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Medusa King (IRE)

3yo gelding · Trainer Mrs John Harrington · Owner Dan Kiely Lewis Barnes
2 runs · 2 courses · from May 2026
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
First-time headgear LTO Last run 19 Jun 2026 · 14th of 16
KTB Profile

Medusa King is a lightly raced gelding with two starts since May 2026. He finished 14 of 16 at Limerick in Jun 2026 on his last run, which was his first time in headgear. By Starspangledbanner, whose progeny in the archive have recorded 777 wins from 6,998 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip under 6f. His dam produced two winners from three runners that have run, including Sioux Princess with three wins. All his races have come over 6f-7f on soft turf.

Based on 2 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since May 2026 · updated 1 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 2 figures · best 30C · median 14.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft230C14.52 runs · 30 / 14.5
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
6f – 7f230C14.52 runs · 30 / 14.5

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 59C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Cork, 3 May 2026

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 2 figures · best 59C · median 48
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft259C482 runs · 59 / 48
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
6f – 7f259C482 runs · 59 / 48

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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,196 runs since May 2014 (663 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,195.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm25312%+0.9—
Good to Firm1,03412512.1%+1—
Good1,73718310.5%−0.6—
Good to Soft7779011.6%+0.5—
Soft1,07912311.4%+0.30 from 2
Heavy2943311.2%+0.1—
Standard (AW)2,25024310.8%−0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,19517414.6%+3.5—
6f – 7f3,58239711.1%00 from 2
1m – 1m1f1,4011399.9%−1.2—
1m2f – 1m4f651609.2%−1.9—
1m5f – 2m270269.6%−1.5—
2m1f – 2m4f8444.8%−6.3—
2m5f – 3m1300%−11.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2014 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Sioux Princess (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Listed (Dickiedooda (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sioux Princess (GB)1431m4f—
Dickiedooda (IRE)1425fListed
Miss Guinness (IRE)30——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 2 runs
19 Jun 26+47d Limerick Twilight Racing Summer Series Maiden (Div 1) 7f · Soft · 16 ran Slow to break and settled near the back - urged forward early - driven and unable to close 2½f out - eventually well held in 14th 14/16 6 9-3 30C37C Keithen Kennedy 50/1
03 May 26 Cork UNQUESTIONABLE Standing At Rathbarry Stud Maiden 6f · Soft · 15 ran Held up in the pack - pushed along at halfway - unable to close from over 2f out - well held in 13th 13/15 3½ 9-8 -1C59C Nathan Crosse 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Medusa King won?
Medusa King (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2026.
Who trains Medusa King?
Medusa King (IRE) is trained by Mrs John Harrington, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 19 June 2026.
Who is Medusa King's sire?
Medusa King (IRE) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of So Dandy (IRE), whose sire is Oratorio.
What is Medusa King's sire's record?
Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,196 runs since May 2014 (663 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,195.
Who are Medusa King's siblings?
Out of So Dandy (IRE), Medusa King (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Sioux Princess (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Listed (Dickiedooda (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2026. 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.