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Horse profile

Golden Snitch (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, May 2008) · Last trainer R K Watson · Last owner R K Watson
by Redback (GB) out of Merrily (GB) (Sharrood)
2 runs · 2 courses · from May 2008
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 May 2008 — 6,741 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2008 · 12th of 12
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts, both in May 2008, the last of them as a 4yo gelding. Finished 12 of 12 at Sligo last time. By Redback (GB), whose progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 2,888 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 72C the best of the last 1 rated run · Sligo, 21 May 2008

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 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
Redback (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 2,888 runs since Jan 2008 (249 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.9% from 181.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2926.9%−0.7—
Good to Firm441347.7%+0.10 from 1
Good538366.7%−0.9—
Good to Soft263186.8%−0.8—
Soft486387.8%+0.2—
Heavy182137.1%−0.50 from 1
Standard (AW)949798.3%+0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f271269.6%+2—
6f – 7f951636.6%−1—
1m – 1m1f716598.2%+0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f428347.9%+0.3—
1m5f – 2m330309.1%+1.50 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f18173.9%−3.7—
2m5f – 3m1119.1%+1.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Merrily (GB) (Sharrood)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Dick Turpin (IRE) (8 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Dick Turpin (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Dick Turpin (IRE)1986f–1mGroup 1
Lady Schmuck (IRE)835f—
Cheerily (IRE)10——
Vigorous (IRE)60——
Bond Cat (IRE)20——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2008 · 2 runs
21 May 08+17d Sligo Cleveragh Inh Flat Race 2m · Good To Firm · 12 ran 12/12 30 10-7 72C Mr J A Fahey 50/1
04 May 08 Sligo (IRE) Northwest (Pro-Am) INH Flat Race 2m · Heavy · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-0 — Mr N McParlan 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Golden Snitch won?
Golden Snitch (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2008.
Who trained Golden Snitch?
Golden Snitch (IRE) was trained by R K Watson on the most recent run on record, at Sligo on 21 May 2008.
Who is Golden Snitch's sire?
Golden Snitch (IRE) is by Redback (GB) out of Merrily (GB), whose sire is Sharrood.
What is Golden Snitch's sire's record?
Redback (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 2,888 runs since Jan 2008 (249 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.9% from 181.
Who are Golden Snitch's siblings?
Out of Merrily (GB), Golden Snitch (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Dick Turpin (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Dick Turpin (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2008. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.