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Horse profile

Porto Santana (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2008) · Last trainer David Nicholls · Last owner Lady Oreilly
by Captain Rio (GB) out of River Dance (GER) (Lomitas)
11 runs · 8 courses · from Aug 2007
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Aug 2008 — 6,641 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2008 · 12th of 13 Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 65
KTB Profile

Porto Santana (IRE) is yet to win from 11 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 13 at Navan (Oct 2007). Last raced off 65, 15lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 15lb off peak
Official rating65↓ 15lb off peak
65 64–80

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 73A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 19 Mar 2008 Official rating 65 at the last run, 30 Aug 2008

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 11 figures · best 87C · median 48
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft355C45—
Good266C41.5—
Standard (AW)273A69.5—
Good to Firm248C47.5—
Good to Soft1———
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f866A47.5—
Under 6f387C73—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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
Captain Rio (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 6,912 runs since Jan 2008 (423 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm71811.3%+1.80 from 1
Good to Firm1,21313010.7%+1.20 from 2
Good1,4201228.6%−0.90 from 2
Good to Soft773628%−1.50 from 1
Soft1,04311410.9%+1.40 from 3
Heavy3764211.2%+1.7—
Standard (AW)2,0161819%−0.50 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,62816710.3%+0.80 from 3
6f – 7f3,0222889.5%00 from 8
1m – 1m1f953768%−1.5—
1m2f – 1m4f485469.5%0—
1m5f – 2m5625710.1%+0.6—
2m1f – 2m4f211209.5%0—
2m5f – 3m43511.6%+2.1—
Over 3m800%−9.5—

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

Dam
River Dance (GER) (Lomitas)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Katys Girl (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m1f–2m6f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Katys Girl (IRE)5332m1f–2m6f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 3 0 0% −3.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 8 0 0% −8.00
Under 6f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Chris Hayes 4 0 0% −4.00
Fran Berry 2 0 0% −2.00
Bradley Roper 1 0 0% −1.00
Adrian Nicholls 1 0 0% −1.00
Wayne Lordan 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00
N G McCullagh 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 0 0% −7.00
Blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 4 0 0% −4.00
2007 7 0 0% −7.00

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
2008 · 4 runs
30 Aug 08+17d Ripon Happy 80th Birthday George Simpson Apprentice Selling Stakes Class 6 · 6f · Good · 13 ran 12/13 2 8-13 6517A Bradley Roper 7/1
13 Aug 08+147d Beverley Rawfield Handicap Class 4 · 5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 13/13 23 8-13 7721C Adrian Nicholls 33/1
19 Mar 08+12d Dundalk (AW) Blackrock Maiden 5f · Standard · 13 ran 5/13 nk 9-5 7773A Chris Hayes 12/1
07 Mar 08+124d Dundalk (AW) Guinness C&G Maiden 7f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 ¾ 9-0 6566A Chris Hayes 25/1
2007 · 7 runs
04 Nov 07+11d Leopardstown (IRE) Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Premier Nursery (Premier Handicap) 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 10/12 5 8-7 8047C Wayne Lordan 20/1
24 Oct 07+2d Navan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden 5½f · Firm · 13 ran 3/13 ½ 9-3 6487C Fran Berry 20/1
22 Oct 07+36d Curragh Peter Keatley Curragh Groundcare Nursery (52-90) 7f · Soft · 19 ran 13/19 nk 8-4 6438C Chris Hayes 14/1
16 Sep 07+14d Curragh (IRE) Bank Of Scotland (Ireland) Nursery 6f · Good To Firm · 21 ran 13/21 1¾ 8-8 6748C Kieren Fallon 4/1F
02 Sep 07+8d Curragh Mencap EBF Maiden 6f · Good · 24 ran 8/24 1¾ 9-3 —66C N G McCullagh 33/1
25 Aug 07+17d Curragh Racing South Africa EBF Maiden 6f · Soft · 25 ran 13/25 1½ 9-3 —55C Fran Berry 20/1
08 Aug 07 Gowran Park Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Div 1) 7f · Yielding · 11 ran 9/11 1½ 9-3 —45C Chris Hayes 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Porto Santana won?
Porto Santana (IRE) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2007 and 2008. Placed 1 time in total (9.1% of starts).
Who trained Porto Santana?
Porto Santana (IRE) was trained by David Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Ripon on 30 August 2008.
Who is Porto Santana's sire?
Porto Santana (IRE) is by Captain Rio (GB) out of River Dance (GER), whose sire is Lomitas.
What is Porto Santana's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 65, from the run on 30 August 2008. The highest on record is 80.
What is Porto Santana's sire's record?
Captain Rio (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 6,912 runs since Jan 2008 (423 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Porto Santana's siblings?
Out of River Dance (GER), Porto Santana (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Katys Girl (IRE) (3). The wins came over 2m1f–2m6f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2007. 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.