How many races has Game Player (IRE) won?

Game Player (IRE) won 3 of 13 archived starts between 2017 and 2020, a strike rate of 23.1%. Placed 7 times in total (53.8% of starts).

Who trained Game Player (IRE)?

Game Player (IRE) was trained by Roger Varian on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 8 August 2020.

Who is Game Player (IRE)'s sire?

Game Player (IRE) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Lucky Clio (IRE), whose sire is Key Of Luck.

What going does Game Player (IRE) prefer?

Game Player (IRE) has the best record on good 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 Game Player (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 8 August 2020. That is also the highest on record.

What is Game Player (IRE)'s sire's record?

Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.

Who are Game Player (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Lucky Clio (IRE), Game Player (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 9 of them winners. Most wins: Lucky Beggar (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Phoenix Of Spain (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Game Player (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2020) · Last trainer Roger Varian · Last owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum

by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Lucky Clio (IRE) (Key Of Luck)

13 runs · 8 courses · from May 2017

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 8 Aug 2020 — 2,265 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Aug 2020 · 7th of 9 3 wins · Lingfield, Newmarket & Lingfield (AW) Last raced off OR 95

KTB Profile

Game Player (IRE) is 3 from 13. Hasn't won since May 2019. All 3 wins have come over 6f – 7f. Last raced off a career-high mark of 95.

Based on 13 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance OR at career high

3–13Wins / Runs
23.1%Strike rate
7 (53.8%)Placed
+0.13£1 level staken=13 at SP
1.24Fair A/E n=13 · 1.05 incl. margin
95Highest OR
98dAvg between runs

Official rating95At career-high mark

95 79–95

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 99 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ascot, 8 Aug 2020

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 →

Flat 13 figures · best 127^A · median 95

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	6	127^A	96	—
Good to Firm	4	109^C	95.5	—
Standard (AW)	2	101^A	96	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f	8	127^A	94.5	—
1m – 1m1f	5	109^C	97	—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 94^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ayr, 22 Jun 2019 Official rating 95 at the last run, 8 Aug 2020

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 →

Flat 13 figures · best 103^B · median 88

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	6	103^B	95	—
Good to Firm	4	88^A	86.5	—
Standard (AW)	2	95^A	90	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f	8	103^B	94	—
1m – 1m1f	5	94^A	86	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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

Dark Angel (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	107	16	15%	+3.7	—
Good to Firm	3,694	452	12.2%	+0.9	0 from 4
Good	4,842	510	10.5%	−0.8	2 from 6
Good to Soft	2,409	251	10.4%	−0.9	0 from 1
Soft	2,725	254	9.3%	−2	—
Heavy	822	69	8.4%	−2.9	—
Standard (AW)	7,278	917	12.6%	+1.3	1 from 2

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	2,064	278	13.5%	+2.2	—
6f – 7f	10,700	1,253	11.7%	+0.4	3 from 8
1m – 1m1f	4,994	546	10.9%	−0.4	0 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f	2,469	236	9.6%	−1.7	—
1m5f – 2m	1,089	109	10%	−1.3	—
2m1f – 2m4f	472	41	8.7%	−2.6	—
2m5f – 3m	86	7	8.1%	−3.2	—
Over 3m	4	0	0%	−11.3	—

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

Lucky Clio (IRE) (Key Of Luck)

10 siblings in the archive, 9 winners — best of them Lucky Beggar (IRE) (9 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Phoenix Of Spain (IRE)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Lucky Beggar (IRE)	131	9	5f–6f	Class 2
Phoenix Of Spain (IRE)	10	3	7f–1m	Group 1
Central Square (IRE)	15	3	1m2f	Class 2
Kingsdesire (IRE)	7	2	1m–1m2f	Class 3
Gunship (IRE)	7	2	1m–1m2f	Class 3
War Of Art (IRE)	3	2	1m	Class 4
Aldeenaary (IRE)	1	1	1m2f	Class 5
Karisma (IRE)	6	1	1m	Class 5
Fortuity (IRE)	10	1	7f	—
El Ray (IRE)	4	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good	6	2	33%	+3.38
Good to Firm	4	0	0%	−4.00
Standard (AW)	2	1	50%	+1.75
Good to Soft	1	0	0%	−1.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 2	5	0	0%	−5.00
Class 4	5	1	20%	+2.00
Class 5	2	1	50%	+1.75
Class 3	1	1	100%	+1.38

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Newmarket	3	1	33%	+4.00
Ascot	2	0	0%	−2.00
Goodwood	2	0	0%	−2.00
Lingfield (AW)	2	1	50%	+1.75
Ayr	1	0	0%	−1.00
Lingfield	1	1	100%	+1.38
Newbury	1	0	0%	−1.00
Haydock	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
6f – 7f	8	3	38%	+5.13
1m – 1m1f	5	0	0%	−5.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Andrea Atzeni	9	1	11%	−5.25
Colm O'Donoghue	1	0	0%	−1.00
Jack Mitchell	1	1	100%	+1.38
Kieran Shoemark	1	1	100%	+6.00
David Egan	1	0	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2020	1	0	0%	−1.00
2019	5	1	20%	−2.62
2018	5	2	40%	+5.75
2017	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

Date	Course	Race	Pos	Btn	Wgt	OR	Spd	KTB	Jockey	SP
08 Aug 20+372d	Ascot	Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Celebration Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 9 ran	7/9	nk	9-2	95	99^A	88^A	Andrea Atzeni	7/1
02 Aug 19+41d	Goodwood	Unibet Golden Mile Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 20 ran	9/20	1¾	8-11	95	109^C	86^A	Andrea Atzeni	15/2
22 Jun 19+30d	Ayr	JW Grant Builders Merchants Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Good · 11 ran	3/11	nk	9-4	95	97^A	94^A	Colm O'Donoghue	4/1
23 May 19+20d	Goodwood	Three Friday Nights Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good · 9 ran	2/9	1¼	8-10	94	94^A	98^A	Andrea Atzeni	9/4
03 May 19+15d	Lingfield	John Lifton Memorial Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good · 6 ran	1/6		9-6	89	127^A	103^B	Jack Mitchell	11/8F
18 Apr 19+195d	Newmarket	Bet365 Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran	4/10	½	8-7	89	92^A	87^A	Andrea Atzeni	13/2
05 Oct 18+13d	Ascot	Veolia Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Good · 11 ran	2/11	1	9-8	86	95^B	96^A	Andrea Atzeni	9/2
22 Sep 18+17d	Newmarket	cjmurfitt.com Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Good · 9 ran	1/9		9-0	80	102^A	93^A	Kieran Shoemark	6/1
05 Sep 18+19d	Lingfield (AW)	Racing Welfare Novice Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran	1/10		9-2	79	101^A	95^A	Andrea Atzeni	11/4
17 Aug 18+18d	Newbury	Christopher Smith Associates Handicap (Str) Class 4 · 8f · Good · 10 ran	7/10	1¼	9-7	79	83^A	60^A	Andrea Atzeni	13/2
30 Jul 18+366d	Lingfield (AW)	Call Star Sports On 08000 521 321 Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran	2/9	½	9-2	—	91^A	85^A	David Egan	7/4F
29 Jul 17+64d	Newmarket	Adnams Southwold Bitter EBF Stallions Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Soft · 8 ran	4/8	½	9-2	—	50^A	82^A	Andrea Atzeni	3/1
26 May 17	Haydock	British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 11 ran	7/11	1½	9-2	—	86^A	69^A	Andrea Atzeni	7/2

Quick answers

How many races has Game Player (IRE) won?: Game Player (IRE) won 3 of 13 archived starts between 2017 and 2020, a strike rate of 23.1%. Placed 7 times in total (53.8% of starts).
Who trained Game Player (IRE)?: Game Player (IRE) was trained by Roger Varian on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 8 August 2020.
Who is Game Player (IRE)'s sire?: Game Player (IRE) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Lucky Clio (IRE), whose sire is Key Of Luck.
What going does Game Player (IRE) prefer?: Game Player (IRE) has the best record on good 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 Game Player (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 8 August 2020. That is also the highest on record.
What is Game Player (IRE)'s sire's record?: Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
Who are Game Player (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Lucky Clio (IRE), Game Player (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 9 of them winners. Most wins: Lucky Beggar (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Phoenix Of Spain (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.

KTB Speed and Rating

Pedigree intelligence

Record by conditions

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