How many races has Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) won?

Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) won 5 of 13 archived starts between 2006 and 2009, a strike rate of 38.5%. Placed 7 times in total (53.8% of starts).

Who trained Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)?

Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) was trained by K R Burke on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 9 January 2009.

Who is Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)'s sire?

Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) is by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Lauretta Blue (IRE), whose sire is Bluebird.

What going does Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) prefer?

Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 4 wins from 10 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 9 January 2009. The highest on record is 93.

What is Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)'s sire's record?

Danehill Dancer (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.

Who are Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Lauretta Blue (IRE), Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: St Pancras (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (St Pancras (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f–2m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2009) · Last trainer K R Burke · Last owner Mrs Elaine M Burke

by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Lauretta Blue (IRE) (Bluebird)

13 runs · 7 courses · from Apr 2006

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 9 Jan 2009 — 6,493 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Jan 2009 · 10th of 13 5 wins · Wolverhampton (AW) & Newcastle Last raced off OR 64

KTB Profile

Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) is 5 from 13. Hasn't won since Mar 2008. 4 of 7 starts at Wolverhampton (AW) have ended in wins. All 5 wins have come over 1m – 1m1f. Last raced off 64, 29lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 13 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance OR ↓ 29lb off peak

5–13Wins / Runs
38.5%Strike rate
7 (53.8%)Placed
+0.74£1 level staken=13 at SP
1.64Fair A/E n=13 · 1.39 incl. margin
93Highest OR
83dAvg between runs

Official rating64↓ 29lb off peak

64 64–93

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 60^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 27 Mar 2008 Official rating 64 at the last run, 9 Jan 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 13 figures · best 86^C · median 71

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	10	86^C	68.5	—
Good	2	72^C	62	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f	10	86^C	73	—
1m2f – 1m4f	3	72^C	66	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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

Danehill Dancer (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	91	10	11%	−0.2	—
Good to Firm	1,740	223	12.8%	+1.6	—
Good	2,499	248	9.9%	−1.3	0 from 2
Good to Soft	1,089	120	11%	−0.2	1 from 1
Soft	1,733	224	12.9%	+1.7	—
Heavy	656	78	11.9%	+0.7	—
Standard (AW)	2,285	224	9.8%	−1.4	4 from 10

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	403	53	13.2%	+2	—
6f – 7f	2,710	331	12.2%	+1	—
1m – 1m1f	2,715	312	11.5%	+0.3	5 from 10
1m2f – 1m4f	2,311	237	10.3%	−0.9	0 from 3
1m5f – 2m	1,270	134	10.6%	−0.6	—
2m1f – 2m4f	533	51	9.6%	−1.6	—
2m5f – 3m	130	8	6.2%	−5	—
Over 3m	22	1	4.5%	−6.7	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Lauretta Blue (IRE) (Bluebird)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them St Pancras (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m1f–2m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (St Pancras (IRE)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
St Pancras (IRE)	10	2	2m1f–2m1½f	Class 4
Wozani Dancer (IRE)	6	0	—	—
Supera (IRE)	5	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Standard (AW)	10	4	40%	+1.12
Good	2	0	0%	−2.00
Good to Soft	1	1	100%	+1.62

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 6	6	3	50%	+3.03
Class 5	4	2	50%	+0.71
Class 2	2	0	0%	−2.00
Class 4	1	0	0%	−1.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Wolverhampton (AW)	7	4	57%	+4.12
Southwell (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Carlisle	1	0	0%	−1.00
Newcastle	1	1	100%	+1.62
Lingfield (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Haydock	1	0	0%	−1.00
Kempton (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m – 1m1f	10	5	50%	+3.74
1m2f – 1m4f	3	0	0%	−3.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Pat Cosgrave	6	3	50%	+1.33
Darren Williams	3	0	0%	−3.00
Andrew Elliott	2	1	50%	−0.09
Miss L E Burke	1	1	100%	+3.50
Richard Mullen	1	0	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2009	2	0	0%	−2.00
2008	2	1	50%	+2.50
2007	7	4	57%	+2.24
2006	2	0	0%	−2.00

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

Date	Course	Race	Pos	Btn	Wgt	OR	KTB	Jockey	SP
09 Jan 09+7d	Wolverhampton (AW)	Wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Selling Stakes Class 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 13 ran	10/13	2¾	9-0	64	43^A	Darren Williams	16/1
02 Jan 09+281d	Southwell (AW)	Membership At Southwell Golf Club Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran	10/11	6	9-1	64	48^C	Darren Williams	11/2
27 Mar 08+10d	Wolverhampton (AW)	Name A Race To Enhance Your Brand Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran	4/7	2¾	9-2	74	60^A	Darren Williams	13/8
17 Mar 08+287d	Wolverhampton (AW)	Happy Easter At Pontin's Amateurs' Claiming Stakes (Div 2) Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 11 ran	1/11		10-6	80	78^A	Miss L E Burke	7/2
04 Jun 07+20d	Carlisle	Carlisle Conference Group & Waverley TBS Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Good · 15 ran	6/15	shd	9-6	71	52^C	Andrew Elliott	10/11F
15 May 07+29d	Newcastle	Wright's Pies Claiming Stakes (Str) Class 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 14 ran	1/14		9-7	77	80^C	Pat Cosgrave	13/8F
16 Apr 07+17d	Wolverhampton (AW)	Horizons Restaurant - Opening Sat Apprentice Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard To Fast · 12 ran	1/12		9-5	80	75^C	Andrew Elliott	10/11F
30 Mar 07+16d	Wolverhampton (AW)	pontinsbingo.com Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 9 ran	1/9		9-3	80	71^C	Pat Cosgrave	5/6F
14 Mar 07+9d	Wolverhampton (AW)	Stay At Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard To Fast · 10 ran	1/10		9-7	86	82^C	Pat Cosgrave	15/8F
05 Mar 07+23d	Wolverhampton (AW)	Pontin's Book Early Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 12 ran	2/12	1¾	9-13	86	86^C	Pat Cosgrave	7/4F
10 Feb 07+287d	Lingfield (AW)	Pontin's Holidays Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Standard · 7 ran	6/7	hd	8-13	89	65^C	Pat Cosgrave	40/1
29 Apr 06+14d	Haydock	Browns Mitsubishi Handicap Class 4 · 10.5f · Good · 13 ran	3/13	1	9-3	84	72^C	Richard Mullen	14/1
15 Apr 06	Kempton (AW)	Coral Rosebery Stakes Heritage Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Standard · 16 ran	10/16	¾	8-12	93	66^C	Pat Cosgrave	66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) won?: Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) won 5 of 13 archived starts between 2006 and 2009, a strike rate of 38.5%. Placed 7 times in total (53.8% of starts).
Who trained Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)?: Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) was trained by K R Burke on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 9 January 2009.
Who is Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)'s sire?: Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) is by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Lauretta Blue (IRE), whose sire is Bluebird.
What going does Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) prefer?: Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 4 wins from 10 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 9 January 2009. The highest on record is 93.
What is Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)'s sire's record?: Danehill Dancer (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.
Who are Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Lauretta Blue (IRE), Blue Sky Thinking (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: St Pancras (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (St Pancras (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f–2m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

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