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Horse profile

Hunting Song (IRE)

2yo colt (at last run, May 2024) · Last trainer A P O'Brien · Last owner Mrs John Magnier Michael Tabor Derrick Smith
by No Nay Never (USA) out of Shelley Beach (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)
1 run · 1 course · from May 2024
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 May 2024 — 889 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2024 · 5th of 7
KTB Profile

Hunting Song is a lightly raced colt by No Nay Never out of a dam whose four foals to race have all won. The sire's progeny in the archive have recorded 758 wins from 6,293 runs since Jan 2008. He made his only start in the Tipperary Maiden on soft ground over under 6f in May 2024 when he finished 5 of 7.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 127 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Tipperary, 29 May 2024

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 72A the best of the last 1 rated run · Tipperary, 29 May 2024

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 12.1% of 6,361 runs since Apr 2018 (708 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 186.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm16531.3%+19.2—
Good to Firm92712213.2%+1.1—
Good1,48918112.2%+0.1—
Good to Soft618569.1%−3—
Soft85111012.9%+0.80 from 1
Heavy2853713%+0.9—
Standard (AW)2,17525911.9%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f91512313.4%+1.30 from 1
6f – 7f3,40644313%+0.9—
1m – 1m1f1,18913111%−1.1—
1m2f – 1m4f583549.3%−2.8—
1m5f – 2m186147.5%−4.6—
2m1f – 2m4f7756.5%−5.6—
2m5f – 3m500%−12.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2018 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Shelley Beach (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)

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

The wins came over 5½f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (The Irish Rover (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
West Palm Beach (IRE)427f–1m½fClass 5
The Irish Rover (IRE)1216fClass 2
Zoffany's Delight (IRE)715½f—
Just For One Day (IRE)616f—

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 1 run
29 May 24 Tipperary Tipperary (C & G) Maiden 5f · Soft · 7 ran 5/7 1¾ 9-5 127A72A Ryan Moore 10/3

Quick answers

How many races has Hunting Song won?
Hunting Song (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2024.
Who trained Hunting Song?
Hunting Song (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Tipperary on 29 May 2024.
Who is Hunting Song's sire?
Hunting Song (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Shelley Beach (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
What is Hunting Song's sire's record?
No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,361 runs since Apr 2018 (708 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 186.
Who are Hunting Song's siblings?
Out of Shelley Beach (IRE), Hunting Song (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: West Palm Beach (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 2 (The Irish Rover (IRE)). The wins came over 5½f–1m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2024. 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.