Dark Design (IRE)
Dark Design (IRE) is 6 from 39. Hasn't won since Aug 2022. 4 of 8 starts on good or faster ground have ended in wins — 0 from 14 on softer. Last raced off 53, 11lb below the career-high mark.
- 6–39Wins / Runs
- 15.4%Strike rate
- 13 (33.3%)Placed
- −4.34£1 level staken=39 at SP
- 1.45Fair A/E n=39 · 1.20 incl. margin
- 64Highest OR
- 37dAvg 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 105
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 105A | 90 | — |
| Soft | 8 | 80C | 59 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 107B | 97 | — |
| Good | 4 | 100C | 93 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 87C | 87 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 74C | 63 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 23 | 107B | 88 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 16 | 100A | 83 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 39 figures from 39 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.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 3,748 runs since Jan 2008 (301 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 3 | 27.3% | +18.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 463 | 52 | 11.2% | +2.3 | 1 from 4 |
| Good | 728 | 64 | 8.8% | −0.1 | 3 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 366 | 23 | 6.3% | −2.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 547 | 39 | 7.1% | −1.8 | 0 from 8 |
| Heavy | 205 | 15 | 7.3% | −1.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,428 | 139 | 9.7% | +0.8 | 2 from 17 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 630 | 56 | 8.9% | 0 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,958 | 192 | 9.8% | +0.9 | 2 from 23 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 718 | 54 | 7.5% | −1.4 | 4 from 16 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 289 | 23 | 8% | −0.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 114 | 8 | 7% | −1.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 37 | 2 | 5.4% | −3.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −8.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Big Time Maybe (IRE) (11 wins).
The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Angelic Lord (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Time Maybe (IRE) | 89 | 11 | 5f–6f | Class 4 |
| Angelic Lord (IRE) | 13 | 3 | 5f–6f | Class 2 |
| Soldiers Design (IRE) | 17 | 1 | 5½f | Class 5 |
| Divine Princess (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Parisian Chic (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Holly Blackmore (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 2 | 12% | −8.00 |
| Soft | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Good | 4 | 3 | 75% | +17.33 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 17 | 3 | 18% | −3.67 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 8 | 2 | 25% | +1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Yarmouth | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Killarney | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Tipperary | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 23 | 2 | 9% | −12.67 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 16 | 4 | 25% | +8.33 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Carroll | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.00 |
| Tom Kiely-Marshall | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| Christian Howarth | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ray Dawson | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Shane Foley | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Ross Coakley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Stevie Donohoe | 2 | 2 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Gary Halpin | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sam Feilden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Neil Callan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thore Hammer Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Scott McCullagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Donagh O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 20 | 4 | 20% | +4.33 |
| None | 17 | 2 | 12% | −6.67 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 18% | −3.67 |
| 2021 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +11.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.67 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Dark Design (IRE) won?
- Dark Design (IRE) won 6 of 39 archived starts between 2019 and 2023, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 13 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Dark Design (IRE)?
- Dark Design (IRE) was trained by Henry Spiller on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 5 June 2023.
- Who is Dark Design (IRE)'s sire?
- Dark Design (IRE) is by Gutaifan (IRE) out of Divine Design (IRE), whose sire is Barathea.
- What going does Dark Design (IRE) prefer?
- Dark Design (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 4 starts (75%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Dark Design (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 53, from the run on 5 June 2023. The highest on record is 64.
- What is Dark Design (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Gutaifan (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 3,748 runs since Jan 2008 (301 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Dark Design (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Divine Design (IRE), Dark Design (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Big Time Maybe (IRE) (11). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Angelic Lord (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Oct 2026.