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Horse profile

Darkyila (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Oct 2016) · Last trainer M Halford · Last owner Princess Zahra Aga Khan
by Medicean (GB) out of Daravika (IRE) (Soviet Star)
5 runs · 4 courses · from May 2016
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Oct 2016 — 3,665 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2016 · 3rd of 14 Won at Limerick Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile

Darkyila (IRE) is 1 from 5. Hasn't won since Jun 2016.

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 98 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Dundalk (AW), 14 Oct 2016

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 78A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 14 Oct 2016 Official rating 72 at the last run, 14 Oct 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 78A · median 60
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)278A68.5—
Good to Firm271A65.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f378A71—
1m5f – 2m1———
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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
Medicean (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 9,890 runs since Jan 2008 (682 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm811721%+10.6—
Good to Firm1,74519811.3%+0.91 from 2
Good2,3192068.9%−1.50 from 1
Good to Soft1,146917.9%−2.5—
Soft1,31214811.3%+0.9—
Heavy4525812.8%+2.4—
Standard (AW)2,83331311%+0.60 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3814912.9%+2.5—
6f – 7f2,12022010.4%0—
1m – 1m1f2,21324110.9%+0.50 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f2,2372209.8%−0.61 from 3
1m5f – 2m1,64018111%+0.60 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f870869.9%−0.5—
2m5f – 3m362308.3%−2.1—
Over 3m6757.5%−2.9—

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
Daravika (IRE) (Soviet Star)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +11.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 1 100% +12.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 3 1 33% +10.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Shane Foley 3 0 0% −3.00
Pat Smullen 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor Hoban 1 1 100% +12.00

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
2016 · 5 runs
14 Oct 16+40d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium On Facebook Handicap 12f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 1¼ 9-0 7298B78A Pat Smullen 8/1
04 Sep 16+41d Dundalk (AW) Bar One Racing Handicap (50-75) 16f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 4¾ 9-1 73—59A Shane Foley 14/1
25 Jul 16+38d Galway Eventus Handicap (60-90) 12.5f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 12 9-2 77—60C Shane Foley 12/1
17 Jun 16+23d Limerick Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden 11.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 1/9 9-0 ——71A Conor Hoban 12/1
25 May 16 Gowran Park Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden (Plus 10) 9.5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 6/10 nk 9-0 ——60A Shane Foley 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Darkyila won?
Darkyila (IRE) won 1 of 5 archived starts in 2016, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 2 times in total (40% of starts).
Who trained Darkyila?
Darkyila (IRE) was trained by M Halford on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 14 October 2016.
Who is Darkyila's sire?
Darkyila (IRE) is by Medicean (GB) out of Daravika (IRE), whose sire is Soviet Star.
What is Darkyila's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 14 October 2016. The highest on record is 77.
What is Darkyila's sire's record?
Medicean (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 9,890 runs since Jan 2008 (682 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from May 2016. 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.