Dark Issue (IRE)
Dark Issue won the Class 3 Elston Consulting EBF Maiden Fillies Stakes at Goodwood over 6f-7f on good ground in May 2026. The filly has one win and two places from six runs on turf, all at 6f-7f. She last ran at Newmarket in Oct 2026 when tenth of 14 in the Class 1 Godolphin Lifetime Care Oh So Sharp Stakes off an official rating of 97. She has raced at five different courses.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 2 (33.3%)Placed
- +6.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 1.42Fair A/E n=6 · 1.20 incl. margin
- 98Highest OR
- 28dAvg 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 125
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 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 108A | 92.5 | 2 · 108 / 92.5 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 82A | 76 | 2 · 82 / 76 |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 125A | 79.5 | 6 · 125 / 79.5 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 17 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
- Prominent 2 (67%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,876 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 2 |
| Good | 4,842 | 510 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 2,409 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,723 | 254 | 9.3% | −2 | — |
| Heavy | 822 | 69 | 8.4% | −2.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 7,278 | 917 | 12.6% | +1.3 | — |
| 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 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,994 | 546 | 10.9% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,467 | 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 19 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +10.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +11.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 1 | 100% | +11.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dobbs | 5 | 1 | 20% | +7.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Oct 26+20d | Newmarket | Godolphin Lifetime Care Oh So Sharp Stakes (Group 3) Mid-pack early - pushed along 3f out - made no more progress from 1f out to finish 10th | 10/14 | hd | 9-2 | 97 | 77C | 82A | Pat Dobbs | 12/1 |
| 19 Sep 26+16d | Ayr | Ladbrokes 'New Customers Get 50/1 Old Firm Offer' Firth Of Clyde (For The Ayrshire Agricultural Challenge Cup) (Group 3) Held up in the pack - pushed along with 2f left - stayed on for 4th | 4/5 | 1 | 9-2 | 97 | 72C | 92B | Tom Marquand | 4/1 |
| 03 Sep 26+40d | Salisbury | IRE-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes (Group 3) Close up with front pack - shaken up and denied room 2f out before darting right to challenge inside final furlong - stayed on but unable to get past | 2/11 | ½ | 9-2 | 97 | 125A | 102A | Pat Dobbs | 6/1 |
| 25 Jul 26+36d | Ascot | Princess Margaret Japan Cup Stakes (Group 3) Settled out wide in a handy position - asked for effort and faded some way before the furlong marker | 8/11 | ¾ | 9-2 | 98 | 82A | 85A | Pat Dobbs | 5/2F |
| 19 Jun 26+27d | Ascot | Albany Stakes (Fillies' Group 3) Settled in the pack early - moved through and shifted left over 2f out under pressure - stayed on inside the final furlong to finish 4th | 4/25 | ½ | 9-2 | — | 70C | 113A | Pat Dobbs | 22/1 |
| 23 May 26 | Goodwood | Elston Consulting EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - pushed along to move through and hit the front inside the final furlong - pulled clear in the closing stages to score | 1/9 | 9-2 | — | 108A | 105A | Pat Dobbs | 11/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Dark Issue (IRE) won?
- Dark Issue (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 2 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trains Dark Issue (IRE)?
- Dark Issue (IRE) is trained by Richard Hannon, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 October 2026.
- Who is Dark Issue (IRE)'s sire?
- Dark Issue (IRE) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Long Ridge Road (IRE), whose sire is Ribchester.
- What is Dark Issue (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 9 October 2026. The highest on record is 98.
- What is Dark Issue (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,876 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.