Dark Vader (IRE)
Dark Vader (IRE) is 3 from 15. Hasn't won since Mar 2020. 3 of 5 starts at Dundalk (AW) have ended in wins. All 3 wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 9 on turf. All 3 wins have come over 6f – 7f.
- 3–15Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 6 (40%)Placed
- −8.62£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 0.96Fair A/E n=15 · 0.81 incl. margin
- 92Highest OR
- 36dAvg 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 103
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 104A | 91.5 | — |
| Good | 4 | 119C | 83.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 95A | 83 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 119C | 93 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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 21,878 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 3 |
| Good | 4,842 | 510 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 2,409 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,725 | 254 | 9.3% | −2 | — |
| Heavy | 822 | 69 | 8.4% | −2.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 7,278 | 917 | 12.6% | +1.3 | 3 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,064 | 278 | 13.5% | +2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 10,700 | 1,253 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 3 from 13 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,994 | 546 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,469 | 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 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Jaafel (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m2½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaafel (IRE) | 48 | 4 | 1m–1m2½f | — |
| National Lady (IRE) | 9 | 2 | 6f | — |
| Narasha (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 3 | 50% | +0.38 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 5 | 3 | 60% | +1.38 |
| Curragh | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 3 | 23% | −6.62 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan McDonogh | 7 | 2 | 29% | −3.50 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.12 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Donnacha O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 | 2 | 20% | −5.72 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.90 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Dark Vader (IRE) won?
- Dark Vader (IRE) won 3 of 15 archived starts between 2019 and 2020, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 6 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trained Dark Vader (IRE)?
- Dark Vader (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 9 October 2020.
- Who is Dark Vader (IRE)'s sire?
- Dark Vader (IRE) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Cheetah (GB), whose sire is Tiger Hill.
- What going does Dark Vader (IRE) prefer?
- Dark Vader (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 3 wins from 6 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Dark Vader (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 9 October 2020. The highest on record is 92.
- What is Dark Vader (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
- Who are Dark Vader (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Cheetah (GB), Dark Vader (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Jaafel (IRE) (4). The wins came over 6f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.