Defeat The Dark (IRE)
Defeat The Dark (IRE) is a lightly raced mare who finished third of seven when she led for much of the way in the Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Mares Maiden Hunters Chase at Cork in Apr 2025. She has raced once on turf over 2m5f – 3m on soft ground. By Soldier of Fortune (IRE), whose progeny in the archive have won 11.3% of 5,783 runs since Jan 2008. Her dam produced one winner from one runner to have raced.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
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- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 90
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 →
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
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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,874 runs since May 2013 (684 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +88.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 80 | 16 | 20% | +8.7 | — |
| Good | 1,542 | 189 | 12.3% | +1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,238 | 136 | 11% | −0.3 | — |
| Soft | 1,897 | 214 | 11.3% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 780 | 86 | 11% | −0.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 336 | 22 | 6.5% | −4.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 71 | 8 | 11.3% | 0 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 249 | 8 | 3.2% | −8.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 493 | 64 | 13% | +1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,581 | 193 | 12.2% | +0.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,993 | 203 | 10.2% | −1.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,242 | 155 | 12.5% | +1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 242 | 33 | 13.6% | +2.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2013 · as at 4 Nov 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 Some Song (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m6½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Some Song (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 2m6½f | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 25 | Cork | Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Mares Maiden Hunters Chase Settled towards the rear - moved up to 3rd at halfway - not clean at the 9th - advanced to share the lead after 5 out - in front from 4 out - under pressure and challenged 3 out - just lost the advantage before the following fence and had no more to give - held in 3rd from before the last and plugged on at one speed | 3/7 | 6 | 11-4 | 90B | 98B | Mr J W Hendrick | 15/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Defeat The Dark won?
- Defeat The Dark (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2025.
- Who trained Defeat The Dark?
- Defeat The Dark (IRE) was trained by Paul Stephen Kiely on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 21 April 2025.
- Who is Defeat The Dark's sire?
- Defeat The Dark (IRE) is by Soldier of Fortune (IRE) out of Some Sunset (GB), whose sire is Malinas.
- What is Defeat The Dark's sire's record?
- Soldier of Fortune (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,874 runs since May 2013 (684 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
- Who are Defeat The Dark's siblings?
- Out of Some Sunset (GB), Defeat The Dark (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Some Song (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m6½f. As at Nov 2026.