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Horse profile

Spanish Verse (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Sep 2018) · Last trainer Denis W Cullen · Last owner Mrs F Hughes Mrs S Shiels
by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Michikabu (IRE) (Grand Lodge)
5 runs · 4 courses · from May 2018
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Sep 2018 — 2,977 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2018 · 9th of 16 Last raced off OR 56
KTB Profile

Spanish Verse (IRE) is yet to win from 5 starts.

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 5 figures · best 93C · median 82
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Firm393C82—
Good1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f393C82—
1m2f – 1m4f285C68.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 78A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 15 Aug 2018 Official rating 56 at the last run, 3 Sep 2018

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 5 figures · best 78A · median 75
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Firm378A75—
Good1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f378A76—
1m2f – 1m4f262A62—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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

Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,188 runs since Jan 2008 (1,105 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm18422.2%+8.4—
Good to Firm1,55923815.3%+1.50 from 3
Good2,75438313.9%+0.10 from 1
Good to Soft1,55618311.8%−2—
Soft1,87625213.4%−0.4—
Heavy7198411.7%−2.10 from 1
Standard (AW)3,70453214.4%+0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4777114.9%+1.1—
6f – 7f3,59951114.2%+0.4—
1m – 1m1f3,59851514.3%+0.50 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f3,27846614.2%+0.40 from 2
1m5f – 2m957899.3%−4.5—
2m1f – 2m4f246249.8%−4—
2m5f – 3m3213.1%−10.7—
Over 3m100%−13.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Michikabu (IRE) (Grand Lodge)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Penny Serenade (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6f–6½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Penny Serenade (IRE)1326f–6½f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mark Gallagher 2 0 0% −2.00
W J Lee 1 0 0% −1.00
Donagh O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00
Ronan Whelan 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2018 · 5 runs
03 Sep 18+19d Roscommon Roscommon Racecourse Handicap (50-70) 12f · Good · 16 ran 9/16 nse 9-3 5685C62A W J Lee 6/1
15 Aug 18+25d Gowran Park Golf Membership At Gowran Park For 2019 Apprentice Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 9.5f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 6/15 shd 9-7 5893C78A Donagh O'Connor 16/1
21 Jul 18+30d Curragh Hanlon Concrete Maiden 12f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6/9 7½ 9-11 —52C62C Ronan Whelan 33/1
21 Jun 18+41d Leopardstown Leopardstown Golf Centre Maiden 8f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 8/13 1¼ 9-10 —82C75A Mark Gallagher 33/1
11 May 18 Curragh Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Fillies Maiden 8f · Heavy · 16 ran 6/16 1¼ 9-13 —55C76A Mark Gallagher 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Spanish Verse won?
Spanish Verse (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2018.
Who trained Spanish Verse?
Spanish Verse (IRE) was trained by Denis W Cullen on the most recent run on record, at Roscommon on 3 September 2018.
Who is Spanish Verse's sire?
Spanish Verse (IRE) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Michikabu (IRE), whose sire is Grand Lodge.
What is Spanish Verse's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 56, from the run on 3 September 2018. The highest on record is 58.
What is Spanish Verse's sire's record?
Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,188 runs since Jan 2008 (1,105 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
Who are Spanish Verse's siblings?
Out of Michikabu (IRE), Spanish Verse (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Penny Serenade (IRE) (2). The wins came over 6f–6½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2018. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.