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Horse profile

Black Sapphire (GB)

2yo filly (at last run, Aug 2009) · Last trainer Amy Weaver · Last owner Mrs Melba Bryce
by Motivator (GB) out of Esquiline (USA) (Gone West)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Jul 2009
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Aug 2009 — 6,275 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2009 · 12th of 12
KTB Profile

Black Sapphire (GB) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 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 67A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newmarket, 17 Jul 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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 67A · median 41
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good241C36—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f267A54—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 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 12.1% of 5,593 runs since May 2009 (515 horses).

Strongest on soft going: 16% from 1,089. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.8% from 1,281. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 15.2% from 593. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.7% from 574.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm21523.8%+11.7—
Good to Firm5717112.4%+0.3—
Good1,31914511%−1.10 from 2
Good to Soft86011213%+0.9—
Soft1,08917416%+3.90 from 1
Heavy4526714.8%+2.7—
Standard (AW)1,2811007.8%−4.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4137.3%−4.8—
6f – 7f574508.7%−3.40 from 2
1m – 1m1f1,1111089.7%−2.40 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1,85424313.1%+1—
1m5f – 2m1,21716013.1%+1—
2m1f – 2m4f5939015.2%+3.1—
2m5f – 3m183179.3%−2.8—
Over 3m20315%+2.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2009 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Esquiline (USA) (Gone West)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Coppet (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 7f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Aspen Falls (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Coppet (IRE)413m—
Aspen Falls (IRE)1117fClass 4
Musical Land (IRE)150——
Palatine Dancer (IRE)60——
Clodoline (GB)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jerry O'Dwyer 2 0 0% −2.00
Fergus Sweeney 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 KTB Jockey SP
2009 · 3 runs
29 Aug 09+27d Goodwood Goodwood.com Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Good · 12 ran 12/12 8 8-6 31C Fergus Sweeney 40/1
02 Aug 09+16d Chester E.B.F. Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good · 11 ran 8/11 ¾ 8-12 41C Jerry O'Dwyer 25/1
17 Jul 09 Newmarket Encon Insulation Maiden Fillies' Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 13 ran 5/13 ¾ 9-0 67A Jerry O'Dwyer 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Black Sapphire won?
Black Sapphire (GB) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2009.
Who trained Black Sapphire?
Black Sapphire (GB) was trained by Amy Weaver on the most recent run on record, at Goodwood on 29 August 2009.
Who is Black Sapphire's sire?
Black Sapphire (GB) is by Motivator (GB) out of Esquiline (USA), whose sire is Gone West.
What is Black Sapphire's sire's record?
Motivator (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 5,593 runs since May 2009 (515 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 16% from 1,089. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.8% from 1,281. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 15.2% from 593. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.7% from 574.
Who are Black Sapphire's siblings?
Out of Esquiline (USA), Black Sapphire (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Coppet (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Aspen Falls (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–3m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 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.