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Horse profile

Delicate Girl (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Oct 2023) · Last trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Last owner Al Mamoura Hrd Mccalmont Partnership
by Australia (GB) out of Emotion (FR) (Exceed And Excel)
7 runs · 6 courses · from May 2023
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 31 Oct 2023 — 1,100 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2023 · 6th of 14 Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile

Delicate Girl is a maiden who ran seven times between May and Oct 2023 without winning but placed once. Her best effort came when second of 10 at Galway in Aug 2023. All seven runs were over 1m2f – 1m4f. She finished 6 of 14 at the Curragh in Oct 2023 off an official rating of 72, which was 8lb below her highest ever mark.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 117 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Bellewstown, 29 Aug 2023

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 7 figures · best 117A · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy280C73—
Good2100C88.5—
Good to Soft2117A108—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f7117A80—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 60C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh, 31 Oct 2023 Official rating 72 at the last run, 31 Oct 2023

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 7 figures · best 82A · median 65
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy265C62.5—
Good282A67—
Good to Soft274A72—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f782A65—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 11.1% of 5,672 runs since May 2018 (566 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm13323.1%+12—
Good to Firm6658112.2%+1.1—
Good1,50916510.9%−0.20 from 2
Good to Soft6616710.1%−10 from 2
Soft96912112.5%+1.4—
Heavy324299%−2.10 from 2
Standard (AW)1,53116610.8%−0.30 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3425.9%−5.2—
6f – 7f643639.8%−1.3—
1m – 1m1f1,25113610.9%−0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f2,09226812.8%+1.70 from 7
1m5f – 2m1,17612911%−0.1—
2m1f – 2m4f356267.3%−3.8—
2m5f – 3m10876.5%−4.6—
Over 3m1218.3%−2.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2018 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Emotion (FR) (Exceed And Excel)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Alnayef (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m2f–1m5f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Sea The Wonder (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Alnayef (IRE)2011m5fClass 6
Sea The Wonder (IRE)311m2fClass 4
Cold Fish (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Declan McDonogh 4 0 0% −4.00
Conor Stone-Walsh 2 0 0% −2.00
Hugh Horgan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Blinkers 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
2023 · 7 runs
31 Oct 23+18d Curragh Tote Now Online At Tote.ie Fillies Maiden 1m4f · Heavy · 14 ran 6/14 3¾ 9-3 7280C60C Declan McDonogh 14/1
13 Oct 23+30d Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Book Now Handicap 1m4f · Standard · 14 ran 13/14 15 8-12 7542C53C Conor Stone-Walsh 18/1
13 Sep 23+15d Tramore Newtown Fillies Handicap 1m4f · Good · 5 ran 5/5 7½ 9-5 7777C52B Hugh Horgan 6/1
29 Aug 23+25d Bellewstown Gibneys Gormanston Fillies Maiden 1m4f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 4/12 2 9-3 80117A74A Declan McDonogh 10/3F
04 Aug 23+58d Galway Guinness Irish EBF Fillies Maiden 1m4f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 2/10 3¼ 8-10 —99B70A Conor Stone-Walsh 11/2
07 Jun 23+31d Curragh Montane Developments Supporting Relay For Life Fillies Maiden 1m4f · Good · 13 ran 4/13 ½ 9-1 —100C82A Declan McDonogh 18/1
07 May 23 Leopardstown Clayton Hotel Leopardstown Fillies Maiden 1m2f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 6/12 5 9-1 —66C65C Declan McDonogh 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Delicate Girl won?
Delicate Girl (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts in 2023. Placed 1 time in total (14.3% of starts).
Who trained Delicate Girl?
Delicate Girl (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 31 October 2023.
Who is Delicate Girl's sire?
Delicate Girl (IRE) is by Australia (GB) out of Emotion (FR), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
What is Delicate Girl's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 31 October 2023. The highest on record is 80.
What is Delicate Girl's sire's record?
Australia (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 5,672 runs since May 2018 (566 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
Who are Delicate Girl's siblings?
Out of Emotion (FR), Delicate Girl (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Alnayef (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Sea The Wonder (IRE)). The wins came over 1m2f–1m5f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.