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Horse profile

Delight (IRE)

2yo filly (at last run, Jun 2012) · Last trainer A P O'Brien · Last owner Derrick Smith
by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Northern Gulch (USA) (Gulch)
4 runs · 4 courses · from May 2012
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Jun 2012 — 5,241 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2012 · 4th of 8
KTB Profile

Delight (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 10 at Curragh (May 2012).

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 81A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh, 26 May 2012

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 4 figures · best 81A · median 73.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good281A74.5—
Good to Soft279A70.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f481A73.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Danehill Dancer (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm911011%−0.2—
Good to Firm1,74022312.8%+1.6—
Good2,4992489.9%−1.30 from 2
Good to Soft1,08912011%−0.20 from 2
Soft1,73322412.9%+1.7—
Heavy6567811.9%+0.7—
Standard (AW)2,2852249.8%−1.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4035313.2%+2—
6f – 7f2,71033112.2%+10 from 4
1m – 1m1f2,71531211.5%+0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f2,31123710.3%−0.9—
1m5f – 2m1,27013410.6%−0.6—
2m1f – 2m4f533519.6%−1.6—
2m5f – 3m13086.2%−5—
Over 3m2214.5%−6.7—

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

Dam
Northern Gulch (USA) (Gulch)

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Hamoody (USA) (14 wins).

The wins came over 5f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Ivanovich Gorbatov (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Hamoody (USA)72145f–6fGroup 2
Ivanovich Gorbatov (IRE)4051m5f–2m1fGrade 1
Mount McLeod (IRE)2417f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 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 KTB Jockey SP
14 Jun 12+8d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden 7f · Good · 8 ran 4/8 2 9-0 68A Joseph O'Brien 3/1
06 Jun 12+11d Fairyhouse Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden 6f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 4/18 1¼ 9-0 79A Joseph O'Brien 9/4F
26 May 12+10d Curragh Saadiyat European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden 6f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 nk 9-0 81A Joseph O'Brien 13/2
16 May 12 Naas Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden 6f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 6/12 1¾ 9-0 62A Joseph O'Brien 9/2

Quick answers

How many races has Delight (IRE) won?
Delight (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2012. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Delight (IRE)?
Delight (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 14 June 2012.
Who is Delight (IRE)'s sire?
Delight (IRE) is by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Northern Gulch (USA), whose sire is Gulch.
What is Delight (IRE)'s sire's record?
Danehill Dancer (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.
Who are Delight (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Northern Gulch (USA), Delight (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Hamoody (USA) (14). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Ivanovich Gorbatov (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2012. 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.