Retrograde (IRE)
Retrograde is a lightly raced gelding with two starts between Apr 2025 and Oct 2025. By Saxon Warrior out of a Street Cry mare whose three previous foals to race have produced two winners including El Picador with five wins his last run at Naas in Oct 2025 was his first for Joseph Patrick O'Brien when he finished sixth of 16 in the Lily & Wild Maiden having been held up. The sire’s progeny have recorded 328 wins from 2,804 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest record on standard going.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 186dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 105
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 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
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 11.5% of 2,917 runs since Apr 2022 (365 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.9% from 946. Weakest on heavy going: 5.6% from 142.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 2 | 40% | +28.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 373 | 47 | 12.6% | +1.1 | — |
| Good | 692 | 65 | 9.4% | −2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 336 | 34 | 10.1% | −1.4 | — |
| Soft | 423 | 39 | 9.2% | −2.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 142 | 8 | 5.6% | −5.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 946 | 141 | 14.9% | +3.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 70 | 3 | 4.3% | −7.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 891 | 96 | 10.8% | −0.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 896 | 106 | 11.8% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 802 | 104 | 13% | +1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 191 | 22 | 11.5% | 0 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 66 | 5 | 7.6% | −3.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2022 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them El Picador (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (El Picador (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Picador (IRE) | 38 | 5 | 1m2f–1m7½f | Class 2 |
| Weddell Sea (IRE) | 43 | 4 | 2m–2m½f | Class 5 |
| Sparkling Or Still (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 25+186d | Naas | Lily & Wild Maiden Sat behind the front group early - 8th at the midpoint - asked for effort turning for home and stayed on from 2f out - improved into 6th near the finish | 6/16 | 3 | 9-8 | 83C | 74A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 16/5 |
| 08 Apr 25 | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 3yo Spring Series Median Auction Maiden Held up towards the back on the wide side - urged into contention around 8th with 2f left - drifted left approaching the final furlong and a half - improved into 5th inside the last furlong - stayed on at one speed to finish fifth | 5/11 | 1¾ | 9-8 | 105A | 80A | Gavin Ryan | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Retrograde won?
- Retrograde (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trained Retrograde?
- Retrograde (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 11 October 2025.
- Who is Retrograde's sire?
- Retrograde (IRE) is by Saxon Warrior (JPN) out of West Of Venus (USA), whose sire is Street Cry.
- What is Retrograde's sire's record?
- Saxon Warrior (JPN)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 2,917 runs since Apr 2022 (365 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.9% from 946. Weakest on heavy going: 5.6% from 142.
- Who are Retrograde's siblings?
- Out of West Of Venus (USA), Retrograde (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: El Picador (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (El Picador (IRE)). The wins came over 1m2f–2m½f. As at Nov 2026.