Horse profile
John L Sullivan (IRE)
4yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2025) · Trainer Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Owner Claymore Racing Ltd
by Ten Sovereigns (IRE) out of Rip Van Music (IRE) (Rip Van Winkle)
20 runs · 8 courses · from Dec 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Musselburgh & Wetherby
Last run 5 Nov 2025
Last raced off OR 62
KTB Profile
John L Sullivan is a gelding who has won two of 20 starts, both at Class 6 level. He won the Musselburgh Annual Membership Handicap over 6f – 7f on good to soft in Nov 2024 off an official rating of 65 and the TL Dallas Insurance Handicap over 1m – 1m1f on good at Wetherby in Jun 2024 off 59. Typically held up, he last ran at Musselburgh in Nov 2025 off an official rating of 62.
Based on 20 archived runs · run-style from 14 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
All wins at Class 6
- 2–20Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 5 (25%)Placed
- −9.67£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 0.99Fair A/E n=20 · 0.84 incl. margin
- 67Highest OR
- 37dAvg between runs
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.
Official rating62↓ 5lb off peak
62
57–67
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 94
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 94A | 71.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 94A | 86 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 74C | 59 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 46A | 39 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 94A | 73 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 94A | 58 | — |
Of 20 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 20 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 from 14 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 8 (57%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 4 (29%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (14%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 1,586 runs since Jan 2008 (239 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17% from 159. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.4% from 148.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +39.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 209 | 20 | 9.6% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 404 | 42 | 10.4% | −0.5 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 156 | 15 | 9.6% | −1.3 | 1 from 5 |
| Soft | 216 | 24 | 11.1% | +0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 39 | 4 | 10.3% | −0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 560 | 67 | 12% | +1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 159 | 27 | 17% | +6.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 835 | 99 | 11.9% | +1 | 1 from 13 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 398 | 36 | 9% | −1.9 | 1 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 148 | 11 | 7.4% | −3.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 28 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Rip Van Music (IRE) (Rip Van Winkle)
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Monteria (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Monteria (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monteria (IRE) | 24 | 2 | 1m2f | Class 4 |
| Indication Rocket (IRE) | 19 | 1 | 1m | Class 6 |
| Lituus (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.67 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 6 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +1.33 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wetherby | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 1 | 8% | −7.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.67 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisin Orr | 10 | 2 | 20% | +0.33 |
| Clifford Lee | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin McSweeney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cian Horgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Nolan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 17 | 2 | 12% | −6.67 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 20% | +0.33 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 05 Nov 25+36d | Musselburgh | Musselburgh Annual Membership 2026 Handicap Sluggish start - eased and stopped after a furlong | PU/11 | — | 9-10 | 62 | — | — | Oisin McSweeney | 9/1 |
| 30 Sep 25+12d | Ayr | Book Your Event At Ayr Racecourse Handicap Settled towards the rear on the wide side - made progress into contention out wide with 2f left - faded under pressure in the closing stages | 6/8 | ¾ | 9-9 | 64 | 59A | 70A | Cian Horgan | 11/1 |
| 18 Sep 25+15d | Ayr | Ladbrokes 'Get Rewarded With Ladbucks' Handicap Raced wide behind the pace early before dropping back through the field - moved through under a furlong out - flattened out inside final 75 yards to finish eighth | 8/14 | ¾ | 9-12 | 65 | 73C | 79A | Tom Marquand | 8/1 |
| 03 Sep 25+25d | Hamilton | Hampton By Hilton Hotel Handicap (Div 1) Held up mid-pack - pressed for effort - dropped away inside final furlong - finished eighth | 8/10 | ½ | 9-9 | 65 | 94A | 73A | Oisin Orr | 5/1 |
| 09 Aug 25+12d | Ayr | Book The Ladbrokes Ayr Gold Cup Handicap Sat behind the front group early - asked for effort to loom up second inside the final furlong - kept up the chase but not enough finished third by half a length | 3/8 | nk | 9-8 | 65 | 79A | 83A | Conor Orr | 7/2 |
| 28 Jul 25+21d | Ayr | Schweppes Handicap Settled in the pack - improved into contention inside the last furlong then pushed along - held on for third without finding more | 3/7 | ½ | 10-2 | 65 | 75A | 85A | Oisin Orr | 5/1 |
| 07 Jul 25+24d | Ayr | Watch Racing TV Free For 31 Days Handicap Slow to break - settled towards the back - moved into contention two out - pushed along and stayed on well to finish fifth | 5/11 | nk | 9-8 | 66 | 61A | 81A | Oisin Orr | 11/2 |
| 13 Jun 25+23d | Chester | White Oak UK Business Finance Handicap (Div 2) Held up towards the back - pushed along with 2f left - stayed on late but never a factor - finished 7th | 7/9 | ½ | 9-6 | 67 | 88A | 74A | David Nolan | 11/1 |
| 21 May 25+196d | Ayr | Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Handicap Held up in the pack throughout - unable to land a blow - finished ninth beaten just under eight lengths | 9/13 | ¾ | 9-6 | 67 | 73C | 73A | Clifford Lee | 10/1 |
| 2024 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Nov 24+27d | Musselburgh | Musselburgh Annual Membership Handicap Settled at the back - produced a fluid run forward from 1f out - stayed on powerfully inside the final furlong to get up near the line | 1/12 | 9-11 | 65 | 91A | 89A | Oisin Orr | 5/1 | |
| 10 Oct 24+9d | Ayr | Aperol Handicap Settled towards the back on the inner - made progress a furlong out and found room to close - kept on late but lacked the speed to get to the front runners | 4/13 | 1 | 9-2 | 65 | 68C | 77A | Oisin Orr | 11/2 |
| 01 Oct 24+11d | Ayr | Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Handicap Checked back at the break - settled towards the back - made progress inside the final two furlongs - into contention approaching the last furlong - edged out of second right on the line | 3/9 | shd | 9-12 | 65 | 51A | 77A | Oisin Orr | 5/1 |
| 20 Sep 24+41d | Ayr | Microtech Group Handicap Slow to begin - settled in the pack - moved right with three furlongs left - pushed along approaching the final furlong but found little more - finished 7th beaten under three lengths | 7/12 | nk | 9-6 | 66 | 40A | 73A | Tom Eaves | 9/1 |
| 10 Aug 24+52d | Ayr | Scottish Sun Handicap Settled towards the rear early - moved out for room and ran wide entering the straight - made progress into contention inside the final two furlongs - kept on without quickening to finish 4th | 4/10 | nk | 9-6 | 66 | 86B | 85A | Tom Eaves | 16/1 |
| 19 Jun 24+8d | Hamilton | 'Hamiltons Largest Private Hire Taxi Company' Handicap | 4/5 | hd | 9-6 | 59 | 58C | 68B | Oisin Orr | 10/3 |
| 11 Jun 24+44d | Wetherby | TL Dallas Insurance Handicap | 1/11 | 9-8 | 59 | 94A | 78A | Oisin Orr | 10/3F | |
| 28 Apr 24+35d | Wetherby | Best Odds Guaranteed Daily At Vickers.bet Handicap | 2/15 | 4¼ | 9-8 | 57 | 74C | 81A | Oisin Orr | 25/1 |
| 24 Mar 24+72d | Doncaster | William Hill Epic Boost Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/7 | 10 | 9-7 | — | 53A | 52A | Oisin Orr | 200/1 |
| 12 Jan 24+36d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 8/11 | ¾ | 8-9 | — | 46A | 46A | Andrew Mullen | 50/1 |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 07 Dec 23 | Southwell (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 9/11 | 4½ | 9-7 | — | 32A | 47A | Clifford Lee | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has John L Sullivan won?
- John L Sullivan (IRE) won 2 of 20 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 5 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trains John L Sullivan?
- John L Sullivan (IRE) is trained by Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 5 November 2025.
- Who is John L Sullivan's sire?
- John L Sullivan (IRE) is by Ten Sovereigns (IRE) out of Rip Van Music (IRE), whose sire is Rip Van Winkle.
- What going does John L Sullivan prefer?
- John L Sullivan (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is John L Sullivan's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 5 November 2025. The highest on record is 67.
- What is John L Sullivan's sire's record?
- Ten Sovereigns (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 1,586 runs since Jan 2008 (239 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17% from 159. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.4% from 148.
- Who are John L Sullivan's siblings?
- Out of Rip Van Music (IRE), John L Sullivan (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Monteria (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Monteria (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.