Approved Star (IRE)
Approved Star is a colt by Dark Angel out of Star Approval who ran three times between Apr 2024 and May 2024 without winning. He placed twice from three starts over 1m to 1m1f, with his best effort a third of 10 at Southwell on standard going in Apr 2024. He finished 10th of 15 in a Class 4 novice stakes at Newmarket on good ground in May 2024.
- 0–3Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 2 (66.7%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 19dAvg between runs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 90A | 89.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 90A | 89 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,898 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 107 | 16 | 15% | +3.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,694 | 452 | 12.2% | +0.9 | — |
| Good | 4,842 | 510 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 2,409 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | — |
| Soft | 2,731 | 254 | 9.3% | −2 | — |
| Heavy | 828 | 71 | 8.6% | −2.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7,286 | 917 | 12.6% | +1.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,064 | 278 | 13.5% | +2.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 10,712 | 1,253 | 11.7% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,997 | 546 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,471 | 237 | 9.6% | −1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,090 | 109 | 10% | −1.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 474 | 42 | 8.9% | −2.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 86 | 7 | 8.1% | −3.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
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, 2 winners — best of them Reina Del Mar (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Reina Del Mar (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reina Del Mar (IRE) | 28 | 4 | 1m4f–2m4f | Class 3 |
| Katchy Lady (GB) | 10 | 2 | 5f | — |
| Mystic Blaze (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Wafeer (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Leavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Levey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 17 May 24+19d | Newmarket | TrustATrader Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 10/15 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 84C | 58A | Joe Leavy | 18/1 |
| 28 Apr 24+18d | Southwell (AW) | Boost Your Football Acca At PlanetSportBet Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/10 | 1½ | 9-7 | 89A | 83A | Sean Levey | 9/1 |
| 10 Apr 24 | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Acca Boosts Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/9 | hd | 8-8 | 90A | 76A | Richard Kingscote | 8/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Approved Star won?
- Approved Star (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2024. Placed 2 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trained Approved Star?
- Approved Star (IRE) was trained by Richard Hannon on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 17 May 2024.
- Who is Approved Star's sire?
- Approved Star (IRE) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Star Approval (IRE), whose sire is Hawk Wing.
- What is Approved Star's sire's record?
- Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,898 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
- Who are Approved Star's siblings?
- Out of Star Approval (IRE), Approved Star (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Reina Del Mar (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Reina Del Mar (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.