Cape Sounion (IRE)
Cape Sounion is a filly by No Nay Never out of a Galileo mare who has shown consistent placed form without winning. She has zero wins from five turf starts, with four places, all over 6f to 1m1f on good or good to soft going. Her best effort came when second of 11 at Cork in Aug 2025. She finished 6 of 6 at the Curragh the same month, last raced off a career-high mark of 89.
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 4 (80%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 89Highest 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 103
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 103A | 79 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 103A | 79 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 from 5 analysed runs since Apr 2025
- Prominent 4 (80%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,333 runs since Jan 2008 (707 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | — |
| Good | 1,489 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 612 | 55 | 9% | −3.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 845 | 110 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| Heavy | 285 | 37 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,159 | 256 | 11.9% | −0.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 911 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,389 | 440 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,183 | 131 | 11.1% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 583 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 185 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
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, 4 winners — best of them Perfect Your Craft (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Man's Best Friend (IRE)).
Family form: Man's Best Friend (IRE) finished 3rd of 10 at Longchamp (FR), 4 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Your Craft (IRE) | 10 | 3 | 1m–1m4f | Class 2 |
| Man's Best Friend (IRE) | 5 | 2 | 6f | Group 2 |
| Hamlet (IRE) | 2 | 2 | 6f–7f | Class 5 |
| Velazquez (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Torbruk (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| None | 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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Aug 25+16d | Curragh | Newtownanner Stud Irish European Breeders Fund Stakes (Fillies' Group 3) Held up towards the back - shifted to the inner around 2f out clipping another runner - pushed along in 5th with a furlong left before fading to finish sixth | 6/6 | ½ | 9-2 | 89 | 54A | 77B | Gavin Ryan | 11/2 |
| 14 Aug 25+48d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden Shared the initial running - settled just behind the front-runner from 2f in - pressed for effort with 2f to go but couldn't find extra to challenge inside final furlong - held on steadily for second | 2/11 | 2¾ | 9-2 | 89 | 103A | 94A | Gavin Ryan | 7/4F |
| 27 Jun 25+33d | Curragh | O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden Handy in the early running - held second turning for home - asked for effort 2f out - drove up to dispute inside final furlong - held safe by winner at the line | 2/13 | ¾ | 9-2 | — | 79C | 93A | Gavin Ryan | 2/1F |
| 25 May 25+27d | Curragh | Tally Ho Stud Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden Handy early - 4th at halfway - pushed into 3rd approaching final 2f - found extra to grab 2nd inside final furlong and a half - stayed on to finish but denied by a length | 2/13 | 1 | 9-2 | — | 79C | 99A | Gavin Ryan | 7/4F |
| 28 Apr 25 | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden Sluggish start - settled just behind front group - boxed in on inside 2f out then moved right for space - driven up into second inside final 2f - kept battling to the line but couldn't get past the winner - finished second beaten just over a length | 2/13 | 1¼ | 9-2 | — | 79C | 105A | Gavin Ryan | 7/4 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Cape Sounion won?
- Cape Sounion (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2025. Placed 4 times in total (80% of starts).
- Who trained Cape Sounion?
- Cape Sounion (IRE) was trained by Donnacha Aidan O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 30 August 2025.
- Who is Cape Sounion's sire?
- Cape Sounion (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Pandora (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
- What is Cape Sounion's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 89, from the run on 30 August 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Cape Sounion's sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,333 runs since Jan 2008 (707 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
- Who are Cape Sounion's siblings?
- Out of Pandora (IRE), Cape Sounion (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Perfect Your Craft (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Man's Best Friend (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.