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Horse profile

Best Loved (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Nov 2012) · Last trainer A Fabre · Last owner Sheikh Mohammed
by Dubai Destination (USA) out of Rosa Parks (GB) (Sadler's Wells)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2012
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Nov 2012 — 5,100 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2012 · 9th of 15 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Sep 2012 and Nov 2012, the last of them as a 3yo filly. Finished 9 of 15 at Chantilly (FR) last time. By Dubai Destination (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 11% of 6,950 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 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

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

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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
Dubai Destination (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 6,950 runs since Jan 2008 (521 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.9% from 136.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm43614%+3—
Good to Firm97710811.1%+0.1—
Good1,8111769.7%−1.3—
Good to Soft9099810.8%−0.20 from 1
Soft1,24112810.3%−0.7—
Heavy4925811.8%+0.8—
Standard (AW)1,47719012.9%+1.90 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1362316.9%+5.9—
6f – 7f1,10911810.6%−0.4—
1m – 1m1f1,13912611.1%+0.1—
1m2f – 1m4f1,37716411.9%+0.90 from 2
1m5f – 2m1,37914010.2%−0.8—
2m1f – 2m4f1,00610610.5%−0.5—
2m5f – 3m6576810.4%−0.6—
Over 3m1471912.9%+1.9—

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
Rosa Parks (GB) (Sadler's Wells)

6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Silk Forest (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Silk Forest (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Silk Forest (IRE)827f–1mListed
Bois De Boulogne (USA)311mClass 5
Disobedience (USA)411m½fClass 5
Nice Life (IRE)20——
Heroic Seamstress (IRE)20——
Swooning (IRE)40——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
2012 · 2 runs
09 Nov 12+52d Chantilly (FR) Prix De L'Etrier (Maiden) (3yo) (Polytrack) 10.5f · Standard · 15 ran 9/15 hd 8-5 Louis Depaepe 51/1
18 Sep 12 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix Ad Altiora (Maiden) (3yo Fillies) (Turf) 10.5f · Good To Soft · 18 ran —/18 8-6 Mlle Amelie Foulon 21/1

Quick answers

How many races has Best Loved won?
Best Loved (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2012.
Who trained Best Loved?
Best Loved (IRE) was trained by A Fabre on the most recent run on record, at Chantilly (FR) on 9 November 2012.
Who is Best Loved's sire?
Best Loved (IRE) is by Dubai Destination (USA) out of Rosa Parks (GB), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
What is Best Loved's sire's record?
Dubai Destination (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 6,950 runs since Jan 2008 (521 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.9% from 136.
Who are Best Loved's siblings?
Out of Rosa Parks (GB), Best Loved (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Silk Forest (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Silk Forest (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2012. 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.