Sovereign Thought (IRE)
Sovereign Thought is 1 from 6. The win came in the Grant Thornton Nursery Handicap at Down Royal in Sep 2025 over 6f – 7f on good going off an official rating of 63. He has raced five times on turf and once on all-weather. Typically held up, he finished 2 of 13 at Dundalk in Oct 2025 when last raced off a career-high mark of 73.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 2 (33.3%)Placed
- +11.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 2.43Fair A/E n=6 · 1.91 incl. margin
- 73Highest OR
- 35dAvg 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 100
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 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 91C | 76 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 69C | 39.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 100B | 80 | — |
| Under 6f | 2 | 69A | 65 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 6 analysed runs since Apr 2025
- Prominent 4 (67%) · 1 win
- Held up 1 (17%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (17%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 1,600 runs since Apr 2023 (243 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17% from 159. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.4% from 149.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +39.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 209 | 20 | 9.6% | −1.3 | — |
| Good | 404 | 42 | 10.4% | −0.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 158 | 15 | 9.5% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 221 | 24 | 10.9% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 41 | 4 | 9.8% | −1.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 565 | 68 | 12% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 159 | 27 | 17% | +6.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 844 | 100 | 11.8% | +0.9 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 401 | 36 | 9% | −1.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 149 | 11 | 7.4% | −3.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 28 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2023 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Branksome (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +13.00 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Ryan | 3 | 1 | 33% | +14.00 |
| Paddy Harnett | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 1 | 20% | +12.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Oct 25+42d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Book Now Nursery Handicap Sat behind the front group - asked for effort 2f out and third with a furlong left - edged into second inside the final furlong - kept battling to go down by a whisker | 2/13 | nse | 9-5 | 73 | 100B | 83A | Ronan Whelan | 6/1 |
| 05 Sep 25+30d | Down Royal | Grant Thornton Nursery Handicap Handy early - third with 2f left before being asked for effort - hit front a furlong out - finished strongly to score | 1/14 | 9-5 | 63 | 91C | 80A | Gavin Ryan | 16/1 | |
| 06 Aug 25+66d | Sligo | John Gilligan Memorial Nursery Handicap Held up towards back of field - driven approaching final furlong - nudged closer late but held - finished 9th beaten 7 lengths | 9/13 | 1½ | 9-2 | 65 | 69C | 50A | Paddy Harnett | 9/1 |
| 01 Jun 25+12d | Listowel | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden Held up in the pack early - unable to improve position through the race - well beaten at the finish | 11/14 | 2 | 9-2 | — | 10C | 59C | Gavin Ryan | 22/1 |
| 20 May 25+26d | Cork | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden Handy early - driven along with 2f left - dropped away inside final furlong to finish well held | 9/13 | shd | 8-11 | — | 61C | 70A | Paddy Harnett | 14/1 |
| 24 Apr 25 | Tipperary | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden Held up behind front group on the far rail - urged into 6th at halfway - stayed at same effort from inside final 2f - finished 6th | 6/12 | ½ | 9-2 | — | 69A | 74A | Gavin Ryan | 8/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Sovereign Thought won?
- Sovereign Thought (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 2 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Sovereign Thought?
- Sovereign Thought (IRE) was trained by Donnacha Aidan O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 17 October 2025.
- Who is Sovereign Thought's sire?
- Sovereign Thought (IRE) is by Ten Sovereigns (IRE) out of Be Mindful (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What is Sovereign Thought's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 73, from the run on 17 October 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Sovereign Thought's sire's record?
- Ten Sovereigns (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 1,600 runs since Apr 2023 (243 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17% from 159. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.4% from 149.
- Who are Sovereign Thought's siblings?
- Out of Be Mindful (IRE), Sovereign Thought (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.