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Horse profile

Goodwood Sonnet (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2019) · Last trainer William Knight · Last owner Goodwood Racehorse Owners Group Limited
by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Surface Of Earth (USA) (Empire Maker)
12 runs · 12 courses · from Jul 2018
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Oct 2019 — 2,576 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2019 · 7th of 11 Last raced off OR 49
KTB Profile

Goodwood Sonnet (IRE) is yet to win from 12 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 14 at Windsor (Jul 2019). Last raced off 49, 12lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 12lb off peak
Official rating49↓ 12lb off peak
49 49–61

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 101 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Bath, 17 Aug 2019

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 11 figures · best 120A · median 76
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4120A103—
Good to Firm4100C67—
Standard (AW)281A76—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f6101A64.5—
6f – 7f3120A76—
1m – 1m1f2105A93—

Of 12 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 56A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Bath, 17 Aug 2019 Official rating 49 at the last run, 8 Oct 2019

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 12 figures · best 64A · median 53.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Soft464A56—
Good to Firm462A60—
Standard (AW)350A48—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f761A50—
6f – 7f362A56—
1m – 1m1f264A56—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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 13.8% of 12,180 runs since Jan 2008 (1,104 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm18422.2%+8.4—
Good to Firm1,55923815.3%+1.50 from 4
Good2,75338313.9%+0.1—
Good to Soft1,55618311.8%−20 from 4
Soft1,87425213.4%−0.4—
Heavy7178411.7%−2.10 from 1
Standard (AW)3,70153214.4%+0.60 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4777114.9%+1.1—
6f – 7f3,59751114.2%+0.40 from 3
1m – 1m1f3,59451514.3%+0.50 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f3,27746614.2%+0.40 from 7
1m5f – 2m957899.3%−4.5—
2m1f – 2m4f245249.8%−4—
2m5f – 3m3213.1%−10.7—
Over 3m100%−13.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Surface Of Earth (USA) (Empire Maker)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Exminster (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 7f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Exminster (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Exminster (IRE)1127f–1mClass 3
Space Warrior (IRE)2712m—
Madeline Hayes (IRE)90——
Miss Ivor (IRE)100——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Brighton 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jason Watson 3 0 0% −3.00
Luke Morris 2 0 0% −2.00
Kieran Shoemark 1 0 0% −1.00
Daniel Tudhope 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Marquand 1 0 0% −1.00
David Egan 1 0 0% −1.00
Charles Bishop 1 0 0% −1.00
Harry Bentley 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 8 0 0% −8.00
Visor 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 7 0 0% −7.00
2018 5 0 0% −5.00

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
2019 · 7 runs
08 Oct 19+31d Leicester Stoat Selling Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Heavy · 11 ran 7/11 2½ 8-12 4937A46A Kieran Shoemark 5/1
07 Sep 19+21d Wolverhampton (AW) September 21st - 90's Night Classified Stakes Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 9 ran 8/9 11 8-13 5071C40C Daniel Tudhope 3/1F
17 Aug 19+26d Bath Kingstone Press Wild Berry Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5/9 1 8-13 51101A56A Tom Marquand 4/1
22 Jul 19+34d Windsor Jewel Runaway Bay Handicap Class 6 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 2/14 7 8-7 51100C61A David Egan 9/1
18 Jun 19+10d Brighton Rag'n'Bone Man Live Here 27 July Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 4/10 2¾ 8-13 5256A59A Jason Watson 5/1
08 Jun 19+37d Lingfield (AW) F G Keen - Living The Dream Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 14 ran 12/14 1½ 9-9 56—50A Charles Bishop 4/1F
02 May 19+160d Salisbury William Hill Extra Places Every Day Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 11/14 2¼ 9-6 5958C37A Harry Bentley 9/4F
2018 · 5 runs
23 Nov 18+16d Kempton (AW) 32Red Casino Nursery Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 8/10 ½ 8-6 6081A48A Jason Watson 9/2
07 Nov 18+68d Nottingham Watch Racing UK On BT TV Nursery Class 5 · 8.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 4/12 1¼ 8-8 61105A64A Jason Watson 15/2
31 Aug 18+20d Sandown Bet & Watch At 188bet.co.uk EBF Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 9/10 1¼ 9-5 —37C51C Tom Queally 33/1
11 Aug 18+22d Lingfield Lexus Gatwick EBF Novice Stakes Class 5 · 7.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 5/8 ¾ 9-2 —120A56A Luke Morris 8/1
20 Jul 18 Newbury West Berkshire Brewery EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 11/18 ½ 9-2 —76C62A Luke Morris 125/1

Quick answers

How many races has Goodwood Sonnet won?
Goodwood Sonnet (IRE) has yet to win, from 12 archived starts between 2018 and 2019. Placed 1 time in total (8.3% of starts).
Who trained Goodwood Sonnet?
Goodwood Sonnet (IRE) was trained by William Knight on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 8 October 2019.
Who is Goodwood Sonnet's sire?
Goodwood Sonnet (IRE) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Surface Of Earth (USA), whose sire is Empire Maker.
What is Goodwood Sonnet's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 49, from the run on 8 October 2019. The highest on record is 61.
What is Goodwood Sonnet's sire's record?
Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,180 runs since Jan 2008 (1,104 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
Who are Goodwood Sonnet's siblings?
Out of Surface Of Earth (USA), Goodwood Sonnet (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Exminster (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Exminster (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2018. 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.