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Horse profile

Sovereign's Joy (GB)

7yo gelding (at last run, May 2008) · Last trainer Tom George · Last owner T R George
by Sovereign Water (FR) out of Carmel's Joy (IRE) (Carlingford Castle)
9 runs · 7 courses · from Nov 2006
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 May 2008 — 6,762 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2008 · 2nd of 17 Won at Leicester Last raced off OR 102
KTB Profile

Sovereign's Joy (GB) is 1 from 9, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Jan 2008.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4
Official rating102↓ 3lb off peak
102 101–105

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 128A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hereford, 1 May 2008 Official rating 102 at the last run, 1 May 2008

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 8 figures · best 128A · median 106.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft397C96—
Heavy2121B120—
Soft2116C105.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m4121B96.5—
2m1f – 2m4f3119C116—
Over 3m1———

Of 9 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 · 8 figures from 9 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
Sovereign Water (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 292 runs since Jan 2008 (34 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3133.3%+22—
Good to Firm21523.8%+12.5—
Good951111.6%+0.30 from 1
Good to Soft6357.9%−3.41 from 4
Soft7068.6%−2.70 from 2
Heavy40512.5%+1.20 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f400%−11.3—
1m5f – 2m2514%−7.3—
2m1f – 2m4f4836.3%−50 from 3
2m5f – 3m1201512.5%+1.21 from 5
Over 3m951414.7%+3.40 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Carmel's Joy (IRE) (Carlingford Castle)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Mewstone (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Mewstone (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mewstone (GB)1022m–2m½fClass 4
Trenance (GB)1222m7½f–3mClass 4
Higgsy (GB)30——
Flora Springs (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 4 1 25% +11.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 1 13% +7.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Exeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 2 1 50% +13.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 5 1 20% +10.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Willie McCarthy 4 1 25% +11.00
Paddy Brennan 2 0 0% −2.00
Jason Maguire 2 0 0% −2.00
Paul Moloney 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 1 14% +8.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 5 1 20% +10.00
2007 2 0 0% −2.00
2006 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 6 1 17% +9.00
Hurdle 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2008 · 5 runs
01 May 08+17d Hereford Dorothy Goodbody's Golden Ale Handicap Chase Class 4 · 3m1f · Good · 17 ran 2/17 shd 11-10 102128A Paddy Brennan 10/1
14 Apr 08+27d Newcastle Complete Football Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m7½f · Heavy · 8 ran 3/8 ½ 11-10 101121B Paddy Brennan 8/1
18 Mar 08+21d Exeter Tozers Solicitors Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m7½f · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 19 11-2 10595C Willie McCarthy 10/1
26 Feb 08+27d Leicester Bates Family Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m6½f · Good To Soft · 15 ran F/15 — 11-7 105— Willie McCarthy 14/1
30 Jan 08+60d Leicester Silver Bell Maiden Chase Class 4 · 2m6½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 1/10 10-9 10597C Willie McCarthy 14/1
2007 · 2 runs
01 Dec 07+301d Towcester Richard Spencer Builders Novices' Chase Class 3 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 30 10-9 10589C Willie McCarthy 14/1
03 Feb 07+50d Stratford Prior Products Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 2m6f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 9/15 30 11-5 —96C Paul Moloney 5/1
2006 · 2 runs
15 Dec 06+28d Uttoxeter Heathyards Engineering Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Heavy · 14 ran 4/14 10 10-12 —119C Jason Maguire 7/2
17 Nov 06 Exeter Children In Need Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1f · Soft · 17 ran 4/17 1¼ 10-12 —116C Jason Maguire 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sovereign's Joy won?
Sovereign's Joy (GB) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2006 and 2008, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 3 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Sovereign's Joy?
Sovereign's Joy (GB) was trained by Tom George on the most recent run on record, at Hereford on 1 May 2008.
Who is Sovereign's Joy's sire?
Sovereign's Joy (GB) is by Sovereign Water (FR) out of Carmel's Joy (IRE), whose sire is Carlingford Castle.
What going does Sovereign's Joy prefer?
Sovereign's Joy (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Sovereign's Joy's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 1 May 2008. The highest on record is 105.
What is Sovereign's Joy's sire's record?
Sovereign Water (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 292 runs since Jan 2008 (34 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Sovereign's Joy's siblings?
Out of Carmel's Joy (IRE), Sovereign's Joy (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Mewstone (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Mewstone (GB)). The wins came over 2m–3m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2006. 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.