How many races has High Sparrow (IRE) won?

High Sparrow (IRE) won 4 of 26 archived starts between 2017 and 2021, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 10 times in total (38.5% of starts).

Who trained High Sparrow (IRE)?

High Sparrow (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 21 March 2021.

Who is High Sparrow (IRE)'s sire?

High Sparrow (IRE) is by Shantou (USA) out of Belladventure (IRE), whose sire is Carroll House.

What going does High Sparrow (IRE) prefer?

High Sparrow (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is High Sparrow (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 127, from the run on 21 March 2021. The highest on record is 130.

What is High Sparrow (IRE)'s sire's record?

Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,819 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.

Who are High Sparrow (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Belladventure (IRE), High Sparrow (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Oh Me Oh My (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m½f–2m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

High Sparrow (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2021) · Last trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Last owner Best Of The Rest Syndicate

by Shantou (USA) out of Belladventure (IRE) (Carroll House)

26 runs · 13 courses · from Dec 2017

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 21 Mar 2021 — 2,040 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Mar 2021 · 11th of 15 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 127

KTB Profile

High Sparrow (IRE) is 4 from 26. Hasn't won since Aug 2020.

Based on 26 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

4–26Wins / Runs
15.4%Strike rate
10 (38.5%)Placed
−11.51£1 level staken=26 at SP
1.12Fair A/E n=26 · 0.91 incl. margin
130Highest OR
47dAvg between runs

Official rating127↓ 3lb off peak

127 115–130

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 102 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Leopardstown, 2 Feb 2020

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 →

Jumps 19 figures · best 156^B · median 105

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	9	156^B	111	—
Heavy	6	115^C	96.5	—
Good to Soft	2	129^B	117	—
Good	2	101^B	80	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m	10	156^B	110	—
Over 3m	5	111^C	92	—
2m1f – 2m4f	3	126^B	115	—
1m5f – 2m	1	—	—	—

Of 26 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 26 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 114^B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fairyhouse, 27 Feb 2021 Official rating 127 at the last run, 21 Mar 2021

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 →

Jumps 23 figures · best 140^A · median 124

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	13	140^A	127	—
Heavy	6	132^A	119.5	—
Good to Soft	2	114^A	113	—
Good	2	110^A	108	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m	12	140^A	113.5	—
Over 3m	7	137^A	126	—
2m1f – 2m4f	3	132^A	132	—
1m5f – 2m	1	—	—	—

Of 26 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 26 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

Shantou (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,819 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	2	1	50%	+36.4	—
Good to Firm	158	32	20.3%	+6.7	—
Good	2,286	310	13.6%	0	0 from 2
Good to Soft	1,430	176	12.3%	−1.3	0 from 2
Soft	2,610	363	13.9%	+0.3	2 from 15
Heavy	1,282	178	13.9%	+0.3	2 from 7
Standard (AW)	51	5	9.8%	−3.8	—

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
6f – 7f	3	0	0%	−13.6	—
1m – 1m1f	11	0	0%	−13.6	—
1m2f – 1m4f	62	6	9.7%	−3.9	—
1m5f – 2m	2,030	276	13.6%	0	1 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f	2,707	378	14%	+0.4	1 from 3
2m5f – 3m	2,338	333	14.2%	+0.6	1 from 13
Over 3m	668	72	10.8%	−2.8	1 from 9

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

Belladventure (IRE) (Carroll House)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Oh Me Oh My (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m½f–2m2f.

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Oh Me Oh My (IRE)	22	2	2m½f–2m2f	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Soft	15	2	13%	−5.75
Heavy	7	2	29%	−1.76
Good to Soft	2	0	0%	−2.00
Good	2	0	0%	−2.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Punchestown	4	1	25%	−1.38
Fairyhouse	3	0	0%	−3.00
Leopardstown	3	0	0%	−3.00
Clonmel	3	1	33%	+2.50
Galway	3	0	0%	−3.00
Listowel	2	0	0%	−2.00
Kilbeggan	2	1	50%	+1.75
Downpatrick	1	0	0%	−1.00
Cork	1	0	0%	−1.00
Gowran Park	1	0	0%	−1.00
Killarney	1	0	0%	−1.00
Navan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Limerick	1	1	100%	+1.62

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2m5f – 3m	13	1	8%	−7.50
Over 3m	9	1	11%	−5.25
2m1f – 2m4f	3	1	33%	−0.38
1m5f – 2m	1	1	100%	+1.62

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
J J Slevin	12	3	25%	−0.13
Mr T Hamilton	3	1	33%	−0.38
Conor McNamara	2	0	0%	−2.00
Donagh Meyler	2	0	0%	−2.00
Denis O'Regan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Danny Mullins	1	0	0%	−1.00
Darragh O'Keeffe	1	0	0%	−1.00
Martin Burke	1	0	0%	−1.00
Oakley Brown	1	0	0%	−1.00
E T Daly	1	0	0%	−1.00
Shane Shortall	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Cheekpieces	9	1	11%	−5.25
None	8	2	25%	−2.76
Blinkers	6	1	17%	−0.50
Tongue tie	3	0	0%	−3.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2021	4	0	0%	−4.00
2020	7	1	14%	−3.25
2019	7	1	14%	−1.50
2018	7	1	14%	−4.38
2017	1	1	100%	+1.62

Type	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Chase	13	1	8%	−9.25
Hurdle	12	2	17%	−3.88
NH Flat	1	1	100%	+1.62

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
21 Mar 21+22d	Downpatrick	Randox Ulster National Handicap Chase 28.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran	11/15	21	11-6	127	105^C	112^C	J J Slevin	22/1
27 Feb 21+13d	Fairyhouse	Fingal Hygiene & Safety Rated Novice Chase 25.5f · Soft To Heavy · 4 ran	3/4	5½	11-7	128	68^C	114^B	Denis O'Regan	9/4
14 Feb 21+28d	Punchestown	Punchestown Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (Grade B) 28f · Soft · 18 ran	7/18	20	10-1	129	111^C	104^C	Conor McNamara	16/1
17 Jan 21+49d	Punchestown	Total Event Rental Amateur National (Q.R.) Handicap Chase 25f · Heavy · 12 ran	4/12	2½	11-13	129	92^A	130^A	Mr T Hamilton	18/1
29 Nov 20+28d	Fairyhouse	BARONERACING.COM Porterstown Handicap Chase (Grade B) 29f · Soft · 20 ran	PU/20	—	10-5	130	—	—	Danny Mullins	10/1
01 Nov 20+39d	Cork	Paddy Power Cork Grand National Handicap Chase (0-150) (Grade B) 28f · Soft · 19 ran	3/19	2	11-1	130	65^B	126^A	J J Slevin	10/1
23 Sep 20+12d	Listowel	Guinness Kerry National Handicap Chase (grade A) 24f · Soft · 17 ran	11/17	5	9-12	130	—	96^C	Darragh O'Keeffe	15/2
11 Sep 20+21d	Kilbeggan	Kilmurray's Homevalue Hardware Mullingar Handicap Chase (0-130) 25f · Yielding · 9 ran	2/9	2	11-12	127	—	137^A	Donagh Meyler	9/4F
21 Aug 20+184d	Kilbeggan	racingtv.com Handicap Chase 25f · Soft · 12 ran	1/12		10-9	115	—	136^A	J J Slevin	11/4F
19 Feb 20+17d	Punchestown	Pertemps Network Group Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier) 24f · Heavy · 16 ran	6/16	24	10-6	130	115^C	113^C	Conor McNamara	4/1
02 Feb 20+36d	Leopardstown	William Fry Handicap Hurdle (0-150) (Grade B) 24f · Yielding · 28 ran	5/28	5	10-1	130	102^B	124^A	Martin Burke	25/1
28 Dec 19+44d	Leopardstown	Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier) 24f · Soft · 25 ran	5/25	½	10-1	129	120^B	129^A	Oakley Brown	20/1
14 Nov 19+14d	Clonmel	Clonmel Oil Service Station Handicap Hurdle 24f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran	SU/11	—	11-4	129	—	—	J J Slevin	4/1
31 Oct 19+26d	Clonmel	www.grahamnorris.com Memorial Handicap Hurdle 24f · Soft · 8 ran	1/8		11-10	122	115^A	140^A	J J Slevin	9/2
05 Oct 19+19d	Gowran Park	Paulstown Handicap Chase 25f · Yielding · 9 ran	PU/9	—	10-9	115	—	—	J J Slevin	3/1J
16 Sep 19+25d	Galway	Win Big With Tote Beginners Chase 18f · Soft · 14 ran	6/14	2¼	11-12	—	44^B	114^A	J J Slevin	4/1C
22 Aug 19+21d	Killarney	Killarney Oaks Hotel Beginners Chase 23f · Yielding · 7 ran	3/7	23	11-12	—	—	106^B	J J Slevin	5/1
01 Aug 19+216d	Galway	Guinness Beginners Chase 22.5f · Good · 7 ran	5/7	16	11-12	—	59^B	106^A	Donagh Meyler	6/1
28 Dec 18+33d	Leopardstown	Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier) 24f · Good To Yielding · 23 ran	7/23	2¾	9-13	125	129^B	114^A	E T Daly	12/1
25 Nov 18+28d	Navan	Proudstown Handicap Hurdle (Grade B) 22.5f · Good · 13 ran	7/13	5	10-7	126	101^B	110^A	J J Slevin	3/1J
28 Oct 18+43d	Galway	Glenman Corporation Handicap Hurdle 22f · Yielding · 19 ran	4/19	1	11-7	126	105^B	134^A	J J Slevin	3/1
15 Sep 18+151d	Listowel	M.J. Carroll ARRO Handicap Hurdle 20f · Soft · 14 ran	3/14	2¼	11-3	125	126^B	132^A	Shane Shortall	13/2
17 Apr 18+28d	Fairyhouse	I.n.h. Stallion Owners Ebf Novice Handicap Hurdle Series Final (grade B) 24f · Soft · 13 ran	3/13	6½	10-6	125	156^B	127^A	Mr T Hamilton	20/1
20 Mar 18+37d	Clonmel	Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Novice Hurdle 22f · Heavy · 5 ran	2/5	62	11-3	—	86^C	107^C	J J Slevin	7/1
11 Feb 18+45d	Punchestown	Michael Fitzpatrick Memorial Maiden Hurdle 20f · Heavy · 9 ran	1/9		11-10	—	115^B	132^A	J J Slevin	13/8F
28 Dec 17	Limerick	Greenmount Equine Hospital Flat Race 16f · Heavy · 8 ran	1/8		11-6	—	101^A	125^B	Mr T Hamilton	13/8F

Quick answers

How many races has High Sparrow (IRE) won?: High Sparrow (IRE) won 4 of 26 archived starts between 2017 and 2021, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 10 times in total (38.5% of starts).
Who trained High Sparrow (IRE)?: High Sparrow (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 21 March 2021.
Who is High Sparrow (IRE)'s sire?: High Sparrow (IRE) is by Shantou (USA) out of Belladventure (IRE), whose sire is Carroll House.
What going does High Sparrow (IRE) prefer?: High Sparrow (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is High Sparrow (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 127, from the run on 21 March 2021. The highest on record is 130.
What is High Sparrow (IRE)'s sire's record?: Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,819 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Who are High Sparrow (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Belladventure (IRE), High Sparrow (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Oh Me Oh My (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m½f–2m2f. As at Oct 2026.

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