Darkest Hour (IRE)
Darkest Hour (IRE) is yet to win from 22 starts, though has placed 5 times. Best effort: 2nd of 15 at Downpatrick (Sep 2022).
- 0–22Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 5 (22.7%)Placed
- −22.00£1 level staken=22 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=22 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 95Highest OR
- 59dAvg 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 105
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 105B | 86 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 88B | 77.5 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 93C | 79 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 105B | 86 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 90B | 39 | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 95B | 91 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 87C | 70 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 95B | 80 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 87C | 68.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 22 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 10.6% of 11,632 runs since Jan 2008 (842 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | −1.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,345 | 156 | 11.6% | +1 | — |
| Good | 2,974 | 345 | 11.6% | +1 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 1,532 | 166 | 10.8% | +0.2 | 0 from 7 |
| Soft | 1,967 | 182 | 9.3% | −1.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 660 | 70 | 10.6% | 0 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,130 | 310 | 9.9% | −0.7 | 0 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 54 | 5 | 9.3% | −1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,384 | 119 | 8.6% | −2 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,332 | 217 | 9.3% | −1.3 | 0 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,815 | 438 | 11.5% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,586 | 285 | 11% | +0.4 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,087 | 114 | 10.5% | −0.1 | 0 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 326 | 44 | 13.5% | +2.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 48 | 9 | 18.8% | +8.2 | — |
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
8 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Jm Jungle (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Jm Jungle (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jm Jungle (IRE) | 44 | 7 | 5f–5½f | Group 2 |
| Lila Girl (IRE) | 7 | 3 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Petruchio (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 1m½f | Class 5 |
| Caitie (IRE) | 16 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Playwriter (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Corrida De Toros (IRE) | 17 | 0 | — | — |
| Wonderful Friend (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Cherryblossom Time (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downpatrick | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tramore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathal Landers | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Phillip Enright | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mia Kavanagh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mark Enright | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mr O McGill | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Alan King | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cian MacRedmond | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| None | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Flat | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Oct 22+21d | Downpatrick | Roadstud Installations Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 7/14 | 5½ | 10-11 | 91 | 93C | 81C | Mr O McGill | 5/1 |
| 16 Sep 22+18d | Downpatrick | M B McGrady & Co. Accountants Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 2/15 | ¾ | 11-1 | 88 | 88B | 109A | Mr O McGill | 7/1 |
| 29 Aug 22+22d | Downpatrick | Kingdom Healthcare Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 3/15 | 4 | 11-8 | 88 | 105B | 107A | Cathal Landers | 6/1 |
| 07 Aug 22+25d | Downpatrick | Speckled Hen Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 2/15 | 2¾ | 11-8 | 86 | 76B | 108A | Phillip Enright | 17/2 |
| 13 Jul 22+31d | Downpatrick | North Down Marquees Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 6/15 | 4 | 11-7 | 87 | 86B | 101A | Phillip Enright | 8/1 |
| 12 Jun 22+8d | Downpatrick | Dunlop Homes Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 3/12 | 7½ | 10-13 | 87 | 79B | 102A | Alan King | 40/1 |
| 04 Jun 22+18d | Tramore | Comeragh Wildlife Park Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 7/13 | 4¼ | 11-9 | 90 | 79B | 99A | Phillip Enright | 25/1 |
| 17 May 22+166d | Sligo | Hazel Wood Maiden | 7/10 | 1¾ | 9-4 | 41 | 87C | 57C | Cian MacRedmond | 100/1 |
| 2021 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Dec 21+14d | Clonmel | Powerstown Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 15/16 | 4½ | 11-5 | 93 | 26C | 87C | Cathal Landers | 66/1 |
| 18 Nov 21+52d | Thurles | Holycross Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 15/16 | 21 | 11-7 | 95 | 39C | 86C | Cathal Landers | 66/1 |
| 27 Sep 21+21d | Roscommon | Boyle Maiden Hurdle | 14/17 | 43 | 11-9 | — | 26C | 77C | Cathal Landers | 66/1 |
| 06 Sep 21+25d | Galway | Kenny Developments Maiden Hurdle | 7/19 | 6 | 11-12 | — | 90B | 92A | Cathal Landers | 12/1 |
| 12 Aug 21+42d | Tramore | Victoria House Maiden Hurdle | 5/15 | ½ | 11-1 | — | 53B | 101A | Cathal Landers | 66/1 |
| 01 Jul 21+57d | Bellewstown | www.ratoathvets.ie Handicap (45-65) | 11/14 | 1¾ | 8-0 | 45 | 80C | 31A | Mia Kavanagh | 50/1 |
| 05 May 21+40d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) | 12/16 | 3¼ | 8-7 | 50 | 47C | 37A | Mia Kavanagh | 18/1 |
| 26 Mar 21+35d | Dundalk (AW) | Join Us On Instagram At dundalk_stadium Apprentice Handicap (45-65) | 9/14 | ¾ | 9-3 | 50 | 91B | 45A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 10/3 |
| 19 Feb 21+28d | Dundalk (AW) | HOLLYWOODBETS HORSE RACING AND SPORTS BETTING Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) | 2/13 | ¾ | 9-1 | 49 | 94B | 70A | Mark Enright | 9/2 |
| 22 Jan 21+217d | Dundalk (AW) | Follow Us On Twitter At dundalkstadium Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) | 6/14 | ½ | 8-4 | 49 | 95B | 57A | Mia Kavanagh | 80/1 |
| 2020 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Jun 20+91d | Tipperary | Thank You To All Frontline Workers From Tipperary Racecourse Handicap (45-70) (Div 2) | 13/13 | 1¾ | 8-6 | 55 | 70C | 33A | Wayne Lordan | 50/1 |
| 20 Mar 20+14d | Dundalk (AW) | View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Maiden (Plus 10) | 9/10 | 4¾ | 9-7 | — | 50C | 43C | Mark Enright | 150/1 |
| 06 Mar 20+294d | Dundalk (AW) | Willie Buckley Memorial Maiden (Plus 10) | 13/14 | 3½ | 9-5 | — | 51C | 39C | Mark Enright | 33/1 |
| 2019 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 17 May 19 | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 9/11 | 1¾ | 9-0 | — | 51A | 50A | Danny Sheehy | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Darkest Hour won?
- Darkest Hour (IRE) has yet to win, from 22 archived starts between 2019 and 2022. Placed 5 times in total (22.7% of starts).
- Who trained Darkest Hour?
- Darkest Hour (IRE) was trained by Mark Michael McNiff on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 7 October 2022.
- Who is Darkest Hour's sire?
- Darkest Hour (IRE) is by Mastercraftsman (IRE) out of The Shrew (GB), whose sire is Dansili.
- What is Darkest Hour's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 7 October 2022. The highest on record is 95.
- What is Darkest Hour's sire's record?
- Mastercraftsman (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 11,632 runs since Jan 2008 (842 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Darkest Hour's siblings?
- Out of The Shrew (GB), Darkest Hour (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Jm Jungle (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Jm Jungle (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.