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Horse profile

Sopelana (GB)

4yo filly · Trainer Cian Collins · Owner Tallys Bar Syndicate
by Expert Eye (GB) out of Cranberry (GB) (Toronado)
20 runs · 16 courses · from Jun 2024
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Punchestown & Ballinrobe Last run 29 Apr 2026 Last raced off OR 120
KTB Profile

Sopelana is a filly who has won three of 20 starts, all over hurdles on turf. She recorded two wins at Punchestown and one at Ballinrobe, all on soft or heavy ground, with her latest success in the Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle over 1m5f – 2m at Punchestown in Jan 2026 off an official rating of 113. Typically held up, she last ran off her career-high mark of 120 when held in the Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown in Apr 2026.

Based on 20 archived runs · run-style from 16 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up OR at career high
Official rating120At career-high mark
120 58–120

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 110 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Punchestown, 26 Jan 2026

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 →

Jumps 10 figures · best 146A · median 99
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft4146A90.53 runs · 99 / 82
Heavy4129A784 runs · 129 / 78
Good2102B100.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m6129A925 runs · 129 / 82
2m1f – 2m4f4146A992 runs · 99 / 72.5
Flat 8 figures · best 96C · median 80.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)294A87.5—
Good to Firm258C46—
Good281B80.5—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
6f – 7f581B63—
1m2f – 1m4f296C95—
1m – 1m1f1———

Of 20 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 20 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 119A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Navan, 21 Mar 2026 Official rating 120 at the last jumps run, 29 Apr 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 69A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Bellewstown, 2 Oct 2025 Official rating 60 at the last flat run, 2 Oct 2025

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 11 figures · best 130B · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Heavy5130B1045 runs · 130 / 104
Soft4119A113.53 runs · 119 / 112
Good2103A100—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m7130B1126 runs · 130 / 115.5
2m1f – 2m4f4115A1012 runs · 99 / 97.5
Flat 8 figures · best 69A · median 52.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)254A52.5—
Good to Firm257A50—
Good262A53.5—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
6f – 7f562A45—
1m2f – 1m4f269A60—
1m – 1m1f1———

Of 20 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 20 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.

Run style from 16 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Held up 10 (63%) · 2 wins
  • Mid-division 3 (19%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 3 (19%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Expert Eye (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 2,204 runs since Mar 2022 (197 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−10.2—
Good to Firm380348.9%−1.30 from 2
Good4985010%−0.20 from 4
Good to Soft225198.4%−1.80 from 1
Soft2382410.1%−0.11 from 6
Heavy801417.5%+7.32 from 5
Standard (AW)7808310.6%+0.40 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1331410.5%+0.3—
6f – 7f913778.4%−1.80 from 5
1m – 1m1f5405710.6%+0.40 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f4045313.1%+2.90 from 2
1m5f – 2m1611811.2%+12 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f4836.3%−3.91 from 5
2m5f – 3m5240%+29.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2022 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Cranberry (GB) (Toronado)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 6 1 17% +7.00
Heavy 5 2 40% +45.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Punchestown 3 2 67% +47.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Ballinrobe 2 1 50% +11.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 7 2 29% +43.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 1 20% +8.00
6f – 7f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jordan Gainford 5 2 40% +49.00
Kevin Healy 3 1 33% +6.00
Darragh Keenan 3 0 0% −3.00
Liam Wright 2 0 0% −2.00
Eoin Staples 1 0 0% −1.00
Phillip Enright 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny Gilligan 1 0 0% −1.00
Colin Keane 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor Stone-Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
David Allan 1 0 0% −1.00
Benoit De La Sayette 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 8 2 25% +46.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 5 1 20% +4.00
None 5 0 0% −5.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 5 1 20% +4.00
2025 10 2 20% +44.00
2024 5 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 12 3 25% +51.00
Flat 8 0 0% −8.00

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
2026 · 5 runs
29 Apr 26+39d Punchestown Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle 2m3½f · Yielding · 24 ran Held up towards the back - driven with no response 2 out - dropped away and pulled up before last PU/24 — 11-0 120—— Kevin Healy 25/1
21 Mar 26+28d Navan Wilkinson Jewellers Of Navan Mares Handicap Hurdle 2m · Soft · 12 ran Held up at back - hampered for room 2 out then driven into contention - solid 3rd but hit hard at the last - fought back in the closing stages to snatch 2nd 2/12 4 10-8 11982A119A Kevin Healy 12/1
21 Feb 26+13d Fairyhouse Declan And Maria Coombes Memorial Handicap Hurdle 2m½f · Heavy · 6 ran Held up towards the back - still adrift in 5th at halfway - improved into 4th after 4 out - lost momentum in 5th entering the straight - dropped away before 2 out and beaten a long way 4/6 46 11-7 12039C104C Eoin Staples 11/4
08 Feb 26+13d Navan Ryan's Cleaning Apple's Jade Mares Novice Hurdle (Listed) 2m4f · Heavy · 7 ran Settled towards the back - clipped at the first - moved into third turning for home - pressed approaching two out but found little left before the last 7/7 7½ 10-4 12046B96A Jordan Gainford 28/1
26 Jan 26+28d Punchestown Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 7 ran Held up towards the back - moved into 4th 4 out - pushed forward to share top spot on the inner 2 out and going easily - hit the front turning in - forged away at the last and kept on strongly run-in 1/7 11-0 113110A130B Kevin Healy 8/1
2025 · 10 runs
29 Dec 25+31d Limerick QuinnBet Handicap Hurdle (Listed) 2m · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran Held up at the back of the field - still in 10th at halfway - driven on turning into the straight - unable to make headway and finished well beaten in 8th 8/12 9 10-0 113129A97A Phillip Enright 33/1
28 Nov 25+15d Newbury Coral 'Daily Rewards Shaker' Fillies' Juvenile Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 2m½f · Soft · 12 ran Held a midfield position - eased across to the right and urged forward approaching 2 out - kept going at an unchanged effort to finish fifth beaten 15¼ lengths 5/12 2¾ 11-0 —66A112A Danny Gilligan 25/1
13 Nov 25+12d Punchestown Matchbook Betting Podcast 3-Y-O Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 6 ran Settled towards the back of the pack early - stumbled at the first - up to 4th by halfway - moved into 3rd after 3 out - jumped awkwardly in 4th 2 out - shifted right and made ground before the last - hit the front on the run-in and pushed out for the win 1/6 10-11 ——119B Jordan Gainford 40/1
01 Nov 25+30d Down Royal Lisburn And Castlereagh City Council 3-Y-O Hurdle 2m1f · Yielding · 5 ran Sat close up in 3rd-4th at halfway - pushed along in 4th 3 out - unable to close on pace and well held at finish 4/5 26 10-11 —99C99C Jordan Gainford 18/1
02 Oct 25+20d Bellewstown SIS Supporting Irish Racing Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) 1m4½f · Soft · 13 ran Settled in the pack early - back in 9th at halfway - urged into 5th with 3f left - up to 4th 2f out but unable to close - held no threat inside the last - faded to finish 7th 7/13 1¼ 9-13 6096C69A Colin Keane 16/1
12 Sep 25+22d Ballinrobe Burke's Clonbur 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 2m2f · Soft · 11 ran Settled in the pack - 5th at halfway - moved forward after 4 out - into 4th after 3 out - edged up 2 out - disputed at the last - in front entering the straight - pulled clear and stayed on strongly 1/11 10-7 —146A115A Jordan Gainford 12/1
21 Aug 25+10d Killarney Thorn Plant Hire 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 2m1f · Good · 10 ran Held up towards back - stumbled early on - unsettled again 5 out - edged forward into contention - urged along around 6th 3 out - blundered late on - stayed on to move up into 3rd late but no more to find - held that spot to the line 3/10 12 10-7 —99A103A Jordan Gainford 28/1
11 Aug 25+192d Ballinrobe C.J. Sheeran Ltd 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Good · 13 ran Held up towards the back - still down in 12th after 5 furlongs - found extra late on and made up ground from two out - stayed on at one speed to the line without threatening the front 6/13 6 10-7 —102B97A Conor Stone-Walsh 125/1
31 Jan 25+22d Newcastle (AW) Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 9 ran Settled at the back - moved right and pushed along with 2f left - shifted left inside final furlong but couldn't find another gear - finished 7th well beaten 7/9 1½ 9-5 5894A51A Darragh Keenan 18/1
09 Jan 25+153d Chelmsford City (AW) Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Standard To Slow · 13 ran Handy early - hit front with 4f left - overtaken 2f out - lost momentum through final stages to finish 10th 10/13 1¾ 9-9 6281B54A Darragh Keenan 33/1
2024 · 5 runs
09 Aug 24+19d Thirsk Peter Bell Memorial Fillies' Nursery Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran Settled just off the pace on the rail early - pushed along in pursuit 2f out - lost ground final furlong - finished 9th 9/11 ¾ 9-10 6634B57A David Allan 22/1
21 Jul 24+17d Redcar Racing TV Free Trial EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Good · 11 ran 8/11 1 8-11 6880A45A Liam Wright 16/1
04 Jul 24+7d Yarmouth quinnbet.com Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 ½ 9-2 —81B62A Benoit De La Sayette 200/1
27 Jun 24+12d Newmarket Black Type Accountancy British EBF 'Confined' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 2¾ 8-7 —58C43C Liam Wright 200/1
15 Jun 24 Leicester Lawman Commercials 30th Anniversary EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6/8 5½ 9-2 —63A38A Darragh Keenan 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sopelana won?
Sopelana (GB) won 3 of 20 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 15%. Placed 5 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trains Sopelana?
Sopelana (GB) is trained by Cian Collins, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 29 April 2026.
Who is Sopelana's sire?
Sopelana (GB) is by Expert Eye (GB) out of Cranberry (GB), whose sire is Toronado.
What going does Sopelana prefer?
Sopelana (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Sopelana's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 120, from the run on 29 April 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Sopelana's sire's record?
Expert Eye (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 2,204 runs since Mar 2022 (197 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from June 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.