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Horse profile

Lark In The Dark (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2023) · Last trainer Clare Hobson · Last owner Miss C Malpas
by Walk In The Park (IRE) out of Princesse Leia (FR) (Zambezi Sun)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Aug 2023
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Nov 2023 — 1,078 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2023
KTB Profile

Lark In The Dark is a lightly raced gelding with no wins or places from two starts between Aug 2023 and Nov 2023. By Walk In The Park whose progeny have won 917 of 6,929 runs since Jan 2008, he is out of a dam who has produced two winners from three runners to race including Ballytechno with three wins. He ran once at Warwick and once at Market Rasen, over trips from 1m5f to 3m on good to soft and soft ground. His last run came in the Olly Murphy Racing Novices Hurdle at Warwick in Nov 2023.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 90C the best of the last 1 rated run · Market Rasen, 6 Aug 2023

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 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

Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 7,030 runs since May 2011 (704 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm501122%+8.6—
Good1,89225813.6%+0.2—
Good to Soft1,59021813.7%+0.30 from 1
Soft2,46332113%−0.40 from 1
Heavy99813113.1%−0.3—
Standard (AW)3712.7%−10.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−13.4—
6f – 7f1815.6%−7.8—
1m – 1m1f2600%−13.4—
1m2f – 1m4f75912%−1.4—
1m5f – 2m2,24131213.9%+0.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f2,82540714.4%+1—
2m5f – 3m1,55217411.2%−2.20 from 1
Over 3m2923712.7%−0.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2011 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Princesse Leia (FR) (Zambezi Sun)

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

The wins came over 2m3½f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Ballytechno (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ballytechno (IRE)1132m3½f–2m4fClass 4
Princesse Milania (IRE)1422m5½f–3m1fClass 5
Oneway Express (IRE)80——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 2 runs
22 Nov 23+108d Warwick Olly Murphy Racing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m5f · Soft · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-0 —— Ben Poste 300/1
06 Aug 23 Market Rasen Steve Bennett Architectural Design Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 9/9 5½ 11-4 52C90C Ben Poste 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Lark In The Dark won?
Lark In The Dark (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2023.
Who trained Lark In The Dark?
Lark In The Dark (IRE) was trained by Clare Hobson on the most recent run on record, at Warwick on 22 November 2023.
Who is Lark In The Dark's sire?
Lark In The Dark (IRE) is by Walk In The Park (IRE) out of Princesse Leia (FR), whose sire is Zambezi Sun.
What is Lark In The Dark's sire's record?
Walk In The Park (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 7,030 runs since May 2011 (704 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Lark In The Dark's siblings?
Out of Princesse Leia (FR), Lark In The Dark (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Ballytechno (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Ballytechno (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3½f–3m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.