Espero (IRE)
Espero (IRE) is 2 from 18. Hasn't won since Oct 2009. Both wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 14 on turf. Last raced off 72, 10lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–18Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 6 (33.3%)Placed
- −10.17£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 0.98Fair A/E n=18 · 0.83 incl. margin
- 82Highest OR
- 43dAvg 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
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 9.3% of 2,248 runs since Jan 2008 (160 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 3 | 27.3% | +18 | — |
| Good to Firm | 389 | 31 | 8% | −1.3 | 0 from 5 |
| Good | 557 | 63 | 11.3% | +2 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 275 | 23 | 8.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 416 | 38 | 9.1% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 157 | 12 | 7.6% | −1.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 443 | 39 | 8.8% | −0.5 | 2 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −6.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 425 | 35 | 8.2% | −1.1 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 438 | 40 | 9.1% | −0.2 | 2 from 13 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 544 | 59 | 10.8% | +1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 432 | 37 | 8.6% | −0.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 281 | 32 | 11.4% | +2.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 90 | 3 | 3.3% | −6 | — |
| Over 3m | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | +24 | — |
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
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.83 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 6 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.17 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Musselburgh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.83 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 13 | 2 | 15% | −5.17 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Eaves | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Andrew Heffernan | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.17 |
| Graham Gibbons | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lee Newman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Catlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Darryll Holland | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keagan Latham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Christopher Geoghegan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.83 |
| 2008 | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Espero won?
- Espero (IRE) won 2 of 18 archived starts between 2008 and 2010, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 6 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Espero?
- Espero (IRE) was trained by Linda Perratt on the most recent run on record, at Musselburgh on 8 October 2010.
- Who is Espero's sire?
- Espero (IRE) is by Celtic Swing (GB) out of Zota (IRE), whose sire is Barathea.
- What going does Espero prefer?
- Espero (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 4 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 Espero's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 8 October 2010. The highest on record is 82.
- What is Espero's sire's record?
- Celtic Swing (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 2,248 runs since Jan 2008 (160 horses), Flat and jumps together.