Spanish Steps (IRE)
Spanish Steps (IRE) is 2 from 8, including a Group 3 win. The biggest win we hold: the Grenke Finance Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown (Aug 2017). Hasn't won since Aug 2017. Both wins came on good or faster ground (0 from 3 on softer). Last raced off a career-high mark of 110.
- 2–8Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 4 (50%)Placed
- +1.10£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.36Fair A/E n=8 · 1.11 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 46dAvg 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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 63C | 61 | — |
| Good | 2 | 111A | 111 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 109A | 99.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 111A | 90 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 111A | 75.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,191 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).
Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 72 | 14 | 19.4% | +4.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,765 | 442 | 16% | +1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 5,307 | 790 | 14.9% | +0.4 | 2 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 2,342 | 328 | 14% | −0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 3,844 | 575 | 15% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 1,378 | 190 | 13.8% | −0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,482 | 304 | 12.2% | −2.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −7.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,383 | 252 | 18.2% | +3.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,021 | 517 | 17.1% | +2.6 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6,848 | 1,051 | 15.3% | +0.8 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,237 | 554 | 13.1% | −1.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,649 | 170 | 10.3% | −4.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 889 | 83 | 9.3% | −5.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 150 | 16 | 10.7% | −3.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 2 | 67% | +6.10 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seamie Heffernan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Donnacha O'Brien | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Ana O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P B Beggy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.10 |
| 2016 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Sep 17+17d | Leopardstown | KPMG Enterprise Stakes (Group 3) | 5/6 | 2 | 9-4 | 110 | 59A | 86B | Ryan Moore | 9/2 |
| 23 Aug 17+13d | York | Betway Great Voltigeur Stakes (Group 2) | 5/6 | 16 | 9-0 | 110 | 63C | 81C | Seamie Heffernan | 16/1 |
| 10 Aug 17+27d | Leopardstown | Grenke Finance Ballyroan Stakes (group 3) | 1/6 | 8-12 | 100 | 111A | 89B | Seamie Heffernan | 6/1 | |
| 14 Jul 17+19d | Saint-Cloud (FR) | Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris (3yo Colts & Fillies) (Turf) | 9/9 | 1 | 9-2 | — | — | — | P B Beggy | 54/1 |
| 25 Jun 17+7d | Gowran Park (IRE) | Join Our Racing Club Maiden | 1/7 | 9-5 | — | 111A | 102A | Donnacha O'Brien | 11/10F | |
| 18 Jun 17+29d | Cork | Mallow Town Summer Race Evening July 14th Maiden | 2/10 | ¾ | 9-5 | — | 90A | 88A | Donnacha O'Brien | 4/6F |
| 20 May 17+209d | Navan | Matthews Agri Maiden | 3/9 | 1½ | 9-2 | — | 109A | 77A | Ana O'Brien | 3/1 |
| 23 Oct 16 | Leopardstown (IRE) | Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10 Race) | 8/15 | ½ | 9-0 | — | 40C | 63A | Ana O'Brien | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Spanish Steps (IRE) won?
- Spanish Steps (IRE) won 2 of 8 archived starts between 2016 and 2017, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 4 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Spanish Steps (IRE)?
- Spanish Steps (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 9 September 2017.
- Who is Spanish Steps (IRE)'s sire?
- Spanish Steps (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Turbulent Descent (USA), whose sire is Congrats.
- What going does Spanish Steps (IRE) prefer?
- Spanish Steps (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Spanish Steps (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 9 September 2017. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Spanish Steps (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,191 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.