Horse profile
Pop Star (IRE)
by Sioux Nation (USA) out of Knock Stars (IRE) (Soviet Star)
36 runs · 19 courses · from Aug 2022
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · 4 courses
Last run 17 Jun 2026 · 4th of 8
Last raced off OR 69
KTB Profile
Pop Star is a gelding with five wins from 36 starts, all on turf. He has won at four different courses including two from two at Ayr and one from two at both Carlisle and Bath. Four of those wins came under 6f with the fifth between 6f and 7f, on good, good to firm, soft and good to soft going. Last raced off 69, 13lb below his highest ever mark, he finished fourth of eight at Hamilton in Jun 2026.
Based on 36 archived runs · run-style from 21 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 13lb off peak
- 5–36Wins / Runs
- 13.9%Strike rate
- 8 (22.2%)Placed
- −4.92£1 level staken=36 at SP
- 1.41Fair A/E n=36 · 1.19 incl. margin
- 82Highest OR
- 40dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating69↓ 13lb off peak
69
64–82
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 124
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 14 | 124A | 94.5 | 3 runs · 124 / 113 |
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 111A | 93 | 4 runs · 96 / 92 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 110C | 106 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 111C | 87 | 2 runs · 87 / 69 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 101A | 84.5 | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 22 | 124A | 92 | 7 runs · 124 / 90 |
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 113A | 98.5 | 3 runs · 113 / 94 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 36 figures from 36 runs · as at 3 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 from 21 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 8 (38%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 7 (33%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 5 (24%) · 1 win
- Led 1 (5%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 2,879 runs since Jan 2008 (354 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 17.2% from 425. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.3% from 578. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.7% from 190.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −12.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 425 | 73 | 17.2% | +4.8 | 1 from 6 |
| Good | 737 | 78 | 10.6% | −1.8 | 2 from 14 |
| Good to Soft | 289 | 31 | 10.7% | −1.7 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 384 | 48 | 12.5% | +0.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 113 | 14 | 12.4% | 0 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 927 | 114 | 12.3% | −0.1 | 0 from 9 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 578 | 94 | 16.3% | +3.9 | 4 from 22 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,572 | 201 | 12.8% | +0.4 | 1 from 14 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 524 | 53 | 10.1% | −2.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 190 | 9 | 4.7% | −7.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 0 | 0% | −12.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +4.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Knock Stars (IRE) (Soviet Star)
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Royal Aclaim (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Listed (Royal Aclaim (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Aclaim (IRE) | 8 | 3 | 5f | Listed |
| Sioux Warrior (IRE) | 29 | 2 | 5½f–7f | Class 6 |
| Terrier Spirit (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Never Know (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Knock Knock (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 14 | 2 | 14% | −4.25 |
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 17% | +4.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 21 | 0 | 0% | −21.00 |
| Class 5 | 10 | 3 | 30% | +10.25 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Musselburgh | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Windsor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Bath | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Ayr | 2 | 2 | 100% | +11.25 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 22 | 4 | 18% | −0.92 |
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 1 | 7% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran O'Neill | 12 | 2 | 17% | +5.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 7 | 1 | 14% | −0.50 |
| Christian Howarth | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Cara Tuke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cam Hardie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Greg Fairley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kevin Stott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Anna Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rowan Scott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Becky Smith | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Darragh Keenan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 17 | 3 | 18% | +3.25 |
| None | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Tongue tie | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.50 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −2.50 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +8.25 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.67 |
| 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Jun 26+9d | Hamilton | Cleanstay At Hampton By Hilton Handicap Settled in the pack - pushed along with two furlongs left and found extra to move up into third - edged out of that spot close home to finish fourth | 4/8 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 69 | 113A | 82A | Andrew Mullen | 7/1 |
| 08 Jun 26+10d | Carlisle | Racing TV Apprentice Handicap Restrained in the pack - briefly squeezed for a run over 1f out - into the open and making progress 1f out - one paced near the line | 4/8 | ¾ | 9-4 | 69 | 87A | 78A | Cara Tuke | 5/2F |
| 29 May 26+33d | Carlisle | Andersons - Quality For The Home Handicap Settled in the pack early - eased left and made ground 2f out - hit the front inside the final furlong - stayed on strongly to score | 1/10 | 9-8 | 64 | 124A | 95A | Andrew Mullen | 11/2 | |
| 26 Apr 26+14d | Musselburgh | Sky Bet Extra Places Handicap Slow to break - held up towards the back - never involved - finished well down the field | 11/12 | nk | 8-4 | 66 | 92A | 58A | Cam Hardie | 50/1 |
| 12 Apr 26+8d | Musselburgh | Sky Bet Price Boosts Handicap Held mid-pack early - pressed for a run inside final 2f - dropped away rapidly thereafter - finished 12th | 12/17 | 1¾ | 8-12 | 68 | 68C | 62A | Andrew Mullen | 16/1 |
| 04 Apr 26+30d | Musselburgh | LiveScore Bet A Total Betting Experience Handicap Poor start - held up at back of field - lost more ground inside final furlong - finished well held in 10th | 10/12 | 1 | 8-8 | 70 | 51A | 66A | Andrew Mullen | 12/1 |
| 05 Mar 26+14d | Newcastle (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Handicap Held up towards back of field - lost touch with leading group inside final furlong - stayed on late without threatening - finished 11th | 11/12 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 72 | 90A | 70A | Andrew Mullen | 33/1 |
| 19 Feb 26+28d | Newcastle (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) Held up near the back - driven approaching final furlong and slipped to last - soon lost touch - finished ninth beaten 3¼ lengths | 9/9 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 74 | 88A | 76A | Greg Fairley | 20/1 |
| 22 Jan 26+24d | Newcastle (AW) | Midnite Ain't Your Grandad's Bookie Handicap Slow to break - lost touch with the field 3f out - pushed along but unable to challenge over 2f out - finished well held in 7th | 7/8 | 2 | 9-0 | 76 | 96A | 69A | Andrew Mullen | 25/1 |
| 2025 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Dec 25+112d | Newcastle (AW) | Midnite, Building The Future Of Betting Handicap Slow to break - held up in the back markers - driven up two out then flattened out inside final furlong to finish sixth beaten 4.5 lengths | 6/10 | ½ | 9-9 | 78 | 94A | 83A | Andrew Mullen | 18/1 |
| 08 Sep 25+23d | Windsor | Arc All-Weather 1MILLION Bonus Returns Handicap (Div 1) Shared the front spot from wide - pushed along and lost command inside final 2f - one-paced late but stayed on to finish 4th | 4/12 | 1¾ | 9-13 | 79 | 105A | 91A | Kieran O'Neill | 16/1 |
| 16 Aug 25+8d | Doncaster | Quality Freight Services Celebrating 30 Years Handicap Settled by the near rail behind the front two - roused approaching halfway and drifted left carrying the head up - under pressure and outpaced with a furlong left - finished third | 3/5 | 2 | 9-9 | 80 | 110C | 76B | Kieran O'Neill | 9/2 |
| 08 Aug 25+51d | Musselburgh | Champagne Pommery Cuvee Louise Handicap Tracked front group from the outside - pressed and lost momentum 2f out - rallied to draw nearly level entering last furlong - lost that edge again but battled on to finish second by half a length | 2/7 | ½ | 9-12 | 78 | 97A | 94A | Hollie Doyle | 7/1 |
| 18 Jun 25+21d | Hamilton | Aspire Cleaning & Facilities Handicap Drifted right early - held towards back - improved position inside final furlong - stayed on but couldn't get competitive finished 4th | 4/7 | nk | 9-10 | 79 | 108A | 84A | Kevin Stott | 14/1 |
| 28 May 25+11d | Hamilton | ICB (Water Proofing) Handicap Handy position near rail - pushed along a furlong out and hit front inside final 100yds - stayed on well but caught right at the line | 2/7 | nse | 9-8 | 77 | 92A | 88A | Kieran O'Neill | 14/1 |
| 17 May 25+43d | Thirsk | Josh Mullins Rules Supreme Handicap (Div 1) Held up in the pack - no response when asked over 1f out and finished eighth | 8/9 | ½ | 9-1 | 80 | 81A | 65A | Christian Howarth | 33/1 |
| 04 Apr 25+155d | Bath | Best Odds Guaranteed dragonbet.co.uk Handicap Ducked right at the off - held up rear of the field throughout - never landed a blow - finished well beaten in 8th | 8/9 | 2¾ | 9-4 | 80 | 105A | 64A | Kieran O'Neill | 9/1 |
| 2024 · 12 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Oct 24+26d | Bath | Best Odds Guaranteed dragonbet.co.uk Handicap Handy early - moved through to challenge in front over 2f out - hit the front soon after - driven approaching final furlong - stayed on strongly to score comfortably | 1/8 | 9-10 | 70 | 106A | 111A | Kieran O'Neill | 6/1 | |
| 05 Oct 24+18d | Southwell (AW) | Get The Inside Track With Raceday Ready Handicap Sat behind pace on inner - lost balance rounding the turn 4f out then urged and left behind 2f out - dropped away in the closing stages | 7/10 | nk | 9-9 | 72 | 79A | 73A | Kieran O'Neill | 17/2 |
| 17 Sep 24+35d | Yarmouth | Retro Industrial Cleaning Services Handicap Tracked the front-runner early - urged forward with two furlongs left before dropping to third with a furlong to run - drifted left in the closing stages - beaten into 5th | 5/9 | ½ | 9-5 | 73 | 104A | 77A | Kieran O'Neill | 16/1 |
| 13 Aug 24+15d | Hamilton | McEwan Grant Construction & Retail Joinery Handicap Up with the front bunch on the nearside - driven from halfway - one-paced and unable to make any impact in the final furlong | 9/15 | shd | 9-5 | 74 | 111C | 80A | Kieran O'Neill | 22/1 |
| 29 Jul 24+10d | Windsor | Thames Alfa Romeo Slough Apprentice Handicap | 7/7 | 4½ | 9-9 | 75 | 69A | 51A | Anna Gibson | 9/1 |
| 19 Jul 24+12d | Hamilton | Book Tickets For Ladies Night At hamilton-park.co.uk Handicap | 8/8 | ¾ | 9-10 | 71 | 79A | 72A | Rowan Scott | 11/2 |
| 07 Jul 24+15d | Ayr | Hadley's First Raceday Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 1/8 | 11-3 | 71 | 84B | 92A | Miss Becky Smith | 9/4F | |
| 22 Jun 24+15d | Ayr | 3B Crane Hire 10th Anniversary Handicap (Div 2) | 1/9 | 9-10 | 69 | 109A | 91A | Kieran O'Neill | 9/1 | |
| 07 Jun 24+13d | Brighton | Ak Bets Chat To A Trader Handicap | 3/5 | 3 | 9-10 | 71 | 107C | 79B | Darragh Keenan | 9/1 |
| 25 May 24+15d | Windsor | Visit Sri Lanka Handicap | 12/13 | 4¼ | 9-2 | 74 | 83C | 46A | Christian Howarth | 14/1 |
| 10 May 24+104d | Ripon | Traditional Family Day Sunday 19th May Handicap | 8/13 | nk | 9-5 | 76 | 101C | 88A | Jason Hart | 12/1 |
| 27 Jan 24+27d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Boosts In More Races Handicap | 4/7 | 1¼ | 8-12 | 77 | 111A | 70A | Christian Howarth | 14/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Dec 23+9d | Lingfield (AW) | BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap | 9/10 | hd | 9-8 | 79 | 96A | 74A | Kieran O'Neill | 17/2 |
| 22 Dec 23+15d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap | 4/8 | nk | 9-6 | 79 | 90A | 82A | Kieran O'Neill | 9/2 |
| 07 Dec 23+61d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Celebrate Christmas At CCR Handicap | 4/8 | 1¼ | 9-11 | 82 | 93A | 85A | Kieran O'Neill | 11/2 |
| 07 Oct 23+37d | Curragh | Stephen Quirke Memorial Handicap | 7/11 | 3 | 9-9 | 82 | 81A | 76A | Seamie Heffernan | 4/1J |
| 31 Aug 23+371d | Navan | Simonstown Maiden | 1/8 | 9-8 | — | 101A | 111A | Seamie Heffernan | 10/3 | |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Aug 22+12d | Navan | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden | 2/10 | 2¼ | 9-2 | — | 89A | 94A | Wayne Lordan | 10/3 |
| 13 Aug 22 | Curragh | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden | 7/19 | nk | 9-6 | — | 65C | 85A | Ryan Moore | 3/1F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Pop Star won?
- Pop Star (IRE) won 5 of 36 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 13.9%. Placed 8 times in total (22.2% of starts).
- Who trains Pop Star?
- Pop Star (IRE) is trained by Iain Jardine, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 June 2026.
- Who is Pop Star's sire?
- Pop Star (IRE) is by Sioux Nation (USA) out of Knock Stars (IRE), whose sire is Soviet Star.
- What going does Pop Star prefer?
- Pop Star (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Pop Star's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 69, from the run on 17 June 2026. The highest on record is 82.
- What is Pop Star's sire's record?
- Sioux Nation (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 2,879 runs since Jan 2008 (354 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 17.2% from 425. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.3% from 578. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.7% from 190.
- Who are Pop Star's siblings?
- Out of Knock Stars (IRE), Pop Star (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Royal Aclaim (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Listed (Royal Aclaim (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.