Finest Sound (IRE)
Finest Sound won four of 20 starts on turf between Aug 2019 and Oct 2022. He gained his biggest success in the British EBF Conditions Stakes at Thirsk over 6f-7f on good ground off a mark of 108 in Aug 2022. Two earlier handicap wins came at Haydock over 1m-1m1f. The gelding, aged 5 at his last run in Oct 2022, finished 8 of 9 in the Masar Darley Stakes at Newmarket off an official rating of 112.
- 4–20Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 14 (70%)Placed
- −7.69£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 1.22Fair A/E n=20 · 1.06 incl. margin
- 112Highest OR
- 29dBetween runs (median)longest 247 d
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 91
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 8 | 96C | 89 | — |
| Good | 7 | 91A | 83 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 90C | 84.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 108C | 86.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 87C | 70 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 96C | 71 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 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 11.8% of 16,034 runs since Apr 2008 (1,161 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 198 | 41 | 20.7% | +8.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,251 | 399 | 12.3% | +0.5 | 2 from 8 |
| Good | 3,146 | 328 | 10.4% | −1.4 | 1 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 1,310 | 130 | 9.9% | −1.9 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,194 | 94 | 7.9% | −3.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 273 | 25 | 9.2% | −2.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 6,662 | 883 | 13.3% | +1.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3,861 | 521 | 13.5% | +1.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 8,009 | 951 | 11.9% | +0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,755 | 289 | 10.5% | −1.3 | 2 from 14 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,025 | 102 | 10% | −1.8 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 273 | 26 | 9.5% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 102 | 10 | 9.8% | −2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −0.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Megaphone (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Megaphone (GB)).
Family form: Megaphone (GB) finished 3rd of 10 at Wolverhampton (AW), 2 Nov 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaphone (GB) | 24 | 2 | 5f–6f | Class 5 |
| Guitar Solo (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun Magic (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 8 | 2 | 25% | −3.52 |
| Good | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.50 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −3.52 |
| Class 1 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 2 | 100% | +4.06 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 2 | 14% | −7.94 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.25 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Atzeni | 14 | 4 | 29% | −1.69 |
| David Egan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pat Dobbs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dane O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 13 | 3 | 23% | −4.19 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.50 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −2.52 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 08 Oct 22+42d | Newmarket | Masar Darley Stakes (Group 3) | 8/9 | hd | 9-5 | 112 | 91A | 90A | David Egan | 14/1 |
| 27 Aug 22+7d | Goodwood | William Hill Celebration Mile Stakes (Group 2) | 2/5 | nk | 9-6 | 106 | 90C | 99B | Andrea Atzeni | 7/1 |
| 20 Aug 22+15d | York | Sky Bet And Symphony Group Strensall Stakes (Group 3) | 2/7 | 2¼ | 9-7 | 108 | 87A | 101A | Silvestre De Sousa | 25/1 |
| 05 Aug 22+20d | Thirsk | British EBF Conditions Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/3 | 9-6 | 108 | 59C | 94C | Andrea Atzeni | 5/2 | |
| 16 Jul 22+42d | Newbury | bet365 Stakes (Listed) (Registered As The Steventon Stakes) | 3/5 | 9 | 9-8 | 108 | 96C | 90B | Andrea Atzeni | 15/2 |
| 04 Jun 22+238d | Epsom Downs | Cazoo Diomed Stakes (Group 3) | 6/6 | 31 | 9-8 | 108 | 40C | 63C | Andrea Atzeni | 12/1 |
| 2021 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Oct 21+41d | Newmarket | Darley Stakes (Group 3) | 3/10 | 1¼ | 9-3 | 101 | 86A | 101A | Andrea Atzeni | 25/1 |
| 29 Aug 21+29d | Yarmouth | Moulton Nurseries Handicap | 1/6 | 9-11 | 99 | 71A | 98B | Andrea Atzeni | 7/4F | |
| 31 Jul 21+14d | Doncaster | Cazoo Handicap | 3/8 | ½ | 9-11 | 99 | 57B | 98A | Andrea Atzeni | 7/2J |
| 17 Jul 21+31d | Newmarket | Fine Watch Club Handicap | 4/8 | hd | 9-9 | 99 | 91A | 97A | Pat Dobbs | 13/2 |
| 16 Jun 21+53d | Ascot | Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Str) | 28/30 | 2 | 9-0 | 99 | 79C | 77C | Andrea Atzeni | 11/1 |
| 24 Apr 21+17d | Haydock | Casumo Proud To Support British Racing Handicap | 1/6 | 9-0 | 96 | 95A | 97B | Andrea Atzeni | 8/11F | |
| 07 Apr 21+229d | Nottingham | Download The MansionBet App Handicap | 2/6 | shd | 9-7 | 94 | 93A | 103B | Andrea Atzeni | 5/2F |
| 2020 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Aug 20+41d | York | Sky Bet Mile Stakes (Handicap) | 9/16 | nk | 8-10 | 94 | 60C | 81A | Andrea Atzeni | 5/1 |
| 11 Jul 20+23d | Newmarket | Bet365 Mile Handicap | 3/10 | 1¾ | 9-4 | 94 | 83A | 96A | Silvestre De Sousa | 5/2 |
| 18 Jun 20+10d | Ascot | Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Str) | 2/22 | 4½ | 8-10 | 82 | 108C | 102A | Andrea Atzeni | 11/4F |
| 08 Jun 20+247d | Haydock | Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap (Div 1) | 1/9 | 9-5 | 82 | 82A | 106A | Andrea Atzeni | 10/3F | |
| 2019 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 05 Oct 19+17d | Newmarket | Weatherbys Design And Print Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 3/15 | 3¼ | 9-2 | — | 87C | 74A | David Egan | 10/3 |
| 18 Sep 19+19d | Sandown | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 3/12 | 3 | 9-5 | — | 83A | 95A | Andrea Atzeni | 11/2 |
| 30 Aug 19 | Sandown | Betway British EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 3/12 | shd | 9-5 | — | 70B | 94A | Dane O'Neill | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Finest Sound won?
- Finest Sound (IRE) won 4 of 20 archived starts between 2019 and 2022, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 14 times in total (70% of starts).
- Who trained Finest Sound?
- Finest Sound (IRE) was trained by Simon & Ed Crisford on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 8 October 2022.
- Who is Finest Sound's sire?
- Finest Sound (IRE) is by Exceed and Excel (AUS) out of Amplifier (GB), whose sire is Dubawi.
- What going does Finest Sound prefer?
- Finest Sound (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Finest Sound's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 112, from the run on 8 October 2022. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Finest Sound's sire's record?
- Exceed and Excel (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 16,034 runs since Apr 2008 (1,161 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
- Who are Finest Sound's siblings?
- Out of Amplifier (GB), Finest Sound (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Megaphone (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Megaphone (GB)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Nov 2026.