First Selection (SPA)
First Selection (SPA) is 4 from 20, including a Group 3 win. The biggest win we hold: the 888sport Solario Stakes at Sandown (Aug 2015). Hasn't won since Aug 2015. Last raced off 94, 15lb below the career-high mark.
- 4–20Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 7 (35%)Placed
- −2.30£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 2.12Fair A/E n=20 · 1.83 incl. margin
- 109Highest OR
- 68dAvg 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
Best recent Speed 106
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 106A | 101 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 84A | 73 | — |
| Good | 2 | 87C | 62 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 106A | 87 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 84A | 77.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 8.2% of 4,931 runs since Jan 2008 (337 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.4% from 431. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 156.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 62 | 8 | 12.9% | +4.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 860 | 62 | 7.2% | −1 | 2 from 6 |
| Good | 1,124 | 83 | 7.4% | −0.8 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 567 | 54 | 9.5% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 643 | 60 | 9.3% | +1.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 233 | 20 | 8.6% | +0.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,442 | 117 | 8.1% | −0.1 | 1 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 431 | 49 | 11.4% | +3.2 | 2 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,442 | 140 | 9.7% | +1.5 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,037 | 81 | 7.8% | −0.4 | 0 from 13 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 864 | 58 | 6.7% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 594 | 34 | 5.7% | −2.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 387 | 33 | 8.5% | +0.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 156 | 8 | 5.1% | −3.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 20 | 1 | 5% | −3.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tout A Coeur (FR) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 2 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.80 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Class 1 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +6.50 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 2 | 100% | +4.20 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Crowley | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.50 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.80 |
| Robert Havlin | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| James Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Graham Lee | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pat Smullen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pierre-Charles Boudot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| George Baker | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 4 | 33% | +5.70 |
| Hood | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| E/S | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 | 67% | +11.70 |
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 First Selection (SPA) won?
- First Selection (SPA) won 4 of 20 archived starts between 2015 and 2018, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 7 times in total (35% of starts).
- Who trained First Selection (SPA)?
- First Selection (SPA) was trained by Simon Crisford on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 17 November 2018.
- Who is First Selection (SPA)'s sire?
- First Selection (SPA) is by Diktat (GB) out of Villa Sonata (GB), whose sire is Mozart.
- What going does First Selection (SPA) prefer?
- First Selection (SPA) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is First Selection (SPA)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 94, from the run on 17 November 2018. The highest on record is 109.
- What is First Selection (SPA)'s sire's record?
- Diktat (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 4,931 runs since Jan 2008 (337 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.4% from 431. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 156.
- Who are First Selection (SPA)'s siblings?
- Out of Villa Sonata (GB), First Selection (SPA) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.