Emphasis (IRE)
Emphasis (IRE) is a colt who won one of five starts, with his success coming in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden at Killarney over 1m2f – 1m4f on good ground in Jul 2024. He raced off his highest-ever mark of 82 at Listowel in Sep 2024 and finished 7 of 9. The son of Magna Grecia out of a daughter of Azamour showed his only win on turf.
- 1–5Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 1 (20%)Placed
- +3.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 1.95Fair A/E n=5 · 1.61 incl. margin
- 82Highest OR
- 83dAvg 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 110
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 110A | 104.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 87B | 86 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 103A | 101 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 87B | 86 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 1,468 runs since Jan 2008 (170 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.4% from 169.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 6 | 0 | 0% | −7.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 159 | 11 | 6.9% | −0.9 | — |
| Good | 370 | 34 | 9.2% | +1.4 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 124 | 8 | 6.5% | −1.3 | — |
| Soft | 200 | 13 | 6.5% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 76 | 0 | 0% | −7.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 533 | 48 | 9% | +1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 169 | 21 | 12.4% | +4.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 576 | 42 | 7.3% | −0.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 342 | 25 | 7.3% | −0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 223 | 13 | 5.8% | −2 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 120 | 12 | 10% | +2.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 33 | 1 | 3% | −4.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −7.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Crack Shot (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Crack Shot (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crack Shot (IRE) | 22 | 3 | 1m–1m½f | Class 3 |
| River Ara (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Tadita Twitch (GB) | 11 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Crehan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 24+33d | Listowel | Jet, Peggy & Eamonn O'Carroll Memorial Handicap Sat close to the front group early - urged into 4th nearing halfway then 5th under pressure with 2f left - slipped back to 7th and found nothing more in the closing stages | 7/9 | 4½ | 9-8 | 82 | 103A | 75A | Ryan Moore | 7/2 |
| 22 Aug 24+38d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Vinnie Roe Stakes (Listed) Held up towards the back early - drifted just off the pack soon after the start - still back in 6th at halfway - slipped to 7th and asked for effort with 3f left - couldn't find more inside the final 3f - made no real progress - always struggling to get involved - finished well beaten in 7th | 7/8 | 3¾ | 9-7 | 82 | 99C | 69C | Mark Crehan | 18/1 |
| 15 Jul 24+248d | Killarney | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden | 1/11 | 9-5 | — | 110A | 87A | Mark Crehan | 7/1 | |
| 10 Nov 23+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden | 4/14 | nk | 9-5 | — | 87B | 83A | Seamie Heffernan | 15/2 |
| 27 Oct 23 | Dundalk (AW) | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden (Div 1) | 8/13 | ½ | 9-6 | — | 85B | 78A | Seamie Heffernan | 17/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Emphasis (IRE) won?
- Emphasis (IRE) won 1 of 5 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 1 time in total (20% of starts).
- Who trained Emphasis (IRE)?
- Emphasis (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Listowel on 24 September 2024.
- Who is Emphasis (IRE)'s sire?
- Emphasis (IRE) is by Magna Grecia (IRE) out of Twitch (IRE), whose sire is Azamour.
- What is Emphasis (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 24 September 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Emphasis (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Magna Grecia (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 1,468 runs since Jan 2008 (170 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.4% from 169.
- Who are Emphasis (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Twitch (IRE), Emphasis (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Crack Shot (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Crack Shot (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.