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News At Dawn (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2023) · Last trainer J S Bolger · Last owner Mrs J S Bolger
3 runs · 2 courses · from Oct 2022
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Apr 2023 — 1,292 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2023 · 9th of 11
KTB Profile

News At Dawn is a gelding by Dawn Approach out of an unraced Requinto mare. He ran three times on turf between Oct 2022 and Apr 2023 without placing. All three starts came over 6f to 7f, two of them on soft ground. His last run, at Limerick in Apr 2023, saw him finish 9 of 11 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden. He is yet to win from three starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 52 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Limerick, 22 Apr 2023

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 3 figures · best 52A · median 46
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft252A49—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f352A46—

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 55A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Limerick, 22 Apr 2023

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 3 figures · best 55A · median 51
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft255A53—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f355A51—

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

Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,578 runs since Apr 2017 (359 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 180.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm13215.4%+7.4—
Good to Firm3334212.6%+4.6—
Good892576.4%−1.6—
Good to Soft366246.6%−1.4—
Soft626335.3%−2.70 from 2
Heavy234177.3%−0.70 from 1
Standard (AW)1,11411310.1%+2.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1251512%+4—
6f – 7f951778.1%+0.10 from 3
1m – 1m1f1,032838%0—
1m2f – 1m4f797708.8%+0.8—
1m5f – 2m457347.4%−0.6—
2m1f – 2m4f18095%−3—
2m5f – 3m2800%−8—
Over 3m800%−8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2017 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Felicity Smoak (IRE)190——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kevin Manning 2 0 0% −2.00
Rory Cleary 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 2 0 0% −2.00

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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 1 run
22 Apr 23+181d Limerick Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden 7f · Soft · 11 ran 9/11 1½ 9-8 52A55A Rory Cleary 40/1
2022 · 2 runs
23 Oct 22+10d Curragh Tote Guarantee On All Irish And UK Races Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden 6f · Heavy · 15 ran 9/15 4¾ 9-7 17C48A Kevin Manning 40/1
13 Oct 22 Curragh Bill Hanlon Memorial Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden 7f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 19/20 ½ 9-7 46C51C Kevin Manning 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has News At Dawn won?
News At Dawn (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2022 and 2023.
Who trained News At Dawn?
News At Dawn (IRE) was trained by J S Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 22 April 2023.
Who is News At Dawn's sire?
News At Dawn (IRE) is by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Agnethe (IRE), whose sire is Requinto.
What is News At Dawn's sire's record?
Dawn Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,578 runs since Apr 2017 (359 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 180.
Who are News At Dawn's siblings?
Out of Agnethe (IRE), News At Dawn (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2022. 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.