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Horse profile

Dark Empress (GB)

4yo filly (at last run, Sep 2025) · Last trainer Derek Shaw · Last owner Derek Shaw
by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Aurora Leigh (GB) (Dubawi)
3 runs · 2 courses · from Jun 2025
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Sep 2025 — 413 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2025 · 10th of 10
KTB Profile

Dark Empress ran three times on the all-weather between Jun 2025 and Sep 2025 without placing. The filly, by Dark Angel out of a Dubawi mare, finished 10 of 10 at Southwell in Sep 2025 in a Class 5 novice stakes. She raced twice at Southwell and once at Wolverhampton, all over trips from under 6f to 7f on standard going.

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Jun 2025 · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 3 figures · best 11C · median 3
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)311C3—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f23C-17.5—
Under 6f1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 40C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 30 Jun 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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 40C · median 39
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)340C39—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f240C39.5—
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 3 analysed runs since Jun 2025

  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1071615%+3.7—
Good to Firm3,69445212.2%+0.9—
Good4,84251010.5%−0.8—
Good to Soft2,40925110.4%−0.9—
Soft2,7252549.3%−2—
Heavy822698.4%−2.9—
Standard (AW)7,27891712.6%+1.30 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2,06427813.5%+2.20 from 1
6f – 7f10,7001,25311.7%+0.40 from 2
1m – 1m1f4,99454610.9%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f2,4692369.6%−1.7—
1m5f – 2m1,08910910%−1.3—
2m1f – 2m4f472418.7%−2.6—
2m5f – 3m8678.1%−3.2—
Over 3m400%−11.3—

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

Dam
Aurora Leigh (GB) (Dubawi)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Al Wasl Dream (IRE)40——
Enthral (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood 2 0 0% −2.00
None 1 0 0% −1.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
02 Sep 25+16d Southwell (AW) Join The Southwell Golf Club Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 5f · Standard · 10 ran Settled at the back from the off - lost touch with the field - no impact through the race - well held at the finish 10/10 15 9-0 11C35C Jonny Peate 300/1
17 Aug 25+48d Southwell (AW) Ambitions Personnel Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran Sent to front early - driven for effort and lost command 3f out - dropped away quickly 2f out - well held at finish 9/9 19 9-5 -38C39C Jonny Peate 400/1
30 Jun 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Highbet Weekly Racing Rewards Club Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran Settled behind the front group early - urged forward past the 3f marker - dropped away rapidly with 2f left - trailed home well beaten 9/9 14 9-9 3C40C Jonny Peate 150/1

Quick answers

How many races has Dark Empress (GB) won?
Dark Empress (GB) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2025.
Who trained Dark Empress (GB)?
Dark Empress (GB) was trained by Derek Shaw on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 2 September 2025.
Who is Dark Empress (GB)'s sire?
Dark Empress (GB) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Aurora Leigh (GB), whose sire is Dubawi.
What is Dark Empress (GB)'s sire's record?
Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
Who are Dark Empress (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Aurora Leigh (GB), Dark Empress (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2025. 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.