Expecting A Star (IRE)
Expecting A Star is a filly by Zoustar out of an Iffraaj mare who has yet to win from three starts and has placed once. Her best effort came when third of 10 at Punchestown in Sep 2023. All three runs came over 6f to 7f, with two on good to soft and one on standard going. She finished sixth of 14 at Leopardstown in Jun 2024.
- 0–3Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (33.3%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 137dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 85
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 to Soft | 2 | 91C | 73 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 91C | 85 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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.
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 10.8% of 2,739 runs since Jan 2008 (313 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.3% from 329. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 3.6% from 193.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | +10.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 440 | 43 | 9.8% | −1 | — |
| Good | 590 | 51 | 8.6% | −2.2 | — |
| Good to Soft | 246 | 21 | 8.5% | −2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 262 | 29 | 11.1% | +0.3 | — |
| Heavy | 86 | 14 | 16.3% | +5.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,101 | 134 | 12.2% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 329 | 47 | 14.3% | +3.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,422 | 152 | 10.7% | −0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 670 | 84 | 12.5% | +1.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 193 | 7 | 3.6% | −7.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 62 | 1 | 1.6% | −9.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | −2.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eight Fifteen (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Spinola Bear (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 24+61d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden | 6/14 | 2¼ | 9-3 | 91C | 68A | Ronan Whelan | 20/1 |
| 13 Apr 24+213d | Dundalk (AW) | Lucky Dip Has Landed At BetVictor Fillies Maiden | 7/10 | 3½ | 9-3 | 85A | 64A | Ronan Whelan | 28/1 |
| 13 Sep 23 | Punchestown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden | 3/10 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 55A | 83A | Ronan Whelan | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Expecting A Star (IRE) won?
- Expecting A Star (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2023 and 2024. Placed 1 time in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Expecting A Star (IRE)?
- Expecting A Star (IRE) was trained by Peter Fahey on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 13 June 2024.
- Who is Expecting A Star (IRE)'s sire?
- Expecting A Star (IRE) is by Zoustar (AUS) out of Expecting to Fly (USA), whose sire is Iffraaj.
- What is Expecting A Star (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Zoustar (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 2,739 runs since Jan 2008 (313 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.3% from 329. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 3.6% from 193.
- Who are Expecting A Star (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Expecting to Fly (USA), Expecting A Star (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.