Sara Valentina (IRE)
Sara Valentina won the Ryans Cleaning Maiden at Limerick in May 2024 over 6f-7f on heavy ground. The filly, by No Nay Never out of Carla Bianca, has one win and two places from eight turf starts and has not won since. She finished 9 of 12 in the Donnellys Of Barna Rated Race at Galway in Sep 2025 when last raced off OR 79, 8lb below her highest ever mark of 87.
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 2 (25%)Placed
- −4.50£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 0.83Fair A/E n=8 · 0.73 incl. margin
- 87Highest OR
- 80dBetween runs (median)longest 208 d
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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 106
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 4 | 106A | 66 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 98A | 81 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 106A | 66 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 98A | 76 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 4 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 2 (50%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (25%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,362 runs since Apr 2018 (708 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 186.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | — |
| Good | 1,490 | 181 | 12.1% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 618 | 56 | 9.1% | −3 | — |
| Soft | 851 | 110 | 12.9% | +0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 285 | 37 | 13% | +0.9 | 1 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,175 | 259 | 11.9% | −0.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 915 | 123 | 13.4% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,407 | 443 | 13% | +0.9 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,189 | 131 | 11% | −1.1 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 583 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 186 | 14 | 7.5% | −4.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2018 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Bella Isabella (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bella Isabella (IRE) | 11 | 2 | 7f | — |
| Emilie Gray (IRE) | 14 | 1 | 7f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Hayes | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.50 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Sep 25+139d | Galway | Donnellys Of Barna Rated Race Settled towards the rear early - middle of the pack at halfway - pushed along but couldn't quicken 2f out - finished well beaten in 9th | 9/12 | 1¾ | 9-5 | 79 | 98A | 66A | Chris Hayes | 33/1 |
| 23 Apr 25+31d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap Settled around midfield - pressed for effort and slipped back to 7th with 2f left - faded out of contention late | 8/9 | 8 | 9-0 | 84 | 52C | 54C | Chris Hayes | 8/1 |
| 23 Mar 25+162d | Naas | DAR Golf Handicap Sat behind the front group early - 6th at halfway - into 5th and given encouragement over 2f out - stayed on for 3rd having been asked for effort inside final furlong | 3/15 | hd | 9-8 | 84 | 64C | 95A | Chris Hayes | 18/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Oct 24+80d | Naas | Oktoberfest Weekend Handicap Sat handy behind front pair - pressed for effort in 3rd with 2f left - dropped away late to finish 13th | 13/14 | ½ | 9-1 | 85 | 66C | 71A | Chris Hayes | 11/1 |
| 24 Jul 24+34d | Naas | Bert House Stud Handicap | 3/6 | ½ | 9-8 | 87 | 81A | 90B | Chris Hayes | 11/2 |
| 20 Jun 24+35d | Leopardstown | Bingo Loco After Racing Handicap | 4/4 | 5 | 9-13 | 87 | 76C | 61B | Chris Hayes | 11/10F |
| 16 May 24+208d | Limerick | Ryans Cleaning Maiden | 1/10 | 9-3 | — | 106A | 102A | Chris Hayes | 5/2F | |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 21 Oct 23 | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden | 9/12 | 2 | 9-2 | — | 68A | 58A | Leigh Roche | 9/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Sara Valentina won?
- Sara Valentina (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 2 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Sara Valentina?
- Sara Valentina (IRE) was trained by D K Weld on the most recent run on record, at Galway on 9 September 2025.
- Who is Sara Valentina's sire?
- Sara Valentina (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Carla Bianca (IRE), whose sire is Dansili.
- What going does Sara Valentina prefer?
- Sara Valentina (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sara Valentina's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 9 September 2025. The highest on record is 87.
- What is Sara Valentina's sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,362 runs since Apr 2018 (708 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 186.
- Who are Sara Valentina's siblings?
- Out of Carla Bianca (IRE), Sara Valentina (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Bella Isabella (IRE) (2). The wins came over 7f. As at Nov 2026.