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Horse profile

Knight's Victory (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2010) · Last trainer Michael Smith · Last owner The Wear United Partnership
by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Diminuendo (USA) (Diesis)
11 runs · 4 courses · from Aug 2009
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Nov 2010 — 5,817 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2010 · 8th of 9 Won at Ripon Last raced off OR 62
KTB Profile

Knight's Victory (IRE) is 1 from 11, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Aug 2009. Last raced off 62, 11lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating62↓ 11lb off peak
62 62–73

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

Best recent KTB Rating 70A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Redcar, 2 Oct 2010 Official rating 62 at the last run, 23 Nov 2010

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 11 figures · best 78A · median 61
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good364A61—
Good to Firm373A68—
Standard (AW)259C56—
Good to Soft270A62—
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1178A61—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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
Cape Cross (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1412215.6%+2.30 from 1
Good to Firm2,36735314.9%+1.61 from 3
Good2,86638213.3%00 from 3
Good to Soft1,3781359.8%−3.50 from 2
Soft1,61817210.6%−2.7—
Heavy477408.4%−4.9—
Standard (AW)3,90558815.1%+1.80 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2453112.7%−0.6—
6f – 7f2,81735712.7%−0.6—
1m – 1m1f3,29245513.8%+0.5—
1m2f – 1m4f3,81254414.3%+11 from 11
1m5f – 2m1,69922413.2%−0.1—
2m1f – 2m4f629619.7%−3.6—
2m5f – 3m230187.8%−5.5—
Over 3m30310%−3.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Diminuendo (USA) (Diesis)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 3 1 33% +4.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 8 1 13% −1.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Pontefract 3 0 0% −3.00
Redcar 3 0 0% −3.00
Ripon 3 1 33% +4.00
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Michael Stainton 7 0 0% −7.00
Greg Fairley 4 1 25% +3.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 10 1 10% −3.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 8 0 0% −8.00
2009 3 1 33% +4.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2010 · 8 runs
23 Nov 10+36d Southwell (AW) Bet Asian Handicaps - Betdaq Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 9 ran 8/9 16 9-0 6253C Greg Fairley 8/1
18 Oct 10+16d Pontefract totetrifecta Flexi Betting Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good · 16 ran 9/16 nk 8-10 6361A Michael Stainton 28/1
02 Oct 10+10d Redcar Market Cross Jewellers Selling Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 3/13 5 8-11 6370A Michael Stainton 8/1
22 Sep 10+38d Redcar Win A VIP Day Out At redcarracing.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 9 9-2 6553C Michael Stainton 9/1
15 Aug 10+18d Pontefract Family Funday Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good · 10 ran 9/10 shd 8-6 6659A Michael Stainton 18/1
28 Jul 10+11d Redcar Ian Hird Celebration At Redcar Racecourse Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Firm · 8 ran 2/8 6 9-7 6678A Michael Stainton 13/2
17 Jul 10+11d Ripon Sky Bet Supporting The Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good · 11 ran 6/11 1½ 8-9 6964A Michael Stainton 33/1
06 Jul 10+308d Pontefract Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5/8 3¼ 9-7 7168A Michael Stainton 12/1
2009 · 3 runs
01 Sep 09+10d Ripon City Of Ripon Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 ½ 8-3 7354C Greg Fairley 11/2
22 Aug 09+12d Ripon Wharfedale Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 1/9 9-3 7373A Greg Fairley 6/1
10 Aug 09 Southwell (AW) Ladies Day Book On Line Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 11f · Standard · 11 ran 6/11 2¾ 8-9 —59C Greg Fairley 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Knight's Victory won?
Knight's Victory (IRE) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2009 and 2010, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 3 times in total (27.3% of starts).
Who trained Knight's Victory?
Knight's Victory (IRE) was trained by Michael Smith on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 23 November 2010.
Who is Knight's Victory's sire?
Knight's Victory (IRE) is by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Diminuendo (USA), whose sire is Diesis.
What going does Knight's Victory prefer?
Knight's Victory (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Knight's Victory's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 23 November 2010. The highest on record is 73.
What is Knight's Victory's sire's record?
Cape Cross (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.

Record shown from August 2009. 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.