Simply Astounding (USA)
Simply Astounding won one of two starts between Apr 2025 and May 2025, the success coming at Naas in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden over 6f – 7f on good to soft. She is by Wootton Bassett, whose progeny have won 13.1% of 5,561 runs since Jan 2008, out of Minding whose only other foal to race is Henry Longfellow with three wins. Her last run, at Naas in May 2025, was in the Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Blackbeard Fillies Sprint Stakes where she finished 5 of 6 as favourite. All runs have been at Naas.
- 1–2Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- +0.38£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 20dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 75
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 82C | 78.5 | — |
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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 5,600 runs since Jan 2008 (778 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.1% from 161.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −13.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 556 | 73 | 13.1% | 0 | — |
| Good | 1,286 | 188 | 14.6% | +1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 830 | 99 | 11.9% | −1.2 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 999 | 151 | 15.1% | +2 | — |
| Heavy | 350 | 48 | 13.7% | +0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,575 | 174 | 11% | −2.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 161 | 26 | 16.1% | +3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,917 | 301 | 15.7% | +2.6 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,875 | 215 | 11.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,263 | 152 | 12% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 281 | 36 | 12.8% | −0.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 94 | 3 | 3.2% | −9.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 0 | 0% | −13.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Henry Longfellow (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Henry Longfellow (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Longfellow (IRE) | 8 | 3 | 7f | Group 1 |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 25+20d | Naas | Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Blackbeard Fillies Sprint Stakes (Fillies' Group 3) Bumped at the break and settled 5th - niggled at from 2f out - unable to land a blow and plugged on at one speed | 5/6 | 1½ | 9-2 | 75A | 68B | Ryan Moore | 4/5F |
| 28 Apr 25 | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden Up with the front group - hit the front in good order 2f out - driven and forged ahead 1f out - held on gamely inside the final furlong despite the gap narrowing late | 1/13 | 9-2 | 82C | 109A | Ryan Moore | 11/8F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Simply Astounding (USA) won?
- Simply Astounding (USA) won 1 of 2 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Simply Astounding (USA)?
- Simply Astounding (USA) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 18 May 2025.
- Who is Simply Astounding (USA)'s sire?
- Simply Astounding (USA) is by Wootton Bassett (GB) out of Minding (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
- What is Simply Astounding (USA)'s sire's record?
- Wootton Bassett (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 5,600 runs since Jan 2008 (778 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.1% from 161.
- Who are Simply Astounding (USA)'s siblings?
- Out of Minding (IRE), Simply Astounding (USA) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Henry Longfellow (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Henry Longfellow (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.