Darkest Dawn (IRE)
Darkest Dawn is a mare who was yet to win from nine starts on turf. She raced over 1m5f to 2m4f, on good to soft or softer going, without placing. Her best effort came when fourth of nine at Punchestown in Jan 2023. She finished 19 of 25 in a Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown in Jun 2023, last raced off OR 80.
- 0–9Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −9.00£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=9 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 83Highest OR
- 46dAvg 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 84
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 40C | 21 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 63C | 57 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 84B | 57 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 40C | 21 | — |
Of 9 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 9 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 6.3% of 239 runs since Jan 2008 (35 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −6.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +6.2 | — |
| Good | 61 | 3 | 4.9% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 53 | 4 | 7.5% | +1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 55 | 2 | 3.6% | −2.7 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | +2.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | +1.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −6.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 55 | 5 | 9.1% | +2.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 32 | 3 | 9.4% | +3.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 28 | 0 | 0% | −6.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 61 | 2 | 3.3% | −3 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 51 | 3 | 5.9% | −0.4 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 2 | 20% | +13.7 | — |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them The Insider (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m1f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Insider (IRE) | 14 | 2 | 2m1f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tramore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Clonmel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin P Kennedy | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| J J Slevin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Diarmuid Moloney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| John Kirwan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Darkest Dawn won?
- Darkest Dawn (IRE) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2022 and 2023.
- Who trained Darkest Dawn?
- Darkest Dawn (IRE) was trained by J F O'Shea on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 11 June 2023.
- Who is Darkest Dawn's sire?
- Darkest Dawn (IRE) is by Marcel (IRE) out of Nueva (IRE), whose sire is Montjeu.
- What is Darkest Dawn's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 11 June 2023. The highest on record is 83.
- What is Darkest Dawn's sire's record?
- Marcel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.3% of 239 runs since Jan 2008 (35 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Darkest Dawn's siblings?
- Out of Nueva (IRE), Darkest Dawn (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: The Insider (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m1f. As at Oct 2026.