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Horse profile

Circle of Fire (GB)

3yo colt (at last run, Jul 2023) · Last trainer Sir Michael Stoute · Last owner Hm The King Hm The Queen
by Almanzor (FR) out of Fiery Sunset (GB) (Galileo)
6 runs · 6 courses · from Aug 2022
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Jul 2023 — 1,202 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2023 · 3rd of 5 Won at Salisbury Last raced off OR 102
KTB Profile

Circle of Fire won the Byerley Stud Novice Stakes at Salisbury in Sep 2022 at Class 4 level over 1m – 1m1f on good to firm. The colt has one win and three places from six starts overall, with the success on turf. He last ran at Hamilton in Jul 2023 when third of five in the British EBF 40th Anniversary Glasgow Stakes, a Class 1 race, off an official rating of 102 which was his career-high mark.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 112 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Lingfield (AW), 13 May 2023

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 →

Flat 6 figures · best 112A · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good2104A95—
Good to Firm290A83.5—
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f3112A104—
1m5f – 2m1———
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 90B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hamilton, 21 Jul 2023 Official rating 102 at the last run, 21 Jul 2023

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 →

Flat 6 figures · best 96A · median 89.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good290A87—
Good to Firm296A87—
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f390B90—
1m5f – 2m1———
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · 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.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 2,110 runs since Apr 2021 (282 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 16.2% from 154. Weakest on heavy going: 4.7% from 149. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12.8% from 304.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm6350%+40.4—
Good to Firm1542516.2%+6.61 from 2
Good3514212%+2.40 from 2
Good to Soft330247.3%−2.30 from 1
Soft407409.8%+0.2—
Heavy14974.7%−4.9—
Standard (AW)713628.7%−0.90 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f15213.3%+3.7—
6f – 7f2572810.9%+1.30 from 1
1m – 1m1f650528%−1.61 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f754699.2%−0.40 from 3
1m5f – 2m3043912.8%+3.20 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1191210.1%+0.5—
2m5f – 3m900%−9.6—
Over 3m2150%+40.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2021 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Evening Sun (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 7f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Evening Sun (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Evening Sun (GB)717fClass 5
Gilded Water (GB)411m2fClass 5
Flarepath (GB)617fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +0.75
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 2 1 50% +0.75

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 1 100% +1.75
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 1 100% +1.75
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Richard Kingscote 3 0 0% −3.00
Ryan Moore 3 1 33% −0.25

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 4 0 0% −4.00
2022 2 1 50% +0.75

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 4 runs
21 Jul 23+30d Hamilton British EBF 40th Anniversary Glasgow Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 1m3f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 3/5 ½ 9-7 10290C90B Richard Kingscote 11/4
21 Jun 23+39d Ascot Queen's Vase (Group 2) Class 1 · 1m6f · Good · 14 ran 4/14 1¼ 9-2 10286C84A Richard Kingscote 8/1
13 May 23+8d Lingfield (AW) Fitzdares Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 1m4f · Standard · 8 ran 3/8 4¼ 9-2 102112A89A Ryan Moore 11/4
05 May 23+246d Newmarket Newmarket Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 1m2f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 1¾ 9-2 —104A90A Ryan Moore 13/2
2022 · 2 runs
01 Sep 22+25d Salisbury Byerley Stud Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 9 ran 1/9 9-7 —77A96A Ryan Moore 7/4F
07 Aug 22 Leicester Longines Irish Champions Weekend 10th-11th September EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 3/6 5 9-7 —90A78B Richard Kingscote 15/2

Quick answers

How many races has Circle of Fire won?
Circle of Fire (GB) won 1 of 6 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 3 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Circle of Fire?
Circle of Fire (GB) was trained by Sir Michael Stoute on the most recent run on record, at Hamilton on 21 July 2023.
Who is Circle of Fire's sire?
Circle of Fire (GB) is by Almanzor (FR) out of Fiery Sunset (GB), whose sire is Galileo.
What is Circle of Fire's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 21 July 2023. That is also the highest on record.
What is Circle of Fire's sire's record?
Almanzor (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 2,110 runs since Apr 2021 (282 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 16.2% from 154. Weakest on heavy going: 4.7% from 149. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12.8% from 304.
Who are Circle of Fire's siblings?
Out of Fiery Sunset (GB), Circle of Fire (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Evening Sun (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Evening Sun (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2022. 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.