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Horse profile

Ariosto (IRE)

2yo colt (at last run, Oct 2006) · Last trainer Denis Quinn · Last owner B G Slattery
by Second Empire (IRE) out of Dame Melba (GB) (Tap On Wood)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Oct 2006
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Oct 2006 — 7,316 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2006 · 15th of 23
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts, both in Oct 2006, the last of them as a 2yo colt. Finished 15 of 23 at Curragh last time. By Second Empire (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 644 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 62C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Curragh, 23 Oct 2006

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 →

Flat 2 figures · best 62C · median 57
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f262C57—

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
Second Empire (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 644 runs since Jan 2008 (55 horses).

Strongest on good going: 13.4% from 172. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.9% from 134.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm800%−10.1—
Good to Firm106109.4%−0.7—
Good1722313.4%+3.3—
Good to Soft9399.7%−0.4—
Soft127129.4%−0.70 from 1
Heavy4824.2%−5.90 from 1
Standard (AW)90910%−0.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f400%−10.1—
6f – 7f156127.7%−2.40 from 2
1m – 1m1f6234.8%−5.3—
1m2f – 1m4f2800%−10.1—
1m5f – 2m1792111.7%+1.6—
2m1f – 2m4f1342014.9%+4.8—
2m5f – 3m69811.6%+1.5—
Over 3m1218.3%−1.8—

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
Dame Melba (GB) (Tap On Wood)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Polyxema (IRE)20——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2006 · 2 runs
23 Oct 06+9d Curragh Go Racing In Kildare Member Maiden 7f · Heavy · 23 ran 15/23 ¾ 9-3 62C Diego Dias 66/1
14 Oct 06 Cork Blackwater Maiden 7f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 16/17 ¾ 9-3 52C Diego Dias 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Ariosto won?
Ariosto (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2006.
Who trained Ariosto?
Ariosto (IRE) was trained by Denis Quinn on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 23 October 2006.
Who is Ariosto's sire?
Ariosto (IRE) is by Second Empire (IRE) out of Dame Melba (GB), whose sire is Tap On Wood.
What is Ariosto's sire's record?
Second Empire (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 644 runs since Jan 2008 (55 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 13.4% from 172. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.9% from 134.
Who are Ariosto's siblings?
Out of Dame Melba (GB), Ariosto (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2006. 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.