Horse profile
Spring Romance (IRE)
59 runs · 14 courses · from May 2017
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Mar 2024 — 932 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2024 · 11th of 11
10 wins · 7 courses
Last raced off OR 50
KTB Profile
Spring Romance (IRE) is 10 from 59. Hasn't won since Mar 2021. Last raced off 50, 28lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 59 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 28lb off peak
- 10–59Wins / Runs
- 16.9%Strike rate
- 19 (32.2%)Placed
- +3.65£1 level staken=59 at SP
- 1.29Fair A/E n=58 · 1.10 incl. margin
- 78Highest OR
- 43dAvg 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 rating50↓ 28lb off peak
50
45–78
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 86
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.
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 46 | 115A | 87 | — |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 101A | 65.5 | — |
| Good | 4 | 101A | 67 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 112A | 91.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 48 | 115A | 89.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 86A | 76 | — |
| Under 6f | 4 | 96B | 59 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 59 figures from 59 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
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9% of 7,139 runs since Jan 2008 (435 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 73 | 7 | 9.6% | +0.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,253 | 125 | 10% | +1 | 1 from 6 |
| Good | 1,439 | 118 | 8.2% | −0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 732 | 69 | 9.4% | +0.4 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 880 | 74 | 8.4% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 267 | 23 | 8.6% | −0.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,495 | 228 | 9.1% | +0.1 | 8 from 46 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,957 | 196 | 10% | +1 | 1 from 4 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,493 | 319 | 9.1% | +0.1 | 9 from 48 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 909 | 70 | 7.7% | −1.3 | 0 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 437 | 34 | 7.8% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 242 | 17 | 7% | −2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 96 | 8 | 8.3% | −0.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −9 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Zenta (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–6f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenta (IRE) | 17 | 2 | 6f | — |
| Wolcharo (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 5f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 46 | 8 | 17% | −14.85 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +24.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 21 | 5 | 24% | −1.68 |
| Class 5 | 21 | 4 | 19% | −3.67 |
| Class 4 | 17 | 1 | 6% | +9.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell (AW) | 13 | 3 | 23% | −6.30 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 13 | 1 | 8% | −3.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 7 | 2 | 29% | +0.50 |
| Kempton (AW) | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.38 |
| Windsor | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +25.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 48 | 9 | 19% | +9.15 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Under 6f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Duern | 7 | 3 | 43% | +12.50 |
| Joey Haynes | 5 | 1 | 20% | +21.00 |
| Adam Kirby | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Frederick Larson | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| David Probert | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Rhys Clutterbuck | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.50 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| George Downing | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sophie Ralston | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sean Kirrane | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Luke Morris | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Harry Davies | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| George Buckell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Watson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Theodore Ladd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Crehan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Phil Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Laura Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Miss Serena Brotherton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Tim Clark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Winston | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 47 | 10 | 21% | +15.65 |
| Cheekpieces | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1 | 6% | −13.67 |
| 2020 | 14 | 4 | 29% | −4.68 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +19.00 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 57% | +16.00 |
| 2017 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 24+15d | Southwell (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Classified Stakes (Div 2) | 11/11 | 3 | 9-9 | 50 | 50C | 34C | Sean Kirrane | 14/1 |
| 11 Mar 24+6d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) | 6/8 | 1¼ | 9-0 | 52 | 86A | 59A | Frederick Larson | 16/1 |
| 05 Mar 24+7d | Southwell (AW) | Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap | 9/10 | 4 | 9-0 | 53 | 76A | 49A | Luke Morris | 14/1 |
| 27 Feb 24+10d | Southwell (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly With BetUK Handicap | 6/12 | 1¼ | 9-4 | 53 | 85A | 73A | Rossa Ryan | 5/1 |
| 17 Feb 24+2d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Best Racing Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap | 3/9 | hd | 9-8 | 54 | 96A | 75A | Harry Davies | 7/2 |
| 15 Feb 24+5d | Southwell (AW) | Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap | 3/9 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 54 | 99B | 75A | Luke Morris | 12/1 |
| 10 Feb 24+16d | Newcastle (AW) | Build Your Acca With BetUK Apprentice Handicap | 6/10 | nk | 9-6 | 55 | 103A | 69A | Sean Kirrane | 15/2 |
| 25 Jan 24+6d | Southwell (AW) | Stay Golden With BetMGM Safer Gambling Handicap (Div 2) | 9/10 | 1½ | 9-8 | 60 | 74A | 63A | Harry Davies | 50/1 |
| 19 Jan 24+746d | Newcastle (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap | 9/9 | 3¾ | 9-5 | 60 | 65A | 44A | Billy Loughnane | 40/1 |
| 03 Jan 22+103d | Lingfield (AW) | MansionBet Proud Partners Of The AWC Handicap | 9/12 | nk | 9-4 | 63 | 83A | 68A | Jason Watson | 9/1 |
| 22 Sep 21+13d | Kempton (AW) | Download The MansionBet App Handicap | 5/12 | ½ | 9-4 | 65 | 90A | 73A | George Buckell | 11/2 |
| 09 Sep 21+34d | Chelmsford City (AW) | CCR Membership Available Handicap (Div 1) | 5/11 | 1½ | 9-11 | 67 | 93A | 72A | George Buckell | 14/1 |
| 06 Aug 21+17d | Brighton | Harry Bloom Memorial 'Brighton Bullet' Handicap | 5/8 | 2 | 8-12 | 68 | 91A | 62A | Theodore Ladd | 80/1 |
| 20 Jul 21+13d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Visit attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap | 6/8 | 13 | 9-9 | 73 | 81C | 56C | David Probert | 50/1 |
| 07 Jul 21+15d | Kempton (AW) | Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Apprentice Handicap | 9/9 | 1½ | 9-7 | 75 | 74B | 57A | Frederick Larson | 33/1 |
| 22 Jun 21+13d | Newbury | Maurice Adams Memorial Handicap | 9/9 | 11 | 10-0 | 75 | 44C | 55C | Tom Marquand | 50/1 |
| 09 Jun 21+68d | Kempton (AW) | Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap | 9/9 | ½ | 9-1 | 77 | 95A | 66A | Mark Crehan | 11/1 |
| 02 Apr 21+4d | Newcastle (AW) | Betway Handicap | 8/9 | ¾ | 8-13 | 77 | 79A | 67A | David Probert | 8/1 |
| 29 Mar 21+2d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Bombardier Apprentice Handicap | 3/9 | ½ | 9-5 | 77 | 102A | 88A | Rhys Clutterbuck | 3/1F |
| 27 Mar 21+10d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Read Katie Walsh On Betway Insider Handicap | 3/10 | 1¼ | 9-4 | 77 | 102A | 83A | Phil Dennis | 10/1 |
| 17 Mar 21+4d | Kempton (AW) | Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap | 8/8 | 3½ | 9-6 | 78 | 81A | 57A | Ben Curtis | 5/1 |
| 13 Mar 21+9d | Chelmsford City (AW) | CCR Handicap | 8/8 | 1¾ | 8-10 | 78 | 81A | 57A | Rhys Clutterbuck | 6/1 |
| 04 Mar 21+6d | Chelmsford City (AW) | CCR Handicap | 1/8 | 9-9 | 76 | 93A | 99A | David Probert | 10/3 | |
| 26 Feb 21+7d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap | 2/9 | 1¼ | 8-11 | 76 | 115A | 79A | Rhys Clutterbuck | 11/1 |
| 19 Feb 21+6d | Southwell (AW) | betyourway At Betway Handicap | 5/8 | 1 | 9-7 | 76 | 73A | 78A | Alistair Rawlinson | 9/2 |
| 13 Feb 21+20d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Bombardier Handicap | 2/9 | 5½ | 9-8 | 76 | 113A | 83A | Alistair Rawlinson | 16/1 |
| 24 Jan 21+21d | Lingfield (AW) | Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap | 6/9 | 1½ | 9-6 | 76 | 87A | 71A | Alistair Rawlinson | 7/1 |
| 03 Jan 21+14d | Southwell (AW) | Betway Handicap | 5/8 | 1½ | 8-13 | 77 | 89A | 72A | Frederick Larson | 4/1 |
| 20 Dec 20+3d | Southwell (AW) | Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap | 2/7 | shd | 9-6 | 71 | 83A | 87A | Laura Pearson | 6/5F |
| 17 Dec 20+9d | Southwell (AW) | Betyourway At Betway Handicap | 1/11 | 9-12 | 65 | 87A | 109A | Hollie Doyle | 11/10F | |
| 08 Dec 20+2d | Southwell (AW) | Betway Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 1/14 | 11-4 | 59 | 81B | 118A | Miss Serena Brotherton | 11/10F | |
| 06 Dec 20+6d | Southwell (AW) | Bombardier Handicap | 4/11 | 1¼ | 9-11 | 59 | 75A | 88A | Ben Curtis | 8/11F |
| 30 Nov 20+3d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet New Instant Roulette Handicap | 1/14 | 9-9 | 53 | 103B | 92A | Silvestre De Sousa | 13/8F | |
| 27 Nov 20+12d | Southwell (AW) | Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap (Div 1) | 1/11 | 9-7 | 55 | 78A | 88A | Ben Curtis | 6/4F | |
| 15 Nov 20+27d | Southwell (AW) | Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap (Div 1) | 7/13 | 1 | 9-7 | 55 | 67B | 71A | Tim Clark | 5/1 |
| 19 Oct 20+20d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Stay At The Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap (Div 1) | 5/12 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 59 | 94A | 71A | George Downing | 20/1 |
| 29 Sep 20+27d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Handicap | 7/11 | 1½ | 9-6 | 62 | 83A | 67A | George Downing | 9/1 |
| 02 Sep 20+8d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download The At The Races App Handicap | 7/13 | 1 | 9-7 | 65 | 77B | 71A | George Downing | 25/1 |
| 25 Aug 20+36d | Yarmouth | Watch Free Replays On attheraces.com Handicap (Div 1) | 8/9 | 11 | 9-2 | 65 | 71C | 32C | Sophie Ralston | 18/1 |
| 20 Jul 20+34d | Windsor | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap | 9/12 | ¾ | 9-9 | 67 | 56A | 63A | Sophie Ralston | 28/1 |
| 16 Jun 20+143d | Windsor | Ultimate Royal Ascot Guide At attheraces.com/ascot Handicap | 5/11 | 3¼ | 9-2 | 70 | 101A | 66A | Sophie Ralston | 12/1 |
| 25 Jan 20+28d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red On The App Store Handicap | 8/11 | 4¼ | 9-5 | 73 | 84A | 54A | Joey Haynes | 25/1 |
| 28 Dec 19+30d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Handicap | 6/11 | ¾ | 9-6 | 74 | 90A | 73A | Joey Haynes | 12/1 |
| 28 Nov 19+125d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Handicap | 11/12 | nk | 9-2 | 75 | 95A | 65A | Joey Haynes | 8/1 |
| 26 Jul 19+29d | York | Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Handicap | 15/16 | 4½ | 9-2 | 75 | 43C | 51C | Joey Haynes | 12/1 |
| 27 Jun 19+56d | Nottingham | Mansionbet Handicap | 1/12 | 9-4 | 72 | 112A | 93A | Joey Haynes | 25/1 | |
| 02 May 19+56d | Salisbury | William Hill Retail Bookmaker Of The Year Handicap | 12/17 | nse | 10-0 | 75 | 75C | 76A | Adam Kirby | 12/1 |
| 07 Mar 19+19d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Bet toteexacta At totesport.com Handicap | 9/12 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 76 | 91A | 70A | Adam Kirby | 10/1 |
| 16 Feb 19+213d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Sprint Handicap | 4/6 | ½ | 9-4 | 77 | 96B | 69B | Adam Kirby | 2/1F |
| 18 Jul 18+20d | Wolverhampton (AW) | myracing.com For Free Wolverhampton Tips Handicap | 2/5 | ½ | 9-4 | 75 | 92C | 81B | Jack Duern | 5/6F |
| 28 Jun 18+30d | Newmarket | Enhanced World Cup Prices At 188Bet Handicap | 4/10 | ¾ | 8-13 | 75 | 101A | 76A | Jack Duern | 7/1 |
| 29 May 18+22d | Lingfield (AW) | Download The App At 188Bet Handicap | 1/7 | 9-0 | 68 | 94A | 83A | Robert Winston | 5/2F | |
| 07 May 18+31d | Windsor | Solario Racing Personal Racehorse Syndication Handicap | 1/8 | 8-13 | 65 | 77A | 81A | Jack Duern | 9/2 | |
| 06 Apr 18+23d | Lingfield (AW) | Remembering Nathan Armstrong Handicap | 1/7 | 8-7 | 62 | 81A | 67A | Jack Duern | 3/1J | |
| 14 Mar 18+35d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 32redpoker.com Handicap | 2/9 | 1 | 9-4 | 58 | 93A | 80A | Jack Duern | 6/4F |
| 07 Feb 18+191d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 32Red.com Handicap | 1/9 | 8-4 | 45 | 93A | 68A | Jack Duern | 9/1 | |
| 31 Jul 17+14d | Windsor | New Leaf Financial Services Maiden Stakes | 5/5 | 4½ | 9-2 | — | 26C | 24C | Jack Duern | 25/1 |
| 17 Jul 17+70d | Windsor | EBF Stallions Novice Stakes | 8/8 | 4½ | 9-2 | — | 50C | 49C | Adam Kirby | 20/1 |
| 08 May 17 | Windsor | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 8/10 | 1¼ | 9-2 | — | 41B | 31A | Adam Kirby | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Spring Romance (IRE) won?
- Spring Romance (IRE) won 10 of 59 archived starts between 2017 and 2024, a strike rate of 16.9%. Placed 19 times in total (32.2% of starts).
- Who trained Spring Romance (IRE)?
- Spring Romance (IRE) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 26 March 2024.
- Who is Spring Romance (IRE)'s sire?
- Spring Romance (IRE) is by Zebedee (GB) out of Love And Devotion (GB), whose sire is Shamardal.
- What going does Spring Romance (IRE) prefer?
- Spring Romance (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 8 wins from 46 starts (17.4%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Spring Romance (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 50, from the run on 26 March 2024. The highest on record is 78.
- What is Spring Romance (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Zebedee (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9% of 7,139 runs since Jan 2008 (435 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Spring Romance (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Love And Devotion (GB), Spring Romance (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Zenta (IRE) (2). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Oct 2026.