Horse profile
Dark Sun (GB)
24 runs · 12 courses · from Sep 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Brighton & Bath
Ran 34 days ago · 12th of 17
Last raced off OR 62
KTB Profile
Typically ridden with patience — held up in 9 of 13 analysed runs — Dark Sun (GB) is 2 from 24, both wins coming at Class 6 level. Both wins have come on turf — 0 from 7 on the all-weather.
Based on 24 archived runs · run-style from 13 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
All wins on turf
All wins at Class 6
- 2–24Wins / Runs
- 8.3%Strike rate
- 6 (25%)Placed
- −8.00£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 1.04Fair A/E n=24 · 0.89 incl. margin
- 67Highest OR
- 47dAvg 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.
Official rating62↓ 5lb off peak
62
54–67
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 133
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 9 | 100C | 89 | 6 · 100 / 91 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 109A | 92 | 5 · 109 / 92 |
| Good | 5 | 133B | 99 | 2 · 133 / 110.5 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 20 | 112A | 91 | 11 · 109 / 92 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 133B | 88 | 3 · 133 / 88 |
Of 24 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 24 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 from 13 analysed runs
- Held up 9 (69%) · 2 wins
- Midfield 2 (15%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (8%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (8%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,863 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 | 1 from 9 |
| Good | 4,838 | 510 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 2,406 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,722 | 253 | 9.3% | −2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 822 | 69 | 8.4% | −2.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7,273 | 916 | 12.6% | +1.3 | 0 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,064 | 278 | 13.5% | +2.2 | 1 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 10,694 | 1,251 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 1 from 21 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,990 | 546 | 10.9% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,464 | 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 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Egoli (GB) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Egoli (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egoli (GB) | 11 | 3 | 6f–7f | Class 3 |
| Sarteano (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Gold Reef City (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | +4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 15 | 2 | 13% | +1.00 |
| Class 5 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Brighton | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Bath | 2 | 1 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Windsor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 21 | 1 | 5% | −15.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +7.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Coughlan | 18 | 1 | 6% | −12.00 |
| Millie Wonnacott | 2 | 1 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Matthew Lloyd Slater | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Farragher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| G Cheyne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 16 | 0 | 0% | −16.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 2 | 29% | +9.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 2 | 14% | +2.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 26+20d | Bath | Loud Hire Production Services Bath Summer Sprint Series Final Handicap Stakes (Series Final - Qualified Horses Only) Dwelt at the break - settled towards the back of the pack - pushed along with 3f left - short-lived progress inside the final furlong and a half before fading close home | 12/17 | ½ | 9-5 | 62 | 65C | 65A | Laura Coughlan | 9/1 |
| 24 Aug 26+12d | Brighton | Ian Carnaby Handicap Stakes Settled just behind pace - driven into contention inside final two furlongs to hit front - kept finding late to win | 1/5 | 9-4 | 58 | 95C | 80B | Laura Coughlan | 5/1 | |
| 12 Aug 26+18d | Ffos Las | Birthday Boy Leighton Happy 80th Handicap Stakes Held up in the back half - pushed along and making ground from 2f out - denied a clear run close home and kept on to finish 4th | 4/8 | nk | 9-5 | 59 | 133B | 82A | Laura Coughlan | 13/2 |
| 25 Jul 26+14d | Lingfield | Indigo Lifts Group Fillies' Handicap Stakes held up towards the back - angled to the outside and driven 2f out - pressed for effort and ran on to move into third over 110 yards out - found nothing more | 3/7 | nk | 8-12 | 59 | 88A | 66A | Millie Wonnacott | 13/2 |
| 11 Jul 26+28d | Salisbury | Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Apprentice Handicap Very sluggish beginning - improved to sit handy towards the back - driven and faded 2f out | 4/5 | 1½ | 9-8 | 59 | 85C | 66B | Matthew Lloyd Slater | 15/2 |
| 13 Jun 26+15d | Bath | Pockets Townhouse Bath Handicap Held up towards the back early - improved wide of rivals approaching 2f out - pushed along to reach the leading group with a furlong left - hit the top close home and stayed on strongly to score | 1/14 | 9-3 | 54 | 88C | 85A | Millie Wonnacott | 9/1 | |
| 29 May 26+22d | Brighton | fairplaybet.co.uk Bet 20 Get 20 Free Bets Handicap Settled with plenty of enthusiasm towards the back of the pack - driven up through gaps to reach the front rank two furlongs out - lost momentum inside the last and faded to finish fourth | 4/13 | 2 | 9-6 | 55 | 100C | 75A | Laura Coughlan | 7/1 |
| 07 May 26+12d | Windsor | attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap Settled in the pack - moved onto the heels of the front group inside the final two furlongs and pushed along - lost ground near the line to finish fourth | 4/8 | ¾ | 8-12 | 57 | 94B | 68A | Laura Coughlan | 9/1 |
| 25 Apr 26+59d | Leicester | Alpacalypse Session IPA Handicap Settled towards the back - boxed in with a furlong left before shifting right for room - unable to close the gap through the final furlong - finished seventh beaten 4 lengths | 7/10 | shd | 9-6 | 59 | 86A | 69A | Laura Coughlan | 12/1 |
| 25 Feb 26+9d | Lingfield (AW) | Join The Midnite Movement Handicap Settled at back of field - pushed for effort with 2f left - responded late from 1f out but couldn't threaten leaders - finished fifth beaten 3.5 lengths | 5/7 | nk | 9-3 | 58 | 92A | 63A | Laura Coughlan | 8/1 |
| 16 Feb 26+6d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite Are Upping The Betting Game Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) Held a midpack position early - pushed along with 2f left - found room to move through and close on leader entering last furlong - stayed on well but denied by a whisker | 2/8 | nse | 9-4 | 59 | 109A | 83A | Laura Coughlan | 22/1 |
| 10 Feb 26+24d | Lingfield (AW) | Create Your Bet Builders At Midnite Handicap Sluggish getaway - settled off the pace at the back - lost touch under pressure from 2f out and gave way close home | 10/12 | ¾ | 9-6 | 59 | 93A | 60A | Laura Coughlan | 9/1 |
| 17 Jan 26+15d | Lingfield (AW) | Midnite Are Upping The Betting Game Handicap (Div 2) Held up towards the back - urged forward with over a furlong left - closed on the front pair inside the final furlong and grabbed second close home - held on grimly for the runner-up spot | 2/8 | hd | 9-4 | 58 | 78A | 78A | Laura Coughlan | 10/1 |
| 02 Jan 26+104d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Held a midfield spot early - asked for effort 2f out and kept responding - bumped while battling for fourth a furlong out - unable to bounce back finishing sixth | 6/11 | hd | 9-1 | 60 | 90A | 74A | Laura Coughlan | 33/1 |
| 20 Sep 25+47d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Weatherbys Stallion Book Fillies' Handicap Slow to break - settled behind the front group before being asked for effort 2f out - flattened out inside final furlong to finish seventh | 7/10 | 1¾ | 9-3 | 62 | 102A | 68A | Laura Coughlan | 14/1 |
| 04 Aug 25+10d | Lingfield | Tips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com Apprentice Handicap Held up towards the back - urged forward to move through on the outside before contesting third over a furlong out - lost ground in the final 110 yards to finish sixth | 6/9 | ½ | 9-6 | 63 | — | 78A | Laura Coughlan | 12/1 |
| 25 Jul 25+17d | Chepstow | Robert Stephens Castle Farm Racing Club Handicap Slow to break - settled towards back - nudged along and drifted middle of track 2f out - stayed on final furlong to finish fourth | 4/7 | nk | 9-6 | 64 | 112A | 74A | Laura Coughlan | 10/1 |
| 08 Jul 25+17d | Brighton | Streamline Always First Past The Post! Handicap Settled on edge of restlessness through the pack midfield - closed on the front pair inside the last furlong to grab third - never able to trouble the top two | 3/8 | 2¼ | 9-10 | 64 | 89B | 73A | Laura Coughlan | 12/1 |
| 21 Jun 25+10d | Lingfield | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap Settled in the pack - moved through 2f out and pushed along approaching final furlong - hit front inside last - denied right at the line | 2/6 | nk | 9-6 | 63 | 100A | 81B | Laura Coughlan | 11/1 |
| 11 Jun 25+16d | Lingfield | attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap Held up towards the back - shifted out and improved from 2f out - flattened out inside the final furlong to finish 4th | 4/7 | ¾ | 9-1 | 65 | 99B | 77A | Laura Coughlan | 66/1 |
| 26 May 25+355d | Windsor | Tips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com Handicap Sluggish start - stayed towards rear before making progress over 2f out - lost momentum inside final furlong to finish well held | 9/12 | 2¼ | 9-3 | 67 | 81A | 62A | Laura Coughlan | 40/1 |
| 05 Jun 24+226d | Ripon | Yorkshire Accountants Ripon Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/8 | 2¼ | 8-13 | — | 83B | 67A | Adam Farragher | 10/1 |
| 23 Oct 23+24d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Stay Golden With BetMGM Safer Gambling Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/12 | shd | 9-2 | — | 80A | 74A | Tom Marquand | 9/2 |
| 29 Sep 23 | Haydock | Realco Equipment Ruby Anniversary EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/7 | nse | 9-2 | — | 73A | 66B | G Cheyne | 15/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Dark Sun (GB) won?
- Dark Sun (GB) won 2 of 24 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 6 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trains Dark Sun (GB)?
- Dark Sun (GB) is trained by James Bennett, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 September 2026.
- Who is Dark Sun (GB)'s sire?
- Dark Sun (GB) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Solar Gold (IRE), whose sire is Sea The Stars.
- What going does Dark Sun (GB) prefer?
- Dark Sun (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Dark Sun (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 13 September 2026. The highest on record is 67.
- What is Dark Sun (GB)'s sire's record?
- Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,863 runs since Jan 2008 (1,593 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
- Who are Dark Sun (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Solar Gold (IRE), Dark Sun (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Egoli (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Egoli (GB)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.