Ravendark (FR)
Ravendark is a lightly raced gelding with one placing from two starts between Nov 2025 and Dec 2025, both over 1m5f – 2m on turf. His best effort came when third of 24 at Fairyhouse in Nov 2025. By Doctor Dino, whose progeny have won 502 of 3,134 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest strike rate of 19.8% over 1m5f – 2m. He finished sixth of 17, having been held, at Limerick in Dec 2025. His dam has produced five winners from six runners to date, including Brighterdaysahead with 11 wins.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 27dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 116
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 116B | 101.5 | 2 · 116 / 101.5 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 15.9% of 3,172 runs since Jan 2008 (488 horses).
Strongest on good going: 19.7% from 553. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.5% from 211. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.7% from 689. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.8% from 137.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −15.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 24 | 6 | 25% | +9.1 | — |
| Good | 553 | 109 | 19.7% | +3.8 | — |
| Good to Soft | 477 | 91 | 19.1% | +3.2 | — |
| Soft | 1,200 | 184 | 15.3% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 702 | 94 | 13.4% | −2.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 211 | 20 | 9.5% | −6.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −15.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 50 | 3 | 6% | −9.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 137 | 12 | 8.8% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 303 | 45 | 14.9% | −1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 689 | 136 | 19.7% | +3.8 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,491 | 236 | 15.8% | −0.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 414 | 60 | 14.5% | −1.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 85 | 13 | 15.3% | −0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Brighterdaysahead (FR) (11 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m1f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Brighterdaysahead (FR)).
Family form: Here Be Dragons (FR) finished 2nd of 10 at Auteuil (FR), 1 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighterdaysahead (FR) | 16 | 11 | 2m–2m5f | Grade 1 |
| French Dynamite (FR) | 39 | 8 | 2m–3m | Grade 3 |
| Mighty Potter (FR) | 11 | 7 | 2m–2m5f | Grade 1 |
| Caldwell Potter (FR) | 12 | 6 | 2m–3m1f | Grade 1 |
| Indiana Jones (FR) | 35 | 3 | 2m | Grade 3 |
| Here Be Dragons (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Dec 25+27d | Limerick | Signsplus Maiden Hurdle Sat behind front group - third at halfway - driven on turning for home but unable to threaten in 6th two out - fifth and asked for effort when hampered by minor error at the last - stayed on at same rate in 6th | 6/17 | 1¾ | 10-13 | 116B | 127A | Danny Gilligan | 4/1 |
| 29 Nov 25 | Fairyhouse | Kettles Country House Hotel Maiden Hurdle Settled early within striking distance - moved through the pack approaching 4 out to sit fourth then third - up to second 2 out - slipped back to third before the last and unable to quicken - held on for third | 3/24 | 4½ | 11-12 | 87B | 112A | Sam Ewing | 9/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ravendark (FR) won?
- Ravendark (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2025. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains Ravendark (FR)?
- Ravendark (FR) is trained by Gordon Elliott, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 26 December 2025.
- Who is Ravendark (FR)'s sire?
- Ravendark (FR) is by Doctor Dino (FR) out of Matnie (FR), whose sire is Laveron.
- What is Ravendark (FR)'s sire's record?
- Doctor Dino (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.9% of 3,172 runs since Jan 2008 (488 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 19.7% from 553. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.5% from 211. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.7% from 689. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.8% from 137.
- Who are Ravendark (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Matnie (FR), Ravendark (FR) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Brighterdaysahead (FR) (11). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Brighterdaysahead (FR)). The wins came over 2m–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.