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Horse profile

Moon Lightning (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2011) · Last trainer Tina Jackson · Last owner H L Thompson
by Desert Prince (IRE) out of Moon Tango (IRE) (Last Tycoon)
26 runs · 15 courses · from Jun 2008
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Jul 2011 — 5,565 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2011 · 9th of 15 Won at Southwell (AW) Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Moon Lightning (IRE) is 1 from 26, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Nov 2008. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 19 on turf. Last raced off 45, 33lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 26 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 6 OR ↓ 33lb off peak
Official rating45↓ 33lb off peak
45 45–78

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 60A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 19 May 2011 Official rating 45 at the last run, 27 Jul 2011

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 25 figures · best 79A · median 58
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)779A49—
Good779A64—
Good to Firm568A46—
Soft579A58—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1279A46.5—
1m – 1m1f1079A65.5—
1m2f – 1m4f377A58—

Of 26 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 25 figures from 26 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
Desert Prince (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,734 runs since Jan 2008 (178 horses).

Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.6% from 425.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm34617.6%+8.5—
Good to Firm486469.5%+0.40 from 5
Good692578.2%−0.90 from 7
Good to Soft328319.5%+0.40 from 2
Soft3863910.1%+10 from 5
Heavy168137.7%−1.4—
Standard (AW)640568.8%−0.31 from 7
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f108109.3%+0.2—
6f – 7f456408.8%−0.31 from 12
1m – 1m1f425245.6%−3.50 from 10
1m2f – 1m4f5745910.3%+1.20 from 3
1m5f – 2m643629.6%+0.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f3883910.1%+1—
2m5f – 3m1251310.4%+1.3—
Over 3m1516.7%−2.4—

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
Moon Tango (IRE) (Last Tycoon)

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

The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Perignon (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Segoria (IRE)2256fClass 6
Nevinstown (IRE)2716fClass 7
Perignon (IRE)417fClass 4
Carmen Tango (IRE)130——
St Barchan (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 7 1 14% +1.50
Good 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 11 1 9% −2.50
Class 5 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Southwell (AW) 7 1 14% +1.50
Redcar 2 0 0% −2.00
Newcastle 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Yarmouth 2 0 0% −2.00
York 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 12 1 8% −3.50
1m – 1m1f 10 0 0% −10.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
P J McDonald 4 0 0% −4.00
Ashley Morgan 4 0 0% −4.00
Paul Mulrennan 2 1 50% +6.50
Paul Hanagan 2 0 0% −2.00
Ted Durcan 2 0 0% −2.00
Andrew Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Eaves 1 0 0% −1.00
Harry Haynes 1 0 0% −1.00
Lee Topliss 1 0 0% −1.00
Ryan Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Jimmy Quinn 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00
Jerry O'Dwyer 1 0 0% −1.00
Neil Callan 1 0 0% −1.00
Martin Lane 1 0 0% −1.00
Saleem Golam 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 20 1 5% −11.50
Cheekpieces 4 0 0% −4.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 8 0 0% −8.00
2010 6 0 0% −6.00
2009 9 0 0% −9.00
2008 3 1 33% +5.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 25 1 4% −16.50
Hurdle 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
27 Jul 11+21d Redcar Win A VIP Day Out At redcarracing.co.uk Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 9/15 5 8-7 4542A Andrew Heffernan 33/1
06 Jul 11+48d Catterick Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 12/12 shd 8-9 4544C Tom Eaves 33/1
19 May 11+9d Southwell (AW) Southwell Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 6/11 nk 8-7 4560A Paul Mulrennan 25/1
10 May 11+63d Southwell (AW) UCD Shopfitting Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 2 8-7 4539C Paul Hanagan 22/1
08 Mar 11+21d Southwell (AW) Hospitality At Southwell Racecourse Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 7/12 1½ 9-2 5264A Paul Hanagan 22/1
15 Feb 11+12d Southwell (AW) Dine In The Pantry Selling Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 6/7 2¼ 8-12 6041C P J McDonald 66/1
03 Feb 11+9d Southwell (AW) Exclusive Live Shows At Bluesq.com Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 8 ran 7/8 2½ 9-7 6949C P J McDonald 100/1
25 Jan 11+74d Southwell (AW) Membership Of Southwell Golf Club Selling Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 6 ran 6/6 15 9-0 6936C P J McDonald 20/1
12 Nov 10+41d Newcastle Wsr Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 16 ran PU/16 — 10-9 —— Harry Haynes 100/1
02 Oct 10+8d Redcar Market Cross Jewellers Selling Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 8/13 2¾ 9-0 6055C P J McDonald 25/1
24 Sep 10+116d Haydock Betdaq The Betting Exchange Apprentice Series Handicap Class 5 · 10.5f · Soft · 13 ran 12/13 4½ 9-4 6258C Lee Topliss 14/1
31 May 10+28d Goodwood June Friday Evenings At Goodwood Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good · 16 ran 3/16 ½ 9-0 6177A Ryan Moore 3/1
03 May 10+28d Warwick Knowle Apprentice Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 8f · Soft · 10 ran 2/10 nk 9-4 5979A Ashley Morgan 9/2
05 Apr 10+152d Yarmouth Totesport 0800 221 221 Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 7f · Soft · 11 ran 4/11 2½ 9-0 6172A Jimmy Quinn 9/1
04 Nov 09+5d Nottingham PHS Treadsmart Entrance Matting Handicap Class 5 · 8.5f · Soft · 16 ran 12/16 ½ 8-13 6555A Ted Durcan 10/1
30 Oct 09+39d Newmarket Betfair Apprentice Training Series Final Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good · 11 ran 6/11 4 8-10 6557A Ashley Morgan 7/1
21 Sep 09+3d Hamilton totesportgames.com Handicap Class 5 · 9f · Good · 15 ran 13/15 9 8-13 6744C Kieren Fallon 5/1F
18 Sep 09+47d Ayr Investec Structured Products Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good · 14 ran 7/14 3 8-10 6764A Ashley Morgan 7/1
02 Aug 09+9d Chester Betdaq The Betting Exchange Handicap Class 5 · 10.5f · Good · 13 ran 4/13 ½ 9-1 6777A Jerry O'Dwyer 11/1
24 Jul 09+22d York J. & S. Seddon Painting Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good · 12 ran 3/12 hd 9-2 6779A Ashley Morgan 10/1
02 Jul 09+33d Yarmouth Norfolk Chamber Of Commerce Handicap Class 5 · 9f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5/8 2½ 9-7 7067A Neil Callan 9/2
30 May 09+9d York sportingbet.com Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 2¼ 8-2 7646C Martin Lane 12/1
21 May 09+188d Sandown Panmure Gordon Institutional Equities Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8/11 2 9-2 7868A Ted Durcan 16/1
14 Nov 08+45d Southwell (AW) Southwell-racecourse.co.uk Maiden Auction Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 1/10 9-1 7879A Paul Mulrennan 15/2
30 Sep 08+94d Warwick Entertain Clients At Warwick Racecourse Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good · 13 ran 8/13 1 9-0 7862A Saleem Golam 33/1
28 Jun 08 Newcastle E.B.F./Tarmac Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 7 ran 7/7 4 9-3 7847C Tom Queally 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Moon Lightning (IRE) won?
Moon Lightning (IRE) won 1 of 26 archived starts between 2008 and 2011, a strike rate of 3.8%. Placed 4 times in total (15.4% of starts).
Who trained Moon Lightning (IRE)?
Moon Lightning (IRE) was trained by Tina Jackson on the most recent run on record, at Redcar on 27 July 2011.
Who is Moon Lightning (IRE)'s sire?
Moon Lightning (IRE) is by Desert Prince (IRE) out of Moon Tango (IRE), whose sire is Last Tycoon.
What going does Moon Lightning (IRE) prefer?
Moon Lightning (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Moon Lightning (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 27 July 2011. The highest on record is 78.
What is Moon Lightning (IRE)'s sire's record?
Desert Prince (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,734 runs since Jan 2008 (178 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.6% from 425.
Who are Moon Lightning (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Moon Tango (IRE), Moon Lightning (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Segoria (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Perignon (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2008. 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.