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Horse profile

Sovereign Spirit (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2023) · Last trainer Andrew Balding · Last owner Michael Blencowe
by Le Havre (IRE) out of Shutka (FR) (Holy Roman Emperor)
14 runs · 11 courses · from Sep 2022
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Sep 2023 — 1,135 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2023 · 2nd of 13 3 wins · Beverley & Lingfield (AW) Last raced off OR 83
KTB Profile

Sovereign Spirit won three of 14 starts between Sep 2022 and Sep 2023. All three wins came in handicaps over 1m2f – 1m4f, two of them at Lingfield (AW) on standard going in Class 6 company off a mark of 64 and one at Beverley on good to firm in a Class 4 off 79. The gelding, who reached an official rating of 84, finished second of 13 at Kempton (AW) off 83 in Sep 2023.

Based on 14 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
Official rating83↓ 1lb off peak
83 64–84

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 120 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newbury, 21 Jul 2023

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 14 figures · best 120A · median 68
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)5108C92—
Good4120A72.5—
Soft364C49—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f11120A74—
1m – 1m1f264C60.5—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 82A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 27 Sep 2023 Official rating 83 at the last run, 27 Sep 2023

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 →

Flat 14 figures · best 87B · median 71.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)582A76—
Good483A74—
Soft354C49—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1187B76—
1m – 1m1f268A61—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Le Havre (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 5,882 runs since May 2013 (750 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 15.5% from 296.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−12.4—
Good to Firm2964615.5%+3.11 from 1
Good1,14914112.3%−0.10 from 4
Good to Soft88711913.4%+10 from 1
Soft1,28416913.2%+0.80 from 3
Heavy525509.5%−2.9—
Standard (AW)1,73920711.9%−0.52 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f22418.2%+5.8—
6f – 7f7858811.2%−1.20 from 1
1m – 1m1f1,87323612.6%+0.20 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f2,06126112.7%+0.33 from 11
1m5f – 2m6798712.8%+0.4—
2m1f – 2m4f3864411.4%−1—
2m5f – 3m69913%+0.6—
Over 3m7342.9%+30.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2013 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Shutka (FR) (Holy Roman Emperor)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Shooting (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 5 2 40% +1.50
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 1 100% +7.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 5 1 20% +3.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 3 2 67% +3.50
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Goodwood 2 0 0% −2.00
Ascot 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 2 100% +4.50
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 1 100% +7.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 11 3 27% +3.50
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Oisin Murphy 5 2 40% +6.50
David Probert 4 1 25% −1.00
William Carver 1 0 0% −1.00
Kazuo Yokoyama 1 0 0% −1.00
Callum Hutchinson 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00
Rob Hornby 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 12 3 25% +2.50
Hood 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 11 3 27% +3.50
2022 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2023 · 11 runs
27 Sep 23+31d Kempton (AW) Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Class 3 · 1m3f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 2/13 6 9-2 83102B82A William Carver 18/1
27 Aug 23+15d Goodwood William Hill Handicap Class 2 · 1m4f · Soft · 4 ran 4/4 22 8-9 8449C46C Oisin Murphy 9/4
12 Aug 23+22d Ascot Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Classic (Handicap) Class 3 · 1m4f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 4/10 3¼ 9-5 8469B75A Kazuo Yokoyama 18/1
21 Jul 23+28d Newbury Quickmove Handicap Class 4 · 1m4f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 ¾ 9-3 81120A83A Oisin Murphy 11/1
23 Jun 23+13d Goodwood William Hill Epic Boost Handicap Class 4 · 1m4f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 1½ 9-11 8281B80A David Probert 8/1
10 Jun 23+30d Beverley Price Promise At bet365 Handicap Class 4 · 1m4f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 9-5 7965C87B Oisin Murphy 7/1
11 May 23+7d Chester Halliwell Jones Handicap Class 4 · 1m4½f · Soft · 8 ran 8/8 4¾ 9-0 706C49C Oisin Murphy 4/1
04 May 23+8d Lingfield (AW) Download The At The Races App Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 5 ran 1/5 9-13 6474C76B David Probert 2/1
26 Apr 23+17d Lingfield (AW) BresBet Rewards Loyalty Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 5 ran 1/5 9-9 64108C77B Oisin Murphy 5/2
09 Apr 23+25d Southwell (AW) Cazoo Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 4 ran 3/4 ½ 9-5 6692C58B Callum Hutchinson 10/3
15 Mar 23+154d Newcastle (AW) talkSPORT Powered By Fans Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 5 ran 5/5 4¾ 9-2 6867C52B David Probert 2/1
2022 · 3 runs
12 Oct 22+20d Nottingham British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 · 1m½f · Soft · 10 ran 10/10 6½ 9-7 —64C54C Tom Queally 33/1
22 Sep 22+20d Newmarket Turners British EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) (C & G) Class 4 · 1m · Good · 8 ran 5/8 ½ 9-2 —57A68A Rob Hornby 10/1
02 Sep 22 Ascot Charbonnel Et Walker British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 3 · 7f · Good · 8 ran 7/8 5½ 9-7 —64A54A David Probert 22/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sovereign Spirit won?
Sovereign Spirit (GB) won 3 of 14 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 21.4%. Placed 5 times in total (35.7% of starts).
Who trained Sovereign Spirit?
Sovereign Spirit (GB) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 27 September 2023.
Who is Sovereign Spirit's sire?
Sovereign Spirit (GB) is by Le Havre (IRE) out of Shutka (FR), whose sire is Holy Roman Emperor.
What going does Sovereign Spirit prefer?
Sovereign Spirit (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Sovereign Spirit's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 83, from the run on 27 September 2023. The highest on record is 84.
What is Sovereign Spirit's sire's record?
Le Havre (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 5,882 runs since May 2013 (750 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15.5% from 296.
Who are Sovereign Spirit's siblings?
Out of Shutka (FR), Sovereign Spirit (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2022. 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.