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Horse profile

Darker (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2024) · Last trainer Ruth Carr · Last owner Ruth Carr Racing Club
by Twilight Son (GB) out of Spinatrix (GB) (Diktat)
26 runs · 8 courses · from Jul 2022
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Aug 2024 — 799 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2024 · 7th of 9 Last raced off OR 42
KTB Profile

Darker is a maiden who has failed to win in 26 starts but has placed five times. His best effort came when second of 15 at Redcar in May 2024. The gelding raced on turf and all-weather without success, mainly over 6f to 1m1f. He finished 7 of 9 at Ayr in Aug 2024 in a Class 6 event, last raced off an official rating of 42 which was 13lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 26 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Aug 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 13lb off peak
Official rating42↓ 13lb off peak
42 42–55

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 68 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ayr, 22 Jul 2024

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 26 figures · best 101C · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1297A86—
Good597B68—
Good to Firm374C51—
Soft3101C100—
Good to Soft399C55—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f13100A83—
6f – 7f11101C74—
1m2f – 1m4f280B68—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 54A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ayr, 22 Jun 2024 Official rating 42 at the last run, 12 Aug 2024

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 26 figures · best 69A · median 57
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1269A61—
Good566A53—
Good to Firm364A54—
Soft369A58—
Good to Soft357A55—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f1366A57—
6f – 7f1169A64—
1m2f – 1m4f262A56—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 3,641 runs since Jan 2008 (281 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.6% from 613.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm12433.3%+23.7—
Good to Firm6517110.9%+1.30 from 3
Good816809.8%+0.20 from 5
Good to Soft302237.6%−20 from 3
Soft3283711.3%+1.70 from 3
Heavy90910%+0.4—
Standard (AW)1,4411278.8%−0.80 from 12
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f6137712.6%+3—
6f – 7f1,8961799.4%−0.20 from 11
1m – 1m1f684527.6%−20 from 13
1m2f – 1m4f3673910.6%+10 from 2
1m5f – 2m6234.8%−4.8—
2m1f – 2m4f1815.6%−4—
2m5f – 3m100%−9.6—

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

Dam

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Twilight Spinner (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Twilight Spinner (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Twilight Spinner (GB)736f–7fGroup 3
Mind Those Steps (GB)716fClass 2
Twist Of Hay (GB)1016fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 12 0 0% −12.00
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 22 0 0% −22.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newcastle (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Ayr 7 0 0% −7.00
Redcar 4 0 0% −4.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 13 0 0% −13.00
6f – 7f 11 0 0% −11.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Sullivan 16 0 0% −16.00
Christian Howarth 3 0 0% −3.00
Joanna Mason 2 0 0% −2.00
Jason Hart 1 0 0% −1.00
George Rooke 1 0 0% −1.00
Ryan Sexton 1 0 0% −1.00
David Nolan 1 0 0% −1.00
Alistair Rawlinson 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 13 0 0% −13.00
None 7 0 0% −7.00
Blinkers 6 0 0% −6.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 10 0 0% −10.00
2023 14 0 0% −14.00
2022 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
12 Aug 24+21d Ayr Christmas Parties At Western House Hotel Classified Stakes (Div 2) Class 6 · 8f · Good · 9 ran Settled at rear early - asked for effort with 3f left - drifted left and dropped away 2f out - eventually finished seventh 7/9 2½ 9-9 4267A43A James Sullivan 11/1
22 Jul 24+30d Ayr Racing TV Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 8/12 ¾ 9-0 4568B52A Joanna Mason 9/1
22 Jun 24+10d Ayr Dallas Mcmillan Solicitors/Unite The Union Classified Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8/11 ½ 9-9 4448A54A James Sullivan 9/1
12 Jun 24+9d Yarmouth Download The Raceday Ready App Classified Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Soft · 14 ran 8/14 2¼ 9-8 4558C41A Christian Howarth 8/1
03 Jun 24+7d Ayr Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 3 8-4 4597B66A James Sullivan 8/1
27 May 24+24d Redcar redcarracing.co.uk Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Soft · 15 ran 2/15 3¼ 8-11 45101C69A Jason Hart 12/1
03 May 24+10d Newcastle (AW) Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 3/9 4 8-11 4597A65A Joanna Mason 9/2
23 Apr 24+15d Wolverhampton (AW) Download The Raceday Ready App 'Confined' Handicap Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 9 ran 6/9 ½ 8-4 4586A54A George Rooke 11/1
08 Apr 24+21d Newcastle (AW) Download The Raceday Ready App 'Confined' Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 3/12 ¾ 9-0 4591A66A James Sullivan 14/1
18 Mar 24+151d Newcastle (AW) Win 2,000,000 With Betmgm's Golden Goals Classified Stakes (Rider Restricted Race) Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 8 ran 6/8 2¼ 9-6 4464A53A Christian Howarth 7/1
19 Oct 23+17d Chelmsford City (AW) Armed Forces Remembrance Raceday Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 12/12 1 9-0 4582A41A James Sullivan 25/1
02 Oct 23+7d Newcastle (AW) Join The Vickers.Bet Racing Club Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 5/12 ½ 9-1 4590A60A James Sullivan 9/1
25 Sep 23+11d Wolverhampton (AW) At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 11 ran 5/11 3¾ 9-3 4586A57A James Sullivan 9/1
14 Sep 23+30d Chelmsford City (AW) Jack Daniels Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 3/9 1¾ 9-3 4583A62A James Sullivan 8/1
15 Aug 23+3d Newcastle (AW) Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 10/14 2 8-11 4580B50A James Sullivan 14/1
12 Aug 23+14d Ayr Luxury Staycations At Western House Hotel Classified Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 3 9-9 4556B62A James Sullivan 28/1
29 Jul 23+20d Newcastle (AW) Livello Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran 4/10 1 9-0 4579A64A James Sullivan 10/1
09 Jul 23+15d Ayr Book For Scottish Sun Ladies Night Classified Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 2¼ 9-9 4755B55A James Sullivan 14/1
24 Jun 23+3d Ayr Book Bounce Bingo At Ayr Racecourse Classified Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Good · 11 ran 6/11 4 9-6 5074A53A Ryan Sexton 7/1
21 Jun 23+23d Newcastle (AW) Royal Ascot Tips On attheraces.com Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 13 ran 6/13 2½ 8-13 5089B65A Christian Howarth 11/1
29 May 23+20d Redcar redcarracing.co.uk Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 6/15 1 9-3 5274C64A James Sullivan 22/1
09 May 23+9d Newcastle (AW) Download The At The Races App Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 5/8 1¼ 9-9 5592A69A James Sullivan 13/2
30 Apr 23+20d Wetherby Auto Group Vehicle Warranties Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 11/14 nk 8-8 5599C57A James Sullivan 33/1
10 Apr 23+247d Redcar Welcome Back To Redcar Racecourse Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 8f · Soft · 11 ran 6/11 4¼ 10-2 —100A58A James Sullivan 125/1
06 Aug 22+36d Redcar Celebrate The Life Of Ann Allport Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 7 9-5 —51C34C David Nolan 12/1
01 Jul 22 Haydock Betfred Great Value Every Day Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7/7 3¾ 9-4 —28A41A Alistair Rawlinson 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Darker (GB) won?
Darker (GB) has yet to win, from 26 archived starts between 2022 and 2024. Placed 5 times in total (19.2% of starts).
Who trained Darker (GB)?
Darker (GB) was trained by Ruth Carr on the most recent run on record, at Ayr on 12 August 2024.
Who is Darker (GB)'s sire?
Darker (GB) is by Twilight Son (GB) out of Spinatrix (GB), whose sire is Diktat.
What is Darker (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 42, from the run on 12 August 2024. The highest on record is 55.
What is Darker (GB)'s sire's record?
Twilight Son (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 3,641 runs since Jan 2008 (281 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.6% from 613.
Who are Darker (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Spinatrix (GB), Darker (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Twilight Spinner (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Twilight Spinner (GB)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2022. 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.