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Horse profile

Early Spring (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2020) · Last trainer Paul John Gilligan · Last owner M O Cullinane
by Arcadio (GER) out of Shillinglee Spring (GB) (Supreme Leader)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Feb 2020
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Mar 2020 — 2,436 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2020 · 10th of 10
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Feb 2020 and Mar 2020, the last of them as a 6yo gelding. Finished 10 of 10 at Clonmel last time. By Arcadio (GER), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 3,979 runs since Aug 2011.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 86C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Navan, 16 Feb 2020

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 86C · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy286C84—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m286C84—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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
Arcadio (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 3,979 runs since Aug 2011 (375 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm6469.4%+0.2—
Good1,48016411.1%+1.9—
Good to Soft789688.6%−0.6—
Soft1,153938.1%−1.1—
Heavy431317.2%−20 from 2
Standard (AW)6234.8%−4.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f200%−9.2—
6f – 7f600%−9.2—
1m – 1m1f600%−9.2—
1m2f – 1m4f2813.6%−5.6—
1m5f – 2m1,4631459.9%+0.70 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1,4991369.1%−0.1—
2m5f – 3m816708.6%−0.6—
Over 3m159138.2%−1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2011 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Shillinglee Spring (GB) (Supreme Leader)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Rose Of Aghaboe (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Rose Of Aghaboe (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Rose Of Aghaboe (IRE)1852m–3m1fClass 3

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2020 · 2 runs
04 Mar 20+17d Clonmel Derrygrath Maiden Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 10 ran 10/10 13 11-5 -3C82C Jack G Gilligan 100/1
16 Feb 20 Navan Get Your 2020 Navan Membership Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 2m · Heavy · 20 ran 19/20 6 11-5 —86C Jack G Gilligan 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Early Spring won?
Early Spring (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2020.
Who trained Early Spring?
Early Spring (IRE) was trained by Paul John Gilligan on the most recent run on record, at Clonmel on 4 March 2020.
Who is Early Spring's sire?
Early Spring (IRE) is by Arcadio (GER) out of Shillinglee Spring (GB), whose sire is Supreme Leader.
What is Early Spring's sire's record?
Arcadio (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 3,979 runs since Aug 2011 (375 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Early Spring's siblings?
Out of Shillinglee Spring (GB), Early Spring (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Rose Of Aghaboe (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Rose Of Aghaboe (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2020. 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.