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Horse profile

Dolphin Square (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2024) · Last trainer Philip Hobbs & Johnson White · Last owner David Maxwell
by Shantou (USA) out of Carrig Eden Lass (IRE) (Luso)
29 runs · 17 courses · from Mar 2019
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Feb 2024 — 990 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2024 10 wins · 10 courses Last raced off OR 125
KTB Profile

Dolphin Square won 10 of 29 starts on turf between Mar 2019 and Feb 2024. Eight of those wins came over 2m5f – 3m, including five on soft ground, with his biggest success in the Class 2 Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle at Sandown in Dec 2022 off a mark of 141. He also won a Class 6 hunters chase over 3m at Doncaster on soft ground in Feb 2022. The gelding, aged 10 at his last run in Feb 2024, finished off an official rating of 125 at Wetherby, 19lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 29 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 19lb off peak
Official rating125↓ 19lb off peak
125 125–144

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 126 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cheltenham, 1 Jan 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 →

Jumps 26 figures · best 141A · median 105.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft10141A117.5—
Good to Soft9128B103—
Good6130A107—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m24140B105.5—
Over 3m1———
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 29 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 29 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 129A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sandown, 9 Dec 2023 Official rating 125 at the last run, 3 Feb 2024

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 →

Jumps 27 figures · best 148A · median 131
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft10148A130—
Good to Soft9139A131—
Good6139A133—
Heavy2130C129.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m25148A131—
Over 3m1———
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 29 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 27 figures from 29 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
Shantou (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,819 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2150%+36.4—
Good to Firm1583220.3%+6.7—
Good2,28631013.6%03 from 6
Good to Soft1,43017612.3%−1.31 from 9
Soft2,61036313.9%+0.35 from 12
Heavy1,28217813.9%+0.31 from 2
Standard (AW)5159.8%−3.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f300%−13.6—
1m – 1m1f1100%−13.6—
1m2f – 1m4f6269.7%−3.9—
1m5f – 2m2,03027613.6%0—
2m1f – 2m4f2,70737814%+0.41 from 1
2m5f – 3m2,33833314.2%+0.68 from 27
Over 3m6687210.8%−2.81 from 1

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

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Game Of War (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m½f–2m3f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Game Of War (IRE)2732m½f–2m3f—
Pictou Lodge (IRE)10——
Phoenix Lights (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 12 5 42% +48.42
Good to Soft 9 1 11% −2.00
Good 6 3 50% +0.80
Heavy 2 1 50% −0.09

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 11 3 27% +44.00
Class 4 5 3 60% +8.50
Class 1 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 3 4 1 25% −1.25
Class 6 3 2 67% +0.58
Class 5 2 1 50% −0.70

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newbury 5 1 20% +2.00
Sandown 4 1 25% +15.00
Exeter 4 1 25% +4.00
Cheltenham 2 1 50% +27.00
Lingfield 2 1 50% −0.09
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 1 100% +0.67
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Kelso 1 1 100% +0.30
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 1 100% +1.75
Wincanton 1 1 100% +2.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 1 100% +1.50

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 27 8 30% +39.46
Over 3m 1 1 100% +0.67
2m1f – 2m4f 1 1 100% +7.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr David Maxwell 23 10 43% +53.13
Richard Johnson 4 0 0% −4.00
Ben Jones 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Houlihan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 15 6 40% +44.88
None 11 4 36% +5.25
Blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 7 0 0% −7.00
2022 5 4 80% +46.58
2021 6 2 33% +2.30
2020 4 1 25% −1.25
2019 6 3 50% +7.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 22 7 32% +49.25
Chase 7 3 43% −2.12

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
03 Feb 24+38d Wetherby Join The Vickers Customer Racing Club Open Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 24f · Soft · 6 ran PU/6 — 12-6 125—— Mr David Maxwell 5/1
27 Dec 23+18d Chepstow Coral Racing Club Join For Free Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 23.5f · Soft · 8 ran 6/8 31 11-11 13296C113C Mr David Maxwell 11/1
09 Dec 23+30d Sandown Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 23.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 4/8 2½ 10-11 13389A129A Mr David Maxwell 14/1
09 Nov 23+208d Newbury Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 9/11 29 11-5 13770C118C Mr David Maxwell 18/1
15 Apr 23+28d Aintree Village Hotels Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 22 ran 17/22 7½ 11-7 14081C112C Ben Jones 50/1
18 Mar 23+42d Uttoxeter Perfect Payroll Provider Optimum Pay Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 23.5f · Soft · 13 ran 8/13 2¼ 11-9 142116C120C Sean Houlihan 28/1
04 Feb 23+34d Sandown Virgin Bet Heroes Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 10/14 2½ 11-10 14399B120A Mr David Maxwell 20/1
01 Jan 23+29d Cheltenham Paddy Power Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Soft · 10 ran 4/10 9½ 11-2 143126A130A Mr David Maxwell 13/2
03 Dec 22+283d Sandown Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 23.5f · Soft · 11 ran 1/11 11-10 14199A148A Mr David Maxwell 18/1
23 Feb 22+8d Doncaster Virgin Bet Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 26f · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 12-6 139102C133C Mr David Maxwell 4/6F
15 Feb 22+10d Lingfield At The Races App Market Movers Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 23.5f · Heavy · 4 ran 1/4 12-0 137—130C Mr David Maxwell 10/11F
05 Feb 22+35d Sandown Virgin Bet Heroes Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 9/17 nk 11-3 144111B132A Mr David Maxwell 25/1
01 Jan 22+36d Cheltenham Paddy Power Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Soft · 14 ran 1/14 11-3 139140B141A Mr David Maxwell 28/1
26 Nov 21+17d Newbury Play Ladbrokes 1-2-Free On Football Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 1/14 11-1 134123B139A Mr David Maxwell 6/1
09 Nov 21+175d Lingfield Sharon Knapp Memorial Cup Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 23f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 2/7 ½ 11-8 134128B131B Mr David Maxwell 5/1
18 May 21+13d Huntingdon Racing TV Novices' Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 23.5f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 1 12-2 13279A134B Mr David Maxwell 1/2F
05 May 21+68d Kelso Racing Together Community Raceday Novices' Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 21.5f · Good · 3 ran 1/3 11-12 13274C132C Mr David Maxwell 30/100F
26 Feb 21+38d Exeter Dartmoor Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 15 11-6 13792C104C Richard Johnson 5/1
19 Jan 21+59d Exeter Get Daily Tips At racingtv.com Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 6½ 10-12 139131C115C Richard Johnson 11/4
21 Nov 20+16d Haydock Betfair Exchange Stayers' Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Class 1 · 24.5f · Soft · 17 ran PU/17 — 10-10 139—— Richard Johnson 17/2
05 Nov 20+271d Newbury Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 24f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 1½ 11-8 137111A139A Richard Johnson 11/2
08 Feb 20+31d Newbury Betfair Bet In-Play Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 24f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 14 11-9 138103A135A Mr David Maxwell 7/1
08 Jan 20+40d Ludlow Annual Members 2020 Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-9 132119A131B Mr David Maxwell 7/4F
29 Nov 19+33d Newbury Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 24f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 4/18 2¾ 11-3 131103B131A Mr David Maxwell 9/2F
27 Oct 19+17d Wincanton John Romans Park Homes Combat Stress Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 11-7 131130A130A Mr David Maxwell 2/1F
10 Oct 19+148d Worcester Mansionbet Faller Insurance Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 2/6 5 11-9 131108B131B Mr David Maxwell 7/2
15 May 19+29d Newton Abbot Racehorse Owners Association Supports Mental Health Week Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 10-13 128130A132B Mr David Maxwell 6/4
16 Apr 19+29d Exeter Follow racingtv On Twitter Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4/9 1 11-0 —100A112A Mr David Maxwell 2/1J
18 Mar 19 Exeter Like Racing TV On Facebook Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 18.5f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 10-11 —141A130A Mr David Maxwell 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Dolphin Square (IRE) won?
Dolphin Square (IRE) won 10 of 29 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 34.5%. Placed 17 times in total (58.6% of starts).
Who trained Dolphin Square (IRE)?
Dolphin Square (IRE) was trained by Philip Hobbs & Johnson White on the most recent run on record, at Wetherby on 3 February 2024.
Who is Dolphin Square (IRE)'s sire?
Dolphin Square (IRE) is by Shantou (USA) out of Carrig Eden Lass (IRE), whose sire is Luso.
What going does Dolphin Square (IRE) prefer?
Dolphin Square (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 6 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Dolphin Square (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 125, from the run on 3 February 2024. The highest on record is 144.
What is Dolphin Square (IRE)'s sire's record?
Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,819 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Who are Dolphin Square (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Carrig Eden Lass (IRE), Dolphin Square (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Game Of War (IRE) (3). The wins came over 2m½f–2m3f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2019. 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.