Lemon Zest (IRE)
Lemon Zest won one of her two starts, both in Jul 2025. The filly won the Christy Lucey Transport Mares Finale Flat Race at Killarney over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground last time out. By Churchill, whose progeny have won 11.1% of 4,729 runs since Jan 2008. She was second on good to soft over 1m5f – 2m at Tipperary on her debut.
- 1–2Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- +2.50£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 15dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 126
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,812 runs since Jan 2008 (461 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 647 | 79 | 12.2% | +1.2 | — |
| Good | 1,378 | 165 | 12% | +1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 533 | 51 | 9.6% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 716 | 63 | 8.8% | −2.2 | 1 from 1 |
| Heavy | 226 | 19 | 8.4% | −2.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,303 | 150 | 11.5% | +0.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 146 | 17 | 11.6% | +0.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,304 | 145 | 11.1% | +0.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,121 | 119 | 10.6% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,302 | 138 | 10.6% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 646 | 80 | 12.4% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 249 | 28 | 11.2% | +0.2 | 1 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 44 | 1 | 2.3% | −8.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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.
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 18 Jul 25+15d | Killarney | Christy Lucey Transport Mares Finale (Pro/Am) Flat Race Settled in 5th - improved to 4th with 5f left then up into 3rd approaching the 3f mark - asked for effort 2f out - hit front inside final 150 yards and stayed on strongly to score | 1/8 | 11-0 | 126A | 124A | Mr H C Swan | 7/2 | |
| 03 Jul 25 | Tipperary | Tipperary Flat Race Settled towards back of field - urged into contention 2f out and up to 4th - continued at a similar effort to the line finishing 4th | 4/16 | hd | 10-10 | 69B | 114A | Mr L M Kelleher | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Lemon Zest won?
- Lemon Zest (IRE) won 1 of 2 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Lemon Zest?
- Lemon Zest (IRE) was trained by John Joseph Murphy on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 18 July 2025.
- Who is Lemon Zest's sire?
- Lemon Zest (IRE) is by Churchill (IRE) out of Special Wishes (GB), whose sire is Nathaniel.
- What is Lemon Zest's sire's record?
- Churchill (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,812 runs since Jan 2008 (461 horses), Flat and jumps together.