Lark In The Mornin (GER)
Lark In The Mornin won five of 16 starts on turf. He gained his biggest success in the Class 1 Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham in Mar 2024 off a mark of 122. All wins came over 1m to 2m on good or softer going. He won the Seamus Mulvaney Bookmaker Crockafotha Race at Bellewstown in Jul 2026 and finished 15 of 20 in the Connacht Hotel Handicap at Galway that month.
- 5–16Wins / Runs
- 31.3%Strike rate
- 8 (50%)Placed
- +3.19£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 1.34Fair A/E n=16 · 1.09 incl. margin
- 132Highest OR
- 94dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 123
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 123A | 97 | 2 · 103 / 97 |
| Soft | 2 | 116C | 86.5 | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 103A | 100 | 1 · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 123A | 107 | 1 · — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 102A | 94 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 84B | 77 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 102A | 84 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 16 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 16 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
- Led 2 (40%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (40%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 1,903 runs since Jan 2008 (266 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.9% from 484. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.8% from 379.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 61 | 6 | 9.8% | −1.6 | — |
| Good | 433 | 54 | 12.5% | +1.1 | 2 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 331 | 42 | 12.7% | +1.3 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 410 | 49 | 12% | +0.6 | 1 from 6 |
| Heavy | 182 | 26 | 14.3% | +2.9 | 1 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 484 | 38 | 7.9% | −3.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −11.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 213 | 19 | 8.9% | −2.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 517 | 59 | 11.4% | 0 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 568 | 50 | 8.8% | −2.6 | 2 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 379 | 56 | 14.8% | +3.4 | 2 from 10 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 165 | 23 | 13.9% | +2.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 45 | 7 | 15.6% | +4.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 9 | 2 | 22.2% | +10.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Loreen (GER) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Loreen (GER)).
Family form: Loreen (GER) won at Toulouse (FR), 30 Sep 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreen (GER) | 6 | 2 | 1m2f–1m2½f | Class 4 |
| Lonia (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.17 |
| Good | 5 | 2 | 40% | −1.97 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +7.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listowel | 3 | 2 | 67% | +3.16 |
| Punchestown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Bellewstown | 2 | 2 | 100% | +1.03 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 1 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Galway (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 2 | 20% | +4.33 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 2 | 67% | +0.03 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J J Slevin | 7 | 1 | 14% | +3.00 |
| Mr J L Gleeson | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.69 |
| Mr D P Davis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr P W Mullins | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.67 |
| J M Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss A B O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Crosse | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.33 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.69 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +6.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 8 | 4 | 50% | +1.19 |
| Hurdle | 8 | 1 | 13% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul 26+25d | Galway (IRE) | Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap Settled in the pack - driven in 9th 2f out - faded | 15/20 | 2¼ | 11-4 | 93 | 116C | 75C | Mr D P Davis | 10/1 |
| 02 Jul 26+39d | Bellewstown | Seamus Mulvaney Bookmaker, Crockafotha (Q.R.) Race Settled in third early - moved up to second approaching halfway and opened a break from the rest inside the final 3f - pressed the pace 2f out before hitting the front with a furlong left - stayed on strongly to score | 1/7 | 11-10 | 92 | 103A | 98B | Mr P W Mullins | 4/6F | |
| 24 May 26+240d | Curragh | CAVALOR Equine Nutrition Handicap Raced up with the pace early - still handy passing the 2f mark - down in 11th by 5f out - pushed along approaching 2f out but found little inside the final furlong - dropped away towards the finish - eventually well held | 16/24 | hd | 10-3 | 93 | 91C | 85A | J M Sheridan | 20/1 |
| 26 Sep 25+85d | Listowel | Listowel Races Supporters Club Failte Abhaile (Q.R.) Race (In Memory Of Pat Scanlon) Went straight to front - urged forward with 2f remaining - driven approaching final furlong - held on grimly to prevail | 1/11 | 11-4 | 90 | — | 100A | Mr J L Gleeson | 10/3 | |
| 03 Jul 25+32d | Bellewstown | Seamus Mulvaney Bookmaker, Crockafotha (Q.R.) Race Set the pace throughout - roused with over a furlong left - driven out to hold on gamely close home | 1/5 | 11-0 | 91 | 90C | 88B | Mr J L Gleeson | 4/11F | |
| 01 Jun 25+33d | Listowel | Acro Fire & Safety (Q.R.) Race Set the pace early - pressed and overtaken approaching final furlong - fought back inside the furlong - flattened out late and edged out for second close home | 3/9 | nk | 11-0 | 93 | 123A | 84A | Miss A B O'Connor | 7/4F |
| 29 Apr 25+46d | Punchestown | Killashee Hotel Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Settled in the pack early - pushed along with no headway made turning for home - stayed on same gear to finish ninth | 9/17 | 3¾ | 10-9 | 130 | 83B | 128A | Danny Mullins | 4/1F |
| 14 Mar 25+77d | Cheltenham | William Hill County Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Held up towards the back of the pack - improved into contention 2 out - pressed before last then couldn't quicken again | 14/16 | 1¼ | 10-8 | 132 | 81B | 124A | J J Slevin | 11/2 |
| 27 Dec 24+230d | Leopardstown | Spinal Injuries Ireland Handicap Hurdle Held up at the back - moved into contention two out and kept going before the last - unable to challenge - finished seventh | 7/19 | 1½ | 11-1 | 130 | 94B | 139A | J J Slevin | 11/2J |
| 11 May 24+60d | Haydock | Pertemps Network Swinton Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 5/17 | ½ | 11-1 | 130 | — | 127A | J J Slevin | 9/4F |
| 12 Mar 24+57d | Cheltenham | Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Registered As The Fred Winter) (Premier Handicap) (GBB race) | 1/22 | 11-0 | 122 | 84B | 148A | J J Slevin | 9/1 | |
| 15 Jan 24+19d | Punchestown | Bet Victor Proud To Support Irish Racing Maiden Hurdle | 3/18 | 1¾ | 11-7 | — | — | 134A | J J Slevin | 3/1 |
| 27 Dec 23+32d | Leopardstown | Paddy Power I Have No Idea What Day It Is 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle | 6/19 | ½ | 11-0 | — | 70B | 129A | J J Slevin | 9/4 |
| 25 Nov 23+218d | Punchestown | John Lynch Carpets 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle | 2/12 | 9½ | 11-0 | — | 102A | 129A | J J Slevin | 11/4F |
| 21 Apr 23+211d | Cork | Sign Up To Our Newsletter Race | 4/5 | 2½ | 9-9 | — | 100C | 90B | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 7/2 |
| 22 Sep 22 | Listowel | Buckley Agri New Holland Irish Ebf Median Auction Maiden | 1/11 | 9-8 | — | 57A | 93A | Shane Crosse | 5/6F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Lark In The Mornin (GER) won?
- Lark In The Mornin (GER) won 5 of 16 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 31.3%. Placed 8 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains Lark In The Mornin (GER)?
- Lark In The Mornin (GER) is trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 27 July 2026.
- Who is Lark In The Mornin (GER)'s sire?
- Lark In The Mornin (GER) is by Soldier Hollow (GB) out of Loyalty (GER), whose sire is Lando.
- What going does Lark In The Mornin (GER) prefer?
- Lark In The Mornin (GER) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Lark In The Mornin (GER)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 93, from the run on 27 July 2026. The highest on record is 132.
- What is Lark In The Mornin (GER)'s sire's record?
- Soldier Hollow (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 1,903 runs since Jan 2008 (266 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.9% from 484. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.8% from 379.
- Who are Lark In The Mornin (GER)'s siblings?
- Out of Loyalty (GER), Lark In The Mornin (GER) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Loreen (GER) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Loreen (GER)). The wins came over 1m2f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.