Italian Lover (IRE)
Italian Lover is a gelding by Caravaggio out of the Arch mare Crazyforlovingyou. He ran six times between Jul 2022 and Jan 2023 without winning or placing and reached an official rating of 70. All six starts came over 6f-7f or shorter with four on standard AW and two on good to firm. His last run, at Kempton (AW) in Jan 2023, saw him finish 7 of 11 in a Class 6 handicap off a mark of 64.
- 0–6Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −6.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=6 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 70Highest OR
- 29dBetween runs (median)longest 73 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 78
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 78A | 67 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 79B | 64.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 79B | 65 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 1,776 runs since Mar 2021 (201 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.3% from 166.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 6 | 0 | 0% | −11.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 209 | 26 | 12.4% | +0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 452 | 54 | 11.9% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 167 | 17 | 10.2% | −1.6 | — |
| Soft | 253 | 28 | 11.1% | −0.7 | — |
| Heavy | 78 | 8 | 10.3% | −1.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 611 | 77 | 12.6% | +0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 166 | 27 | 16.3% | +4.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 738 | 91 | 12.3% | +0.5 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 531 | 57 | 10.7% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 226 | 24 | 10.6% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 90 | 9 | 10% | −1.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | −3.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −11.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2021 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Wishing Star (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m1½f–1m2½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wishing Star (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 1m2½f | — |
| Grants Pass (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 1m1½f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 06 Jan 23+37d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap | 7/11 | 2½ | 9-8 | 64 | 69A | 59A | Rob Hornby | 12/1 |
| 2022 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Nov 22+29d | Kempton (AW) | Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Nursery | 8/10 | ½ | 8-8 | 67 | 65A | 43A | Owen Lewis | 33/1 |
| 01 Nov 22+73d | Southwell (AW) | talkSPORT Download The App Nursery | 7/8 | ½ | 9-9 | 70 | 78A | 54A | Kieran Shoemark | 11/2 |
| 20 Aug 22+10d | Lingfield (AW) | W.A. Truelove & Son Supports RBL Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 6/9 | nk | 9-7 | — | 54A | 52A | Tom Queally | 9/4F |
| 10 Aug 22+27d | Salisbury | Molson Coors British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/12 | ¾ | 8-11 | — | 79B | 73A | Owen Lewis | 100/1 |
| 14 Jul 22 | Epsom Downs | Miles Commercial British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 7/7 | 2¾ | 9-7 | — | 50C | 49C | Kieran Shoemark | 9/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Italian Lover won?
- Italian Lover (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2022 and 2023.
- Who trained Italian Lover?
- Italian Lover (IRE) was trained by Charles Hills on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 6 January 2023.
- Who is Italian Lover's sire?
- Italian Lover (IRE) is by Caravaggio (USA) out of Crazyforlovingyou (USA), whose sire is Arch.
- What is Italian Lover's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 6 January 2023. The highest on record is 70.
- What is Italian Lover's sire's record?
- Caravaggio (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 1,776 runs since Mar 2021 (201 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.3% from 166.
- Who are Italian Lover's siblings?
- Out of Crazyforlovingyou (USA), Italian Lover (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Wishing Star (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m1½f–1m2½f. As at Nov 2026.