Horse profile
Sonning (IRE)
7yo gelding (at last run, May 2025) · Last trainer Mark Walford · Last owner Ursa Major Racing Ltd Partner
by The Gurkha (IRE) out of Moon Empress (FR) (Rainbow Quest)
37 runs · 20 courses · from Oct 2020
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 May 2025 — 512 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2025 · 4th of 6
4 wins · 4 courses
Headgear returns LTO
Last raced off OR 98
KTB Profile
Sonning is a gelding who won four of 37 starts between Oct 2020 and May 2025. All four wins came on turf, two of them in Class 4 handicaps over 1m5f – 2m and 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft. He won at four different courses, most recently in the Athelstaneford Handicap Hurdle at Musselburgh in Nov 2022 off an official rating of 114. Aged 7 at his last run in May 2025, he finished fourth of six in a Class 4 handicap chase at Hexham off a mark of 98.
Based on 37 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 19lb off peak
- 4–37Wins / Runs
- 10.8%Strike rate
- 10 (27%)Placed
- −22.79£1 level staken=37 at SP
- 0.84Fair A/E n=37 · 0.74 incl. margin
- 117Highest OR
- 47dAvg 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.
Official rating98↓ 19lb off peak
98
58–117
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 112
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.
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 127A | 96 | — |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 139A | 109 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 12 | 127A | 98 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 144A | 112 | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 109A | 84.5 | — |
| Good | 4 | 84C | 63 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 88A | 70 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 85C | 73.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 88A | 77 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 109A | 70 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 88A | 85 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 84C | 84 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 37 figures from 37 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 from 5 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (80%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 2,020 runs since Jan 2008 (127 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 13.7% from 183. Weakest on heavy going: 2.9% from 105. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.4% from 110.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +15.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 183 | 25 | 13.7% | +4 | 1 from 7 |
| Good | 509 | 53 | 10.4% | +0.7 | 1 from 13 |
| Good to Soft | 209 | 21 | 10% | +0.3 | 2 from 9 |
| Soft | 321 | 23 | 7.2% | −2.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 105 | 3 | 2.9% | −6.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 689 | 70 | 10.2% | +0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 43 | 5 | 11.6% | +1.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 448 | 48 | 10.7% | +1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 536 | 49 | 9.1% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 563 | 51 | 9.1% | −0.6 | 1 from 15 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 297 | 32 | 10.8% | +1.1 | 2 from 14 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 110 | 7 | 6.4% | −3.3 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 22 | 4 | 18.2% | +8.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
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
Dam
Moon Empress (FR) (Rainbow Quest)
7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Restorer (GB) (7 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m6f; the highest grade won is Listed (Restorer (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restorer (GB) | 81 | 7 | 1m–1m4½f | Listed |
| Molinari (IRE) | 60 | 7 | 1m2f–1m4½f | Class 4 |
| Spaceport (IRE) | 18 | 2 | 1m4f–1m6f | Class 3 |
| Moonlight Silver (GB) | 12 | 1 | 1m4f | Class 5 |
| Villa Reigns (GB) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Lunar Son (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Silver Tiger (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 1 | 8% | −11.00 |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.79 |
| Good to Firm | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 18 | 3 | 17% | −8.79 |
| Class 5 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.00 |
| Class 6 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgefield | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.12 |
| Hexham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Catterick | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Nottingham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Redcar | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Wincanton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 1 | 7% | −10.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 14 | 2 | 14% | −7.67 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.12 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P Heskin | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.00 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Henry Brooke | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.21 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jason Watson | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| John Kington | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Martin Harley | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Jamie Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brian Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Midgley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor O'Farrell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Nolan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kevin Brogan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Hanagan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 31 | 4 | 13% | −16.79 |
| Hood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.79 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +0.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 20 | 1 | 5% | −15.00 |
| Hurdle | 15 | 3 | 20% | −5.79 |
| Chase | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 25+17d | Hexham | Port Of Blyth Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Went straight to front - driven approaching final bend and lost lead - fell back soon after - well held by the finish | 4/6 | 9½ | 11-2 | 98 | 86B | 96B | Jamie Hamilton | 9/1 |
| 03 May 25+14d | Hexham | Lindsay Jackson 50th Birthday Celebration Selling Hurdle Settled off the pace at the back - crept into contention approaching 3 out before losing ground before the last - lost touch through the closing stages | 5/9 | 14 | 11-1 | 103 | 100A | 94B | Brian Hughes | 13/2 |
| 19 Apr 25+11d | Carlisle | Ladies Night 5th July Handicap Hurdle Held up near the back - pushed along after three out then found little from two out - slipped to last close home | 8/8 | ½ | 11-8 | 107 | 112A | 106A | Tom Midgley | 40/1 |
| 08 Apr 25+189d | Pontefract | Tommy Hepple Memorial Handicap Handy early behind the front group - moved out and made progress 10f out - faded from 3f out to finish well beaten | 10/10 | 46 | 8-11 | 58 | 36C | 45C | Jason Hart | 12/1 |
| 01 Oct 24+14d | Sedgefield | Vickers.Bet Handicap Chase Held up at the back - driven from two out but couldn't quicken - dropped away and finished well held in fifth | 5/5 | 12 | 11-8 | 112 | 46C | 94B | Conor O'Farrell | 33/1 |
| 17 Sep 24+13d | Redcar | Try RacingTV Free Now At racingtv.com/freetrial Handicap Slow to break - held up in the pack throughout - lost touch from 3f out and dropped away steadily to finish well held | 7/8 | 1 | 9-12 | 60 | 84C | 63C | Paul Mulrennan | 6/1 |
| 04 Sep 24+7d | Southwell (AW) | Tips For Everyday At raceday-ready.com Handicap Sluggish break - held up towards rear for most of the contest - finished sixth | 6/9 | 1¾ | 9-6 | 61 | 77A | 67A | Oisin Orr | 11/1 |
| 28 Aug 24+22d | Catterick | Berber Leather Handicap Settled in the pack near the rail - pushed along and made progress a furlong out - finished strongly to go down by a length and a quarter in 3rd | 3/14 | 1 | 10-3 | 61 | 84C | 78A | Jason Watson | 10/1 |
| 06 Aug 24+6d | Catterick | Frances Duncan 70th Birthday Handicap Dropped out at the back - met traffic a furlong from home - stayed on into 4th without threatening the front | 4/7 | nk | 10-2 | 62 | 70B | 74A | Paul Mulrennan | 13/2 |
| 31 Jul 24+9d | Redcar | Free Racing TV At racingtv.com/freetrial Handicap | 11/11 | 2¼ | 9-4 | 63 | 55C | 51C | David Nolan | 25/1 |
| 22 Jul 24+22d | Beverley | Racing Again Next Tuesday Handicap | 7/9 | nk | 9-7 | 63 | 99A | 67A | Alistair Rawlinson | 22/1 |
| 30 Jun 24+11d | Uttoxeter | Bet Boost At Bet365 Handicap Hurdle | 8/9 | 11 | 12-0 | 117 | 50C | 100C | Henry Brooke | 33/1 |
| 19 Jun 24+20d | Nottingham | Experience Hospitality At Nottingham Racecourse Handicap | 7/10 | hd | 9-9 | 65 | 88A | 67A | Jason Watson | 9/1 |
| 30 May 24+20d | Carlisle | Follow Rhino Bet On Instagram Handicap | 5/7 | 2¾ | 9-10 | 66 | 67C | 65C | Paul Mulrennan | 11/4 |
| 10 May 24+15d | Ripon | Next Evening Meeting Wednesday 5th June Handicap | 3/12 | 1½ | 9-7 | 66 | 51B | 79A | Jason Watson | 12/1 |
| 25 Apr 24+16d | Beverley | Rapid Lad Handicap | 5/7 | ¾ | 9-7 | 68 | 80A | 71A | Alistair Rawlinson | 11/1 |
| 09 Apr 24+20d | Southwell (AW) | Liz And Izzy's HOAP Podcast Handicap | 7/8 | 3½ | 9-1 | 70 | 35A | 57A | Alistair Rawlinson | 125/1 |
| 20 Mar 24+485d | Southwell (AW) | BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap | 12/12 | 3¼ | 9-0 | 73 | 63A | 55A | Alistair Rawlinson | 125/1 |
| 21 Nov 22+40d | Musselburgh | Athelstaneford - Birthplace Of The Saltire Handicap Hurdle | 1/8 | 12-0 | 114 | 113B | 133A | Henry Brooke | 10/3F | |
| 12 Oct 22+7d | Wetherby | Wetherby Racecourse Supporting Spinal Research Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 5/6 | 2½ | 10-7 | 108 | 127A | 107B | Kevin Brogan | 5/4F |
| 05 Oct 22+34d | Sedgefield | Recovery Connections Enterprises Of Middlesbrough Handicap Hurdle | 1/9 | 12-0 | 108 | 139A | 135A | Henry Brooke | 15/8F | |
| 01 Sep 22+89d | Sedgefield | Vickers Bet Handicap Hurdle | 3/6 | hd | 10-9 | 105 | 144A | 108B | John Kington | 9/1 |
| 04 Jun 22+21d | Hexham | Download The N-E Bet App Today Handicap Hurdle | 10/10 | 7 | 11-11 | 110 | 87C | 91C | Henry Brooke | 28/1 |
| 14 May 22+25d | Bangor-on-Dee | Captains Bootlegger 1974 Pilsner Sprint Handicap Hurdle | 7/10 | 12 | 10-12 | 110 | 95C | 86C | John Kington | 80/1 |
| 19 Apr 22+72d | Sedgefield | Cazoo Search Drive Smile Handicap Hurdle | 6/8 | 11 | 11-4 | 115 | 112A | 98B | John Kington | 66/1 |
| 06 Feb 22+11d | Musselburgh | bet365 Scottish Triumph Hurdle (Juvenile Hurdle) (Listed) (GBB Race) | 6/7 | 27 | 11-0 | 116 | 102C | 92C | A P Heskin | 12/1 |
| 26 Jan 22+44d | Wincanton | Watch On Racing TV Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 4/6 | 11 | 10-10 | 106 | 109C | 98C | A P Heskin | 11/1 |
| 13 Dec 21+24d | Plumpton | Tim and Aine Wedding Week Celebration Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/10 | 5½ | 11-0 | 115 | 111B | 124A | A P Heskin | 3/1 |
| 19 Nov 21+26d | Catterick | Gaspara Asset Management Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/10 | 10-12 | — | 96A | 119A | A P Heskin | EvensF | |
| 24 Oct 21+115d | Wincanton | Eurofip International - Martin Collins Enterprises Racing Welfare Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/7 | 7 | 10-12 | — | 96A | 101B | A P Heskin | 1/2F |
| 01 Jul 21+30d | Newbury | Newbury Racecourse Vaccination Volunteers Handicap | 8/10 | 2¾ | 8-13 | 77 | 75A | 68A | Martin Harley | 12/1 |
| 01 Jun 21+26d | Leicester | Book Tickets Now At leicester-racecourse.com Handicap | 3/8 | hd | 9-9 | 77 | 85A | 76A | Oisin Murphy | 6/5F |
| 06 May 21+22d | Chester | Boodles Handicap | 6/6 | nse | 8-11 | 77 | 66A | 66B | Martin Harley | 6/4F |
| 14 Apr 21+147d | Beverley | Follow Us On Twitter At Beverley_Races Handicap | 1/12 | 9-3 | 71 | 109A | 90A | Martin Harley | 4/1 | |
| 18 Nov 20+21d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 7/12 | hd | 9-2 | — | 88A | 74A | Tom Queally | 33/1 |
| 28 Oct 20+21d | Nottingham | EBF Stallions Golden Horn Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 3/14 | ¾ | 9-0 | — | 85C | 80A | Paul Hanagan | 80/1 |
| 07 Oct 20 | Nottingham | British EBF Oath Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 7/11 | 1¾ | 9-5 | — | 58A | 57A | David Egan | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Sonning (IRE) won?
- Sonning (IRE) won 4 of 37 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 10.8%. Placed 10 times in total (27% of starts).
- Who trained Sonning (IRE)?
- Sonning (IRE) was trained by Mark Walford on the most recent run on record, at Hexham on 20 May 2025.
- Who is Sonning (IRE)'s sire?
- Sonning (IRE) is by The Gurkha (IRE) out of Moon Empress (FR), whose sire is Rainbow Quest.
- What going does Sonning (IRE) prefer?
- Sonning (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sonning (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 20 May 2025. The highest on record is 117.
- What is Sonning (IRE)'s sire's record?
- The Gurkha (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 2,020 runs since Jan 2008 (127 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 13.7% from 183. Weakest on heavy going: 2.9% from 105. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.4% from 110.
- Who are Sonning (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Moon Empress (FR), Sonning (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Restorer (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Listed (Restorer (GB)). The wins came over 1m–1m6f. As at Oct 2026.