Cardiff By The Sea (IRE)
Cardiff By The Sea is 1 from 10 with her sole win coming at Cork in Apr 2026 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden over under 6f on soft ground. The filly, by St Mark's Basilica out of a Holy Roman Emperor mare, has raced exclusively over under 6f and recorded all her turf success on soft. Usually prominent, she finished 13 of 13 at Dundalk in Oct 2026 in a Class 1 race, last raced off OR 86 which was 11lb below her highest ever mark.
- 1–10Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 2 (20%)Placed
- −7.38£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 1.07Fair A/E n=10 · 0.89 incl. margin
- 97Highest OR
- 31dBetween runs (median)longest 255 d
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 80
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 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 122C | 79 | 4 runs · 122 / 89 |
| Good | 3 | 79C | 78 | 2 runs · 79 / 78.5 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 10 | 122C | 79 | 7 runs · 122 / 79 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 runs · as at 31 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 9 analysed runs since May 2025
- Prominent 5 (56%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (22%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (22%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.4% of 659 runs since Apr 2025 (147 horses).
Weakest on good going: 9.2% from 152. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 18% from 228.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −14.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 102 | 17 | 16.7% | +2.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 152 | 14 | 9.2% | −5.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 75 | 19 | 25.3% | +10.9 | — |
| Soft | 110 | 17 | 15.5% | +1.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 20 | 3 | 15% | +0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 198 | 25 | 12.6% | −1.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 32 | 3 | 9.4% | −5 | 1 from 10 |
| 6f – 7f | 281 | 35 | 12.5% | −1.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 228 | 41 | 18% | +3.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 107 | 14 | 13.1% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 2 | 25% | +10.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −14.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2025 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Al Qudra (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Listed (Al Qudra (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Qudra (IRE) | 6 | 2 | 6f–7f | Listed |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.38 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seamie Heffernan | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.38 |
| Andrew Slattery | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Julian Pietropaolo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.38 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.38 |
| 2025 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Oct 26+27d | Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | BAR 1 Betting Mercury Stakes (Group 3) | 13/13 | 1¾ | 9-11 | 86 | 80B | 57A | Seamie Heffernan | 33/1 |
| 26 Sep 26+27d | Curragh (IRE) | Kwiff Supercharged Joe McGrath Handicap Shared the early advantage - hit the front after a furlong - tried to go clear approaching the final furlong - stayed on well under pressure - caught right on the line | 2/20 | ½ | 8-4 | 83 | 122C | 99A | Julian Pietropaolo | 18/1 |
| 30 Aug 26+57d | Cork (IRE) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Abergwaun Stakes (Listed) Settled towards the back - moved up to sit behind the front pair from halfway - nudged into 4th and then driven to front over 1f out - couldn't sustain the effort and overtaken inside the final 100 yards - dropped away to finish 5th | 5/8 | ½ | 9-0 | 86 | 73A | 76A | Seamie Heffernan | 22/1 |
| 04 Jul 26+14d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race Settled in fourth early on and keen to go faster - driven approaching final furlong - unable to find more in closing stages finishing fifth | 5/5 | 3½ | 9-0 | 91 | 78C | 62B | Gavin Ryan | 14/1 |
| 20 Jun 26+54d | Ayr | Unite George Ramsay Celebration EBF Land O'Burns Fillies' Stakes (Filles' And Mares' Listed) Settled towards the back through the middle - improved under pressure a furlong out - weakened close home to finish 7th | 7/15 | 2¼ | 9-0 | 91 | 99C | 84A | Andrew Slattery | 25/1 |
| 27 Apr 26+23d | Naas | Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Woodlands Stakes (Listed) Sat close to the front pack early - nudged into command with 2f left - challenge arrived soon after and edged ahead approaching the final furlong - faded fast in the closing stages to finish 14th | 14/15 | hd | 8-8 | 97 | 79C | 68A | Andrew Slattery | 22/1 |
| 04 Apr 26+255d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Went clear early by a slight margin - stretched clear a furlong and a half out - pushed further ahead entering final furlong - edge shrank near the line - held on for the win | 1/11 | 9-3 | — | 79A | 95A | Seamie Heffernan | 13/8F | |
| 2025 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Jul 25+35d | Naas | Arqana Irish EBF Marwell Stakes (Fillies' Listed) Sat close up early keeping a strong grip - moved into command by halfway and opened a big advantage 2f out - under pressure soon after - overtaken 1½f out - dropped away fast - finished seventh | 7/7 | 4¼ | 9-2 | — | 58A | 50A | Seamie Heffernan | 9/4 |
| 18 Jun 25+31d | Ascot | Queen Mary Stakes (Fillies' Group 2) Held mid-group down the middle - tracked the pace - stayed on inside the last furlong - couldn't match the winner - edged out of third close home | 4/23 | nse | 9-2 | — | 88C | 106A | Oisin Murphy | 11/1 |
| 18 May 25 | Naas | Coolmore Stud The Antarctic Race Held third early holding an eager grip - moved up into second approaching halfway - driven to dispute the lead from 2f out but found nothing more inside the final furlong | 2/4 | 3¼ | 9-0 | — | 69C | 81B | Seamie Heffernan | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Cardiff By The Sea won?
- Cardiff By The Sea (IRE) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 2 times in total (20% of starts).
- Who trains Cardiff By The Sea?
- Cardiff By The Sea (IRE) is trained by J A Stack, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 23 October 2026.
- Who is Cardiff By The Sea's sire?
- Cardiff By The Sea (IRE) is by St Mark's Basilica (FR) out of Piece Of Paradise (IRE), whose sire is Holy Roman Emperor.
- What going does Cardiff By The Sea prefer?
- Cardiff By The Sea (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 Cardiff By The Sea's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 23 October 2026. The highest on record is 97.
- What is Cardiff By The Sea's sire's record?
- St Mark's Basilica (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.4% of 659 runs since Apr 2025 (147 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good going: 9.2% from 152. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 18% from 228.
- Who are Cardiff By The Sea's siblings?
- Out of Piece Of Paradise (IRE), Cardiff By The Sea (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Al Qudra (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Al Qudra (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Nov 2026.