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Horse profile

Passion For Gold (USA)

4yo colt (at last run, Sep 2011) · Last trainer Saeed bin Suroor · Last owner Godolphin
by Medaglia d'Oro (USA) out of C'Est L'Amour (USA) (Thunder Gulch)
7 runs · 7 courses · from Aug 2009
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Sep 2011 — 5,528 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2011 · 8th of 8 3 wins · Goodwood, Saint-Cloud (FR) & Thirsk First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 113
KTB Profile

Passion For Gold (USA) is 3 from 7, including a Group 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Criterium de Saint-Cloud at Saint-Cloud (FR) (Nov 2009). Hasn't won since May 2011. Each win came on a first visit to the course.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
Official rating113↓ 7lb off peak
113 109–120

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 98B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Goodwood, 21 May 2011 Official rating 113 at the last run, 17 Sep 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 — 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 6 figures · best 98B · median 87
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good398A94—
Good to Firm298B89—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f498B78—
1m – 1m1f298A96—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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
Medaglia d'Oro (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 1,184 runs since Jun 2008 (190 horses).

Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 17% from 395. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.4% from 113.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1200%−13.4—
Good to Firm1682112.5%−0.91 from 2
Good2783211.5%−1.91 from 3
Good to Soft1431812.6%−0.8—
Soft1322015.2%+1.80 from 1
Heavy41614.6%+1.21 from 1
Standard (AW)4106215.1%+1.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2827.1%−6.3—
6f – 7f2073014.5%+1.1—
1m – 1m1f3956717%+3.61 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f4065012.3%−1.12 from 5
1m5f – 2m11354.4%−9—
2m1f – 2m4f30413.3%−0.1—
2m5f – 3m4125%+11.6—
Over 3m100%−13.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
C'Est L'Amour (USA) (Thunder Gulch)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 1 33% +0.75
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +5.50
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 1 100% +1.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 3 1 33% +4.50
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +2.75

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 1 100% +6.50
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 1 1 100% +1.50
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Thirsk 1 1 100% +2.75

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 2 40% +5.00
1m – 1m1f 2 1 50% +1.75

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Frankie Dettori 4 2 50% +6.00
Alan Munro 2 1 50% +1.75
Mickael Barzalona 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 3 50% +7.75
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 4 1 25% +3.50
2009 3 2 67% +3.25

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
2011 · 4 runs
17 Sep 11+91d Newbury Dubai Duty Free Arc Trial (Group 3) Class 1 · 1m3f · Good · 8 ran 8/8 37 9-3 11374C Frankie Dettori 14/1
18 Jun 11+28d Ascot Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 · 1m4f · Soft · 9 ran 9/9 45 9-0 11376C Mickael Barzalona 11/1
21 May 11+14d Goodwood Southern Daily Echo Tapster Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 1m4f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 9-0 10998B Frankie Dettori 13/2
07 May 11+539d Lingfield Weatherbys Bloodstock Insurance Conditions Stakes Class 3 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 3 ran 3/3 5 8-12 11680C Frankie Dettori 5/2
2009 · 3 runs
14 Nov 09+48d Saint-Cloud (FR) Criterium de Saint-Cloud (Colts & Fillies) 1m2f · Heavy · 9 ran 1/9 9-0 —— Frankie Dettori 6/4J
27 Sep 09+30d Curragh Juddmonte Beresford Stakes (group 2) 1m · Good · 9 ran 3/9 1½ 9-1 12094A Alan Munro 7/1
28 Aug 09 Thirsk E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 4 · 1m · Good · 8 ran 1/8 9-3 —98A Alan Munro 11/4

Quick answers

How many races has Passion For Gold won?
Passion For Gold (USA) won 3 of 7 archived starts between 2009 and 2011, a strike rate of 42.9%. Placed 4 times in total (57.1% of starts).
Who trained Passion For Gold?
Passion For Gold (USA) was trained by Saeed bin Suroor on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 17 September 2011.
Who is Passion For Gold's sire?
Passion For Gold (USA) is by Medaglia d'Oro (USA) out of C'Est L'Amour (USA), whose sire is Thunder Gulch.
What going does Passion For Gold prefer?
Passion For Gold (USA) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Passion For Gold's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 113, from the run on 17 September 2011. The highest on record is 120.
What is Passion For Gold's sire's record?
Medaglia d'Oro (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 1,184 runs since Jun 2008 (190 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 17% from 395. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.4% from 113.

Record shown from August 2009. 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.