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Horse profile

Game Starter (IRE)

4yo colt (at last run, Sep 2018) · Last trainer Saeed bin Suroor · Last owner Godolphin
by Dubawi (IRE) out of Opera Cloak (IRE) (Cape Cross)
6 runs · 5 courses · from Nov 2016
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Sep 2018 — 2,964 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2018 · 8th of 9 3 wins · Doncaster & Newmarket
KTB Profile

Game Starter (IRE) is 3 from 6. Hasn't won since Sep 2017.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 106 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newmarket, 4 Aug 2017

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 5 figures · best 106A · median 105
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good2106A105.5—
Good to Soft2105C85—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f3106A105—
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 98B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Doncaster, 16 Sep 2017 Official rating 108 at the last run, 25 Aug 2018

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 5 figures · best 100A · median 96
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good296B94.5—
Good to Soft298B96.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f398B96—
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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

Progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,936 runs since Jan 2008 (1,520 horses).

Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm481122.9%+4.5—
Good to Firm2,32347720.5%+2.11 from 1
Good3,16656317.8%−0.61 from 3
Good to Soft1,74231017.8%−0.61 from 2
Soft1,90032717.2%−1.2—
Heavy58910217.3%−1.1—
Standard (AW)3,16658518.5%+0.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f429429.8%−8.6—
6f – 7f3,11758018.6%+0.20 from 1
1m – 1m1f3,85272518.8%+0.41 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f3,83176920.1%+1.72 from 3
1m5f – 2m1,20518815.6%−2.80 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f3324814.5%−3.9—
2m5f – 3m1381913.8%−4.6—
Over 3m32618.8%+0.4—

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
Opera Cloak (IRE) (Cape Cross)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 1 33% −1.20
Good to Soft 2 1 50% −0.17
Good to Firm 1 1 100% +1.38

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 1 100% +0.83
Class 3 1 1 100% +0.80
Class 4 1 1 100% +1.38
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newmarket 2 2 100% +2.18
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 1 100% +0.83
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 3 2 67% +0.63
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 1 100% +1.38
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Oisin Murphy 3 1 33% −1.17
Silvestre De Sousa 1 1 100% +0.80
Martin Lane 1 1 100% +1.38
Kevin Stott 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 4 2 50% −0.37
None 2 1 50% +0.38

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 2 0 0% −2.00
2017 3 3 100% +3.01
2016 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
09 Sep 18+15d Longchamp (FR) Prix Gladiateur (4yo+) (Turf) 15.5f · Good · 9 ran 8/9 6½ 9-1 ——— Oisin Murphy 5/1
25 Aug 18+343d Windsor Sri Lanka August Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 11.5f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 1¾ 9-5 108105C96B Oisin Murphy 6/4F
16 Sep 17+43d Doncaster Marra Falcons Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 1/6 9-1 10065A98B Oisin Murphy 5/6F
04 Aug 17+41d Newmarket Fly London Southend Airport To Prague Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 9-2 90106A93B Silvestre De Sousa 4/5F
24 Jun 17+235d Newmarket 188bet.co.uk EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 8f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 1/7 9-5 —73A100A Martin Lane 11/8
01 Nov 16 Redcar Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 2/16 1½ 9-5 —105C95A Kevin Stott 10/3

Quick answers

How many races has Game Starter (IRE) won?
Game Starter (IRE) won 3 of 6 archived starts between 2016 and 2018, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 5 times in total (83.3% of starts).
Who trained Game Starter (IRE)?
Game Starter (IRE) was trained by Saeed bin Suroor on the most recent run on record, at Longchamp (FR) on 9 September 2018.
Who is Game Starter (IRE)'s sire?
Game Starter (IRE) is by Dubawi (IRE) out of Opera Cloak (IRE), whose sire is Cape Cross.
What going does Game Starter (IRE) prefer?
Game Starter (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 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 Starter (IRE)'s official rating?
Game Starter (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 108.
What is Game Starter (IRE)'s sire's record?
Dubawi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,936 runs since Jan 2008 (1,520 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.

Record shown from November 2016. 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.