Silk Braid (IRE)
Silk Braid won one of her two starts, taking the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden over 6f – 7f on soft ground at Curragh in Oct 2025. She finished 2 of 7 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Committed Stakes at Navan in Apr 2026. By Invincible Army, whose progeny have recorded a 10.1% strike rate from 1,586 runs since Jan 2008, with a stronger 13.5% win rate under 6f. Her dam has produced one winner from two runners to date.
- 1–2Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 2 (100%)Placed
- +6.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 191dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 92
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 92A | 80 | 1 · — |
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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 1,624 runs since Jan 2008 (162 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 14.1% from 149. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.3% from 398. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.8% from 249.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +40.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 221 | 24 | 10.9% | +1 | — |
| Good | 452 | 39 | 8.6% | −1.3 | — |
| Good to Soft | 149 | 21 | 14.1% | +4.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 199 | 16 | 8% | −1.9 | 1 from 1 |
| Heavy | 67 | 9 | 13.4% | +3.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 534 | 51 | 9.6% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 398 | 53 | 13.3% | +3.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 865 | 84 | 9.7% | −0.2 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 249 | 17 | 6.8% | −3.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 88 | 7 | 8% | −1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 19 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Himalayan Heights (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–1m4½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Himalayan Heights (IRE) | 14 | 2 | 1m2f–1m4½f | — |
| Shielded (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 26+191d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Committed Stakes (Listed) Fractious in the stalls and a little hampered at the off - settled towards the rear on the outside but pulled hard - urged forward in 5th 2f out - no real response when asked over 1f out - stayed on into 2nd near the line but no matching the winner | 2/7 | 1¼ | 9-0 | 68A | 86A | Colin Keane | 15/2 |
| 16 Oct 25 | Curragh | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden Settled midfield early - 5th at halfway moving smoothly - hit the front two out - pushed clear approaching the final furlong - stayed on strongly to win going away | 1/12 | 8-9 | 92A | 89A | Robert Whearty | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Silk Braid (IRE) won?
- Silk Braid (IRE) won 1 of 2 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 2 times in total (100% of starts).
- Who trains Silk Braid (IRE)?
- Silk Braid (IRE) is trained by G M Lyons, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 April 2026.
- Who is Silk Braid (IRE)'s sire?
- Silk Braid (IRE) is by Invincible Army (IRE) out of Shambolique (GB), whose sire is Shamardal.
- What is Silk Braid (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Invincible Army (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 1,624 runs since Jan 2008 (162 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14.1% from 149. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.3% from 398. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.8% from 249.
- Who are Silk Braid (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Shambolique (GB), Silk Braid (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Himalayan Heights (IRE) (2). The wins came over 1m2f–1m4½f. As at Oct 2026.