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Horse profile

Brightmarchmorning (IRE)

6yo gelding · Trainer Donal Hassett · Owner Seabiscuit Syndicate
by Sholokhov (IRE) out of Dear Songbird (IRE) (Millenary)
1 run · 1 course · from Apr 2026
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 6 Apr 2026 · 11th of 13
KTB Profile

Brightmarchmorning is a lightly raced gelding with one start. By Sholokhov whose progeny have won 528 of 4242 runs since Jan 2008 his dam has produced one runner for one winner in the shape of Vanderpoel with four wins. He finished 11 of 13 having been held in the Leisure Dome Ltd Marquee Hire Maiden Hurdle at Cork in Apr 2026 on soft ground over 2m5f – 3m.

Based on 1 archived run · run-style from 1 commented run since Apr 2026 · updated 8 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 89C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 6 Apr 2026

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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sholokhov (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,277 runs since Apr 2008 (423 horses).

Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm991414.1%+1.6—
Good1,27914711.5%−1—
Good to Soft82311213.6%+1.1—
Soft1,30416913%+0.50 from 1
Heavy5496912.6%+0.1—
Standard (AW)2222310.4%−2.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f39615.4%+2.9—
1m – 1m1f157148.9%−3.6—
1m2f – 1m4f326329.8%−2.7—
1m5f – 2m1,05812812.1%−0.4—
2m1f – 2m4f1,46219413.3%+0.8—
2m5f – 3m99512512.6%+0.10 from 1
Over 3m2403514.6%+2.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2008 · as at 7 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Dear Songbird (IRE) (Millenary)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Vanderpoel (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Vanderpoel (IRE)).

Family form: Vanderpoel (IRE) won at Ascot, 31 Oct 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Vanderpoel (IRE)951m7½f–2m1fClass 2

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
06 Apr 26 Cork Leisure Dome Ltd. Marquee Hire Maiden Hurdle 2m7f · Yielding · 13 ran Held up at the back throughout - urged into 8th after 4 out - lost ground steadily from there - finished well beaten in 11th 11/13 6 11-5 23C89C Benjamin P Kennedy 125/1

Quick answers

How many races has Brightmarchmorning won?
Brightmarchmorning (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
Who trains Brightmarchmorning?
Brightmarchmorning (IRE) is trained by Donal Hassett, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 April 2026.
Who is Brightmarchmorning's sire?
Brightmarchmorning (IRE) is by Sholokhov (IRE) out of Dear Songbird (IRE), whose sire is Millenary.
What is Brightmarchmorning's sire's record?
Sholokhov (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,277 runs since Apr 2008 (423 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
Who are Brightmarchmorning's siblings?
Out of Dear Songbird (IRE), Brightmarchmorning (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Vanderpoel (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Vanderpoel (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2026. 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.