Delightful (IRE)
Delightful is a Galileo filly out of Lillie Langtry who won one of seven starts on turf. She took the Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Fillies Nursery Handicap at Leopardstown over 6f-7f on soft ground in Oct 2022 off a mark of 86. All five runs at 1m-1m1f ended in defeat. Aged 3 at her last run in May 2023 she finished 9 of 11 in the Cornelscourt Stakes at Leopardstown off an official rating of 92.
- 1–7Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 3 (42.9%)Placed
- −4.00£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 0.74Fair A/E n=7 · 0.63 incl. margin
- 92Highest OR
- 46dAvg 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 85
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 93A | 85 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 78A | 76.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 93A | 76.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 93A | 89 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).
Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 72 | 14 | 19.4% | +4.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,765 | 442 | 16% | +1.5 | — |
| Good | 5,308 | 790 | 14.9% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 2,343 | 328 | 14% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 3,845 | 576 | 15% | +0.5 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 1,378 | 190 | 13.8% | −0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,483 | 304 | 12.2% | −2.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −7.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,383 | 252 | 18.2% | +3.7 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,021 | 517 | 17.1% | +2.6 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6,848 | 1,051 | 15.3% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,240 | 555 | 13.1% | −1.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,650 | 170 | 10.3% | −4.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 889 | 83 | 9.3% | −5.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 150 | 16 | 10.7% | −3.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Minding (IRE) (9 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Minding (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minding (IRE) | 13 | 9 | 6f–1m4f | Group 1 |
| Tuesday (IRE) | 9 | 2 | 1m–1m4f | Group 1 |
| Empress Josephine (IRE) | 7 | 2 | 1m | Group 1 |
| Kissed By Angels (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 1m | Group 3 |
| Heaven On Earth (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 1m3½f | — |
| How (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Conquest (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Mother's Day (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seamie Heffernan | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 May 23+28d | Leopardstown | Cornelscourt Stakes (Fillies' Group 3) | 9/11 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 92 | 75C | 63C | Wayne Lordan | 25/1 |
| 09 Apr 23+15d | Longchamp (FR) | Prix Vanteaux (3yo Fillies) (Moyenne Course) (Turf) | 7/7 | nk | 9-0 | — | — | — | Ryan Moore | 83/10 |
| 25 Mar 23+154d | Curragh | Lodge Park Stud Irish European Breeders Fund Park Express Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Group 3) | 9/10 | nk | 8-8 | 92 | 78A | 60A | Wayne Lordan | 9/1 |
| 2022 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Oct 22+16d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Fillies Nursery Handicap | 1/7 | 9-10 | 86 | 85A | 85A | Seamie Heffernan | 2/1F | |
| 06 Oct 22+19d | Thurles | Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Fillies Maiden | 2/8 | 2 | 9-2 | — | 55A | 89A | Seamie Heffernan | EvensF |
| 17 Sep 22+42d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden | 3/11 | nk | 9-2 | — | 93A | 85A | Seamie Heffernan | 2/1 |
| 06 Aug 22 | Curragh | Loder Irish EBF Fillies Race | 4/8 | 2 | 8-11 | — | 93A | 76A | Seamie Heffernan | 9/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Delightful won?
- Delightful (IRE) won 1 of 7 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 3 times in total (42.9% of starts).
- Who trained Delightful?
- Delightful (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 7 May 2023.
- Who is Delightful's sire?
- Delightful (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Lillie Langtry (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
- What going does Delightful prefer?
- Delightful (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Delightful's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 7 May 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Delightful's sire's record?
- Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
- Who are Delightful's siblings?
- Out of Lillie Langtry (IRE), Delightful (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Minding (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Minding (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.