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Horse profile

Dark Scimitar (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2021) · Last trainer Marco Botti · Last owner Marrone De Bianco Partnership 1
by Verrazano (USA) out of Don't Stop To Shop (USA) (Unbridled's Song)
9 runs · 4 courses · from Jan 2020
As at 13 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 7 Jul 2021 — 1,924 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2021 · 1st of 5 Won last time out Won at Yarmouth Last raced off OR 65
KTB Profile

Dark Scimitar (USA) is 1 from 9, the win coming at Class 6 level. Won last time out at Yarmouth (Class 6). The win came on turf — 0 from 6 on the all-weather.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 13 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Win at Class 6 OR ↓ 14lb off peak
Official rating65↓ 14lb off peak
65 65–79

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 97 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Salisbury, 8 Jun 2021

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.

Flat 9 figures · best 116A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)6116A82—
Good to Firm297A95—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f597A80—
1m – 1m1f4116A88—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 77B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Yarmouth, 7 Jul 2021 Official rating 65 at the last run, 7 Jul 2021

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.

Flat 9 figures · best 77B · median 64
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)676A63—
Good to Firm277B70.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f577B64—
1m – 1m1f476A67—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Verrazano (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 5% of 20 runs since Jan 2008 (3 horses). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm3133.3%+28.31 from 2
Good100%−5—
Good to Soft100%−50 from 1
Soft400%−5—
Standard (AW)1100%−50 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f700%−50 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f1317.7%+2.71 from 5

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Don't Stop To Shop (USA) (Unbridled's Song)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +5.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 6 1 1 100% +6.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Yarmouth 2 1 50% +5.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 1 20% +2.00
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Stefano Cherchi 3 0 0% −3.00
Dylan Hogan 2 1 50% +5.00
Daniel Muscutt 2 0 0% −2.00
Marco Ghiani 1 0 0% −1.00
Cieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Hood 3 1 33% +4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 3 1 33% +4.00
2020 6 0 0% −6.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
07 Jul 21+29d Yarmouth QuinnBet 25% Back As A Free Bet Handicap Class 6 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 9-11 6593C77B Dylan Hogan 6/1
08 Jun 21+20d Salisbury Follow MansionBet Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 5/11 3¼ 9-2 6897A64A Marco Ghiani 14/1
19 May 21+243d Yarmouth QuinnBet Acca Bonus Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 6/7 2 9-4 7080A64A Dylan Hogan 20/1
18 Sep 20+28d Kempton (AW) Try Our New Runner Boost At Unibet Handicap Class 5 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 8/13 nk 8-12 7280B64A Stefano Cherchi 16/1
21 Aug 20+72d Wolverhampton (AW) Kentucky Derby On Sky Sports Racing Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 · 9.5f · Standard · 11 ran 9/11 2¼ 8-11 7592A44A Stefano Cherchi 8/1
10 Jun 20+93d Kempton (AW) Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 7/11 1¼ 8-11 7972A58A Cieren Fallon 10/3
09 Mar 20+17d Wolverhampton (AW) Ladbrokes 'Play '1-2-Free' On Football Novice Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran 4/7 1½ 9-5 —84B62A Daniel Muscutt 5/2F
21 Feb 20+23d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Novice Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 10 ran 2/10 nk 8-0 —116A76A Stefano Cherchi 7/1
29 Jan 20 Kempton (AW) 32Red On The App Store Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 4/12 1 9-5 —66A72A Daniel Muscutt 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Dark Scimitar (USA) won?
Dark Scimitar (USA) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2020 and 2021, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 2 times in total (22.2% of starts).
Who trained Dark Scimitar (USA)?
Dark Scimitar (USA) was trained by Marco Botti on the most recent run on record, at Yarmouth on 7 July 2021.
Who is Dark Scimitar (USA)'s sire?
Dark Scimitar (USA) is by Verrazano (USA) out of Don't Stop To Shop (USA), whose sire is Unbridled's Song.
What is Dark Scimitar (USA)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 65, from the run on 7 July 2021. The highest on record is 79.
What is Dark Scimitar (USA)'s sire's record?
Verrazano (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 5% of 20 runs since Jan 2008 (3 horses), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.

Record shown from January 2020. 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.