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Horse profile

April Shadow (IRE)

4yo filly (at last run, Jul 2018) · Last trainer David Harry Kelly · Last owner John Dwyer
3 runs · 3 courses · from May 2018
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Jul 2018 — 3,035 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2018
KTB Profile

April Shadow (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 77 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Ballinrobe, 28 May 2018

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 77A · median 76.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good277A76.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m277A76.5—

Of 3 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 81A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Ballinrobe, 28 May 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 81A · median 80.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good281A80.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m281A80.5—

Of 3 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 3 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

Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 1,253 runs since Jan 2008 (155 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 14.1% from 184.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm18211.1%+2.20 from 1
Good419409.5%+0.60 from 2
Good to Soft260218.1%−0.8—
Soft364236.3%−2.6—
Heavy1842614.1%+5.2—
Standard (AW)800%−8.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f200%−8.9—
1m2f – 1m4f5240%+31.1—
1m5f – 2m400307.5%−1.40 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f480398.1%−0.8—
2m5f – 3m3183511%+2.1—
Over 3m48612.5%+3.6—

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

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lucks Well (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sean Flanagan 2 0 0% −2.00
Patrick Corbett 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
Hood + tongue tie 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2018 · 3 runs
06 Jul 18+39d Bellewstown Thatch Bar And Restaurant Novice Hurdle 16.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-4 —— Patrick Corbett 66/1
28 May 18+12d Ballinrobe Sheridan Electric Hurdle 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 hd 10-7 77A81A Sean Flanagan 100/1
16 May 18 Punchestown Punchestown For Events Mares Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 25 ran 20/25 20 10-13 76C80C Sean Flanagan 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has April Shadow won?
April Shadow (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2018.
Who trained April Shadow?
April Shadow (IRE) was trained by David Harry Kelly on the most recent run on record, at Bellewstown on 6 July 2018.
Who is April Shadow's sire?
April Shadow (IRE) is by Sans Frontieres (IRE) out of Sophies Shadow (IRE), whose sire is Brian Boru.
What is April Shadow's sire's record?
Sans Frontieres (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 1,253 runs since Jan 2008 (155 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 14.1% from 184.
Who are April Shadow's siblings?
Out of Sophies Shadow (IRE), April Shadow (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2018. 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.