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Horse profile

Matsuri (GB)

3yo colt (at last run, Jun 2024) · Last trainer Roger Varian · Last owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum
by Sea The Stars (IRE) out of Along Came Casey (IRE) (Oratorio)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Oct 2023
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Jun 2024 — 843 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2024 · 4th of 8 2 wins · Leicester & Kempton (AW) Last raced off OR 102
KTB Profile

Matsuri won two of four starts, both at Class 4 level, with victories at Leicester over 1m2f – 1m4f on good to soft in May 2024 and at Kempton over 1m – 1m1f on standard in Nov 2023. The colt, by Sea The Stars out of an Oratorio mare, finished fourth of eight in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh in Jun 2024 off an official rating of 102. Each win came on a first visit to the course.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 121 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Curragh, 30 Jun 2024

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 121A · median 103.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f2121A113.5—
1m – 1m1f2101B83—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 103A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leicester, 27 May 2024 Official rating 102 at the last run, 30 Jun 2024

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 103A · median 96
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f2103A100.5—
1m – 1m1f294A94—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Sea The Stars (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 9,939 runs since Jan 2008 (1,111 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.3% from 453. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm18316.7%+1—
Good to Firm1,50328418.9%+3.2—
Good2,64642115.9%+0.20 from 1
Good to Soft1,23820516.6%+0.91 from 1
Soft1,52518612.2%−3.50 from 1
Heavy453429.3%−6.4—
Standard (AW)2,55542216.5%+0.81 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f27414.8%−0.9—
6f – 7f77211314.6%−1.1—
1m – 1m1f2,09633516%+0.31 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f4,41175717.2%+1.51 from 2
1m5f – 2m1,88926213.9%−1.8—
2m1f – 2m4f5847312.5%−3.2—
2m5f – 3m1391611.5%−4.2—
Over 3m21314.3%−1.4—

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
Along Came Casey (IRE) (Oratorio)

6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Abnaa (GB) (7 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Feliciana De Vega (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Abnaa (GB)5577f–1mClass 5
Feliciana De Vega (GB)737f–1m1fGroup 3
Glorious Game (GB)426fListed
Enzos Angel (GB)2921m1½fClass 6
Order Of Malta (GB)1211m2fClass 5
Always Dreaming (GB)190——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +1.10
Standard (AW) 1 1 100% +0.83
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 3 2 67% +0.93

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 1 100% +1.10
Kempton (AW) 1 1 100% +0.83
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 1 50% +0.10
1m – 1m1f 2 1 50% −0.17

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Doyle 3 1 33% −0.90
Jack Mitchell 1 1 100% +0.83

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood 2 1 50% +0.10
None 2 1 50% −0.17

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 2 1 50% +0.10
2023 2 1 50% −0.17

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
30 Jun 24+34d Curragh Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1) 12f · Good · 8 ran 4/8 nk 9-2 102121A98A James Doyle 13/2
27 May 24+194d Leicester Filbert Fox EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 10f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 9-10 —106A103A James Doyle 11/10F
15 Nov 23+41d Kempton (AW) Unibet Zero% Mission/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 1/13 9-4 —101B94A Jack Mitchell 5/6F
05 Oct 23 Salisbury Byerley Stud British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 8f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 shd 9-4 —65A94A James Doyle 11/4

Quick answers

How many races has Matsuri (GB) won?
Matsuri (GB) won 2 of 4 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 3 times in total (75% of starts).
Who trained Matsuri (GB)?
Matsuri (GB) was trained by Roger Varian on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 30 June 2024.
Who is Matsuri (GB)'s sire?
Matsuri (GB) is by Sea The Stars (IRE) out of Along Came Casey (IRE), whose sire is Oratorio.
What is Matsuri (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 30 June 2024. That is also the highest on record.
What is Matsuri (GB)'s sire's record?
Sea The Stars (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 9,939 runs since Jan 2008 (1,111 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.3% from 453. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
Who are Matsuri (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Along Came Casey (IRE), Matsuri (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Abnaa (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Feliciana De Vega (GB)). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2023. 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.