Little Darling (IRE)
Little Darling is a lightly raced filly with one place from two starts since Aug 2026, both over 6f-7f on turf. By Night Of Thunder, whose progeny have recorded 820 wins from 5,017 runs since Jan 2008. She finished a prominent second of seven in a maiden at the Curragh in Oct 2026 on soft ground, having run on good to firm at Leopardstown the time before. Her dam has had one foal to race without a winner.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 45dBetween runs (median)
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 54
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 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 95C | 74.5 | 2 runs · 95 / 74.5 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 12 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 16.3% of 5,119 runs since Apr 2019 (564 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.9% from 160.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 2 | 50% | +33.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 831 | 154 | 18.5% | +2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,220 | 199 | 16.3% | 0 | — |
| Good to Soft | 589 | 96 | 16.3% | 0 | — |
| Soft | 716 | 120 | 16.8% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 217 | 36 | 16.6% | +0.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,542 | 229 | 14.9% | −1.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 384 | 60 | 15.6% | −0.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,137 | 380 | 17.8% | +1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,374 | 207 | 15.1% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,006 | 172 | 17.1% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 160 | 11 | 6.9% | −9.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 47 | 5 | 10.6% | −5.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −5.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −16.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 7 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 26+45d | Curragh (IRE) | Final Furlong Podcast With 1xBet.ie Irish EBF Fillies Maiden Prominent behind the front runner - second at halfway - pushed along 2f out - unable to reel in winner over 1f out - stayed on at same speed for second | 2/7 | 6½ | 9-2 | 54A | 72C | Ben Coen | 3/1 |
| 20 Aug 26 | Leopardstown (IRE) | Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Irish EBF Fillies Maiden Slow to break - dropped in behind the front group and eased into midfield by the 2f mark - pushed along with two furlongs left - unable to make headway in 8th a furlong out - stayed on late to finish 5th | 5/14 | hd | 9-2 | 95C | 76A | Ben Coen | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Little Darling won?
- Little Darling (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2026. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains Little Darling?
- Little Darling (IRE) is trained by J. P. Murtagh, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 4 October 2026.
- Who is Little Darling's sire?
- Little Darling (IRE) is by Night Of Thunder (IRE) out of Adorable (IRE), whose sire is Kodiac.
- What is Little Darling's sire's record?
- Night Of Thunder (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 16.3% of 5,119 runs since Apr 2019 (564 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.9% from 160.
- Who are Little Darling's siblings?
- Out of Adorable (IRE), Little Darling (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.