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Horse profile

Ever Special (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, May 2008) · Last trainer Lucinda Russell · Last owner Suzanne Nigel Williams
by Fruits Of Love (USA) out of El Corazon (IRE) (Mujadil)
25 runs · 14 courses · from Jul 2005
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 10 May 2008 — 6,737 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2008 · 9th of 14 4 wins · Leicester, Towcester & Market Rasen Last raced off OR 95
KTB Profile

Ever Special (IRE) is 4 from 25. Hasn't won since Dec 2006. Last raced off 95, 15lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 25 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 15lb off peak
Official rating95↓ 15lb off peak
95 45–110

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 115A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newcastle, 14 Apr 2008 Official rating 95 at the last jumps run, 10 May 2008

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 58C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hamilton, 7 May 2006 Official rating 50 at the last flat run, 15 Mar 2007

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 16 figures · best 116C · median 92
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6116C89—
Soft4102C87—
Good to Firm3101C100—
Good2103C95—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10115A89—
1m5f – 2m4116C101—
2m5f – 3m294C92—
Flat 8 figures · best 58C · median 42
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good458C44.5—
Standard (AW)247C41—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f458C44.5—
6f – 7f227C25—
1m5f – 2m1———
1m2f – 1m4f1———

Of 25 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no runner of known ability in the race — the level cannot be solved (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 25 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
Fruits Of Love (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 2,777 runs since Jan 2008 (221 horses).

Strongest on good going: 11.8% from 944. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.4% from 182. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4% from 150.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1417.1%−1.6—
Good to Firm257197.4%−1.30 from 4
Good94411111.8%+3.11 from 6
Good to Soft415338%−0.71 from 7
Soft666548.1%−0.62 from 4
Heavy299155%−3.70 from 1
Standard (AW)18284.4%−4.30 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2200%−8.7—
6f – 7f15064%−4.70 from 2
1m – 1m1f13064.6%−4.10 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f241166.6%−2.10 from 1
1m5f – 2m791708.8%+0.12 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f842809.5%+0.82 from 10
2m5f – 3m4965110.3%+1.60 from 2
Over 3m1051211.4%+2.7—

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
El Corazon (IRE) (Mujadil)

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Style And Panache (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 5f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Style And Panache (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Style And Panache (IRE)4345fClass 4
Day of Destiny (IRE)2721m3f–2mClass 6
Putra Laju (IRE)3227f–1m½fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 7 1 14% −4.50
Good 6 1 17% −3.12
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 4 2 50% +7.23
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 13 1 8% −10.12
Class 5 5 2 40% −0.77
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 1 50% +7.50
Class 7 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Musselburgh 4 0 0% −4.00
Market Rasen 4 1 25% −1.12
Southwell (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Newcastle 2 0 0% −2.00
Towcester 2 1 50% −0.27
Leicester 2 2 100% +10.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 10 2 20% +2.38
1m5f – 2m 5 2 40% −0.77
1m – 1m1f 5 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Peter Buchanan 7 0 0% −7.00
Adam Hawkins 4 1 25% +5.50
Barry Keniry 3 2 67% +1.61
Leanne Kershaw 2 0 0% −2.00
Paddy Mathers 1 0 0% −1.00
A P McCoy 1 1 100% +1.50
Royston Ffrench 1 0 0% −1.00
Paddy Merrigan 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Mullen 1 0 0% −1.00
Lee Enstone 1 0 0% −1.00
Gary Bartley 1 0 0% −1.00
Russ Kennemore 1 0 0% −1.00
Neil Pollard 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 23 4 17% −6.39
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 5 0 0% −5.00
2007 4 0 0% −4.00
2006 13 4 31% +3.61
2005 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 16 4 25% +0.61
Flat 9 0 0% −9.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
10 May 08+26d Hexham New Hexham Website Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23.5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 9/14 1¾ 11-12 9590C Peter Buchanan 8/1
14 Apr 08+4d Newcastle Gosforth Building And Decorating Services Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 16 ran 2/16 1¼ 11-3 91115A Peter Buchanan 12/1
10 Apr 08+58d Carlisle CBS Outdoor Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 7/18 4 10-12 9183A Peter Buchanan 33/1
12 Feb 08+20d Newcastle Gosforth Decorating & Building Services Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 10/16 2½ 11-8 9689C Peter Buchanan 40/1
23 Jan 08+25d Musselburgh Cosmic Case Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 7/16 4 11-4 10294C Peter Buchanan 40/1
29 Dec 07+19d Musselburgh toteexacta Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 7/10 12 11-3 10689C Peter Buchanan 25/1
10 Dec 07+270d Musselburgh WBX.COM Unlimited Bets For New Accounts Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19.5f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 5 11-9 10987C Peter Buchanan 28/1
15 Mar 07+42d Southwell (AW) betdirect.com 50 Free Bet Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Standard · 11 ran 9/11 17 8-3 5035C Paddy Mathers 20/1
01 Feb 07+37d Towcester Symitry I.T. North Ltd Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran 6/10 8 10-9 11067C Adam Hawkins 9/1
26 Dec 06+17d Market Rasen Roseland Group Kilvington Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 15 ran 10/15 3 10-2 9779C Adam Hawkins 8/1
09 Dec 06+3d Market Rasen Jack Dixon Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5/9 1¼ 10-8 9080C Adam Hawkins 11/10F
06 Dec 06+17d Leicester Chemipetro Ltd Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 20.5f · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 9-7 10595C Adam Hawkins 17/2
19 Nov 06+6d Towcester gg.com Novices' Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-3 98102C Barry Keniry 8/11F
13 Nov 06+36d Leicester Eastwell Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 10-11 98116C A P McCoy 6/4F
08 Oct 06+65d Musselburgh Scottish Racing "Your Best Bet" Banded Stakes Class 7 · 9f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 8/13 1¾ 8-12 4542C Royston Ffrench 12/1
04 Aug 06+13d Bangor-on-Dee Crush Communications Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 5/11 14 11-5 —100C Barry Keniry 7/1
22 Jul 06+22d Market Rasen Cobelfret Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 10-12 —103C Barry Keniry 15/8
30 Jun 06+54d Market Rasen Racing UK Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17.5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 3/14 3½ 10-7 —101C Paddy Merrigan 33/1
07 May 06+8d Hamilton Peter Scahill Memorial Selling Stakes Class 5 · 8.5f · Good · 12 ran 5/12 3 8-7 4558C Leanne Kershaw 16/1
29 Apr 06+81d Ripon Toteexacta Selling Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Good · 15 ran 6/15 nk 8-2 4547C Leanne Kershaw 40/1
07 Feb 06+27d Southwell (AW) Play Littlewoods Pools On 0800 500000 Maiden Handicap (Div1) Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 7/12 ½ 8-0 4547C Andrew Mullen 17/2
11 Jan 06+121d Southwell (AW) Text 'Betdirect' To 88600 Tri-Banded Stakes Class 7 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 6/13 nk 8-12 45— Lee Enstone 7/1
12 Sep 05+24d Redcar E.B.F./Double Trigger Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 9f · Good · 16 ran 12/16 3 8-7 —42C Gary Bartley 100/1
19 Aug 05+41d Chester Global Travel Group Premier Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 10/12 2½ 8-1 —23C Russ Kennemore 50/1
09 Jul 05 York John Smith's Tony Callaghan Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 6f · Good · 12 ran 11/12 7 9-0 —27C Neil Pollard 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Ever Special (IRE) won?
Ever Special (IRE) won 4 of 25 archived starts between 2005 and 2008, a strike rate of 16%. Placed 6 times in total (24% of starts).
Who trained Ever Special (IRE)?
Ever Special (IRE) was trained by Lucinda Russell on the most recent run on record, at Hexham on 10 May 2008.
Who is Ever Special (IRE)'s sire?
Ever Special (IRE) is by Fruits Of Love (USA) out of El Corazon (IRE), whose sire is Mujadil.
What going does Ever Special (IRE) prefer?
Ever Special (IRE) has the best record on soft 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 Ever Special (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 10 May 2008. The highest on record is 110.
What is Ever Special (IRE)'s sire's record?
Fruits Of Love (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 2,777 runs since Jan 2008 (221 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 11.8% from 944. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.4% from 182. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4% from 150.
Who are Ever Special (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of El Corazon (IRE), Ever Special (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Style And Panache (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Style And Panache (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2005. 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.