Horse profile
Spring Chorus (GB)
by New Approach (IRE) out of Joys of Spring (IRE) (Invincible Spirit)
18 runs · 10 courses · from Jul 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Oct 2025 — 379 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2025 · 5th of 8
2 wins · Beverley
Last raced off OR 61
KTB Profile
Spring Chorus won two of 18 starts, both in Class 6 handicaps at Beverley over 1m2f – 1m4f. She took a good to firm event in May 2025 and a soft one in May 2024, both off a mark of 55. The mare, by New Approach out of a daughter of Invincible Spirit, was fifth of eight at Southwell on the all-weather in Oct 2025 when last seen. She raced off an official rating of 61 that day.
Based on 18 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
All wins at Class 6
- 2–18Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 6 (33.3%)Placed
- +5.00£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 0.83Fair A/E n=18 · 0.72 incl. margin
- 62Highest OR
- 47dAvg 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.
Official rating61↓ 1lb off peak
61
55–62
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 97
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 97A | 67 | — |
| Good | 4 | 90C | 78 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 86A | 77.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 84B | 68 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 55C | 51.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 12 | 93A | 73.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 97A | 72.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
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 from 4 analysed runs
- Held up 2 (50%) · 1 win
- Led 1 (25%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,791 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 27 | 4 | 14.8% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,085 | 166 | 15.3% | +2.7 | 1 from 4 |
| Good | 1,629 | 200 | 12.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 799 | 110 | 13.8% | +1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 958 | 107 | 11.2% | −1.4 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 283 | 28 | 9.9% | −2.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,010 | 241 | 12% | −0.6 | 0 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 98 | 9 | 9.2% | −3.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,207 | 156 | 12.9% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,665 | 234 | 14.1% | +1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,324 | 303 | 13% | +0.4 | 2 from 12 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,065 | 113 | 10.6% | −2 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 320 | 33 | 10.3% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 101 | 8 | 7.9% | −4.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −12.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Joys of Spring (IRE) (Invincible Spirit)
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Line Of Descent (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Printemps (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line Of Descent (IRE) | 32 | 4 | 1m3f–2m4½f | Class 4 |
| Printemps (GB) | 4 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 3 |
| Noble Ancestry (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Historical (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +17.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +12.00 |
| Class 5 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Beverley | 4 | 2 | 50% | +19.00 |
| Leicester | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 12 | 2 | 17% | +11.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Gray | 7 | 2 | 29% | +16.00 |
| Andrea Pinna | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lewis Edmunds | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cam Hardie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Levey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 15 | 2 | 13% | +8.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.00 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +12.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Oct 25+17d | Southwell (AW) | Weekend Winners On At The Races Fillies' Handicap Travelled close to pace on the outer - hit the front approaching 3f out then lost that advantage inside the last two - dropped away in the closing stages to finish fifth | 5/8 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 61 | 97A | 62A | Shane Gray | 18/1 |
| 16 Sep 25+7d | Redcar | Try RacingTV Free Now At racingtv.com/freetrial Handicap Sat second wide early - pressed for effort and dropped back over 2f out before rallying to reclaim the spot inside the final furlong - held on for third at the finish | 3/5 | ¾ | 10-2 | 62 | 90C | 67B | Shane Gray | 4/1 |
| 09 Sep 25+24d | Leicester | Every Race Live On Racing TV Apprentice Handicap Went wide from the off - sat close to the front pace - pushed along wide with the field 2f out - dropped a place inside the final furlong and faded finishing 7th | 7/7 | 1¾ | 9-3 | 62 | 68A | 64A | Andrea Pinna | 5/1 |
| 16 Aug 25+84d | Ripon | William Hill Hope For MND Fillies' Handicap Made the running at an easy pace early - injected speed 4f from home - put to work when overtaken a furlong out - slipped to third for a moment - fought back inside the final 110 yards - got up again close home to snatch second | 2/5 | ¾ | 9-8 | 62 | 85C | 75B | Jason Hart | 6/5F |
| 24 May 25+12d | Beverley | Never Ordinary At bet365 Handicap Tracked leading trio on inner - edged right under pressure a furlong out - stayed on into second but no match for winner | 2/5 | 2¾ | 9-7 | 62 | 77C | 70B | Shane Gray | 11/8F |
| 12 May 25+7d | Catterick | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Settled in the pack early - moved up on the outer approaching 3f out - asked for more but couldn't find extra pace inside final furlong - improved into 3rd close home for a 4-length defeat | 3/11 | 2¾ | 10-0 | 55 | 86A | 79A | Shane Gray | 6/5F |
| 05 May 25+212d | Beverley | Racing Again On Tuesday 13 May Handicap Sat behind pace early - moved to front approaching 3f out in commanding fashion - opened daylight 2f out and driven out to hold on strongly | 1/12 | 9-4 | 55 | 70A | 84A | Shane Gray | 3/1 | |
| 05 Oct 24+4d | Southwell (AW) | Enjoy A Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap Travelled in touch wide - ushered forward before slipping to the back 6f out - allowed to drift and finished well adrift | 6/6 | 15 | 9-7 | 58 | 36C | 61C | Kieran O'Neill | 40/1 |
| 01 Oct 24+35d | Bath | Goughs Solicitors Real Estate Specialists Apprentice Handicap Held up at the back - made no impression - eventually well beaten in 12th | 12/13 | ¾ | 9-3 | 58 | 55C | 55C | Andrea Pinna | 9/1 |
| 27 Aug 24+40d | Musselburgh | Join Racing TV Now Handicap Tracked the pace in a forward spot - pushed along with 2f left - up into fourth with a furlong to run - faded in the closing stages - fought back close home - edged out of fifth right on the line | 5/10 | shd | 9-12 | 58 | 79A | 71A | Lewis Edmunds | 9/1 |
| 18 Jul 24+23d | Leicester | Nelson Restaurant For Classic Raceday Dining Handicap | 2/8 | 6 | 9-7 | 58 | 84B | 75A | Tom Marquand | 5/1 |
| 25 Jun 24+27d | Beverley | Beverley Annual Badgeholders Handicap | 7/8 | ½ | 9-7 | 58 | 56A | 62A | Shane Gray | 4/1 |
| 29 May 24+30d | Beverley | Hurn Handicap (Div 1) | 1/9 | 9-9 | 55 | 48A | 72A | Shane Gray | 18/1 | |
| 29 Apr 24+185d | Southwell (AW) | Download The Yeeehaaa.Bet App Handicap | 11/13 | 2½ | 9-11 | 57 | 67C | 56C | Lewis Edmunds | 28/1 |
| 27 Oct 23+17d | Lingfield (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly With BetUK Handicap | 4/12 | hd | 9-11 | 57 | 93A | 67A | Kieran O'Neill | 20/1 |
| 10 Oct 23+15d | Southwell (AW) | At The Races App Market Movers Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 11/11 | 2¼ | 9-2 | — | 38A | 46A | Cam Hardie | 200/1 |
| 25 Sep 23+57d | Leicester | British EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/7 | 5½ | 9-2 | — | 68C | 60C | Sean Levey | 28/1 |
| 30 Jul 23 | Pontefract | Northern Commercials Iveco 'S' Way Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) | 4/9 | nk | 9-2 | — | 64A | 62A | Cam Hardie | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Spring Chorus (GB) won?
- Spring Chorus (GB) won 2 of 18 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 6 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Spring Chorus (GB)?
- Spring Chorus (GB) was trained by Michael Herrington on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 3 October 2025.
- Who is Spring Chorus (GB)'s sire?
- Spring Chorus (GB) is by New Approach (IRE) out of Joys of Spring (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What going does Spring Chorus (GB) prefer?
- Spring Chorus (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Spring Chorus (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 61, from the run on 3 October 2025. The highest on record is 62.
- What is Spring Chorus (GB)'s sire's record?
- New Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,791 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
- Who are Spring Chorus (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Joys of Spring (IRE), Spring Chorus (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Line Of Descent (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Printemps (GB)). The wins came over 7f–2m4½f. As at Oct 2026.