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Horse profile

Highland Sam (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2023) · Last trainer Patrick J Flynn · Last owner S P Girvan
by Highland Reel (IRE) out of Samya (GB) (Invincible Spirit)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Jun 2023
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Jun 2023 — 1,216 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2023 · 13th of 16
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts, both in Jun 2023, the last of them as a 3yo gelding. Finished 13 of 16 at Limerick last time. By Highland Reel (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,507 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 2 figures · best 52C · median 42.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f252C42.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 57C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Gowran Park, 5 Jun 2023

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 2 figures · best 57C · median 52.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f257C52.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures 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

Progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,507 runs since Jan 2008 (161 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 10.4% from 144.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−7.2—
Good to Firm1441510.4%+3.2—
Good458378.1%+0.90 from 1
Good to Soft194105.2%−2—
Soft268228.2%+10 from 1
Heavy6757.5%+0.3—
Standard (AW)374205.3%−1.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1317.7%+0.5—
6f – 7f199105%−2.2—
1m – 1m1f310227.1%−0.10 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f409266.4%−0.8—
1m5f – 2m346308.7%+1.5—
2m1f – 2m4f178147.9%+0.7—
2m5f – 3m46613%+5.8—
Over 3m600%−7.2—

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
Samya (GB) (Invincible Spirit)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Bealach (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m–1m6f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Bealach (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Bealach (IRE)1311m6fClass 6
Crevecoeur (GB)311m—
Finglass (IRE)911m—
Oriental Arrow (IRE)10——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
23 Jun 23+18d Limerick Ryan's Cleaning Event Specialists Maiden 8f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 13/16 7½ 9-1 33C48C Alan Persse 125/1
05 Jun 23 Gowran Park Kings Of Ossory (C & G) Maiden 9.5f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 6½ 9-1 52C57C Alan Persse 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Highland Sam (IRE) won?
Highland Sam (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2023.
Who trained Highland Sam (IRE)?
Highland Sam (IRE) was trained by Patrick J Flynn on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 23 June 2023.
Who is Highland Sam (IRE)'s sire?
Highland Sam (IRE) is by Highland Reel (IRE) out of Samya (GB), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
What is Highland Sam (IRE)'s sire's record?
Highland Reel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,507 runs since Jan 2008 (161 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 10.4% from 144.
Who are Highland Sam (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Samya (GB), Highland Sam (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Bealach (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Bealach (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m6f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2023. 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.