Card Shark (IRE)
Card Shark was a maiden who ran six times without winning and placed once. His best effort came when third of 14 at Kempton in Jan 2025. He last ran at Lingfield in Feb 2025, finishing fourth of nine in a Class 6 handicap after being the beaten favourite. The gelding, by Dark Angel out of Three Hearts, last raced off his career-high mark of 55.
- 0–6Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (16.7%)Placed
- −6.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=6 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 55Highest OR
- 80dAvg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 103B | 89 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 103B | 81 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 97A | 70.5 | — |
Of 6 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 6 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,898 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 107 | 16 | 15% | +3.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,694 | 452 | 12.2% | +0.9 | — |
| Good | 4,842 | 510 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 2,409 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | — |
| Soft | 2,731 | 254 | 9.3% | −2 | — |
| Heavy | 828 | 71 | 8.6% | −2.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7,286 | 917 | 12.6% | +1.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,064 | 278 | 13.5% | +2.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 10,712 | 1,253 | 11.7% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,997 | 546 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,471 | 237 | 9.6% | −1.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,090 | 109 | 10% | −1.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 474 | 42 | 8.9% | −2.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 86 | 7 | 8.1% | −3.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Take Heart (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Take Heart (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take Heart (IRE) | 21 | 4 | 1m–1m2½f | Class 2 |
| Treble Joy (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Bradley | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Shane B Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Feb 25+32d | Lingfield (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap (Div 2) Settled just behind front group wide of field - urged forward with over 2f left - faded near the line to finish 4th | 4/9 | 1 | 9-9 | 55 | 97A | 78A | Paddy Bradley | 2/1F |
| 15 Jan 25+243d | Kempton (AW) | Get Daily Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap Settled just behind the front pair - briefly second before 5f out then sat close up - pushed along and held on for third out wide late | 3/14 | ½ | 9-9 | 55 | 103B | 81A | Paddy Bradley | 28/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 May 24+24d | Newbury | Coolmore Stud St Mark's Basilica EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 11/11 | 18 | 9-7 | — | 44C | 56C | Paddy Bradley | 150/1 |
| 23 Apr 24+20d | Epsom Downs | Weatherbys Digital Solutions Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | UR/8 | — | 9-1 | — | — | — | Paddy Bradley | 100/1 |
| 03 Apr 24+82d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Boosts In More Races Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 9/10 | 1 | 8-12 | — | 65A | 53A | Paddy Bradley | 66/1 |
| 12 Jan 24 | Dundalk (AW) | One Of The Only Dual Racetracks In Europe Maiden | 7/14 | ¾ | 9-8 | — | 81B | 70A | Shane B Kelly | 7/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Card Shark won?
- Card Shark (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2024 and 2025. Placed 1 time in total (16.7% of starts).
- Who trained Card Shark?
- Card Shark (IRE) was trained by Jim Boyle on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 16 February 2025.
- Who is Card Shark's sire?
- Card Shark (IRE) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Three Hearts (USA), whose sire is Hat Trick.
- What is Card Shark's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 55, from the run on 16 February 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Card Shark's sire's record?
- Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,898 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
- Who are Card Shark's siblings?
- Out of Three Hearts (USA), Card Shark (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Take Heart (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Take Heart (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.