La Vita Nova (IRE)
La Vita Nova won the Savoy Collection Median Auction Fillies Maiden at Limerick over 1m2f – 1m4f on good ground in Jul 2024. The filly has one win and three places from eight turf starts and reached an official rating of 85. She finished fourth of nine in the Neville O'Byrne Memorial Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Handicap at the Curragh in Aug 2025 off a mark of 84. Aged 4 at her last run in Aug 2025.
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 3 (37.5%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 0.92Fair A/E n=8 · 0.77 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 22dBetween runs (median)longest 304 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 111
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 112A | 95 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 115C | 100 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 112A | 90 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 5 analysed runs since May 2025
- Led 2 (40%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (20%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,571 runs since Apr 2019 (447 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 17.3% from 283.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | +6.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 497 | 63 | 12.7% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,162 | 139 | 12% | +0.6 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 562 | 57 | 10.1% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 750 | 88 | 11.7% | +0.3 | — |
| Heavy | 283 | 49 | 17.3% | +5.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,306 | 122 | 9.3% | −2.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 141 | 14 | 9.9% | −1.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 955 | 107 | 11.2% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,210 | 150 | 12.4% | +1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,300 | 151 | 11.6% | +0.2 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 592 | 64 | 10.8% | −0.6 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 239 | 22 | 9.2% | −2.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 98 | 6 | 6.1% | −5.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 36 | 6 | 16.7% | +5.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Oso Rapido (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Nell Quickly (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oso Rapido (IRE) | 63 | 7 | 6f–7f | Class 4 |
| Nell Quickly (IRE) | 10 | 4 | 1m2f–1m4f | Class 2 |
| Shaaqaaf (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Old Smoke (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Oh So Cool (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Ballydrislane (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Foley | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
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 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Aug 25+14d | Curragh | Neville O'Byrne Memorial Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Handicap Went straight to front - soon overtaken and settled 3rd by halfway - pushed into 2nd over 3f out - slipped back to 3rd approaching 2f out - unable to threaten leaders inside final furlong - faded late to finish 4th | 4/9 | 5½ | 9-12 | 84 | 90A | 82A | Shane Foley | 5/1 |
| 09 Aug 25+22d | Ascot | Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Stayers (Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Settled in the pack early - pushed along with 2f left - dropped away final furlong - finished eighth beaten 10.5 lengths | 8/9 | ¾ | 9-2 | 84 | 22B | 67A | Hollie Doyle | 7/4F |
| 18 Jul 25+19d | Down Royal | Ampion Your Trusted Partner In Facilities Management Fillies Handicap Sat behind front group - up to 2nd by halfway - driven into contention approaching 2f out - overtaken with a furlong left and drifted left in the closing stages - held 3rd at the finish unable to threaten again | 3/6 | 1¾ | 9-11 | 85 | 111A | 83B | Shane Foley | 9/2 |
| 29 Jun 25+35d | Curragh | Dubai Duty Free Irish European Breeders Fund Stayers Handicap Held up early - midfield at halfway - pushed along with 3f left - into 6th but unable to threaten inside final 2f - stayed on at one speed to finish 4th | 4/25 | 1½ | 8-12 | 84 | 100C | 86A | Shane Foley | 9/1 |
| 25 May 25+304d | Curragh | Cryoclinic.ie Handicap Slight advantage early - soon overtaken - down in 5th after 2f - back in 7th with 4f left - made ground into contention 2f out - up to 2nd approaching final furlong and a half - unable to trouble winner but stayed on well to finish 2nd | 2/20 | 3 | 9-5 | 81 | 78C | 89A | Shane Foley | 20/1 |
| 2024 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Jul 24+18d | Leopardstown | BoyleSports Best Odds Guaranteed Rated Race | 4/5 | 4½ | 9-4 | — | 115C | 77B | Shane Foley | 5/1 |
| 07 Jul 24+29d | Limerick | Savoy Collection Median Auction Fillies Maiden | 1/11 | 9-3 | — | 112A | 82A | Ronan Whelan | 4/1 | |
| 08 Jun 24 | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Fillies Maiden | 4/11 | 1¾ | 9-3 | — | 89A | 72A | Ronan Whelan | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has La Vita Nova won?
- La Vita Nova (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trained La Vita Nova?
- La Vita Nova (IRE) was trained by Mrs John Harrington on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 23 August 2025.
- Who is La Vita Nova's sire?
- La Vita Nova (IRE) is by Gleneagles (IRE) out of Burke's Rock (GB), whose sire is Cape Cross.
- What going does La Vita Nova prefer?
- La Vita Nova (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is La Vita Nova's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 84, from the run on 23 August 2025. The highest on record is 85.
- What is La Vita Nova's sire's record?
- Gleneagles (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,571 runs since Apr 2019 (447 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 17.3% from 283.
- Who are La Vita Nova's siblings?
- Out of Burke's Rock (GB), La Vita Nova (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Oso Rapido (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Nell Quickly (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m4f. As at Nov 2026.