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Horse profile

Lion's Cove (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2016) · Last trainer Patrick Cronin · Last owner Miss Jane Foley
by Shantou (USA) out of Hurricane Dawn (IRE) (Strong Gale)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Feb 2016
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Jul 2016 — 3,771 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2016 · 18th of 20 New yard First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Lion's Cove (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 58C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 8 Jul 2016

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 92C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Ballinrobe, 3 May 2016

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Jumps 2 figures · best 92C · median 91.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Shantou (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,831 runs since Feb 2008 (539 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2150%+36.4—
Good to Firm1583220.3%+6.7—
Good2,29231113.6%00 from 1
Good to Soft1,43317612.3%−1.3—
Soft2,61236313.9%+0.30 from 1
Heavy1,28317813.9%+0.30 from 1
Standard (AW)5159.8%−3.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f300%−13.6—
1m – 1m1f1100%−13.6—
1m2f – 1m4f6269.7%−3.9—
1m5f – 2m2,03127613.6%00 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f2,71337813.9%+0.30 from 1
2m5f – 3m2,34233414.3%+0.7—
Over 3m6697210.8%−2.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Hurricane Dawn (IRE) (Strong Gale)

6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Midnight Jade (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 2m1f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Midnight Jade (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Midnight Jade (IRE)1342m4f–3m1½fClass 4
Thunder Run (IRE)912m1f—
Red Penny (IRE)160——
Turtle Dawn (IRE)20——
Mind That Turtle (IRE)20——
Dancing Dawn (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Miss J Foley 1 0 0% −1.00
Ms N Carberry 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr K E Power 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
Flat 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 KTB Jockey SP
2016 · 3 runs
08 Jul 16+66d Cork Cork Racecourse August Summer Festival Flat Race 2m · Good · 20 ran 18/20 8 11-7 58C Miss J Foley 50/1
03 May 16+73d Ballinrobe Harrington Concrete Quarries Flat Race 2m1f · Soft · 10 ran 8/10 8½ 12-0 92C Ms N Carberry 6/1
20 Feb 16 Fairyhouse Ian Smith Memorial (pro/am) Flat Race 2m · Heavy · 5 ran 5/5 6½ 11-13 91C Mr K E Power 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Lion's Cove won?
Lion's Cove (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2016.
Who trained Lion's Cove?
Lion's Cove (IRE) was trained by Patrick Cronin on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 8 July 2016.
Who is Lion's Cove's sire?
Lion's Cove (IRE) is by Shantou (USA) out of Hurricane Dawn (IRE), whose sire is Strong Gale.
What is Lion's Cove's sire's record?
Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,831 runs since Feb 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Who are Lion's Cove's siblings?
Out of Hurricane Dawn (IRE), Lion's Cove (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Midnight Jade (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Midnight Jade (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f–3m1½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2016. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.