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Horse profile

Darkening Night (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2016) · Last trainer Sarah-Jayne Davies · Last owner The Cannon Club
by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Garanciere (FR) (Anabaa)
7 runs · 5 courses · from Nov 2014
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Apr 2016 — 3,836 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2016 · 8th of 8 Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile

Darkening Night (GB) is yet to win from 7 starts.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 53A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Nottingham, 11 Jun 2015 Official rating 60 at the last run, 26 Apr 2016

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. What this means →

Flat 5 figures · best 58A · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)245C40—
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f558A53—

Of 7 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 7 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
Cape Cross (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1412215.6%+2.3—
Good to Firm2,36735314.9%+1.60 from 1
Good2,86638213.3%00 from 1
Good to Soft1,3781359.8%−3.50 from 1
Soft1,61817210.6%−2.70 from 1
Heavy477408.4%−4.90 from 1
Standard (AW)3,90558815.1%+1.80 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2453112.7%−0.6—
6f – 7f2,81735712.7%−0.6—
1m – 1m1f3,29245513.8%+0.50 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f3,81254414.3%+1—
1m5f – 2m1,69922413.2%−0.10 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f629619.7%−3.6—
2m5f – 3m230187.8%−5.5—
Over 3m30310%−3.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Garanciere (FR) (Anabaa)

9 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Ningara (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (I Love Me (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ningara (GB)1031m–1m2fClass 3
Doubling Dice (GB)621m4fClass 3
Fujaira Bridge (IRE)1021m–1m½fClass 4
I Love Me (GB)1117fClass 2
Tenedos (GB)1011mClass 5
Movie Star Looks (GB)711m4fClass 5
First Crowd (GB)50——
Assured (GB)120——
Doti (GB)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Nottingham 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ciaran Mckee 1 0 0% −1.00
James Banks 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Dunne 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Kelly 1 0 0% −1.00
Eoin Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Graham Gibbons 1 0 0% −1.00
David Allan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Hood 2 0 0% −2.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2016 2 0 0% −2.00
2015 4 0 0% −4.00
2014 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 5 0 0% −5.00
Hurdle 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2016 · 2 runs
26 Apr 16+60d Wolverhampton (AW) Quilter Cheviot Supporting Perry Rda Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 40 8-8 6035C Ciaran Mckee 25/1
26 Feb 16+74d Warwick Simon Butler Celebrating 25 Years Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-9 —— James Banks 100/1
2015 · 4 runs
14 Dec 15+171d Ffos Las Celtic Energy Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran F/5 — 10-12 —— Robert Dunne 20/1
26 Jun 15+15d Wolverhampton (AW) Like Wolverhampton Racecourse On Facebook Handicap Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 5 8-13 6245C Shane Kelly 14/1
11 Jun 15+14d Nottingham Carling Customer Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6/8 1¾ 8-13 —53A Eoin Walsh 16/1
28 May 15+204d Haydock ApolloBet 50 Free Bets Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Good · 12 ran 9/12 ½ 9-2 —58A Graham Gibbons 20/1
2014 · 1 run
05 Nov 14 Nottingham B&M Installations Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 8.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 10/17 ½ 9-5 —58C David Allan 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Darkening Night won?
Darkening Night (GB) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2014 and 2016.
Who trained Darkening Night?
Darkening Night (GB) was trained by Sarah-Jayne Davies on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 26 April 2016.
Who is Darkening Night's sire?
Darkening Night (GB) is by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Garanciere (FR), whose sire is Anabaa.
What is Darkening Night's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 26 April 2016. The highest on record is 62.
What is Darkening Night's sire's record?
Cape Cross (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
Who are Darkening Night's siblings?
Out of Garanciere (FR), Darkening Night (GB) has 9 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Ningara (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 2 (I Love Me (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2014. 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.