Skip to content
Horse profile

In The Shadows (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2025) · Last trainer E Libaud · Last owner Peter Robert Spiller
1 run · 1 course · from Apr 2025
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Apr 2025 — 566 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 12th of 12 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

In The Shadows is a lightly raced gelding by Earthlight out of a dam who has produced two winners from three runners to race including Great Chieftain with five wins. His sire’s progeny in the archive have recorded 74 wins from 874 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip under 6f. He made a single start in Apr 2025 when he finished 12 of 12 at Nantes on soft ground over 1m to 1m1f wearing first-time headgear.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

No KTB Rating figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 8.4% of 895 runs since Jan 2008 (129 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 167.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−8.4—
Good to Firm1491510.1%+1.7—
Good210136.2%−2.2—
Good to Soft881213.6%+5.2—
Soft9655.2%−3.20 from 1
Heavy1900%−8.4—
Standard (AW)328309.1%+0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1672012%+3.6—
6f – 7f411317.5%−0.9—
1m – 1m1f219188.2%−0.20 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f7667.9%−0.5—
1m5f – 2m1300%−8.4—
2m1f – 2m4f900%−8.4—

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

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Great Chieftain (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 7½f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Elounda Queen (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Great Chieftain (IRE)2151mClass 3
Elounda Queen (IRE)727½f–1mGroup 3
Iakovos (IRE)10——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
2025 · 1 run
09 Apr 25 Nantes (FR) Prix PMU des Pays de la Loire (Maiden) (3yo) (Turf) 8f · Soft · 12 ran 12/12 15 8-11 Hugo Lebouc 11/1

Quick answers

How many races has In The Shadows won?
In The Shadows (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2025.
Who trained In The Shadows?
In The Shadows (IRE) was trained by E Libaud on the most recent run on record, at Nantes (FR) on 9 April 2025.
Who is In The Shadows's sire?
In The Shadows (IRE) is by Earthlight (IRE) out of Ivirka (FR), whose sire is Mastercraftsman.
What is In The Shadows's sire's record?
Earthlight (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.4% of 895 runs since Jan 2008 (129 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 167.
Who are In The Shadows's siblings?
Out of Ivirka (FR), In The Shadows (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Great Chieftain (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Elounda Queen (IRE)). The wins came over 7½f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2025. 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.