Darkest Intention (GB)
Darkest Intention is a gelding by Pastoral Pursuits out of a High Chaparral mare who has failed to win in three starts. He finished fourth of six at Leicester in Oct 2024, having been held up, which matched his best effort to date. He raced twice on heavy turf at Leicester and once on standard all-weather at Chelmsford City over trips from 6f to 1m1f. His last run at Leicester in Oct 2024 came in a Class 5 claiming stakes.
- 0–3Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 30dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 67
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 2 | 78C | 72.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 78C | 72.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 from 3 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Mid-division 2 (67%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 7,217 runs since Jan 2008 (437 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 17.4% from 109. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1.5% from 133.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 109 | 19 | 17.4% | +7.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,458 | 143 | 9.8% | +0.3 | — |
| Good | 1,472 | 133 | 9% | −0.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 772 | 75 | 9.7% | +0.2 | — |
| Soft | 751 | 78 | 10.4% | +0.9 | — |
| Heavy | 175 | 18 | 10.3% | +0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,480 | 218 | 8.8% | −0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,878 | 233 | 12.4% | +2.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,599 | 338 | 9.4% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,084 | 76 | 7% | −2.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 475 | 33 | 6.9% | −2.6 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 133 | 2 | 1.5% | −8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 35 | 2 | 5.7% | −3.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
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
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faye McManoman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Allan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Charlie Bennett | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 24+13d | Leicester | Leicester Racecourse - Leicester's Premier Conference Venue Claiming Stakes Held up at the rear - lost touch before halfway - pressed for effort 3f out - late progress through beaten rivals but well held at the finish | 4/6 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 67A | 61B | Faye McManoman | 125/1 |
| 15 Oct 24+47d | Leicester | British Ebf Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Held up in the pack - urged forward by halfway - dropped away 2f out - well held at the finish | 6/7 | 10 | 9-5 | 78C | 58C | David Allan | 100/1 |
| 29 Aug 24 | Chelmsford City (AW) | Paddy Power Golden Mile Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Slow into stride - settled midpack on rail - urged forward 3f out - lost placing entering straight and held on late for tenth | 10/10 | 2½ | 9-7 | 83C | 49C | Charlie Bennett | 150/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Darkest Intention (GB) won?
- Darkest Intention (GB) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2024.
- Who trained Darkest Intention (GB)?
- Darkest Intention (GB) was trained by Gay Kelleway on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 28 October 2024.
- Who is Darkest Intention (GB)'s sire?
- Darkest Intention (GB) is by Pastoral Pursuits (GB) out of Dark Intention (IRE), whose sire is High Chaparral.
- What is Darkest Intention (GB)'s sire's record?
- Pastoral Pursuits (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 7,217 runs since Jan 2008 (437 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 17.4% from 109. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1.5% from 133.