Brilliant (IRE)
Brilliant won the Group 3 Lodge Park Stud Irish European Breeders Fund Park Express Stakes at Curragh in Mar 2024. The filly won two of 10 starts on turf, with the first success at Leopardstown over 6f – 7f on soft ground in Jul 2023 and the second over 1m – 1m1f on heavy ground. She recorded one win from five runs at Curragh and one win from two runs at Leopardstown. Her last run, at Curragh in Mar 2024, was a win off an official rating of 103.
- 2–10Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 4 (40%)Placed
- −2.50£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 1.32Fair A/E n=10 · 1.11 incl. margin
- 105Highest OR
- 31dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 107
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 105A | 88 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 77A | 71.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 96A | 93.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 105A | 86.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 107A | 89.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,560 runs since Jan 2008 (445 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 17% from 282.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | +6.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 497 | 63 | 12.7% | +1.3 | — |
| Good | 1,162 | 139 | 12% | +0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 557 | 57 | 10.2% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 748 | 88 | 11.8% | +0.4 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 282 | 48 | 17% | +5.6 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,303 | 122 | 9.4% | −2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 140 | 14 | 10% | −1.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 953 | 107 | 11.2% | −0.2 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,205 | 149 | 12.4% | +1 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,298 | 151 | 11.6% | +0.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 592 | 64 | 10.8% | −0.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 239 | 22 | 9.2% | −2.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 97 | 6 | 6.2% | −5.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 36 | 6 | 16.7% | +5.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Alexander James (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m1½f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Alcohol Free (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander James (IRE) | 63 | 7 | 7½f–1m1½f | Listed |
| Alcohol Free (IRE) | 15 | 6 | 6f–1m | Group 1 |
| Hooked On You (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Johan Zoffani (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Saguaro (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Ryan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Colin Keane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Brilliant won?
- Brilliant (IRE) won 2 of 10 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 4 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trained Brilliant?
- Brilliant (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 18 March 2024.
- Who is Brilliant's sire?
- Brilliant (IRE) is by Gleneagles (IRE) out of Plying (USA), whose sire is Hard Spun.
- What going does Brilliant prefer?
- Brilliant (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Brilliant's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 103, from the run on 18 March 2024. The highest on record is 105.
- What is Brilliant's sire's record?
- Gleneagles (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,560 runs since Jan 2008 (445 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 17% from 282.
- Who are Brilliant's siblings?
- Out of Plying (USA), Brilliant (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Alexander James (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Alcohol Free (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.