How many races has Dark Spark (IRE) won?

Dark Spark (IRE) won 4 of 14 archived starts between 2020 and 2022, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 6 times in total (42.9% of starts).

Who trained Dark Spark (IRE)?

Dark Spark (IRE) was trained by Michael Winters on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 18 August 2022.

Who is Dark Spark (IRE)'s sire?

Dark Spark (IRE) is by Presenting (GB) out of Voler La Vedette (IRE), whose sire is King's Theatre.

What going does Dark Spark (IRE) prefer?

Dark Spark (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Dark Spark (IRE)'s official rating?

Dark Spark (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 129.

What is Dark Spark (IRE)'s sire's record?

Presenting (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,047 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.

Who are Dark Spark (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Voler La Vedette (IRE), Dark Spark (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Flashaway (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Dark Spark (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2022) · Last trainer Michael Winters · Last owner Nelius Okeeffe

by Presenting (GB) out of Voler La Vedette (IRE) (King's Theatre)

14 runs · 10 courses · from Oct 2020

As at 13 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 18 Aug 2022 — 1,517 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Aug 2022 · 5th of 8 4 wins · Kilbeggan & Listowel

KTB Profile

Dark Spark (IRE) is 4 from 14. Hasn't won since Jun 2022. All 4 wins have come over 1m5f – 2m.

Based on 14 archived runs · updated 13 Oct 2026

4–14Wins / Runs
28.6%Strike rate
6 (42.9%)Placed
+18.00£1 level staken=14 at SP
2.01Fair A/E n=14 · 1.66 incl. margin
129Highest OR
52dAvg between runs

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 117 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Bellewstown, 2 Jul 2022

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 2 figures · best 80^A · median 77.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 13 Oct 2025
Soft	2	80^A	77.5	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 13 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	1	—	—	—
1m5f – 2m	1	—	—	—

Jumps 10 figures · best 144^B · median 100

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 13 Oct 2025
Good	4	130^A	110	—
Soft	3	111^A	78	—
Good to Soft	3	144^B	89	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 13 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	5	117^B	97	—
1m5f – 2m	5	144^B	111	—

Of 14 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 81^B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Listowel, 5 Jun 2022

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 121^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Killarney, 15 Jul 2022 Official rating 129 at the last jumps run, 15 Jul 2022

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 3 figures · best 81^B · median 81

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 13 Oct 2025
Soft	2	81^B	74.5	—
Heavy	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 13 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	2	81^B	74.5	—
1m5f – 2m	1	—	—	—

Jumps 10 figures · best 132^A · median 120

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 13 Oct 2025
Good	4	121^A	121	—
Soft	3	131^A	115	—
Good to Soft	3	132^A	119	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 13 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	5	121^A	119	—
1m5f – 2m	5	132^A	121	—

Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 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

Presenting (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,047 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	62	13	21%	+10	—
Good to Firm	1,240	171	13.8%	+2.8	—
Good	7,022	840	12%	+1	1 from 4
Good to Soft	3,503	321	9.2%	−1.8	1 from 3
Soft	5,325	544	10.2%	−0.8	2 from 6
Heavy	2,759	274	9.9%	−1.1	0 from 1
Standard (AW)	136	33	24.3%	+13.3	—

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
6f – 7f	5	0	0%	−11	—
1m – 1m1f	4	0	0%	−11	—
1m2f – 1m4f	62	6	9.7%	−1.3	—
1m5f – 2m	4,727	517	10.9%	−0.1	4 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f	6,695	722	10.8%	−0.2	0 from 7
2m5f – 3m	6,536	741	11.3%	+0.3	—
Over 3m	2,018	210	10.4%	−0.6	—

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

Voler La Vedette (IRE) (King's Theatre)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Flashaway (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m1f.

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Flashaway (IRE)	5	2	2m–2m1f	—
Florance (IRE)	14	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Soft	6	2	33%	+20.25
Good	4	1	25%	−1.75
Good to Soft	3	1	33%	+0.50
Heavy	1	0	0%	−1.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Kilbeggan	3	3	100%	+6.00
Killarney	2	0	0%	−2.00
Punchestown	2	0	0%	−2.00
Bellewstown	1	0	0%	−1.00
Listowel	1	1	100%	+22.00
Fairyhouse	1	0	0%	−1.00
Thurles	1	0	0%	−1.00
Cork	1	0	0%	−1.00
Tipperary	1	0	0%	−1.00
Leopardstown	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2m1f – 2m4f	7	0	0%	−7.00
1m5f – 2m	7	4	57%	+25.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Miss A L Fitzgibbon	3	1	33%	+20.00
Darragh O'Keeffe	3	0	0%	−3.00
Richard Condon	2	1	50%	+0.25
Mr J J Codd	2	1	50%	+1.25
Conor Orr	1	0	0%	−1.00
Donal McInerney	1	0	0%	−1.00
Gavin Brouder	1	1	100%	+2.50
Simon Torrens	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Cheekpieces	7	2	29%	−1.25
None	4	1	25%	+19.00
Tongue tie	3	1	33%	+0.25

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2022	5	2	40%	+20.25
2021	6	1	17%	−2.50
2020	3	1	33%	+0.25

Type	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Hurdle	7	2	29%	−1.25
Flat	3	1	33%	+20.00
Chase	2	0	0%	−2.00
NH Flat	2	1	50%	+1.25

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
18 Aug 22+34d	Killarney	Celtic Steps (Q.R.) Race 17f · Yielding · 8 ran	5/8	8	11-4	—	80^A	68^A	Miss A L Fitzgibbon	16/1
15 Jul 22+13d	Killarney	Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle 20f · Good · 11 ran	6/11	1	11-12	129	97^B	121^A	Darragh O'Keeffe	11/2C
02 Jul 22+19d	Bellewstown	Bar One Racing 'Bellewstown' Handicap Hurdle 17f · Good · 16 ran	5/16	1½	11-0	129	117^B	121^A	Richard Condon	15/2
13 Jun 22+8d	Kilbeggan	Paul & Carmel Fay Memorial Handicap Hurdle 16f · Good · 8 ran	1/8		10-4	122	130^A	121^B	Richard Condon	5/4F
05 Jun 22+176d	Listowel	St. Johns Theatre Listowel (Q.R.) Race 13f · Yielding · 6 ran	1/6		10-7	—	75^A	81^B	Miss A L Fitzgibbon	22/1
11 Dec 21+16d	Fairyhouse	Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Beginners Chase 16f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran	UR/14	—	12-0	—	—	—	Conor Orr	50/1
25 Nov 21+12d	Thurles	Betvictor Beginners Chase 18f · Good · 8 ran	4/8	10	12-0	—	103^A	112^A	Donal McInerney	12/1
13 Nov 21+85d	Punchestown	Extra Places Every Day At BetVictor Rated Novice Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 8 ran	3/8	hd	11-2	118	111^A	131^A	Darragh O'Keeffe	13/2
20 Aug 21+18d	Kilbeggan	Hurley Family Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran	1/14		11-7	—	144^B	132^A	Gavin Brouder	5/2
02 Aug 21+32d	Cork	Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle 19f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran	2/16	6½	12-0	—	89^B	119^A	Simon Torrens	6/4F
01 Jul 21+184d	Tipperary	Tipperary Town Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 20f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran	4/13	16	12-0	—	73^B	108^A	Darragh O'Keeffe	12/1
29 Dec 20+45d	Leopardstown	Irish Injured Jockeys Flat Race 16f · Soft · 8 ran	7/8	17	11-6	—	70^C	93^C	Miss A L Fitzgibbon	22/1
14 Nov 20+33d	Punchestown	Irish Field (pro/am) Flat Race 17f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran	3/7	2¼	11-13	—	—	81^B	Mr J J Codd	3/1
12 Oct 20	Kilbeggan	Kilbeggan Flat Race 16f · Soft · 9 ran	1/9		11-12	—	78^A	115^A	Mr J J Codd	9/4

Quick answers

How many races has Dark Spark (IRE) won?: Dark Spark (IRE) won 4 of 14 archived starts between 2020 and 2022, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 6 times in total (42.9% of starts).
Who trained Dark Spark (IRE)?: Dark Spark (IRE) was trained by Michael Winters on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 18 August 2022.
Who is Dark Spark (IRE)'s sire?: Dark Spark (IRE) is by Presenting (GB) out of Voler La Vedette (IRE), whose sire is King's Theatre.
What going does Dark Spark (IRE) prefer?: Dark Spark (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Dark Spark (IRE)'s official rating?: Dark Spark (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 129.
What is Dark Spark (IRE)'s sire's record?: Presenting (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,047 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
Who are Dark Spark (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Voler La Vedette (IRE), Dark Spark (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Flashaway (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.

KTB Speed and Rating

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