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Horse profile

Sonny Liston (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2024) · Last trainer Ralph Beckett · Last owner Chelsea Thoroughbreds The Big Bear
by Lawman (FR) out of Stars In Your Eyes (GB) (Galileo)
19 runs · 10 courses · from Jul 2021
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Aug 2024 — 795 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2024 · 4th of 4 2 wins · Newbury & Sandown Last raced off OR 114
KTB Profile

Sonny Liston won two of 19 starts on turf. His wins came in a Class 4 novice at Sandown over 6f to 7f in Jul 2021 and a Class 2 handicap at Newbury over 1m to 1m1f in May 2024, both on good going. He has never won in four runs at Goodwood or four at Ascot and is 0 from four on soft. Aged 5 at his last run in Aug 2024, he finished fourth of four in the Class 1 William Hill Celebration Mile Stakes at Goodwood off a mark of 114.

Based on 19 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Aug 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR at career high
Official rating114At career-high mark
114 98–114

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 99 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newbury, 18 May 2024

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 →

Flat 19 figures · best 107C · median 83
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good799A82—
Good to Firm5107C88—
Soft4106C93.5—
Good to Soft396A82—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f14107C87.5—
1m2f – 1m4f396A82—
6f – 7f282C72.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 19 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 94B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Goodwood, 31 Jul 2024 Official rating 114 at the last run, 24 Aug 2024

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 →

Flat 19 figures · best 126A · median 95
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good7117A90—
Good to Firm5126A97—
Soft4114A105—
Good to Soft395B81—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f14126A100.5—
1m2f – 1m4f395B83—
6f – 7f299A79—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 19 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Lawman (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 9,421 runs since Jan 2008 (730 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm40615%+6.1—
Good to Firm1,2551249.9%+10 from 5
Good2,1651898.7%−0.22 from 7
Good to Soft1,1761058.9%00 from 3
Soft1,5561378.8%−0.10 from 4
Heavy526458.6%−0.3—
Standard (AW)2,7032348.7%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4024310.7%+1.8—
6f – 7f2,6472539.6%+0.71 from 2
1m – 1m1f2,4762188.8%−0.11 from 14
1m2f – 1m4f2,2891958.5%−0.40 from 3
1m5f – 2m1,077938.6%−0.3—
2m1f – 2m4f416337.9%−1—
2m5f – 3m9633.1%−5.8—
Over 3m18211.1%+2.2—

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
Stars In Your Eyes (GB) (Galileo)

6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Zabeel Champion (GB) (9 wins).

The wins came over 7f–2m; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Dame Malliot (GB)).

Family form: Procyon (IRE) won at Redcar, 26 Oct 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Zabeel Champion (GB)2491m–2mClass 2
Dame Malliot (GB)841m1½f–1m4½fGroup 2
Banksea (GB)2837f–1m2fClass 2
Stone The Crows (GB)1821m4f–1m6fClass 4
Procyon (IRE)217fClass 3
Charles Bianconi (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 2 29% +23.00
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 2 9 1 11% +2.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +18.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Goodwood 4 0 0% −4.00
Ascot 4 0 0% −4.00
York 3 0 0% −3.00
Newbury 2 1 50% +9.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 1 100% +18.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 14 1 7% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
6f – 7f 2 1 50% +17.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Rossa Ryan 4 1 25% +7.00
Ryan Moore 4 0 0% −4.00
Marco Ghiani 3 1 33% +16.00
Hector Crouch 2 0 0% −2.00
Rob Hornby 2 0 0% −2.00
Kieran Shoemark 2 0 0% −2.00
Daniel Tudhope 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Marquand 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 2 18% +19.00
Blinkers 8 0 0% −8.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 5 1 20% +6.00
2023 7 0 0% −7.00
2022 6 0 0% −6.00
2021 1 1 100% +18.00

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
2024 · 5 runs
24 Aug 24+24d Goodwood William Hill Celebration Mile Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 · 8f · Soft · 4 ran Tracked the pace until past halfway - pressed for effort with 2f left - dropped away final furlong - finished fourth 4/4 ¾ 9-7 11482C77B Hector Crouch 7/2
31 Jul 24+18d Goodwood Qatar Sussex Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) Class 1 · 8f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 5/5 2¼ 9-10 114107C94B Rossa Ryan 25/1
13 Jul 24+24d Ascot Anne Cowley Memorial Summer Mile Stakes (Group 2) (Rnd) Class 1 · 8f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 1¾ 9-3 11476A90A Rob Hornby 7/2
19 Jun 24+32d Ascot Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 29 ran 2/29 hd 9-13 11194C126A Rossa Ryan 17/2
18 May 24+210d Newbury OCS Handicap (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 9-12 10599A117A Rossa Ryan 10/1
2023 · 7 runs
21 Oct 23+35d Ascot Balmoral Handicap (Sponsored By Qipco) (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Soft · 20 ran 6/20 2¾ 9-8 10630C106A Ryan Moore 7/1
16 Sep 23+23d Doncaster Hippo Pro 3 Sealant Handicap (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Soft · 15 ran 2/15 nse 9-10 102106C114A Ryan Moore 7/2F
24 Aug 23+20d York Clipper Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 4/19 hd 9-9 10288C104A Ryan Moore 10/1
04 Aug 23+20d Goodwood Coral Golden Mile (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 8f · Soft · 20 ran 5/20 1 9-9 104105C104A Rob Hornby 20/1
15 Jul 23+24d York John Smith's Cup Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 10.5f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 13/18 2¼ 9-2 10082C81A Daniel Tudhope 9/1
21 Jun 23+32d Ascot Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Good · 30 ran 2/30 2 9-2 10094C116A Ryan Moore 25/1
20 May 23+231d Newbury BetVictor Handicap (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Good · 12 ran 9/12 2 9-7 10382A89A Rossa Ryan 18/1
2022 · 6 runs
01 Oct 22+42d Redcar Racing TV EBF Stallions Guisborough Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 7f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 9/9 4½ 9-0 10682C59C Hector Crouch 15/2
20 Aug 22+22d York Sky Bet And Symphony Group Strensall Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 9f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 6½ 9-0 10673A66A Kieran Shoemark 16/1
29 Jul 22+55d Goodwood Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 8f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 3/7 ¾ 9-3 10383A97A Kieran Shoemark 12/1
04 Jun 22+30d Epsom Downs Cazoo Derby (In Memory of Lester Piggott) (Group 1) Class 1 · 12f · Good · 17 ran 15/17 nk 9-2 10476C83C Tom Marquand 100/1
05 May 22+21d Chester Homeserve Dee Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 10.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 hd 9-2 9896A95B Marco Ghiani 12/1
14 Apr 22+286d Newmarket bet365 Feilden Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 9f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 1¾ 9-0 —87A85B Marco Ghiani 9/2
2021 · 1 run
02 Jul 21 Sandown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 1/10 8-13 —63B99A Marco Ghiani 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sonny Liston won?
Sonny Liston (IRE) won 2 of 19 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 10.5%. Placed 6 times in total (31.6% of starts).
Who trained Sonny Liston?
Sonny Liston (IRE) was trained by Ralph Beckett on the most recent run on record, at Goodwood on 24 August 2024.
Who is Sonny Liston's sire?
Sonny Liston (IRE) is by Lawman (FR) out of Stars In Your Eyes (GB), whose sire is Galileo.
What going does Sonny Liston prefer?
Sonny Liston (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Sonny Liston's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 24 August 2024. That is also the highest on record.
What is Sonny Liston's sire's record?
Lawman (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 9,421 runs since Jan 2008 (730 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Sonny Liston's siblings?
Out of Stars In Your Eyes (GB), Sonny Liston (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Zabeel Champion (GB) (9). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Dame Malliot (GB)). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 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.