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Horse profile

Opportunity Knox (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2019) · Last trainer Karl Thornton · Last owner P Blake
by Dunelight (IRE) out of Loughine Sparkle (IRE) (Beneficial)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Dec 2018
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Feb 2019 — 2,826 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2019 Last raced off OR 92
KTB Profile

Opportunity Knox (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 5 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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 106C · median 33
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft2106C69.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m233C30—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 101C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fairyhouse, 26 Jan 2019 Official rating 92 at the last run, 9 Feb 2019

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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 101C · median 96
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft2101C98.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2101C98—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 4 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 · 3 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

Progeny in our archive have won 0% of 5 runs since Dec 2018 (2 horses). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good100%00 from 1
Good to Soft100%00 from 1
Soft300%00 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m300%00 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f200%00 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Dec 2018 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Loughine Sparkle (IRE) (Beneficial)

2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Highland Hunter (IRE) (7 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m5f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Highland Hunter (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Highland Hunter (IRE)2372m–3m5fClass 2
Scully's Dream (IRE)1612m—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Robbie Colgan 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr J C Canavan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 2 0 0% −2.00
Hood 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 2 0 0% −2.00
2018 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2019 · 2 runs
09 Feb 19+14d Naas Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m · Good · 20 ran PU/20 — 10-6 92—— Mr J C Canavan 50/1
26 Jan 19+31d Fairyhouse Free Racecourse WiFi At Fairyhouse Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 2m · Yielding · 22 ran 19/22 2¾ 11-10 —33C101C Robbie Colgan 100/1
2018 · 2 runs
26 Dec 18+8d Leopardstown Tote Pays Dividends Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 18/20 22 11-7 —27C95C Robbie Colgan 50/1
18 Dec 18 Naas 2019 Naas Membership Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Yielding · 20 ran 7/20 12 11-7 —106C96C Robbie Colgan 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Opportunity Knox won?
Opportunity Knox (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2018 and 2019.
Who trained Opportunity Knox?
Opportunity Knox (IRE) was trained by Karl Thornton on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 9 February 2019.
Who is Opportunity Knox's sire?
Opportunity Knox (IRE) is by Dunelight (IRE) out of Loughine Sparkle (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
What is Opportunity Knox's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 9 February 2019. That is also the highest on record.
What is Opportunity Knox's sire's record?
Dunelight (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 0% of 5 runs since Dec 2018 (2 horses), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.
Who are Opportunity Knox's siblings?
Out of Loughine Sparkle (IRE), Opportunity Knox (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Highland Hunter (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Highland Hunter (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m5f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2018. 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.