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Sarah's News (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Aug 2010) · Last trainer Gerard Stack · Last owner Gormanstown Manor Syndicate
by Redback (GB) out of Safe Home (GB) (Home Guard)
12 runs · 9 courses · from Jun 2007
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Aug 2010 — 5,939 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2010 Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 51
KTB Profile

Sarah's News (IRE) is yet to win from 12 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 14 at Listowel (Sep 2009). Last raced off 51, 9lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating51↓ 9lb off peak
51 49–60

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 66A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Listowel, 18 Sep 2009 Official rating 51 at the last run, 2 Aug 2010

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 9 figures · best 66A · median 45
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft359A45—
Good to Soft262A48—
Good266A59.5—
Standard (AW)1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f566A41—
Under 6f362A59—
1m – 1m1f1———

Of 12 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 12 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
Redback (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 2,888 runs since Jan 2008 (249 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.9% from 181.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2926.9%−0.7—
Good to Firm441347.7%+0.10 from 2
Good538366.7%−0.90 from 3
Good to Soft263186.8%−0.80 from 3
Soft486387.8%+0.20 from 3
Heavy182137.1%−0.5—
Standard (AW)949798.3%+0.70 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f271269.6%+20 from 3
6f – 7f951636.6%−10 from 8
1m – 1m1f716598.2%+0.60 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f428347.9%+0.3—
1m5f – 2m330309.1%+1.5—
2m1f – 2m4f18173.9%−3.7—
2m5f – 3m1119.1%+1.5—

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
Safe Home (GB) (Home Guard)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

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

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 8 0 0% −8.00
Under 6f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ronan Whelan 4 0 0% −4.00
Oliver Casey 3 0 0% −3.00
Danny Mullins 1 0 0% −1.00
Rory Cleary 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
N G McCullagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Colm O'Donoghue 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 6 0 0% −6.00
None 6 0 0% −6.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 2 0 0% −2.00
2009 6 0 0% −6.00
2008 3 0 0% −3.00
2007 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2010 · 2 runs
02 Aug 10+40d Naas Naas Handicap (47-65) 6f · Good · 20 ran RR/20 — 8-9 51— Oliver Casey 25/1
23 Jun 10+228d Naas Fishery Lane Handicap (47-60) 6f · Good To Firm · 16 ran UR/16 — 9-0 51— Oliver Casey 25/1
2009 · 6 runs
07 Nov 09+31d Dundalk (AW) www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap (47-65) 6f · Standard · 14 ran 11/14 nk 8-13 5541A Danny Mullins 8/1
07 Oct 09+7d Navan Kells Maiden 5f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 7/17 nk 8-9 5562A Oliver Casey 14/1
30 Sep 09+12d Sligo Race Sponsorship At Sligo In 2010 Handicap (47-65) 6½f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran RR/16 — 8-7 51— Ronan Whelan 11/4F
18 Sep 09+21d Listowel Kirby's Brogue Inn/kirby's Lanterns Hotel Handicap (47-65) 6½f · Good · 14 ran 2/14 2 8-2 4966A Ronan Whelan 9/1
28 Aug 09+25d Down Royal Tote Ireland Handicap (47-65) 5f · Soft · 12 ran 5/12 shd 8-3 4959A Ronan Whelan 16/1
03 Aug 09+403d Naas Naas Handicap (47-65) 6f · Soft · 20 ran 10/20 1 8-2 4939A Ronan Whelan 25/1
2008 · 3 runs
26 Jun 08+10d Fairyhouse Bet On-Line At betchronicle.com Handicap (50-70) 7f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 17/18 3 8-9 6034C Rory Cleary 33/1
16 Jun 08+8d Ballinrobe Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden 1m1f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 6/11 ¾ 9-0 5440A Seamie Heffernan 9/1
08 Jun 08+359d Roscommon Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) Maiden 7f · Good · 12 ran 8/12 1¾ 9-0 5453A N G McCullagh 20/1
2007 · 1 run
15 Jun 07 Navan Lynn Lodge Stud Maiden 5f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 ¾ 8-12 —45C Colm O'Donoghue 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sarah's News won?
Sarah's News (IRE) has yet to win, from 12 archived starts between 2007 and 2010. Placed 1 time in total (8.3% of starts).
Who trained Sarah's News?
Sarah's News (IRE) was trained by Gerard Stack on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 2 August 2010.
Who is Sarah's News's sire?
Sarah's News (IRE) is by Redback (GB) out of Safe Home (GB), whose sire is Home Guard.
What is Sarah's News's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 51, from the run on 2 August 2010. The highest on record is 60.
What is Sarah's News's sire's record?
Redback (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 2,888 runs since Jan 2008 (249 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.9% from 181.

Record shown from June 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.