Shot In The Dark (IRE)
Shot In The Dark (IRE) is 2 from 38, both wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Jun 2015. Last raced off 45, 57lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–38Wins / Runs
- 5.3%Strike rate
- 7 (18.4%)Placed
- −22.50£1 level staken=38 at SP
- 0.85Fair A/E n=38 · 0.73 incl. margin
- 102Highest OR
- 29dBetween runs (median)longest 578 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 59
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 59A | 51.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 59A | 51.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 9.4% of 4,593 runs since Jan 2008 (350 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 158.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 47 | 3 | 6.4% | −3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 825 | 82 | 9.9% | +0.5 | 1 from 5 |
| Good | 1,113 | 99 | 8.9% | −0.5 | 0 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 553 | 48 | 8.7% | −0.7 | 0 from 10 |
| Soft | 648 | 60 | 9.3% | −0.1 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 227 | 22 | 9.7% | +0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,179 | 119 | 10.1% | +0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 153 | 16 | 10.5% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 915 | 86 | 9.4% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 890 | 79 | 8.9% | −0.5 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,090 | 104 | 9.5% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 960 | 97 | 10.1% | +0.7 | 0 from 10 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 399 | 40 | 10% | +0.6 | 2 from 12 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 158 | 8 | 5.1% | −4.3 | 0 from 5 |
| Over 3m | 28 | 3 | 10.7% | +1.3 | — |
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
10 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Wild Shot (GB) (11 wins).
The wins came over 1m–2m3f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Highland Knight (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Shot (GB) | 113 | 11 | 1m–2m3f | — |
| Highland Knight (IRE) | 36 | 5 | 1m–1m1f | Group 3 |
| Rock Eagle (GB) | 18 | 4 | 1m2f–2m | Class 2 |
| Great Shot (GB) | 19 | 2 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Shadow Spirit (GB) | 17 | 0 | — | — |
| Sky Flyer (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| High Drama (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Loch Lady (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Astral Storm (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Barrashot (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Good to Soft | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | +2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 24 | 2 | 8% | −8.50 |
| Class 4 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 6 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taunton | 5 | 1 | 20% | +5.00 |
| Windsor | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Fontwell | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Bath | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Worcester | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| Wincanton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Stratford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Plumpton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Salisbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Towcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 2 | 17% | +3.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Grant | 16 | 0 | 0% | −16.00 |
| Liam Keniry | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Gerard Tumelty | 3 | 1 | 33% | +7.00 |
| Noel Garbutt | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Philip Prince | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Nico de Boinville | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Mr T McKeown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Michael Heard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Derham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pat Dobbs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 18 | 0 | 0% | −18.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 13 | 2 | 15% | +2.50 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.50 |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +2.00 |
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 23 | 2 | 9% | −7.50 |
| Flat | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.00 |
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 Shot In The Dark won?
- Shot In The Dark (IRE) won 2 of 38 archived starts between 2011 and 2017, a strike rate of 5.3%. Placed 7 times in total (18.4% of starts).
- Who trained Shot In The Dark?
- Shot In The Dark (IRE) was trained by Jonathan Geake on the most recent run on record, at Bath on 23 August 2017.
- Who is Shot In The Dark's sire?
- Shot In The Dark (IRE) is by Dr Fong (USA) out of Highland Shot (GB), whose sire is Selkirk.
- What going does Shot In The Dark prefer?
- Shot In The Dark (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Shot In The Dark's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 23 August 2017. The highest on record is 102.
- What is Shot In The Dark's sire's record?
- Dr Fong (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 4,593 runs since Jan 2008 (350 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 158.
- Who are Shot In The Dark's siblings?
- Out of Highland Shot (GB), Shot In The Dark (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Wild Shot (GB) (11). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Highland Knight (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–2m3f. As at Nov 2026.