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Dawn Tapper (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2022) · Last trainer Joe Ponting · Last owner P Ponting
14 runs · 11 courses · from Jul 2020
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Jul 2022 — 1,567 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2022 · 11th of 11 Won at Leopardstown Last raced off OR 51
KTB Profile

Dawn Tapper (IRE) is 1 from 14. Hasn't won since Aug 2021. Last raced off 51, 9lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 14 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating51↓ 9lb off peak
51 48–60

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 86 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Roscommon, 30 Aug 2021

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 13 figures · best 112C · median 70
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good4112C78.5—
Soft465C28.5—
Standard (AW)283A82.5—
Good to Soft270C51—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f7112C82—
1m – 1m1f583A64—
6f – 7f1———

Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 62A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 30 Dec 2021 Official rating 51 at the last run, 6 Jul 2022

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 13 figures · best 73A · median 54
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good461A54—
Soft473A53.5—
Standard (AW)269A65.5—
Good to Soft254C53—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f769A54—
1m – 1m1f573A54—
6f – 7f1———

Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 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

Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,569 runs since Jan 2008 (358 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm13215.4%+7.4—
Good to Firm3334212.6%+4.60 from 1
Good891576.4%−1.60 from 4
Good to Soft364246.6%−1.40 from 2
Soft622325.1%−2.91 from 5
Heavy234177.3%−0.7—
Standard (AW)1,11211210.1%+2.10 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1251512%+4—
6f – 7f948768%00 from 1
1m – 1m1f1,029828%01 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f797708.8%+0.80 from 7
1m5f – 2m455347.5%−0.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f17995%−3—
2m5f – 3m2800%−8—
Over 3m800%−8—

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

6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Dawn Hoofer (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m–1m4f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Dawn Hoofer (IRE)2341m2f–1m4f—
Super Focus (IRE)1621m–1m2½f—
Vocal Response (IRE)911m—
Parish Centre (IRE)40——
Craic At Dawn (IRE)130——
Dynamic Focus (IRE)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 5 1 20% +18.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cork 3 0 0% −3.00
Leopardstown 2 1 50% +21.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m – 1m1f 5 1 20% +18.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kevin Manning 9 0 0% −9.00
Rory Cleary 2 1 50% +21.00
Callum Hutchinson 1 0 0% −1.00
James Davies 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieran O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 1 9% +12.00
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 11 1 9% +12.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 13 1 8% +10.00
Hurdle 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
06 Jul 22+172d Bath Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good · 11 ran 11/11 15 9-0 5163C35C Callum Hutchinson 50/1
15 Jan 22+16d Kempton Play Coral 'Racing-Super-Series' For Free Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 5 ran PU/5 — 10-12 ——— James Davies 80/1
30 Dec 21+73d Wolverhampton (AW) BetYourWay At Betway Handicap Class 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 9 ran 7/9 ½ 8-12 5383A62A Kieran O'Neill 22/1
18 Oct 21+12d Gowran Park Get A Run For Your Money With BetVictor Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 9.5f · Soft · 16 ran 15/16 8½ 9-6 55-14C53C Kevin Manning 28/1
06 Oct 21+8d Navan Yellow Furze Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 10f · Soft · 18 ran 17/18 6 9-8 5665C54C Kevin Manning 22/1
28 Sep 21+29d Cork Follow Us On Twitter Handicap (45-65) 8f · Soft · 13 ran 13/13 9½ 9-4 57-7C50C Kevin Manning 12/1
30 Aug 21+15d Roscommon Roscommon Racecourse Handicap (45-65) 12f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 2¼ 10-0 5886A61A Kevin Manning 9/1
15 Aug 21+10d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk Handicap (45-65) 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 5/14 ½ 9-12 6082B69A Rory Cleary 8/1
05 Aug 21+13d Leopardstown Awards & Gifts Handicap (45-70) (Div 2) 9f · Soft · 17 ran 1/17 8-6 4864C73A Rory Cleary 22/1
23 Jul 21+20d Cork Kanturk Handicap (45-65) 10f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 11/16 1 8-13 4993C40A Kevin Manning 6/1
03 Jul 21+50d Naas Naas Racecourse Handicap (45-65) 10f · Good · 15 ran 8/15 nk 9-1 50112C53A Kevin Manning 7/1
14 May 21+21d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden 8f · Good To Yielding · 19 ran 14/19 ¾ 9-7 —70C54C Kevin Manning 33/1
23 Apr 21+278d Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden (Div 2) (Plus 10) 10f · Good · 11 ran 7/11 1¾ 9-7 —71C55C Kevin Manning 14/1
19 Jul 20 Curragh Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden (Plus 10) 6f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 16/16 hd 9-0 —32C52C Kevin Manning 22/1

Quick answers

How many races has Dawn Tapper (IRE) won?
Dawn Tapper (IRE) won 1 of 14 archived starts between 2020 and 2022, a strike rate of 7.1%. Placed 1 time in total (7.1% of starts).
Who trained Dawn Tapper (IRE)?
Dawn Tapper (IRE) was trained by Joe Ponting on the most recent run on record, at Bath on 6 July 2022.
Who is Dawn Tapper (IRE)'s sire?
Dawn Tapper (IRE) is by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Super Hoofer (IRE), whose sire is Shamardal.
What going does Dawn Tapper (IRE) prefer?
Dawn Tapper (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Dawn Tapper (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 51, from the run on 6 July 2022. The highest on record is 60.
What is Dawn Tapper (IRE)'s sire's record?
Dawn Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,569 runs since Jan 2008 (358 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.
Who are Dawn Tapper (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Super Hoofer (IRE), Dawn Tapper (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Dawn Hoofer (IRE) (4). The wins came over 1m–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2020. 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.