Lightening Fast (GB)
Lightening Fast (GB) is 2 from 9. Hasn't won since Jul 2017. Both wins came on good or faster ground (0 from 3 on softer). Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off a career-high mark of 96.
- 2–9Wins / Runs
- 22.2%Strike rate
- 3 (33.3%)Placed
- −0.75£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.42Fair A/E n=9 · 1.18 incl. margin
- 96Highest OR
- 58dAvg 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 102
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 | 2 | 87C | 80 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 92A | 67 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 102A | 89.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 18% of 7,521 runs since Jan 2008 (878 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.3% from 268.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,280 | 259 | 20.2% | +2.2 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 1,915 | 362 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,020 | 175 | 17.2% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,111 | 162 | 14.6% | −3.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 329 | 42 | 12.8% | −5.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,851 | 350 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 65 | 11 | 16.9% | −1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,263 | 236 | 18.7% | +0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,980 | 371 | 18.7% | +0.7 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,882 | 546 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 968 | 151 | 15.6% | −2.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 268 | 33 | 12.3% | −5.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −10.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −18 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Lightening Quick (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Lightening Quick (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightening Quick (GB) | 7 | 2 | 7f | Group 3 |
| Rakurai (GB) | 2 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Kaleidoscope (GB) | 1 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.75 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +3.25 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8 | 2 | 25% | +0.25 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +2.25 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Oct 17+79d | Dundalk (AW) | Book Your Christmas Party At Dundalk Handicap (70-100) | 14/14 | 3¼ | 10-0 | 96 | 87B | 60A | Colin Keane | 14/1 |
| 02 Aug 17+20d | Galway | Win Big With Tote Handicap | 6/7 | 3¾ | 9-11 | 96 | 87C | 67A | Colin Keane | 5/1 |
| 13 Jul 17+21d | Leopardstown (IRE) | Clayton Hotel Leopardstown Handicap | 1/7 | 9-11 | 91 | 92A | 94A | Colin Keane | 7/2 | |
| 22 Jun 17+59d | Ascot | Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Str) | 23/29 | 2½ | 8-10 | 91 | 42C | 68C | Colin Keane | 25/1 |
| 24 Apr 17+15d | Navan | Blackwater Handicap | 1/7 | 9-4 | 82 | 102A | 93A | Colin Keane | 11/4F | |
| 09 Apr 17+224d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden | 5/9 | 3 | 9-5 | 82 | 73A | 69A | Colin Keane | 5/1 |
| 2016 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Aug 16+27d | Curragh (IRE) | Ladbrokes European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10 Race) | 5/11 | hd | 9-5 | — | — | 82A | Colin Keane | 5/2 |
| 01 Aug 16+16d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden (Plus 10) | 2/11 | 3 | 9-5 | — | — | 85A | Colin Keane | 4/1 |
| 16 Jul 16 | Curragh | Darley European Breeders Fund Maiden | 8/13 | ¾ | 9-5 | — | — | 70A | Colin Keane | 5/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Lightening Fast won?
- Lightening Fast (GB) won 2 of 9 archived starts between 2016 and 2017, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 3 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Lightening Fast?
- Lightening Fast (GB) was trained by G M Lyons on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 20 October 2017.
- Who is Lightening Fast's sire?
- Lightening Fast (GB) is by Frankel (GB) out of Lightening Pearl (IRE), whose sire is Marju.
- What going does Lightening Fast prefer?
- Lightening Fast (GB) has the best record on good 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 Lightening Fast's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 96, from the run on 20 October 2017. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Lightening Fast's sire's record?
- Frankel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,521 runs since Jan 2008 (878 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.3% from 268.
- Who are Lightening Fast's siblings?
- Out of Lightening Pearl (IRE), Lightening Fast (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Lightening Quick (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Lightening Quick (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Oct 2026.