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Horse profile

Sporting Life (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2025) · Last trainer John & Sean Quinn · Last owner Faim Syndicate
by Sergei Prokofiev (CAN) out of Cherry Oak (IRE) (Society Rock)
5 runs · 4 courses · from Jul 2024
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Jul 2025 — 451 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2025 · 10th of 11 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 50
KTB Profile

Sporting Life is a gelding by Sergei Prokofiev out of Cherry Oak. He ran five times without winning or placing, last raced off an official rating of 50. All five starts came between under 6f and 7f with no success on good ground, good to soft or standard going. His last run, at Pontefract in Jul 2025, was his first in first-time headgear when he finished 10 of 11 in a Class 6 handicap. He reached a highest ever mark of 53.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 22 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 73 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Pontefract, 27 Jul 2025

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 73A · median 55
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good373A55—
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
6f – 7f473A62.5—
Under 6f1———

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 46A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Carlisle, 10 Jul 2025 Official rating 50 at the last run, 27 Jul 2025

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 60A · median 46
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good360A56—
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
6f – 7f456C43—
Under 6f1———

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 from 3 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sergei Prokofiev (CAN)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 1,339 runs since Jan 2008 (201 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm12433.3%+22.7—
Good to Firm261218%−2.6—
Good302289.3%−1.30 from 3
Good to Soft1121311.6%+10 from 1
Soft911112.1%+1.5—
Heavy26519.2%+8.6—
Standard (AW)5356011.2%+0.60 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2393113%+2.40 from 1
6f – 7f8188510.4%−0.20 from 4
1m – 1m1f2242310.3%−0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f5235.8%−4.8—
1m5f – 2m400%−10.6—
2m1f – 2m4f200%−10.6—

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

Dam
Cherry Oak (IRE) (Society Rock)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ballyvohane (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Pontefract 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 4 0 0% −4.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jason Hart 2 0 0% −2.00
Rowan Scott 1 0 0% −1.00
Gianluca Sanna 1 0 0% −1.00
Duran Fentiman 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 3 0 0% −3.00

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
27 Jul 25+17d Pontefract Good Luck To The Lionesses Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Good · 11 ran Settled in the pack early - pressed for effort with 2f to run - unable to land a blow - finished 10th 10/11 3 9-2 5073A36A Jason Hart 33/1
10 Jul 25+342d Carlisle Racing TV Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Good To Soft · 13 ran Held up at the back throughout - never a factor - finished well held 10/13 ¾ 8-11 5370C46A Rowan Scott 22/1
02 Aug 24+14d Newcastle (AW) JPS Ceilings And Partitions Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran Settled towards the rear of the pack on the wide part of the track - unable to make meaningful progress through - finished well held in 8th 8/9 3¼ 9-2 —49A40A Gianluca Sanna 40/1
19 Jul 24+13d Pontefract Northern Commercials Used Stock For Instant Delivery EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 6/11 1½ 9-4 —55C56C Jason Hart 10/1
06 Jul 24 Beverley Topmark Solutions National EV Bay-Marking Specialist EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 5f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 ¾ 9-7 —44C60A Duran Fentiman 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sporting Life (IRE) won?
Sporting Life (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
Who trained Sporting Life (IRE)?
Sporting Life (IRE) was trained by John & Sean Quinn on the most recent run on record, at Pontefract on 27 July 2025.
Who is Sporting Life (IRE)'s sire?
Sporting Life (IRE) is by Sergei Prokofiev (CAN) out of Cherry Oak (IRE), whose sire is Society Rock.
What is Sporting Life (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 50, from the run on 27 July 2025. The highest on record is 53.
What is Sporting Life (IRE)'s sire's record?
Sergei Prokofiev (CAN)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 1,339 runs since Jan 2008 (201 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Sporting Life (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Cherry Oak (IRE), Sporting Life (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2024. 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.