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Horse profile

Lightning Skye (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Oct 2019) · Last trainer Jonathan Sweeney · Last owner John M Sweeney
by Sholokhov (IRE) out of Sue's Song (GB) (Alflora)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2019
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Oct 2019 — 2,563 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2019 · 5th of 10
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Sep 2019 and Oct 2019, the last of them as a 5yo mare. Finished 5 of 10 at Punchestown last time. By Sholokhov (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,258 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 75 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Punchestown, 15 Oct 2019

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 75A · median 70
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m275A70—

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 108A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Galway, 16 Sep 2019

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 108A · median 101.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m2108A101.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sholokhov (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,258 runs since Jan 2008 (419 horses).

Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm991414.1%+1.6—
Good1,26914611.5%−1—
Good to Soft81411013.5%+10 from 1
Soft1,30416913%+0.50 from 1
Heavy5496912.6%+0.1—
Standard (AW)2222310.4%−2.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f39615.4%+2.9—
1m – 1m1f157148.9%−3.6—
1m2f – 1m4f326329.8%−2.7—
1m5f – 2m1,05212712.1%−0.40 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1,45419213.2%+0.7—
2m5f – 3m99112512.6%+0.1—
Over 3m2393514.6%+2.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Sue's Song (GB) (Alflora)

5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Straidnahanna (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 2m1f–3m6f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Straidnahanna (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Straidnahanna (IRE)4252m7½f–3m6fClass 3
Hospital (IRE)2442m1f–2m4f—
Causing Chaos (IRE)1213m1fClass 4
Bushy Island (IRE)30——
Medimli (IRE)30——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
15 Oct 19+29d Punchestown Black Hills Mares Flat Race 16f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 5/10 3¾ 11-2 75A95A Mr R W Barron 9/1
16 Sep 19 Galway Weatherbys General Stud Book EBF Mares Flat Race 16.5f · Soft · 9 ran 3/9 shd 11-9 65A108A Ms L O'Neill 15/8F

Quick answers

How many races has Lightning Skye (IRE) won?
Lightning Skye (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2019. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Lightning Skye (IRE)?
Lightning Skye (IRE) was trained by Jonathan Sweeney on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 15 October 2019.
Who is Lightning Skye (IRE)'s sire?
Lightning Skye (IRE) is by Sholokhov (IRE) out of Sue's Song (GB), whose sire is Alflora.
What is Lightning Skye (IRE)'s sire's record?
Sholokhov (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,258 runs since Jan 2008 (419 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
Who are Lightning Skye (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Sue's Song (GB), Lightning Skye (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Straidnahanna (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Straidnahanna (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f–3m6f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2019. 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.