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Sforza Castle (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2023) · Last trainer Ben Pauling · Last owner The Ben Pauling Racing Club
by Milan (GB) out of Jet Empress (IRE) (Presenting)
8 runs · 6 courses · from May 2023
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Dec 2023 — 1,033 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2023 Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 100
KTB Profile

Sforza Castle showed his best effort when second of 10 at Worcester in Aug 2023. The gelding is yet to win from eight starts on turf though he has placed twice. He last ran at Taunton in Dec 2023 in a Class 5 handicap chase off an official rating of 100. He raced over 2m1f – 2m4f on good going.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 109 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Worcester, 22 Aug 2023

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 →

Jumps 6 figures · best 111A · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good4111A104.5—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3109B100—
2m1f – 2m4f3111A88—

Of 8 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 116A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Worcester, 22 Aug 2023 Official rating 100 at the last run, 30 Dec 2023

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 7 figures · best 118A · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good5116A104—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3116A104—
2m1f – 2m4f3118A108—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 8 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
Milan (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,858 runs since Jan 2008 (1,463 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1815.6%−5.7—
Good to Firm5536611.9%+0.6—
Good5,17064912.6%+1.30 from 5
Good to Soft3,29438611.7%+0.40 from 2
Soft5,03450210%−1.30 from 1
Heavy2,71630311.2%−0.1—
Standard (AW)7322.7%−8.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f300%−11.3—
1m – 1m1f9111.1%−0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f5835.2%−6.1—
1m5f – 2m3,85540110.4%−0.90 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f5,47859910.9%−0.40 from 3
2m5f – 3m5,80670012.1%+0.80 from 3
Over 3m1,64920512.4%+1.10 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Jet Empress (IRE) (Presenting)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Karavomylos (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m7f–2m7½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Karavomylos (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Karavomylos (IRE)1622m7f–2m7½fClass 4

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Worcester 3 0 0% −3.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Beau Morgan 2 0 0% −2.00
Kielan Woods 2 0 0% −2.00
Ben Jones 2 0 0% −2.00
Kevin Brogan 1 0 0% −1.00
Luca Morgan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00
NH Flat 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 8 runs
30 Dec 23+19d Taunton Join The Taunton Racecourse Business Club Handicap Chase Class 5 · 26.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-9 100—— Beau Morgan 9/1
11 Dec 23+99d Lingfield Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Chase Class 5 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 7 11-8 10461C95C Beau Morgan 12/1
03 Sep 23+12d Worcester Neu-Servo Industrial Automation Repair Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 5 11-4 104100C104B Kielan Woods 2/1
22 Aug 23+31d Worcester Phil & Janet Robinson 41st Wedding-Anniversary Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 4½ 11-4 104109B116A Kielan Woods 9/4
22 Jul 23+12d Market Rasen Try Unibet's New Acca Boosts Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 11 ran 3/11 1¼ 11-2 —88B118A Ben Jones 13/2
10 Jul 23+28d Worcester Get Pulling With PJ Nicholls SsangYong Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 2¼ 11-2 —77A108A Ben Jones 18/1
12 Jun 23+22d Southwell Royal Ascot Form Study On attheraces.com Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 12 ran 5/12 2 11-4 —111A95A Kevin Brogan 11/1
21 May 23 Stratford William Hill Presents Up Front Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 3¾ 11-4 ——99A Luca Morgan 15/2

Quick answers

How many races has Sforza Castle won?
Sforza Castle (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts in 2023. Placed 2 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Sforza Castle?
Sforza Castle (IRE) was trained by Ben Pauling on the most recent run on record, at Taunton on 30 December 2023.
Who is Sforza Castle's sire?
Sforza Castle (IRE) is by Milan (GB) out of Jet Empress (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
What is Sforza Castle's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 30 December 2023. The highest on record is 104.
What is Sforza Castle's sire's record?
Milan (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,858 runs since Jan 2008 (1,463 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Sforza Castle's siblings?
Out of Jet Empress (IRE), Sforza Castle (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Karavomylos (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Karavomylos (IRE)). The wins came over 2m7f–2m7½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.