Spark Plug (IRE)
Spark Plug (IRE) is 6 from 36 in our archive, including 2 Listed wins. The biggest win we hold: the 32Red Wild Flower Stakes at Kempton (AW) (Dec 2018). Hasn't won since Dec 2018. Last raced off 103, 9lb below the career-high mark.
- 6–36Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 15 (41.7%)Placed
- +23.50£1 level staken=36 at SP
- 1.42Fair A/E n=36 · 1.23 incl. margin
- 112Highest OR
- 60dAvg 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 114
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 Firm | 9 | 121C | 95 | — |
| Good | 4 | 97C | 92.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 114A | 100.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 117B | 98 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 121C | 95 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 98A | 89.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 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 10.5% of 7,487 runs since Jan 2008 (533 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 50 | 6 | 12% | +1.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 646 | 79 | 12.2% | +1.7 | 2 from 17 |
| Good | 2,072 | 239 | 11.5% | +1 | 3 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 1,138 | 111 | 9.8% | −0.7 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,711 | 154 | 9% | −1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 649 | 65 | 10% | −0.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,220 | 132 | 10.8% | +0.3 | 1 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 192 | 34 | 17.7% | +7.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 691 | 60 | 8.7% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,214 | 125 | 10.3% | −0.2 | 4 from 17 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,248 | 127 | 10.2% | −0.3 | 2 from 17 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,811 | 182 | 10% | −0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,551 | 171 | 11% | +0.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 646 | 66 | 10.2% | −0.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 134 | 21 | 15.7% | +5.2 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Pearl Of Africa (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m6f; the highest grade won is Listed (Pearl Of Africa (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Of Africa (IRE) | 16 | 5 | 1m | Listed |
| Slight Advantage (IRE) | 11 | 2 | 1m2f–1m6f | Class 5 |
| Dark Titan (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m½f | Class 5 |
| Mrs Summersby (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Cafoo (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 17 | 2 | 12% | +1.00 |
| Good | 9 | 3 | 33% | +15.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +13.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 16 | 2 | 13% | +2.50 |
| Class 1 | 16 | 2 | 13% | +6.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Newbury | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Sandown | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Newmarket | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Goodwood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 17 | 2 | 12% | +5.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 17 | 4 | 24% | +20.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Fortune | 14 | 3 | 21% | +17.50 |
| Sean Levey | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 4 | 1 | 25% | +13.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Martin Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pat Smullen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Lane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Queally | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 20 | 3 | 15% | +15.00 |
| None | 15 | 3 | 20% | +9.50 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2018 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +10.00 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +6.00 |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.50 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.00 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Spark Plug (IRE) won?
- Spark Plug (IRE) won 6 of 36 archived starts between 2013 and 2019, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 15 times in total (41.7% of starts).
- Who trained Spark Plug (IRE)?
- Spark Plug (IRE) was trained by Brian Meehan on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 21 June 2019.
- Who is Spark Plug (IRE)'s sire?
- Spark Plug (IRE) is by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Kournikova (SAF), whose sire is Sportsworld.
- What going does Spark Plug (IRE) prefer?
- Spark Plug (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 9 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Spark Plug (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 103, from the run on 21 June 2019. The highest on record is 112.
- What is Spark Plug (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dylan Thomas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,487 runs since Jan 2008 (533 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
- Who are Spark Plug (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Kournikova (SAF), Spark Plug (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Pearl Of Africa (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Listed (Pearl Of Africa (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m6f. As at Oct 2026.