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Leading Raya (IRE)

2yo filly · Trainer Mark Usher · Owner The Mark Usher Racing Club
by Nando Parrado (GB) out of Rapidash (GB) (Dark Angel)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Jun 2026
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 20 Aug 2026 · 8th of 8
KTB Profile

Leading Raya is a filly by Nando Parrado out of a Dark Angel mare who has been unplaced in all three starts. She made her debut at Windsor in Jun 2026 and has since run at Wolverhampton and Lingfield on the all-weather. Her last run came at Lingfield in Aug 2026 where she finished 8 of 8 in a Class 5 novice. She has raced over trips from under 6f to 7f on both standard and good to soft ground.

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Jun 2026 · updated 25 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 39 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Lingfield (AW), 20 Aug 2026

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 3 figures · best 47C · median 46
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)247C432 runs · 47 / 43
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
6f – 7f247C46.52 runs · 47 / 46.5
Under 6f1——1 run · —

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 38C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Windsor, 8 Jun 2026

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 3 figures · best 38C · median 26
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)226C182 runs · 26 / 18
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
6f – 7f238C322 runs · 38 / 32
Under 6f1——1 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 from 3 analysed runs since Jun 2026

  • Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Nando Parrado (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 5.7% of 388 runs since Jan 2008 (63 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−5.7—
Good to Firm4000%−5.7—
Good11554.3%−1.4—
Good to Soft3525.7%00 from 1
Soft6346.3%+0.6—
Heavy1516.7%+1—
Standard (AW)118108.5%+2.80 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f7579.3%+3.60 from 1
6f – 7f236125.1%−0.60 from 2
1m – 1m1f6134.9%−0.8—
1m2f – 1m4f1300%−5.7—
1m5f – 2m200%−5.7—
2m1f – 2m4f100%−5.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Rapidash (GB) (Dark Angel)

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
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

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

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Alicia Perkins 1 0 0% −1.00
Laura Pearson 1 0 0% −1.00
Tyler Heard 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 3 runs
20 Aug 26+34d Lingfield (AW) Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Ebf Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (for Horses In Bands C And D) (Ebf Restricted Race Qualifier) (GBB Race) Class 5 · 5f · Standard · 8 ran Held up towards the back - pushed along with 2f left - unable to challenge - well held at the finish 8/8 1¼ 8-6 39B10A Alicia Perkins 300/1
17 Jul 26+39d Wolverhampton (AW) Download The At The Races App Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (For Horses In Bands B, C And D) (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran raced in mid-division - driven hard from 2f out - dropped away quickly to finish eighth 8/8 2¼ 8-10 47C26C Laura Pearson 250/1
08 Jun 26 Windsor O'Malley EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Held up early - lost touch approaching final 2f - well held at the finish 10/10 12 9-2 46C38C Tyler Heard 250/1

Quick answers

How many races has Leading Raya won?
Leading Raya (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2026.
Who trains Leading Raya?
Leading Raya (IRE) is trained by Mark Usher, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 August 2026.
Who is Leading Raya's sire?
Leading Raya (IRE) is by Nando Parrado (GB) out of Rapidash (GB), whose sire is Dark Angel.
What is Leading Raya's sire's record?
Nando Parrado (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 5.7% of 388 runs since Jan 2008 (63 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from June 2026. 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.