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Sportsmanship (USA)

2yo colt (at last run, Aug 2016) · Last trainer A P O'Brien · Last owner Michael Tabor Derrick Smith Mrs John Magnier
by War Front (USA) out of Wild Poppy (USA) (El Prado)
6 runs · 5 courses · from Jun 2016
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Aug 2016 — 3,721 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2016 · 6th of 9 Won at Leopardstown (IRE) Last raced off OR 97
KTB Profile

Sportsmanship (USA) is 1 from 6. Hasn't won since Jul 2016.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 96A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Goodwood, 27 Jul 2016 Official rating 97 at the last run, 28 Aug 2016

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 6 figures · best 96A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good396A82—
Good to Firm286A83.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f496A83.5—
Under 6f296A89—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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
War Front (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 2,498 runs since Jul 2010 (297 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.8% from 924. Weakest on good going: 10.9% from 533. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 19.3% from 1,010.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm14321.4%+5.7—
Good to Firm4758317.5%+1.81 from 2
Good5335810.9%−4.80 from 3
Good to Soft2283716.2%+0.5—
Soft2813211.4%−4.30 from 1
Heavy43511.6%−4.1—
Standard (AW)92417418.8%+3.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1713017.5%+1.80 from 2
6f – 7f1,01019519.3%+3.61 from 4
1m – 1m1f81510512.9%−2.8—
1m2f – 1m4f3815614.7%−1—
1m5f – 2m9455.3%−10.4—
2m1f – 2m4f2414.2%−11.5—
2m5f – 3m300%−15.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2010 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Wild Poppy (USA) (El Prado)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +0.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Curragh (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown (IRE) 1 1 100% +1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 4 1 25% −2.00
Under 6f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Donnacha O'Brien 4 1 25% −2.00
Ryan Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Emmet McNamara 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2016 · 6 runs
28 Aug 16+8d Curragh (IRE) Round Tower Stakes 6f · Good · 9 ran 6/9 ½ 9-3 9779A Donnacha O'Brien 11/2
20 Aug 16+24d Curragh Jimmy O'neill Irish Racing Excellence Curragh Stakes (group 3) 5f · Good · 10 ran 5/10 shd 9-3 —82A Donnacha O'Brien 3/1
27 Jul 16+13d Goodwood Victoria Racing Club Molecomb Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 5f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 ½ 9-1 —96A Ryan Moore 11/2
14 Jul 16+11d Leopardstown (IRE) Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden (Plus 10 Race) 6f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 1/11 9-2 —86A Donnacha O'Brien EvensF
03 Jul 16+29d Naas Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10) 6f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 ½ 9-2 —96A Donnacha O'Brien 11/4
04 Jun 16 Curragh Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden 6f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 6/12 1¼ 9-5 —81A Emmet McNamara 10/3

Quick answers

How many races has Sportsmanship won?
Sportsmanship (USA) won 1 of 6 archived starts in 2016, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 2 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Sportsmanship?
Sportsmanship (USA) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh (IRE) on 28 August 2016.
Who is Sportsmanship's sire?
Sportsmanship (USA) is by War Front (USA) out of Wild Poppy (USA), whose sire is El Prado.
What is Sportsmanship's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 28 August 2016. That is also the highest on record.
What is Sportsmanship's sire's record?
War Front (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 2,498 runs since Jul 2010 (297 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.8% from 924. Weakest on good going: 10.9% from 533. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 19.3% from 1,010.

Record shown from June 2016. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.