Dark Spec (GB)
Dark Spec (GB) is 2 from 8. Won last time out at Leicester (Class 4).
- 2–8Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 4 (50%)Placed
- +0.70£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 2.59Fair A/E n=8 · 2.23 incl. margin
- 78Highest OR
- 245dAvg 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 91
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 5 | 103A | 71 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 108A | 71 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 91B | 81 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 21,838 runs since Jan 2008 (1,593 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 | 4,828 | 507 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 2,405 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 1 from 5 |
| Soft | 2,718 | 253 | 9.3% | −2 | 1 from 1 |
| Heavy | 821 | 69 | 8.4% | −2.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7,264 | 912 | 12.6% | +1.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,063 | 277 | 13.4% | +2.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 10,679 | 1,249 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,986 | 545 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 2 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,461 | 234 | 9.5% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,087 | 108 | 9.9% | −1.4 | — |
| 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 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Wintercrack (GB) (3 wins).
The wins came over 1m–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Wintercrack (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wintercrack (GB) | 17 | 3 | 1m–1m2f | Class 4 |
| Special Cadeau (GB) | 20 | 2 | 1m5½f–2m | Class 5 |
| Specialty (IRE) | 14 | 2 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Vernatti (GB) | 9 | 2 | 1m2f | Class 4 |
| Asteroidea (GB) | 8 | 1 | 1m4f | Class 4 |
| Grouseman (GB) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| Sperrin (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Vermuyden (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.20 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.20 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.20 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 2 | 67% | +5.70 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Hornby | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Dougie Costello | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.20 |
| Shane Kelly | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.20 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 22+179d | Leicester | Bet At Racingtv.com Handicap | 1/10 | 9-5 | 77 | 65A | 94A | Shane Kelly | 7/2F | |
| 04 Oct 21+60d | Pontefract | Go Racing In Yorkshire Handicap (Div 1) | 1/10 | 9-8 | 71 | 81A | 100A | Dougie Costello | 16/5F | |
| 05 Aug 21+17d | Sandown | Casumo Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap | 3/12 | shd | 10-0 | 70 | 91B | 96A | Dougie Costello | 5/1 |
| 19 Jul 21+1389d | Beverley | Richard And Carol Hudson Handicap | 4/10 | 3¼ | 9-7 | 72 | 108A | 80A | Dougie Costello | 25/1 |
| 29 Sep 17+28d | Newmarket | Derrinstown British EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 4/15 | 2¼ | 9-0 | 78 | 66C | 86A | Rob Hornby | 28/1 |
| 01 Sep 17+19d | Sandown | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (Div 1) | 6/16 | hd | 9-5 | — | 71C | 81A | Rob Hornby | 8/1 |
| 13 Aug 17+25d | Leicester | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 2/7 | ¾ | 9-2 | — | 103A | 85A | Rob Hornby | 20/1 |
| 19 Jul 17 | Yarmouth | Bazuka / EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 8/9 | 1¼ | 9-2 | — | 59A | 65A | Rob Hornby | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Dark Spec (GB) won?
- Dark Spec (GB) won 2 of 8 archived starts between 2017 and 2022, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 4 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Dark Spec (GB)?
- Dark Spec (GB) was trained by Pam Sly on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 1 April 2022.
- Who is Dark Spec (GB)'s sire?
- Dark Spec (GB) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Speciosa (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
- What going does Dark Spec (GB) prefer?
- Dark Spec (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Dark Spec (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 77, from the run on 1 April 2022. The highest on record is 78.
- What is Dark Spec (GB)'s sire's record?
- Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,838 runs since Jan 2008 (1,593 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
- Who are Dark Spec (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Speciosa (IRE), Dark Spec (GB) has 8 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Wintercrack (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Wintercrack (GB)). The wins came over 1m–2m. As at Oct 2026.