Sharp Defence (USA)
Sharp Defence (USA) is 2 from 20. Hasn't won since Jul 2017. Both wins have come on turf — 0 from 4 on the all-weather. Last raced off 80, 15lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–20Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 8 (40%)Placed
- −13.70£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 0.66Fair A/E n=20 · 0.55 incl. margin
- 95Highest OR
- 48dAvg between runs
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 97
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 99A | 95 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 118A | 102.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 108B | 87 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 132A | 91 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 111C | 111 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 18 | 132A | 98 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 20 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 20 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.6% of 541 runs since Jan 2008 (59 horses).
Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 19.8% from 162.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +5.4 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 87 | 15 | 17.2% | +2.6 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 107 | 18 | 16.8% | +2.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 49 | 8 | 16.3% | +1.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 51 | 5 | 9.8% | −4.8 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | −5.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 231 | 31 | 13.4% | −1.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −14.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 162 | 32 | 19.8% | +5.2 | 2 from 19 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 226 | 38 | 16.8% | +2.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 96 | 4 | 4.2% | −10.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 40 | 4 | 10% | −4.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 13 | 1 | 7.7% | −6.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Dancetrack (USA) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Dancetrack (USA)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dancetrack (USA) | 7 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 2 |
| Timpanist (USA) | 20 | 0 | — | — |
| Running Deer (USA) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Fairwater (USA) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.50 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 19 | 2 | 11% | −12.70 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadhg O'Shea | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.30 |
| Rowan Scott | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Alan Persse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Davis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Probert | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Josephine Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Royston Ffrench | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 18 | 2 | 11% | −11.70 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −1.70 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Sharp Defence (USA) won?
- Sharp Defence (USA) won 2 of 20 archived starts between 2016 and 2019, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 8 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trained Sharp Defence (USA)?
- Sharp Defence (USA) was trained by Richard John O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Hamilton on 5 May 2019.
- Who is Sharp Defence (USA)'s sire?
- Sharp Defence (USA) is by First Defence (USA) out of Jazz Drummer (USA), whose sire is Dixieland Band.
- What going does Sharp Defence (USA) prefer?
- Sharp Defence (USA) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sharp Defence (USA)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 5 May 2019. The highest on record is 95.
- What is Sharp Defence (USA)'s sire's record?
- First Defence (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.6% of 541 runs since Jan 2008 (59 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 19.8% from 162.
- Who are Sharp Defence (USA)'s siblings?
- Out of Jazz Drummer (USA), Sharp Defence (USA) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Dancetrack (USA) (2). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Dancetrack (USA)). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Oct 2026.