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Horse profile

Heart Beats True (IRE)

2yo filly (at last run, Dec 2025) · Trainer Hugo Palmer · Owner Mrs Paul Shanahan
4 runs · 4 courses · from Oct 2025
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Southwell (AW) Last run 26 Dec 2025 · 4th of 5 Last raced off OR 81
KTB Profile

Heart Beats True is a filly by St Mark’s Basilica out of a Marju mare who has one win from four runs, the success coming at Class 5 level. She won the Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Ebf Fillies’ Novice Stakes at Southwell over 6f-7f on Standard going in Nov 2025. All four starts have been over 6f-7f, with the placed efforts also on the all-weather. She finished fourth of five at Wolverhampton in a Class 4 nursery in Dec 2025.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Oct 2025 · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 90 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Haydock, 17 Oct 2025

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 4 figures · best 90A · median 76.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)382C713 runs · 82 / 71
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f490A76.53 runs · 82 / 71

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 84A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 28 Nov 2025 Official rating 81 at the last run, 26 Dec 2025

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 84A · median 73.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)384A743 runs · 84 / 74
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f484A73.53 runs · 84 / 74

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 from 4 analysed runs since Oct 2025

  • Led 2 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (25%) · 1 win
  • Mid-division 1 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 14.4% of 652 runs since Apr 2025 (145 horses).

Weakest on good going: 9.2% from 152. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 18.1% from 226.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−14.4—
Good to Firm1021716.7%+2.3—
Good152149.2%−5.20 from 1
Good to Soft751925.3%+10.9—
Soft1101715.5%+1.1—
Heavy19315.8%+1.4—
Standard (AW)1922412.5%−1.91 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3239.4%−5—
6f – 7f2763412.3%−2.11 from 4
1m – 1m1f2264118.1%+3.7—
1m2f – 1m4f1071413.1%−1.3—
1m5f – 2m8225%+10.6—
2m1f – 2m4f300%−14.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2025 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Flaming Princess (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Listed (Flaming Princess (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Flaming Princess (IRE)1025fListed
It'sonlyjustbegun (IRE)911m2f—
Onaqui (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 3 1 33% +2.50
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 1 33% +2.50
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 1 100% +4.50
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Billy Loughnane 2 1 50% +3.50
Cieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00
Joe Leavy 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
2025 · 4 runs
26 Dec 25+28d Wolverhampton (AW) Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Nursery Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 5 ran Went straight to front - urged along around the bend and lost command approaching the last furlong - weakened close home to finish fourth 4/5 3½ 9-6 8182C73B Cieren Fallon 5/2
28 Nov 25+22d Southwell (AW) Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Ebf Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran Sat close to pace early - roused approaching final 2f and drifted left in taking control inside last furlong - stayed on strongly to score 1/9 9-4 —71A84A Billy Loughnane 9/2
06 Nov 25+20d Newcastle (AW) Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 6 ran Went straight to front - pressed for effort a furlong out and lost command inside final furlong - stayed on to take second beaten 2.5 lengths 2/6 2½ 9-2 —71A74B Billy Loughnane 13/2
17 Oct 25 Haydock CopyBet Acca Boost Up To 100% EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 6f · Good · 11 ran Slow to stride - settled in the pack - ridden to make progress 2f out - plugged on but firmly beaten 1f out 6/11 ¾ 9-2 —90A68A Joe Leavy 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Heart Beats True won?
Heart Beats True (IRE) won 1 of 4 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trains Heart Beats True?
Heart Beats True (IRE) is trained by Hugo Palmer, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 26 December 2025.
Who is Heart Beats True's sire?
Heart Beats True (IRE) is by St Mark's Basilica (FR) out of Qatar Princess (IRE), whose sire is Marju.
What going does Heart Beats True prefer?
Heart Beats True (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Heart Beats True's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 81, from the run on 26 December 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Heart Beats True's sire's record?
St Mark's Basilica (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.4% of 652 runs since Apr 2025 (145 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good going: 9.2% from 152. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 18.1% from 226.
Who are Heart Beats True's siblings?
Out of Qatar Princess (IRE), Heart Beats True (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Flaming Princess (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Flaming Princess (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2025. 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.