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Horse profile

Bird In The Sky (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Feb 2009) · Last trainer K A Heffernan · Last owner Thomas Heffernan
by Witness Box (USA) out of Simply Sweep (IRE) (Simply Great)
1 run · 1 course · from Feb 2009
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Feb 2009 — 6,484 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2009 · 12th of 13
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Feb 2009 as a 5yo mare. Finished 12 of 13 at Limerick last time. By Witness Box (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,675 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · 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 85C the best of the last 1 rated run · Limerick, 1 Feb 2009

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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
Witness Box (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,675 runs since Jan 2008 (194 horses).

Weakest on good to firm going: 4% from 173.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2528%−1.1—
Good to Firm17374%−5.1—
Good651548.3%−0.8—
Good to Soft396369.1%0—
Soft7687810.2%+1.1—
Heavy6536610.1%+10 from 1
Standard (AW)900%−9.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f400%−9.1—
1m2f – 1m4f900%−9.1—
1m5f – 2m491408.1%−10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f867778.9%−0.2—
2m5f – 3m1,0201009.8%+0.7—
Over 3m284269.2%+0.1—

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
Simply Sweep (IRE) (Simply Great)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sweet Prince (IRE)70——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2009 · 1 run
01 Feb 09 Limerick Kevin Frost Memorial (pro/am) Flat Race 2m · Heavy · 13 ran 12/13 17 11-1 85C Andrew Flaherty 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Bird In The Sky won?
Bird In The Sky (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2009.
Who trained Bird In The Sky?
Bird In The Sky (IRE) was trained by K A Heffernan on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 1 February 2009.
Who is Bird In The Sky's sire?
Bird In The Sky (IRE) is by Witness Box (USA) out of Simply Sweep (IRE), whose sire is Simply Great.
What is Bird In The Sky's sire's record?
Witness Box (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,675 runs since Jan 2008 (194 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to firm going: 4% from 173.
Who are Bird In The Sky's siblings?
Out of Simply Sweep (IRE), Bird In The Sky (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2009. 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.