Spiritofthegames (IRE)
Spiritofthegames won four of 37 starts on turf, including a Listed victory in the Smerdon Tree Services Novices' Chase at Chepstow in Oct 2018. All four wins came over 2m1f – 2m4f, on good, good to soft and soft ground. The gelding, who was aged 11 at his last run in Jan 2023, finished his record with a fourth win at Chepstow and three further course victories at Lingfield, Taunton and Ayr. He last ran off an official rating of 136 at Cheltenham, 14lb below his highest ever mark.
- 4–37Wins / Runs
- 10.8%Strike rate
- 18 (48.6%)Placed
- −19.75£1 level staken=37 at SP
- 1.01Fair A/E n=37 · 0.85 incl. margin
- 150Highest OR
- 64dAvg 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 109
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 14 | 128B | 93.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 10 | 131B | 76.5 | — |
| Good | 9 | 151B | 112 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 18 | 126B | 92 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 11 | 151B | 105 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 102C | 73 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 37 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 33 figures from 37 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 7.1% of 1,116 runs since Jan 2008 (112 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 34 | 1 | 2.9% | −4.2 | — |
| Good | 345 | 28 | 8.1% | +1 | 2 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 209 | 15 | 7.2% | +0.1 | 1 from 11 |
| Soft | 347 | 21 | 6.1% | −1 | 1 from 17 |
| Heavy | 178 | 14 | 7.9% | +0.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −7.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 237 | 14 | 5.9% | −1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 385 | 25 | 6.5% | −0.6 | 4 from 21 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 375 | 29 | 7.7% | +0.6 | 0 from 12 |
| Over 3m | 117 | 11 | 9.4% | +2.3 | 0 from 3 |
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
8 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Blame The Game (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Blame The Game (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blame The Game (IRE) | 28 | 6 | 2m4½f–3m2f | Class 4 |
| Chasers Chance (IRE) | 61 | 5 | 2m4f–3m | Class 4 |
| Mackeys Forge (IRE) | 47 | 2 | 2m | — |
| Broughton Green (IRE) | 12 | 2 | 2m–3m1½f | Class 4 |
| Benleigh (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 2m | Class 5 |
| Jubilee Year (IRE) | 11 | 1 | 2m4f | — |
| Thats The Truth (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Queer Times (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 17 | 1 | 6% | −13.75 |
| Good to Soft | 11 | 1 | 9% | −7.00 |
| Good | 9 | 2 | 22% | +1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 24 | 1 | 4% | −16.00 |
| Class 2 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 17 | 0 | 0% | −17.00 |
| Aintree | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Newbury | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Kempton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Taunton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 21 | 4 | 19% | −3.75 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skelton | 25 | 4 | 16% | −7.75 |
| Bridget Andrews | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Mr Jack Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lorcan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 18 | 0 | 0% | −18.00 |
| None | 17 | 4 | 24% | +0.25 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.25 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 24 | 1 | 4% | −16.00 |
| Hurdle | 13 | 3 | 23% | −3.75 |
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 Spiritofthegames won?
- Spiritofthegames (IRE) won 4 of 37 archived starts between 2016 and 2023, a strike rate of 10.8%. Placed 18 times in total (48.6% of starts).
- Who trained Spiritofthegames?
- Spiritofthegames (IRE) was trained by Dan Skelton on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 28 January 2023.
- Who is Spiritofthegames's sire?
- Spiritofthegames (IRE) is by Darsi (FR) out of Lucy Walters (IRE), whose sire is King's Ride.
- What going does Spiritofthegames prefer?
- Spiritofthegames (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Spiritofthegames's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 136, from the run on 28 January 2023. The highest on record is 150.
- What is Spiritofthegames's sire's record?
- Darsi (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.1% of 1,116 runs since Jan 2008 (112 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Spiritofthegames's siblings?
- Out of Lucy Walters (IRE), Spiritofthegames (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Blame The Game (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Blame The Game (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m2f. As at Oct 2026.