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Shirocco's Delight (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2023) · Last trainer Anna Newton-Smith · Last owner The Beano Partnership
by Shirocco (GER) out of Far Rock (IRE) (Old Vic)
21 runs · 10 courses · from Mar 2021
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Nov 2023 — 1,063 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2023 · 7th of 15 Last raced off OR 69
KTB Profile

Shirocco's Delight is a maiden who won none of 21 starts on turf and placed once. His best effort came when third of eight at Tramore in Jul 2021. He raced over trips from 1m5f to 2m on his first ten starts and over 2m5f to 3m on six others, acting on good to soft, good and soft ground. Aged 6 at his last run in Nov 2023, he finished seventh of 15 in a Class 5 handicap chase at Lingfield off an official rating of 69, 36lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 36lb off peak
Official rating69↓ 36lb off peak
69 69–105

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 111 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Plumpton, 24 Sep 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 12 figures · best 111B · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft588B59—
Good4111B105.5—
Soft392B74—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7105B74—
2m1f – 2m4f3111B97—
2m5f – 3m2106B82.5—

Of 21 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (6) · did not complete (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 21 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 82A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Plumpton, 24 Sep 2023 Official rating 69 at the last run, 30 Nov 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 16 figures · best 110A · median 86.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6107A88—
Good6110A86.5—
Soft395C89—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m9110A95—
2m1f – 2m4f488C83.5—
2m5f – 3m3100A78—

Of 21 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 21 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

Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 9,174 runs since Jan 2008 (921 horses).

Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm15320%+8.8—
Good to Firm343308.7%−2.5—
Good2,73731611.5%+0.30 from 9
Good to Soft1,80921812.1%+0.90 from 7
Soft2,47325810.4%−0.80 from 4
Heavy1,03112311.9%+0.70 from 1
Standard (AW)766769.9%−1.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2000%−11.2—
6f – 7f203157.4%−3.8—
1m – 1m1f401348.5%−2.7—
1m2f – 1m4f1,0911079.8%−1.4—
1m5f – 2m2,69928410.5%−0.70 from 10
2m1f – 2m4f2,68931611.8%+0.60 from 4
2m5f – 3m1,66622313.4%+2.20 from 6
Over 3m4054511.1%−0.10 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
Far Rock (IRE) (Old Vic)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Rock My Way (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m4½f–3m5½f; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Rock My Way (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Rock My Way (IRE)2232m4½f–3m5½fGrade 2
Rock Dj (IRE)70——
Allez Rock (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 9 0 0% −9.00
Good to Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 12 0 0% −12.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Plumpton 6 0 0% −6.00
Lingfield 4 0 0% −4.00
Fontwell 3 0 0% −3.00
Tramore 2 0 0% −2.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 10 0 0% −10.00
2m5f – 3m 6 0 0% −6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Best 4 0 0% −4.00
Jonathan Burke 3 0 0% −3.00
Conor Orr 3 0 0% −3.00
David Noonan 2 0 0% −2.00
Ben Godfrey 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor Ring 1 0 0% −1.00
Lorcan Murtagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Cannon 1 0 0% −1.00
Rex Dingle 1 0 0% −1.00
Kevin Sexton 1 0 0% −1.00
Alan King 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr John James O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Seamus Perry 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 0 0% −13.00
Cheekpieces 5 0 0% −5.00
Hood 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 8 0 0% −8.00
2022 4 0 0% −4.00
2021 9 0 0% −9.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 16 0 0% −16.00
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00
NH Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 8 runs
30 Nov 23+24d Lingfield Download The Racing App Now Handicap Chase Class 5 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 7/15 2½ 9-13 69—76A Ben Godfrey 33/1
06 Nov 23+43d Plumpton Roger And Jenny Farrant Diamond Wedding Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8/11 4 10-2 6958A78A James Best 40/1
24 Sep 23+168d Plumpton Half Moon Plumpton Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Good · 12 ran 9/12 nk 10-2 69111B82A James Best 80/1
09 Apr 23+19d Plumpton Strong Flavours Catering Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 2 10-2 69—85A Conor Ring 66/1
21 Mar 23+22d Plumpton Weatherbys Digital Solutions Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 13 10-2 7253B64A James Best 22/1
27 Feb 23+13d Plumpton Coral Racing Club Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 25f · Good · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-3 75—— James Best 100/1
14 Feb 23+16d Lingfield Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 23f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 7/10 21 10-7 7959C78C Jonathan Burke 50/1
29 Jan 23+52d Fontwell Cazoo Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran F/13 — 10-0 79—— Lorcan Murtagh 100/1
2022 · 4 runs
08 Dec 22+50d Taunton Jetset Flights & Holidays Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 23f · Good · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-7 84—— Tom Cannon 18/1
19 Oct 22+168d Fontwell Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Good · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-2 88—— Rex Dingle 20/1
04 May 22+16d Fontwell In Loving Memory Of Mick Hayward Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Good · 12 ran 4/12 12 11-7 93106B100A Jonathan Burke 50/1
18 Apr 22+131d Plumpton Harry And Betty Savill Memorial Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17.5f · Good · 12 ran 5/12 ¾ 11-9 9797C88C Jonathan Burke 100/1
2021 · 9 runs
08 Dec 21+22d Lingfield Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran 4/5 91 11-4 102—75C David Noonan 22/1
16 Nov 21+135d Lingfield Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 35 10-12 10529C98C David Noonan 150/1
04 Jul 21+30d Tramore Good Enuf To Eat Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 2¼ 11-9 100—110A Conor Orr 5/1
04 Jun 21+15d Tramore FormaHoof Maiden Hurdle 16.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 5/14 5 11-4 —88B107A Conor Orr 25/1
20 May 21+27d Tipperary Tipperary Town Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 16f · Soft · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-1 ——— Conor Orr 40/1
23 Apr 21+19d Kilbeggan New Spring Two Day N.H. Race Meeting Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 14 ran 5/14 10 10-13 —105B82A Kevin Sexton 14/1
04 Apr 21+15d Cork Dermot Casey Tree Care Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 9/16 1 11-2 —65B99A Alan King 28/1
20 Mar 21+13d Thurles www.thurlesraces.ie (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16.5f · Yielding · 15 ran 6/15 7½ 11-2 —74C95C Mr John James O'Neill 80/1
07 Mar 21 Leopardstown Tri Equestrian Superstore & Cafe (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Yielding · 13 ran 8/13 1¾ 11-0 —92B89A Mr Seamus Perry 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Shirocco's Delight won?
Shirocco's Delight (IRE) has yet to win, from 21 archived starts between 2021 and 2023. Placed 1 time in total (4.8% of starts).
Who trained Shirocco's Delight?
Shirocco's Delight (IRE) was trained by Anna Newton-Smith on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield on 30 November 2023.
Who is Shirocco's Delight's sire?
Shirocco's Delight (IRE) is by Shirocco (GER) out of Far Rock (IRE), whose sire is Old Vic.
What is Shirocco's Delight's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 69, from the run on 30 November 2023. The highest on record is 105.
What is Shirocco's Delight's sire's record?
Shirocco (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 9,174 runs since Jan 2008 (921 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
Who are Shirocco's Delight's siblings?
Out of Far Rock (IRE), Shirocco's Delight (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Rock My Way (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Rock My Way (IRE)). The wins came over 2m4½f–3m5½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2021. 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.