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Horse profile

Pierian Spring (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2021) · Last trainer Barry T Murphy · Last owner Maurice Finn
by Most Improved (IRE) out of Vera Mont (GER) (Danehill Dancer)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Nov 2020
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Jul 2021 — 1,924 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2021 · 12th of 12 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Nov 2020 and Jul 2021, the last of them as a 5yo gelding. Finished 12 of 12 at Galway last time. By Most Improved (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 1,101 runs since Apr 2017.

Based on 2 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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 86C the best of the last 1 rated run · Galway, 30 Jul 2021

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 65C the best of the last 1 rated run · Fairyhouse, 29 Nov 2020

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 6.7% of 1,101 runs since Apr 2017 (71 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5120%+13.3—
Good to Firm921112%+5.3—
Good261145.4%−1.30 from 1
Good to Soft11686.9%+0.2—
Soft189147.4%+0.70 from 1
Heavy8855.7%−1—
Standard (AW)349216%−0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2627.7%+1—
6f – 7f231125.2%−1.5—
1m – 1m1f304185.9%−0.8—
1m2f – 1m4f235198.1%+1.4—
1m5f – 2m181158.3%+1.60 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f8933.4%−3.3—
2m5f – 3m31516.1%+9.4—
Over 3m400%−6.7—

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
Vera Mont (GER) (Danehill Dancer)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them The Joy Of Giving (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
The Joy Of Giving (IRE)911m—

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 1 run
30 Jul 21+243d Galway Hop House 13 (Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m½f · Good · 12 ran 12/12 14 11-0 47C86C Shane Fitzgerald 200/1
2020 · 1 run
29 Nov 20 Fairyhouse Bar One Racing Giving Cash Back Daily (Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m · Soft · 13 ran 9/13 28 11-8 —65C Mr N McParlan 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Pierian Spring won?
Pierian Spring (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts between 2020 and 2021.
Who trained Pierian Spring?
Pierian Spring (IRE) was trained by Barry T Murphy on the most recent run on record, at Galway on 30 July 2021.
Who is Pierian Spring's sire?
Pierian Spring (IRE) is by Most Improved (IRE) out of Vera Mont (GER), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
What is Pierian Spring's sire's record?
Most Improved (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 1,101 runs since Apr 2017 (71 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Pierian Spring's siblings?
Out of Vera Mont (GER), Pierian Spring (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: The Joy Of Giving (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2020. 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.