Horse profile
Golden Twilight (IRE)
by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Great Hope (IRE) (Halling)
27 runs · 8 courses · from Jun 2021
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Aug 2024 — 803 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2024 · 9th of 12
5 wins · Dundalk (AW) & Curragh
Last raced off OR 81
KTB Profile
Golden Twilight won five of 27 starts with all wins at 1m2f – 1m4f. Four of those came on the AW at Dundalk and one on soft ground at the Curragh in a maiden in Aug 2021. The gelding was last seen finishing 9 of 12 at Killarney in Aug 2024 when he raced off an official rating of 81, 16lb below his highest ever mark. He has not won since Oct 2022.
Based on 27 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 16lb off peak
- 5–27Wins / Runs
- 18.5%Strike rate
- 9 (33.3%)Placed
- +12.75£1 level staken=27 at SP
- 2.52Fair A/E n=27 · 2.01 incl. margin
- 97Highest OR
- 25dBetween runs (median)longest 262 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.
Official rating81↓ 16lb off peak
81
73–97
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 112
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 112A | 96.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 124B | 98.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 100A | 95 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 21 | 124B | 96 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 112A | 95 | — |
Jumps
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 27 figures from 27 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 from 3 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,578 runs since Apr 2017 (359 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 180.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | +7.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 333 | 42 | 12.6% | +4.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 892 | 57 | 6.4% | −1.6 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 366 | 24 | 6.6% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 626 | 33 | 5.3% | −2.7 | 1 from 10 |
| Heavy | 234 | 17 | 7.3% | −0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,114 | 113 | 10.1% | +2.1 | 4 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 125 | 15 | 12% | +4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 951 | 77 | 8.1% | +0.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,032 | 83 | 8% | 0 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 797 | 70 | 8.8% | +0.8 | 5 from 21 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 457 | 34 | 7.4% | −0.6 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 180 | 9 | 5% | −3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 28 | 0 | 0% | −8 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2017 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Great Hope (IRE) (Halling)
8 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Pillar Of Hope (GB) (8 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m7½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Standing Rock (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pillar Of Hope (GB) | 48 | 8 | 1m–1m5f | Class 4 |
| Extreme Force (IRE) | 13 | 2 | 1m7½f | Class 4 |
| Standing Rock (IRE) | 3 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | Class 3 |
| Imperiousity (GB) | 25 | 2 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Reckoning (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Stylish One (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Gladly (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| New Hope (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | +5.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 4 | 40% | +14.75 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 10 | 4 | 40% | +14.75 |
| Curragh | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| Leopardstown | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 21 | 5 | 24% | +18.75 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronan Whelan | 10 | 1 | 10% | −3.50 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 4 | 2 | 50% | +19.50 |
| Mikey Sheehy | 3 | 2 | 67% | +6.75 |
| Cian MacRedmond | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Adam Caffrey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jake Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| W J Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Colin Keane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Foley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| N G McCullagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ms L O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 12 | 4 | 33% | +12.75 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| None | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +7.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +17.75 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 26 | 5 | 19% | +13.75 |
| NH Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Aug 24+8d | Killarney | Kellihers Toyota Kingdom Gold Cup Handicap Slow to break - settled just behind the front group - 4th at halfway - pressed on but couldn't close 3f out and faded to finish 9th | 9/12 | 4½ | 8-6 | 81 | 112A | 65A | Adam Caffrey | 33/1 |
| 15 Aug 24+13d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Red God Handicap (Premier Handicap) Slow to begin - urged forward - held up towards the back - driven but found nothing more inside final two furlongs - well held at finish | 9/9 | nk | 8-13 | 90 | 78A | 65A | Cian MacRedmond | 16/1 |
| 02 Aug 24+11d | Galway | Guinness Handicap (Premier Handicap) Slow to start and towards the back - checked 2f out then unable to make any inroad - well beaten in 10th | 10/18 | 5½ | 8-10 | 87 | 89C | 73C | Leigh Roche | 66/1 |
| 22 Jul 24+262d | Ballinrobe | Follow Tote Racing On Twitter Handicap | 6/8 | 1 | 9-9 | 89 | 100A | 77A | Cian MacRedmond | 25/1 |
| 2023 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Nov 23+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Story Of Dundalk Stadium Book Buy Online Handicap | 8/14 | ½ | 9-12 | 93 | 100B | 89A | Jake Coen | 17/2 |
| 13 Oct 23+34d | Dundalk (AW) | FLC Frank Lynch & Co. 50th Anniversary Handicap (70-100) | 7/12 | nk | 9-11 | 95 | 87A | 87A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 6/1 |
| 09 Sep 23+25d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Petingo' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 7/14 | hd | 9-1 | 91 | 94C | 88A | W J Lee | 14/1 |
| 15 Aug 23+44d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Red God' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 4/14 | 1 | 9-11 | 97 | 124B | 100A | Colin Keane | 5/1J |
| 02 Jul 23+16d | Curragh | Dubai Duty Free Irish European Breeders Fund 'Ragusa' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 3/11 | nk | 9-8 | 91 | 55A | 91A | Ronan Whelan | 15/2 |
| 16 Jun 23+19d | Cork | Cork Derby (Premier Handicap) | 5/13 | 1¼ | 9-11 | 91 | 111C | 92A | Ronan Whelan | 11/2 |
| 28 May 23+21d | Curragh | Download The App At Novibet Handicap | 3/18 | ½ | 9-13 | 89 | 95C | 90A | Ronan Whelan | 11/1 |
| 07 May 23+191d | Leopardstown | 19th May Friday Night Party At Leopardstown Handicap | 14/19 | nk | 10-0 | 90 | 69C | 81A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 10/1 |
| 2022 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Oct 22+13d | Dundalk (AW) | Story Of Dundalk Stadium Book Buy Online Handicap | 1/14 | 10-2 | 92 | 96B | 101A | Ronan Whelan | 11/2 | |
| 15 Oct 22+35d | Leopardstown | Leopardstown October Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 6/16 | ¾ | 9-4 | 90 | 93C | 91A | Ronan Whelan | 8/1 |
| 10 Sep 22+26d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Petingo' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 2/23 | nse | 8-11 | 85 | 94C | 91A | Ronan Whelan | 33/1 |
| 15 Aug 22+17d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Red God' Handicap | 1/14 | 9-0 | 80 | 117B | 98A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 15/2 | |
| 29 Jul 22+33d | Galway | Guinness Handicap | 17/18 | nk | 8-13 | 82 | 101C | 63C | Mikey Sheehy | 25/1 |
| 26 Jun 22+36d | Curragh | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Ragusa' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 3/14 | 5 | 9-0 | 82 | 51C | 78A | Ronan Whelan | 20/1 |
| 21 May 22+35d | Curragh | William Hill Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 16/19 | ½ | 8-11 | 83 | 87C | 68C | Ronan Whelan | 15/2 |
| 16 Apr 22+134d | Cork | Racing Again Tomorrow Handicap | 5/17 | 1 | 8-13 | 84 | 99C | 89A | Ronan Whelan | 14/1 |
| 2021 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Dec 21+28d | Dundalk (AW) | BetVictor Casino Handicap | 1/8 | 8-6 | 78 | 96A | 83A | Mikey Sheehy | 11/4 | |
| 05 Nov 21+21d | Dundalk (AW) | BetVictor Loyalty Club Apprentice Handicap (45-75) | 1/14 | 10-2 | 73 | 106B | 97A | Mikey Sheehy | 5/1 | |
| 15 Oct 21+21d | Dundalk (AW) | BetVictor Loyalty Club Handicap | 10/14 | hd | 8-10 | 77 | 102B | 75A | Shane Foley | 25/1 |
| 24 Sep 21+42d | Dundalk (AW) | Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk Handicap (50-85) | 12/14 | 3¾ | 9-13 | 80 | 97B | 66A | N G McCullagh | 15/2 |
| 13 Aug 21+25d | Curragh | DMG Media Maiden | 1/22 | 9-12 | — | 59C | 89A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 14/1 | |
| 19 Jul 21+41d | Ballinrobe | Michael Jennings Electric Maiden | 6/10 | 2 | 9-9 | — | 100A | 78A | Ronan Whelan | 40/1 |
| 08 Jun 21 | Roscommon | Connolly's RED MILLS (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 6/13 | 3¾ | 11-7 | — | 123B | 110A | Ms L O'Neill | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Golden Twilight won?
- Golden Twilight (IRE) won 5 of 27 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 18.5%. Placed 9 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Golden Twilight?
- Golden Twilight (IRE) was trained by Adrian McGuinness on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 23 August 2024.
- Who is Golden Twilight's sire?
- Golden Twilight (IRE) is by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Great Hope (IRE), whose sire is Halling.
- What going does Golden Twilight prefer?
- Golden Twilight (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 4 wins from 10 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Golden Twilight's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 81, from the run on 23 August 2024. The highest on record is 97.
- What is Golden Twilight's sire's record?
- Dawn Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,578 runs since Apr 2017 (359 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 180.
- Who are Golden Twilight's siblings?
- Out of Great Hope (IRE), Golden Twilight (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Pillar Of Hope (GB) (8). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Standing Rock (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m7½f. As at Nov 2026.