Dark Encounter (IRE)
Dark Encounter (IRE) is 1 from 6, the win coming at Class 3 level. Hasn't won since Sep 2023. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 5 on turf. Last raced off a career-high mark of 77.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 3 (50%)Placed
- −3.90£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 0.66Fair A/E n=6 · 0.60 incl. margin
- 77Highest OR
- 17dAvg 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 94
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 92C | 69 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 92C | 64.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 94A | 70 | — |
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
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 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 107 | 16 | 15% | +3.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,694 | 452 | 12.2% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 4,842 | 510 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 2,409 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,725 | 254 | 9.3% | −2 | — |
| Heavy | 822 | 69 | 8.4% | −2.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 7,278 | 917 | 12.6% | +1.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,064 | 278 | 13.5% | +2.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 10,700 | 1,253 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,994 | 546 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,469 | 236 | 9.6% | −1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,089 | 109 | 10% | −1.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 472 | 41 | 8.7% | −2.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 86 | 7 | 8.1% | −3.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −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
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Robusto (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 1m4f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Robusto (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robusto (IRE) | 41 | 7 | 1m4f–2m | Class 4 |
| Camden Flyer (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam James | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Saffie Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Breslin | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sep 23+7d | Sandown | Christophe Duchamp Swiss Made Nursery | 2/3 | 8½ | 9-2 | 77 | 46C | 75C | Sam James | 8/11F |
| 08 Sep 23+15d | Newcastle (AW) | Gowland & Dawson Nursery | 1/6 | 9-7 | 77 | 94A | 91B | Sam James | 11/10F | |
| 24 Aug 23+22d | York | Or8Wellness EBF Stallions Nursery | 4/20 | ¾ | 8-5 | 75 | 77C | 84A | Saffie Osborne | 40/1 |
| 02 Aug 23+23d | Sandown | TrustATrader.com British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 7/10 | 1¼ | 9-7 | — | 50B | 74A | Callum Shepherd | 18/1 |
| 10 Jul 23+16d | Ayr | EBF Stallions Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 6/6 | 1¾ | 9-4 | — | 52B | 60B | Clifford Lee | 11/8F |
| 24 Jun 23 | Redcar | Download The Vickers.Bet App EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/13 | 3½ | 9-1 | — | 92C | 81A | Andrew Breslin | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Dark Encounter (IRE) won?
- Dark Encounter (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts in 2023, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 3 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Dark Encounter (IRE)?
- Dark Encounter (IRE) was trained by K R Burke on the most recent run on record, at Sandown on 15 September 2023.
- Who is Dark Encounter (IRE)'s sire?
- Dark Encounter (IRE) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Blackgold Fairy (USA), whose sire is More Than Ready.
- What is Dark Encounter (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 77, from the run on 15 September 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Dark Encounter (IRE)'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 Encounter (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Blackgold Fairy (USA), Dark Encounter (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Robusto (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Robusto (IRE)). The wins came over 1m4f–2m. As at Oct 2026.