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Horse profile

Brightburn (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2023) · Last trainer John J Maguire · Last owner John J Maguire
by Fulbright (GB) out of Aptina (USA) (Aptitude)
17 runs · 11 courses · from Oct 2020
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 7 Jul 2023 — 1,201 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2023 · 7th of 8 New yard Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 40
KTB Profile

Brightburn (IRE) is yet to win from 17 starts. Best effort: 4th of 14 at Cork (May 2022). Last raced off 40, 19lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 17 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 19lb off peak
Official rating40↓ 19lb off peak
40 40–59

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 84 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Listowel, 5 Jun 2021

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Flat 17 figures · best 90C · median 71
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft584A64—
Good490C78.5—
Heavy384C71—
Standard (AW)268B67.5—
Good to Firm289C65—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1090C71.5—
Under 6f589C68—
1m – 1m1f284A80—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 64A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fairyhouse, 19 Sep 2022 Official rating 40 at the last run, 7 Jul 2023

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 17 figures · best 72A · median 49
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft558A49—
Good464A52.5—
Heavy372A52—
Standard (AW)246A39—
Good to Firm270A60—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1072A49.5—
Under 6f570A46—
1m – 1m1f258A52—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 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 6.7% of 628 runs since Jan 2008 (52 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 9.8% from 214.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−6.7—
Good to Firm4112.4%−4.30 from 2
Good157117%+0.30 from 4
Good to Soft5024%−2.70 from 1
Soft11165.4%−1.30 from 5
Heavy5411.9%−4.80 from 3
Standard (AW)214219.8%+3.10 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f10565.7%−10 from 5
6f – 7f214136.1%−0.60 from 10
1m – 1m1f162159.3%+2.60 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f8955.6%−1.1—
1m5f – 2m3712.7%−4—
2m1f – 2m4f18211.1%+4.4—
2m5f – 3m300%−6.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Aptina (USA) (Aptitude)

5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Touch The Clouds (GB) (7 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Touch The Clouds (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Touch The Clouds (GB)5775f–1mClass 2
Napinda (GB)2637f–1mClass 6
Finn's Rainbow (GB)2026fClass 5
Tempestas (IRE)30——
Ashes Star (GB)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fairyhouse 4 0 0% −4.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 10 0 0% −10.00
Under 6f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Rory Cleary 3 0 0% −3.00
Seamie Heffernan 2 0 0% −2.00
Ciara Flynn 2 0 0% −2.00
Dean Curran 2 0 0% −2.00
Kevin Manning 2 0 0% −2.00
Ronan Whelan 2 0 0% −2.00
Hugh Horgan 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke McAteer 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Cleary 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Farragher 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 0 0% −13.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 5 0 0% −5.00
2021 8 0 0% −8.00
2020 3 0 0% −3.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
07 Jul 23+275d Bellewstown Phil & Patsy Kierans Memorial Maiden 5f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 7/8 14 9-13 4027C23C Seamie Heffernan 200/1
05 Oct 22+16d Navan Book Your Discounted Tickets On NavanRacecourse.ie Apprentice Handicap (47-65) 5.5f · Soft · 17 ran 14/17 1½ 8-8 4743C20C Hugh Horgan 22/1
19 Sep 22+68d Fairyhouse Fairyhouse Flat Finale Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 6f · Good · 18 ran 7/18 1 8-12 4781C64A Seamie Heffernan 18/1
13 Jul 22+11d Killarney M.D. O'Shea & Sons Handicap (47-65) 8f · Good · 15 ran 13/15 1¾ 8-12 4976C46A Luke McAteer 16/1
02 Jul 22+57d Naas Lacey's Plumbing And Heating Supplies Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 6f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 13/16 ½ 8-10 4964C43A Ciara Flynn 18/1
06 May 22+191d Cork Follow Us On Instagram Handicap (47-65) 7f · Good · 14 ran 4/14 ¾ 8-8 5090C59A Ciara Flynn 20/1
27 Oct 21+18d Dundalk (AW) BetVictor Casino Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 7f · Standard · 14 ran 13/14 3¼ 9-3 5267B32A Rory Cleary 150/1
09 Oct 21+90d Limerick Follow Limerick Racecourse On Facebook Apprentice Handicap (45-70) 7f · Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 nk 8-6 5350C40A Jack Cleary 33/1
11 Jul 21+11d Fairyhouse GAIN The Advantage Series Handicap (45-70) 6f · Good · 18 ran 18/18 ½ 8-5 5576C41A Dean Curran 33/1
30 Jun 21+19d Tipperary Thank You To The Frontline Workers Apprentice Handicap (45-70) 5f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 6/17 shd 8-7 5689C70A Dean Curran 20/1
11 Jun 21+6d Fairyhouse Summer Evenings At Fairyhouse Handicap (45-70) 6f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 13/16 1½ 9-2 5841C50A Kevin Manning 16/1
05 Jun 21+8d Listowel John Thomas McNamara Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 8f · Soft · 12 ran 6/12 ½ 9-10 5984A58A Ronan Whelan 11/1
28 May 21+20d Fairyhouse Cavalor Handicap (45-65) 6f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 6/16 ½ 9-6 5984C72A Ronan Whelan 12/1
08 May 21+173d Naas Lily & Wild Take-Away Picnic In Aid Of Breast Cancer Ireland Handicap 6f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 14/18 nse 7-13 5681C49A Adam Farragher 66/1
16 Nov 20+10d Dundalk (AW) Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) 5f · Standard · 14 ran 11/14 hd 9-7 —68B46A Kevin Manning 100/1
06 Nov 20+19d Curragh Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden (Plus 10) 5f · Heavy · 16 ran 13/16 nk 9-7 —71C52A Rory Cleary 200/1
18 Oct 20 Naas Tifrums Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10) 6f · Soft · 16 ran 14/16 nk 9-5 —63C54C Rory Cleary 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Brightburn (IRE) won?
Brightburn (IRE) has yet to win, from 17 archived starts between 2020 and 2023.
Who trained Brightburn (IRE)?
Brightburn (IRE) was trained by John J Maguire on the most recent run on record, at Bellewstown on 7 July 2023.
Who is Brightburn (IRE)'s sire?
Brightburn (IRE) is by Fulbright (GB) out of Aptina (USA), whose sire is Aptitude.
What is Brightburn (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 40, from the run on 7 July 2023. The highest on record is 59.
What is Brightburn (IRE)'s sire's record?
Fulbright (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 628 runs since Jan 2008 (52 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 9.8% from 214.
Who are Brightburn (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Aptina (USA), Brightburn (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Touch The Clouds (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Touch The Clouds (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2020. 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.