Sonoran (IRE)
Sonoran is a gelding who has won two of 14 starts. Each win came on a first visit to the course, at Navan over 1m to 1m1f on good in a handicap off 79 in Sep 2026 and at Tipperary over 6f to 7f on soft in May 2025. Typically held up, he was held in eight of ten analysed runs. He finished 12 of 13 at Dundalk on AW in Oct 2026 when last raced off 83, 9lb below his highest ever mark.
- 2–14Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 4 (28.6%)Placed
- +7.00£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.72Fair A/E n=14 · 1.39 incl. margin
- 92Highest OR
- 38dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 111
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 111A | 94 | 5 · 111 / 95 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 97B | 93 | 2 · 97 / 87 |
| Soft | 3 | 94C | 76 | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 97B | 93 | 5 · 97 / 93 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 111A | 95 | 4 · 111 / 100 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 44C | 13.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 runs · as at 17 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 13 analysed runs
- Midfield 4 (31%) · 2 wins
- Held up 4 (31%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 4 (31%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (8%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 6.4% of 482 runs since Jan 2008 (72 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 46 | 4 | 8.7% | +2.3 | — |
| Good | 151 | 12 | 7.9% | +1.5 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 31 | 1 | 3.2% | −3.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 101 | 4 | 4% | −2.4 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 23 | 0 | 0% | −6.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 130 | 10 | 7.7% | +1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 33 | 1 | 3% | −3.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 197 | 10 | 5.1% | −1.3 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 136 | 12 | 8.8% | +2.4 | 1 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 76 | 6 | 7.9% | +1.5 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 29 | 1 | 3.4% | −3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | +2.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Never Rains (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never Rains (IRE) | 32 | 2 | 1m | — |
| Preamble (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 6f | — |
| Famille Verte (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Ballinahulla (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
| One Cool County (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | +4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Roscommon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 1 | 14% | +3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 6 | 2 | 33% | +15.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jack Kearney | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +2.00 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Oct 26+37d | Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | BAR 1 Betting 'First For Football' Handicap | 12/13 | 1 | 9-8 | 83 | 97B | 77A | Robert Whearty | 9/1 |
| 02 Sep 26+17d | Navan (IRE) | Navan Racing Festival 14th & 15th November Handicap Held up in the pack early - crept into contention wide 2f out - driven into 6th a furlong out - hit front close home and stayed on strongly to win | 1/15 | 9-13 | 79 | 93C | 98A | Colin Keane | 9/1 | |
| 16 Aug 26+36d | Curragh (IRE) | Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Held up towards the back - still 7th at halfway - driven approaching straight and stayed on late to finish 5th | 5/12 | nse | 10-0 | 80 | 111A | 88A | Gary Carroll | 20/1 |
| 11 Jul 26+11d | Navan | Navan Handicap Soon up with the pace - in front after 1f - overtaken by halfway - chased the front group on the rail 3f out - asked for effort but unable to threaten and found nothing more inside the last two furlongs | 9/11 | 2½ | 10-2 | 82 | 105A | 72A | Gary Carroll | 11/2 |
| 30 Jun 26+26d | Roscommon | Sean Cleary Memorial Handicap Held up in the pack - 10th at halfway - unable to gain ground from 2f out - well held at the finish | 9/13 | 4¼ | 10-0 | 83 | 80C | 74A | Jack Kearney | 8/1 |
| 04 Jun 26+25d | Leopardstown | BOYLE Sports Best Odds From 8am Handicap Held up towards the back - improved into 8th under pressure with 2f left then 7th approaching the final furlong - held on for sixth without finding more | 6/15 | 4¼ | 10-3 | 83 | 94C | 83A | Colin Keane | 8/1 |
| 10 May 26+28d | Leopardstown | Leopardstown Golf, Padel, Range Handicap Sat just behind the front group on the rail fighting for control - third at halfway - shifted right and asked for effort 2f out - driven with a furlong left but couldn't close - stayed on same gait to finish third | 3/11 | nk | 9-9 | 81 | 95A | 90A | Gary Carroll | 16/1 |
| 12 Apr 26+137d | Leopardstown | Leopardstown Members Handicap Held up at the back - urged forward into the straight without threatening leaders - stayed on same gait late to finish tenth | 10/17 | ½ | 9-13 | 82 | 84C | 81A | Jack Kearney | 18/1 |
| 26 Nov 25+47d | Dundalk (AW) | Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap Went straight to the front - pressed for effort with 2f remaining - lost the advantage inside the final furlong - dropped to 3rd and held on without finding more | 3/12 | 2¼ | 10-0 | 82 | 77A | 92A | Colin Keane | 4/1J |
| 10 Oct 25+20d | Dundalk (AW) | Bar One Racing Now Streaming Every Race Live Handicap Sat close to the front-runner early - down to 6th and driven on turning into the straight - unable to threaten with two furlongs left and had nothing more to offer in the closing stages | 11/13 | ¾ | 9-7 | 86 | 93B | 73A | Gary Carroll | 25/1 |
| 20 Sep 25+19d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park For Golf Race Settled midpack early - up to third by halfway - moved into contention entering the straight - driven approaching 2f out but found nothing more - slipped back to fourth and allowed to coast inside the final furlong | 4/6 | 14 | 9-10 | 89 | 44C | 60C | Colin Keane | 16/1 |
| 01 Sep 25+38d | Roscommon | Lecarrow Race Sat second early - hit front approaching 2f - pressed into straight then lost command 1½f out slipping to third - faded in the last furlong to finish sixth | 6/8 | 6½ | 9-8 | 92 | 76A | 70A | Colin Keane | 13/2 |
| 25 Jul 25+59d | Cork | Buy Tickets Online At www.corkracecourse.ie Median Auction Race Held up at the back - urged into 3rd approaching final 2f - moved up to 2nd inside final furlong - finished strongly to be edged out in 2nd | 2/4 | ½ | 9-10 | — | 89C | 86B | Gary Carroll | 9/2 |
| 27 May 25 | Tipperary | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden Held up in midfield out wide - made progress easily approaching 2f out - pushed to the front inside the last furlong - quickened away and kept finding more to the line | 1/12 | 9-8 | — | -17A | 106A | Colin Keane | 10/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Sonoran (IRE) won?
- Sonoran (IRE) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 4 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trains Sonoran (IRE)?
- Sonoran (IRE) is trained by G. M. Lyons, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 October 2026.
- Who is Sonoran (IRE)'s sire?
- Sonoran (IRE) is by Arizona (IRE) out of Falling Rain (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
- What going does Sonoran (IRE) prefer?
- Sonoran (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sonoran (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 83, from the run on 9 October 2026. The highest on record is 92.
- What is Sonoran (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Arizona (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.4% of 482 runs since Jan 2008 (72 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Sonoran (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Falling Rain (IRE), Sonoran (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Never Rains (IRE) (2). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.