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Horse profile

Black Sea (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Oct 2008) · Last trainer M J Grassick · Last owner Mrs M J Grassick
by Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) out of Dearest (USA) (Riverman)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Oct 2008
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Oct 2008 — 6,588 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2008 · 18th of 21
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts, both in Oct 2008, the last of them as a 3yo filly. Finished 18 of 21 at Curragh last time. By Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 11,566 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 49C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Curragh, 20 Oct 2008

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 49C · median 45
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f249C45—

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
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 11,566 runs since Jan 2008 (872 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm901112.2%+2.4—
Good to Firm1,83920110.9%+1.1—
Good2,76227710%+0.2—
Good to Soft1,3751359.8%0—
Soft1,8531839.9%+0.1—
Heavy710689.6%−0.20 from 1
Standard (AW)2,9372588.8%−10 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f6326310%+0.2—
6f – 7f2,5822419.3%−0.5—
1m – 1m1f2,7852729.8%00 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f3,10735011.3%+1.5—
1m5f – 2m1,5471318.5%−1.3—
2m1f – 2m4f692598.5%−1.3—
2m5f – 3m197147.1%−2.7—
Over 3m24312.5%+2.7—

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
Dearest (USA) (Riverman)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Jeux Sont Faits (IRE)30——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2008 · 2 runs
20 Oct 08+10d Curragh TRI Equestrian Alamshar EBF Fillies Maiden 1m · Heavy · 21 ran 18/21 1¾ 9-0 49C Declan McDonogh 20/1
10 Oct 08 Dundalk (AW) Bet On Irish Tote Through Betfair Fillies Maiden 1m · Standard · 14 ran 10/14 1¼ 9-0 41C Pat Smullen 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Black Sea won?
Black Sea (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2008.
Who trained Black Sea?
Black Sea (IRE) was trained by M J Grassick on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 20 October 2008.
Who is Black Sea's sire?
Black Sea (IRE) is by Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) out of Dearest (USA), whose sire is Riverman.
What is Black Sea's sire's record?
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 11,566 runs since Jan 2008 (872 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Black Sea's siblings?
Out of Dearest (USA), Black Sea (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2008. 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.