | 69A | Rowan Scott | 14/1 |
| 18 Jun 24+11d | Catterick | 5th Regiment Royal Artillery Handicap | 1/9 | 9-11 | 74 | 98B | 92A | Rowan Scott | 12/1 | |
| 07 Jun 24+21d | Haydock | Betfred Nifty 50 Handicap | 9/10 | hd | 9-11 | 77 | 91A | 70A | Franny Norton | 14/1 |
| 17 May 24+20d | York | Yorkshire Equine Practice Handicap | 13/20 | hd | 9-6 | 79 | 85C | 75A | Clifford Lee | 66/1 |
| 27 Apr 24+194d | Ripon | Watch Sky Sports Racing In HD Handicap | 6/7 | 5½ | 9-1 | 82 | 63A | 60A | Oisin Orr | 25/1 |
| 16 Oct 23+25d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Acca Boosts Handicap | 9/11 | ½ | 10-0 | 87 | 99A | 80A | Daniel Muscutt | 5/1 |
| 21 Sep 23+54d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Chelmsford City Racecourse Membership Now Available Handicap | 9/12 | ½ | 8-8 | 88 | 111A | 74A | Franny Norton | 12/1 |
| 29 Jul 23+16d | Newmarket | Visit racingtv.com Handicap | 8/10 | ¾ | 9-4 | 90 | 93B | 73A | James Doyle | 20/1 |
| 13 Jul 23+12d | Newmarket | bet365 Handicap (Heritage Handicap) | 16/16 | 2¼ | 8-5 | 87 | 85C | 62A | Andrea Atzeni | 20/1 |
| 01 Jul 23+24d | Newcastle (AW) | JenningsBet Festival Handicap | 2/9 | hd | 8-7 | 87 | 91A | 82A | Andrea Atzeni | 6/1 |
| 07 Jun 23+23d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap | 3/10 | 1 | 9-11 | 87 | 91A | 91A | Adam Kirby | 7/1 |
| 15 May 23+16d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download Fitzdares For Free Race Streaming Handicap | 1/5 | 9-9 | 84 | 108C | 84B | James Doyle | 4/7F | |
| 29 Apr 23+224d | Haydock | Lathom Handicap | 6/9 | 1¾ | 8-12 | 85 | 85A | 78A | Harry Burns | 9/1 |
| 17 Sep 22+29d | Ayr | Remus Uomo EBF Nursery | 4/11 | hd | 9-6 | 84 | 67A | 91A | Jack Mitchell | 6/4F |
| 19 Aug 22+16d | Newcastle (AW) | British EBF Future Stayers Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/13 | 9-2 | — | 78B | 87A | Harry Burns | 11/4 | |
| 03 Aug 22+46d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/12 | 2 | 9-7 | — | 75A | 89A | Silvestre De Sousa | 2/1 |
| 18 Jun 22 | Newmarket | Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/8 | 1¼ | 9-7 | — | 47A | 86A | Silvestre De Sousa | 6/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Animate (IRE) won?
- Animate (IRE) won 3 of 25 archived starts between 2022 and 2025, a strike rate of 12%. Placed 7 times in total (28% of starts).
- Who trained Animate (IRE)?
- Animate (IRE) was trained by Geoffrey Harker on the most recent run on record, at Ayr on 28 July 2025.
- Who is Animate (IRE)'s sire?
- Animate (IRE) is by Shamardal (USA) out of Dark Liberty (IRE), whose sire is Dark Angel.
- What going does Animate (IRE) prefer?
- Animate (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Animate (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 28 July 2025. The highest on record is 90.
- What is Animate (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Shamardal (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,411 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,287. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
- Who are Animate (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Dark Liberty (IRE), Animate (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Moving Shadow (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Moving Shadow (GB)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.