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Horse profile

Crying Lightning (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Feb 2025) · Last trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies · Last owner Ts Equine
by Shirocco (GER) out of Lake Islainishfree (IRE) (Yeats)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Nov 2024
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Feb 2025 — 611 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2025 · 1st of 6 Won last time out Won at Hereford
KTB Profile

Crying Lightning won one of her four starts over hurdles. The win came at Class 4 level in the starsports.bet Mares Maiden Hurdle at Hereford in Feb 2025 over 1m5f to 2m on soft ground where she raced prominently. All three of her other runs were also over hurdles on turf. She won last time out at Hereford.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 115 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Carlisle, 15 Dec 2024

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 115A · median 99.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft2115A107.5—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m3100C99—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 123C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hereford, 23 Feb 2025

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 4 figures · best 123C · median 116.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft2123C108—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m3123C122—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 from 4 analysed runs since Nov 2024

  • Prominent 2 (50%) · 1 win
  • Led 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Shirocco (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 9,174 runs since Jan 2008 (921 horses).

Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm15320%+8.8—
Good to Firm343308.7%−2.5—
Good2,73731611.5%+0.30 from 1
Good to Soft1,80921812.1%+0.90 from 1
Soft2,47325810.4%−0.81 from 2
Heavy1,03112311.9%+0.7—
Standard (AW)766769.9%−1.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2000%−11.2—
6f – 7f203157.4%−3.8—
1m – 1m1f401348.5%−2.7—
1m2f – 1m4f1,0911079.8%−1.4—
1m5f – 2m2,69928410.5%−0.71 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f2,68931611.8%+0.60 from 1
2m5f – 3m1,66622313.4%+2.2—
Over 3m4054511.1%−0.1—

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

Dam
Lake Islainishfree (IRE) (Yeats)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
River Moy (IRE)40——
Dash At Dags (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 1 50% +0.38
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +1.38
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hereford 1 1 100% +1.38
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 1 33% −0.62
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Bellamy 1 1 100% +1.38
Richie McLernon 1 0 0% −1.00
James Turner 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 1 50% +0.38
2024 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00
Hurdle 1 1 100% +1.38

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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 2 runs
23 Feb 25+37d Hereford starsports.bet Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran Handy early - clipped one out at the third-last - shared front spot approaching the last two - pressed for effort before the final fence - asserted after it and pulled clear to the line 1/6 11-6 100C123C Tom Bellamy 11/8F
17 Jan 25+33d Market Rasen Unibet Alan Swinbank Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Sent to the front early - overtaken past halfway but stayed in touch - dropped away 2f out to finish sixth 6/10 3¼ 11-4 99C122A Richie McLernon 100/1
2024 · 2 runs
15 Dec 24+29d Carlisle Happy Christmas From Carlisle Racecourse Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 17f · Soft · 10 ran Raced close up - vying for command after 5 furlongs and in charge alone at halfway - driven and caught over 4f out - no match for the first two from over 2f out - kept going for a distant third 3/10 21 10-11 115A93A James Turner 3/1
16 Nov 24 Cheltenham Karndean Designflooring Mares' Open NH Flat Race (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran Held up towards the back - dropped away approaching 3f out - well held at the finish 9/12 2 11-2 69A111A Sam Twiston-Davies 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Crying Lightning won?
Crying Lightning (IRE) won 1 of 4 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Crying Lightning?
Crying Lightning (IRE) was trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies on the most recent run on record, at Hereford on 23 February 2025.
Who is Crying Lightning's sire?
Crying Lightning (IRE) is by Shirocco (GER) out of Lake Islainishfree (IRE), whose sire is Yeats.
What is Crying Lightning's sire's record?
Shirocco (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 9,174 runs since Jan 2008 (921 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
Who are Crying Lightning's siblings?
Out of Lake Islainishfree (IRE), Crying Lightning (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.