Contorsion (USA)
Contorsion is 2 from 4 on turf with both wins at 1m2f – 1m4f on soft ground. She won the Prix Timandra at Saint-Cloud in May 2025 and the Every Race Every Moment 1xBet.ie Amateur Riders Derby Race at the Curragh in Oct 2026, holding on by a short head from 8 runners off an official rating of 90. Each win came on a first visit to the course. She has never placed on good to soft.
- 2–4Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 2 (50%)Placed
- +3.20£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 90Highest OR
- 172dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 124
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 26 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 26 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 26 Oct 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · 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 11.6% of 7,074 runs since Jan 2008 (635 horses).
Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.5% from 325.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 21 | 4 | 19% | +7.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 784 | 102 | 13% | +1.4 | — |
| Good | 1,867 | 232 | 12.4% | +0.8 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,005 | 114 | 11.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,230 | 141 | 11.5% | −0.1 | 2 from 2 |
| Heavy | 405 | 47 | 11.6% | 0 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,760 | 184 | 10.5% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 325 | 21 | 6.5% | −5.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 878 | 78 | 8.9% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,498 | 333 | 13.3% | +1.7 | 2 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,140 | 252 | 11.8% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 822 | 91 | 11.1% | −0.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 338 | 32 | 9.5% | −2.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 69 | 17 | 24.6% | +13 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Kertez (GB) (4 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m4f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kertez (GB) | 17 | 4 | 1m2f–1m4f | — |
| Contortioniste (GB) | 17 | 3 | 6f–1m | — |
| Twist (FR) | 11 | 3 | 1m–1m1f | — |
| Tumbler (FR) | 26 | 2 | 7f | — |
| Solinah (GB) | 5 | 2 | 7½f–1m | — |
| Detox (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 2 | 100% | +5.20 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.70 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.20 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxime Guyon | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.30 |
| Mr J L Gleeson | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| J M Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.30 |
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 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Oct 26+168d | Curragh (IRE) | Every Race, Every Moment 1xBet.ie Amateur Riders Derby (Q.R.) Race Settled towards the back of the pack - improved to third by halfway - niggled 2f out - drove to challenge over 1f out - edged ahead inside the last 50 yards and stayed on strongly to win | 1/8 | 11-2 | 90 | 87A | 92A | Mr J L Gleeson | 9/2 | |
| 05 May 26+320d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Vintage Tipple Stakes (Fillies' and Mares' Listed) Settled towards the back and fighting for control early - improved into 7th under pressure with 2f left - held that spot approaching the final furlong - stayed on at one speed to finish 5th | 5/10 | ½ | 9-2 | — | 124A | 82A | J M Sheridan | 10/1 |
| 2025 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Jun 25+27d | Longchamp (FR) | Prix de Thiberville () (3yo Fillies) (Grande Course) (Turf) | 5/6 | 2 | 9-1 | — | — | — | Maxime Guyon | 7/10F |
| 23 May 25 | Saint-Cloud (FR) | Prix Timandra (Maiden) (Unraced 3yo Fillies) (Turf) | 1/7 | 9-2 | — | — | — | Maxime Guyon | 7/10F | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Contorsion won?
- Contorsion (USA) won 2 of 4 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains Contorsion?
- Contorsion (USA) is trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 October 2026.
- Who is Contorsion's sire?
- Contorsion (USA) is by Nathaniel (IRE) out of Distortion (GB), whose sire is Distorted Humor.
- What is Contorsion's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 20 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Contorsion's sire's record?
- Nathaniel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 7,074 runs since Jan 2008 (635 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.5% from 325.
- Who are Contorsion's siblings?
- Out of Distortion (GB), Contorsion (USA) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Kertez (GB) (4). The wins came over 6f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.