Light And Dark (GB)
Light And Dark won two of 12 starts, both at Class 3 level in handicaps over 6f to 7f. One success came on good to firm at Newmarket in Jul 2019 off an official rating of 82 and the other on standard going at Kempton in Oct 2020 off 94. The gelding, by Shamardal out of a More Than Ready mare, finished 18 of 30 in the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot in Jun 2023 when last raced off an official rating of 93.
- 2–12Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 6 (50%)Placed
- −0.50£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 1.06Fair A/E n=12 · 0.89 incl. margin
- 95Highest OR
- 156dAvg 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 120
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 103A | 70.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 120A | 106 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 100C | 88 | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 120A | 96 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 71C | 70 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,412 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,288. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | +4.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 1,981 | 306 | 15.4% | +0.6 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 2,387 | 335 | 14% | −0.8 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 1,013 | 124 | 12.2% | −2.6 | — |
| Soft | 1,288 | 151 | 11.7% | −3.1 | — |
| Heavy | 370 | 45 | 12.2% | −2.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,315 | 564 | 17% | +2.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 583 | 87 | 14.9% | +0.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,073 | 593 | 14.6% | −0.2 | 2 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,985 | 476 | 15.9% | +1.1 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,074 | 313 | 15.1% | +0.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 475 | 44 | 9.3% | −5.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 180 | 21 | 11.7% | −3.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | −9.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −14.8 | — |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Dathanna (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Dathanna (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dathanna (IRE) | 13 | 4 | 7f–1m | Class 2 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +5.50 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Goodwood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 2 | 22% | +2.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callum Shepherd | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| David Probert | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Neil Callan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Watson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 2 | 22% | +2.50 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Jun 23+10d | Ascot | Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Str) | 18/30 | 1¼ | 8-9 | 93 | 71C | 70C | David Probert | 125/1 |
| 11 Jun 23+290d | Goodwood | William Hill Epic Value Handicap | 9/9 | 2¼ | 10-0 | 93 | 76A | 75A | Oisin Murphy | 13/2 |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Aug 22+79d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Chelmsford City Cup Handicap | 3/9 | hd | 9-8 | 94 | 120A | 98A | Neil Callan | 14/1 |
| 07 Jun 22+608d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Ladies Day Featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor Handicap | 7/7 | 14 | 9-9 | 95 | 57C | 60C | Tom Queally | 11/2 |
| 2020 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Oct 20+26d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap | 1/14 | 9-11 | 94 | 106B | 104A | Hector Crouch | 7/2 | |
| 11 Sep 20+383d | Sandown | Watch On Racing TV Handicap | 2/10 | nk | 9-0 | 92 | 103A | 95A | Callum Shepherd | 6/1 |
| 2019 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Aug 19+25d | Yarmouth | MansionBet Your Favourite Place To Bet Handicap | 4/4 | 4½ | 9-5 | 93 | 92C | 73B | Callum Shepherd | 13/8F |
| 31 Jul 19+19d | Goodwood | New & Lingwood Handicap | 16/18 | ½ | 9-3 | 93 | 62C | 73A | Callum Shepherd | 3/1F |
| 12 Jul 19+20d | Newmarket | Porsche Centre Cambridge Handicap | 1/13 | 8-13 | 82 | 100C | 101A | Callum Shepherd | 6/1 | |
| 22 Jun 19+241d | Newmarket | Heath Court Dining Club British EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 2) | 3/12 | 2¼ | 9-5 | — | 70A | 82A | Callum Shepherd | 3/1 |
| 2018 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 24 Oct 18+18d | Newmarket | Willow Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 3/13 | 1 | 9-0 | — | 96C | 95A | Jason Watson | 13/8F |
| 06 Oct 18 | Newmarket | British EBF Crown At Stowupland Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 4/12 | 1¼ | 9-2 | — | 69A | 80A | Hector Crouch | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Light And Dark won?
- Light And Dark (GB) won 2 of 12 archived starts between 2018 and 2023, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 6 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Light And Dark?
- Light And Dark (GB) was trained by Saeed bin Suroor on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 21 June 2023.
- Who is Light And Dark's sire?
- Light And Dark (GB) is by Shamardal (USA) out of Colour (AUS), whose sire is More Than Ready.
- What going does Light And Dark prefer?
- Light And Dark (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Light And Dark's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 93, from the run on 21 June 2023. The highest on record is 95.
- What is Light And Dark's sire's record?
- Shamardal (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,412 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,288. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
- Who are Light And Dark's siblings?
- Out of Colour (AUS), Light And Dark (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Dathanna (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Dathanna (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Oct 2026.