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Horse profile

Empire State (USA)

4yo colt (at last run, Mar 2020) · Last trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Last owner Mrs A M Obrien
by Scat Daddy (USA) out of Love's Blush (USA) (Not For Love)
12 runs · 5 courses · from May 2018
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Mar 2020 — 2,426 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2020 · 6th of 9 Won at Dundalk (AW) Last raced off OR 73
KTB Profile

Empire State (USA) is 1 from 12. Hasn't won since Apr 2019. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 6 on turf. Last raced off 73, 14lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf OR ↓ 14lb off peak
Official rating73↓ 14lb off peak
73 73–87

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 98 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Dundalk (AW), 6 Mar 2020

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 →

Flat 12 figures · best 116C · median 88.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)6101A86—
Good396C69—
Soft2116C103—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
6f – 7f8116C86—
Under 6f4101A93.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 70A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 21 Feb 2020 Official rating 73 at the last run, 6 Mar 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 12 figures · best 100A · median 82.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)6100A75—
Good393A69—
Soft291A88—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
6f – 7f893A82.5—
Under 6f4100A77—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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
Scat Daddy (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 906 runs since Jan 2008 (99 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 19.7% from 198. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 27.4% from 124. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.5% from 134.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5120%+5.8—
Good to Firm1983919.7%+5.50 from 1
Good1902412.6%−1.60 from 3
Good to Soft691115.9%+1.7—
Soft8889.1%−5.10 from 2
Heavy16212.5%−1.7—
Standard (AW)3404412.9%−1.31 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1243427.4%+13.21 from 4
6f – 7f3475415.6%+1.40 from 8
1m – 1m1f2673111.6%−2.6—
1m2f – 1m4f134107.5%−6.7—
1m5f – 2m3200%−14.2—
2m1f – 2m4f200%−14.2—

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

Dam
Love's Blush (USA) (Not For Love)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 1 17% −4.33
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 6 1 17% −4.33
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 8 0 0% −8.00
Under 6f 4 1 25% −2.33

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Donnacha O'Brien 7 1 14% −5.33
Wayne Lordan 1 0 0% −1.00
Trevor Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00
Edward Greatrex 1 0 0% −1.00
Ryan Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 1 11% −7.33
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 3 0 0% −3.00
2019 4 1 25% −2.33
2018 5 0 0% −5.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2020 · 3 runs
06 Mar 20+7d Dundalk (AW) View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 5f · Standard · 9 ran 6/9 nk 8-4 7398A68A Wayne Lordan 14/1
28 Feb 20+7d Dundalk (AW) Love Your Mum At The Races 20th & 21st March Handicap 7f · Standard · 14 ran 11/14 1 9-11 7684B69A Trevor Whelan 25/1
21 Feb 20+230d Dundalk (AW) Floodlit Fridays Continue At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 6f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 1¾ 8-11 7782A70A Edward Greatrex 10/1
2019 · 4 runs
06 Jul 19+49d Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race 5f · Good · 6 ran 6/6 hd 9-3 7969A69B Donnacha O'Brien 5/2
18 May 19+34d Navan Ladies Day At Navan 1st June Handicap 5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 3/8 nse 9-10 8489A85A Donnacha O'Brien 11/8F
14 Apr 19+21d Dundalk (AW) Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Maiden 5f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 9-5 84101A100A Donnacha O'Brien 4/6F
24 Mar 19+144d Naas Kildare Post & Kildare Now Maiden 6f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 4/20 1½ 9-5 85116C85A Ryan Moore 9/4F
2018 · 5 runs
31 Oct 18+8d Dundalk (AW) Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 7f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 shd 9-5 8788B86A Seamie Heffernan 4/5F
23 Oct 18+34d Gowran Park Join The Gowran Park Racing Club Today (C & G) Maiden 7f · Yielding · 15 ran 2/15 nk 9-5 —90C91A Donnacha O'Brien 3/1F
19 Sep 18+124d Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10) 6f · Good · 18 ran 2/18 hd 9-5 —96C93A Donnacha O'Brien 13/2
18 May 18+16d Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) 6.5f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 hd 9-5 —46C67A Donnacha O'Brien 6/5F
02 May 18 Dundalk (AW) Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 6f · Standard · 6 ran 3/6 ½ 9-5 —56A80B Donnacha O'Brien 5/2

Quick answers

How many races has Empire State won?
Empire State (USA) won 1 of 12 archived starts between 2018 and 2020, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 5 times in total (41.7% of starts).
Who trained Empire State?
Empire State (USA) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 6 March 2020.
Who is Empire State's sire?
Empire State (USA) is by Scat Daddy (USA) out of Love's Blush (USA), whose sire is Not For Love.
What going does Empire State prefer?
Empire State (USA) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Empire State's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 73, from the run on 6 March 2020. The highest on record is 87.
What is Empire State's sire's record?
Scat Daddy (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 906 runs since Jan 2008 (99 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 19.7% from 198. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 27.4% from 124. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.5% from 134.

Record shown from May 2018. 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.