Defoe (IRE)
Defoe (IRE) is 9 from 19, including a Group 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Investec Coronation Cup at Epsom Downs (May 2019). Hasn't won since Jun 2019. 3 of 4 starts at Newbury have ended in wins.
- 9–19Wins / Runs
- 47.4%Strike rate
- 12 (63.2%)Placed
- +19.17£1 level staken=19 at SP
- 1.98Fair A/E n=19 · 1.75 incl. margin
- 119Highest OR
- 77dAvg 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 113
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 119A | 79.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 101C | 91 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 129A | 94 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 104C | 101 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 14 | 119A | 92 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 129A | 115 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 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 11.6% of 5,037 runs since Jan 2008 (497 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 8.6% from 278. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 153.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 34 | 7 | 20.6% | +9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 735 | 101 | 13.7% | +2.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,191 | 147 | 12.3% | +0.7 | 5 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 684 | 66 | 9.6% | −2 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 878 | 105 | 12% | +0.4 | 3 from 4 |
| Heavy | 278 | 24 | 8.6% | −3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,236 | 135 | 10.9% | −0.7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 12 | 3 | 25% | +13.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 352 | 37 | 10.5% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 843 | 88 | 10.4% | −1.2 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,214 | 294 | 13.3% | +1.7 | 7 from 15 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,074 | 125 | 11.6% | 0 | 1 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 370 | 25 | 6.8% | −4.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 153 | 10 | 6.5% | −5.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 19 | 3 | 15.8% | +4.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Jackknife (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Jackknife (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackknife (GB) | 3 | 1 | 1m½f | Class 4 |
| Ghanim (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Samaher (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 5 | 56% | +14.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 3 | 75% | +8.92 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.75 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 13 | 6 | 46% | +11.37 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +10.50 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.30 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.50 |
| Newbury | 4 | 3 | 75% | +9.87 |
| Ascot | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.75 |
| Epsom Downs | 2 | 1 | 50% | +10.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| York | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.30 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 7 | 47% | +19.25 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.70 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Atzeni | 16 | 7 | 44% | +16.42 |
| Harry Bentley | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.75 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +10.75 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 50% | −0.25 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | 80% | +12.37 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.70 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Defoe (IRE) won?
- Defoe (IRE) won 9 of 19 archived starts between 2016 and 2020, a strike rate of 47.4%. Placed 12 times in total (63.2% of starts).
- Who trained Defoe (IRE)?
- Defoe (IRE) was trained by Roger Varian on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 19 June 2020.
- Who is Defoe (IRE)'s sire?
- Defoe (IRE) is by Dalakhani (IRE) out of Dulkashe (IRE), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does Defoe (IRE) prefer?
- Defoe (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 4 starts (75%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Defoe (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 117, from the run on 19 June 2020. The highest on record is 119.
- What is Defoe (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dalakhani (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 5,037 runs since Jan 2008 (497 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 8.6% from 278. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 153.
- Who are Defoe (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Dulkashe (IRE), Defoe (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Jackknife (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Jackknife (GB)). The wins came over 1m½f. As at Oct 2026.