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Horse profile

Sparkling Wit (IRE)

5yo gelding · Trainer W P Mullins · Owner Mrs S Ricci
by Maxios (GB) out of Game Of Legs (FR) (Hernando)
1 run · 1 course · from Apr 2026
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out Won at Limerick Off 184 days · 1st of 9
KTB Profile

Sparkling Wit won his only start, a 2m1f – 2m4f bumper at Limerick on heavy ground in Apr 2026. The gelding beat eight rivals in the Sinbin Events Flat Race to score for W P Mullins. By Maxios, whose progeny have won 11.6% of 2,088 runs since Jan 2008, he is out of a dam who has produced two winners from three runners to race, including Gaelic Warrior with 12 wins. He won last time out.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 18 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 114 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Limerick, 16 Apr 2026

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 126A the best of the last 1 rated run · Limerick, 16 Apr 2026

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 2,118 runs since Jan 2008 (265 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−11.7—
Good to Firm10099%−2.7—
Good5495910.7%−1—
Good to Soft3734913.1%+1.4—
Soft5517313.2%+1.5—
Heavy2263113.7%+21 from 1
Standard (AW)316278.5%−3.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f7114.3%+2.6—
6f – 7f9355.4%−6.3—
1m – 1m1f190157.9%−3.8—
1m2f – 1m4f413389.2%−2.5—
1m5f – 2m72210013.9%+2.2—
2m1f – 2m4f5466912.6%+0.91 from 1
2m5f – 3m1171412%+0.3—
Over 3m30620%+8.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Gaelic Warrior (GER) (12 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m2½f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Gaelic Warrior (GER)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Gaelic Warrior (GER)23122m–3m2½fGrade 1
Our Trigger (IRE)312m—
Gamely Insistent (GER)20——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
16 Apr 26 Limerick Sinbin Events Flat Race 19.5f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran Settled off the pace towards the back at halfway - moved into 4th with 4f remaining and edged nearer approaching 3f out - shaken up to hit the front by a short margin 1½f from home - stayed on strongly to the finish 1/9 12-0 114A126A Mr P W Mullins 6/4F

Quick answers

How many races has Sparkling Wit (IRE) won?
Sparkling Wit (IRE) won 1 of 1 archived start in 2026, a strike rate of 100%. Placed 1 time in total (100% of starts).
Who trains Sparkling Wit (IRE)?
Sparkling Wit (IRE) is trained by W P Mullins, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 16 April 2026.
Who is Sparkling Wit (IRE)'s sire?
Sparkling Wit (IRE) is by Maxios (GB) out of Game Of Legs (FR), whose sire is Hernando.
What is Sparkling Wit (IRE)'s sire's record?
Maxios (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 2,118 runs since Jan 2008 (265 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.
Who are Sparkling Wit (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Game Of Legs (FR), Sparkling Wit (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Gaelic Warrior (GER) (12). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Gaelic Warrior (GER)). The wins came over 2m–3m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2026. 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.