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Horse profile

Nobilissima (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Jun 2009) · Last trainer Tor Sturgis · Last owner Miss Tor Sturgis
by Orpen (USA) out of Shadow Smile (IRE) (Slip Anchor)
19 runs · 13 courses · from Jul 2006
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Jun 2009 — 6,334 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2009 · 7th of 10 5 wins · 4 courses New yard Last raced off OR 80
KTB Profile

Nobilissima (IRE) is 5 from 19. Hasn't won since Sep 2008. 4 of 7 starts with soft in the ground have ended in wins — 1 from 10 on quicker.

Based on 19 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

Progeny in our archive

Produce record

As a dam, Nobilissima (IRE) has 4 produce in the archive, 1 winner — most wins Seaborough (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Seaborough (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Seaborough (IRE)8031m½f–2m4fClass 4
Noble Aussie (IRE)170——
Five Gems (IRE)60——
Faithfullilly (IRE)10——
Official rating80↓ 2lb off peak
80 67–82

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 88A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Warwick, 4 Sep 2008 Official rating 80 at the last run, 24 Jun 2009

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 19 figures · best 90A · median 70
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good661C48—
Soft488A78.5—
Good to Firm486C72—
Good to Soft390A84—
Standard (AW)269A54.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1590A70—
Under 6f474C48—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 19 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
Orpen (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9% of 4,038 runs since Jan 2008 (381 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 4.4% from 113.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3912.6%−6.4—
Good to Firm438409.1%+0.11 from 4
Good891758.4%−0.60 from 6
Good to Soft501367.2%−1.82 from 3
Soft7197410.3%+1.32 from 4
Heavy285289.8%+0.8—
Standard (AW)1,1611099.4%+0.40 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2422711.2%+2.21 from 4
6f – 7f1,31413510.3%+1.34 from 15
1m – 1m1f1,013939.2%+0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f543356.4%−2.6—
1m5f – 2m511499.6%+0.6—
2m1f – 2m4f286196.6%−2.4—
2m5f – 3m11354.4%−4.6—
Over 3m1616.3%−2.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Shadow Smile (IRE) (Slip Anchor)

5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Perugino's Shadow (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m1f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Perugino's Shadow (IRE)812m1f—
Hidden Shadow (IRE)40——
Watchmyeyes (IRE)90——
Sound Judgment (IRE)30——
Mascani (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 4 2 50% +15.00
Good to Firm 4 1 25% +6.00
Good to Soft 3 2 67% +12.50
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 12 2 17% +6.00
Class 5 5 2 40% +11.50
Class 3 2 1 50% +8.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newmarket 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 2 2 100% +17.00
Bath 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 1 100% +8.00
Folkestone 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 1 100% +5.50
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 1 100% +9.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 15 4 27% +19.50
Under 6f 4 1 25% +6.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Marc Halford 8 2 25% +7.50
Tolley Dean 3 1 33% +6.00
Liam Jones 2 1 50% +8.00
Seb Sanders 2 0 0% −2.00
Eddie Ahern 2 0 0% −2.00
Franny Norton 1 0 0% −1.00
Adrian Nicholls 1 1 100% +9.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 1 0 0% −1.00
2008 5 2 40% +13.00
2007 9 2 22% +7.50
2006 4 1 25% +6.00

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
2009 · 1 run
24 Jun 09+293d Kempton (AW) Digibet Fillies' Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 nk 9-11 8069A Marc Halford 10/1
2008 · 5 runs
04 Sep 08+90d Warwick Warwick Racecourse For Conferences Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 13 ran 1/13 9-1 8288A Marc Halford 8/1
06 Jun 08+34d Bath Gurkha Welfare Trust Handicap Class 4 · 5.5f · Good · 9 ran 8/9 3¾ 9-8 8241A Tolley Dean 9/1
03 May 08+7d Doncaster Come Racing Here 17th May Handicap Class 3 · 6f · Good · 14 ran 11/14 ¾ 8-7 8255A Tolley Dean 13/2
26 Apr 08+16d Leicester John Smith's Extra Cold Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 1/12 8-10 8084A Tolley Dean 8/1
10 Apr 08+187d Folkestone Weatherbys Bank Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 2 8-12 7990A Liam Jones 6/1
2007 · 9 runs
06 Oct 07+42d Kempton (AW) Better Betting On 08000 89 88 87 Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 1¾ 9-0 7940C Marc Halford 14/1
25 Aug 07+8d Newmarket David Cosgrove Memorial Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 12 ran 2/12 2½ 8-13 7973C Marc Halford 25/1
17 Aug 07+25d Newmarket newmarketracecourses.co.uk Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 nk 9-0 8061C Marc Halford 16/1
23 Jul 07+18d Windsor High Rollers Choose littlewoodscasino.Com Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 1¼ 8-13 8070C Marc Halford 10/1
05 Jul 07+20d Warwick Compair Compressors Handicap Class 3 · 6f · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 8-1 7684C Liam Jones 9/1
15 Jun 07+18d Goodwood Abimara Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Good · 9 ran 8/9 1¼ 9-0 7739C Marc Halford 11/2
28 May 07+26d Chepstow Unison Cymru/Wales Fillies' Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1/8 9-0 6982C Marc Halford 11/2
02 May 07+8d Nottingham Chamber Of Commerce Fillies' Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 3/9 2 9-2 6786C Seb Sanders 4/1
24 Apr 07+198d Southwell Play Poker At skypoker.com Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 2/14 ¾ 9-1 6770C Seb Sanders 6/1
2006 · 4 runs
08 Oct 06+50d Bath totesport 0800 221 221 Nursery Class 4 · 5f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 shd 8-5 6953C Eddie Ahern 14/1
19 Aug 06+21d Newmarket See More On Racing UK Nursery Handicap Class 4 · 5f · Good · 9 ran 5/9 ¾ 8-5 6943C Franny Norton 6/1
29 Jul 06+12d Lingfield Lingfieldpark.co.uk Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 1/7 8-4 6974C Adrian Nicholls 9/1
17 Jul 06 Windsor Sunley Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 6/16 ¾ 8-12 —66C Eddie Ahern 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Nobilissima won?
Nobilissima (IRE) won 5 of 19 archived starts between 2006 and 2009, a strike rate of 26.3%. Placed 9 times in total (47.4% of starts).
Who trained Nobilissima?
Nobilissima (IRE) was trained by Tor Sturgis on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 24 June 2009.
Who is Nobilissima's sire?
Nobilissima (IRE) is by Orpen (USA) out of Shadow Smile (IRE), whose sire is Slip Anchor.
What going does Nobilissima prefer?
Nobilissima (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Nobilissima's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 24 June 2009. The highest on record is 82.
What is Nobilissima's sire's record?
Orpen (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9% of 4,038 runs since Jan 2008 (381 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 4.4% from 113.
Who are Nobilissima's siblings?
Out of Shadow Smile (IRE), Nobilissima (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Perugino's Shadow (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m1f. As at Oct 2026.
Has Nobilissima produced winners?
As a dam, Nobilissima (IRE) has 4 produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Seaborough (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Seaborough (IRE)). The wins came over 1m½f–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2006. 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.