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Sputnik Planum (USA)

5yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2019) · Last trainer Michael Appleby · Last owner The Horse Watchers
by Quality Road (USA) out of Shiva (JPN) (Hector Protector)
18 runs · 14 courses · from May 2017
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Oct 2019 — 2,557 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2019 · 6th of 10 2 wins · Doncaster & Chelmsford City (AW) Last raced off OR 86
KTB Profile

Sputnik Planum (USA) is 2 from 18. Hasn't won since Apr 2018. Last raced off a career-high mark of 86.

Based on 18 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating86At career-high mark
86 69–86

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 100 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Southwell (AW), 4 Oct 2019

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 18 figures · best 115A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)6115A102.5—
Soft5110C75—
Good3107A87—
Heavy281A79—
Good to Soft258A17—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f15115A81—
1m5f – 2m2111B108—
1m – 1m1f1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 74A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Windsor, 21 Oct 2019 Official rating 86 at the last run, 21 Oct 2019

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 18 figures · best 100A · median 71
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)691A75—
Soft5100A88—
Good384B62—
Heavy274A71—
Good to Soft270A60.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1593A70—
1m5f – 2m272A68.5—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 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
Quality Road (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 378 runs since Jan 2008 (48 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−11.6—
Good to Firm38410.5%−1.1—
Good55814.5%+2.90 from 3
Good to Soft2713.7%−7.90 from 2
Soft42614.3%+2.71 from 5
Heavy1516.7%−4.90 from 2
Standard (AW)1982412.1%+0.51 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f11100%+88.4—
6f – 7f1061514.2%+2.6—
1m – 1m1f1151210.4%−1.20 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f9688.3%−3.32 from 15
1m5f – 2m42614.3%+2.70 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f15213.3%+1.7—
2m5f – 3m300%−11.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Shiva (JPN) (Hector Protector)

8 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Bapak Muda (USA) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Listed (That Which Is Not (USA)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Bapak Muda (USA)2126fClass 5
That Which Is Not (USA)921m1½f–1m2½fListed
Yangon (USA)1317½f—
Mahayogin (USA)200——
Flare Of Firelight (USA)30——
Eccentricity (USA)10——
Tymora (USA)50——
Trimurti (USA)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 1 17% +3.00
Soft 5 1 20% +0.50
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 9 1 11% +0.00
Class 4 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 3 2 1 50% +3.50
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Nottingham 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 2 1 50% +3.50
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 1 50% +7.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 15 2 13% −0.50
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Luke Morris 3 2 67% +11.50
Alistair Rawlinson 3 0 0% −3.00
Ted Durcan 3 0 0% −3.00
Tom Queally 3 0 0% −3.00
Angus Villiers 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Crehan 1 0 0% −1.00
P J McDonald 1 0 0% −1.00
Silvestre De Sousa 1 0 0% −1.00
Jim Crowley 1 0 0% −1.00
Martin Lane 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 13 2 15% +1.50
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 8 0 0% −8.00
2018 2 2 100% +12.50
2017 8 0 0% −8.00

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
21 Oct 19+5d Windsor Windsor's Greatest Show Fireworks Extravaganza Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Heavy · 10 ran 6/10 nk 9-6 8681A74A Angus Villiers 12/1
16 Oct 19+12d Nottingham Kier Partnering With Pasic Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Heavy · 10 ran 8/10 5 9-8 8677C68C Luke Morris 16/1
04 Oct 19+48d Southwell (AW) All Weather Championship Season 7 Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 6/8 5 9-8 86100A68A Mark Crehan 7/2
17 Aug 19+28d Newbury Energy Check Handicap (Div 1) Class 4 · 10f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 4 9-13 8478A93A P J McDonald 7/1
20 Jul 19+36d Doncaster Arlo Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 nk 9-6 84107A84B Alistair Rawlinson 6/1
14 Jun 19+8d York Constant Security Handicap Class 4 · 10.5f · Soft · 14 ran 10/14 3 9-6 8475C69C Alistair Rawlinson 15/2
06 Jun 19+27d Hamilton Weatherbys Printing Services Hamiltonian Handicap Class 4 · 9f · Soft · 15 ran 2/15 2¼ 9-7 8473C100A Alistair Rawlinson 12/1
10 May 19+377d Chester Boodles Diamond Handicap Class 2 · 10.5f · Soft · 10 ran 8/10 2 8-5 85110C57C Silvestre De Sousa 5/1C
28 Apr 18+49d Doncaster Wateraid Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 8-8 7864C88B Luke Morris 9/2
10 Mar 18+156d Chelmsford City (AW) Connect With Rotary Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 9-7 70115A91A Luke Morris 8/1
05 Oct 17+14d Lingfield (AW) takethereins Handicap Class 5 · 16f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 6/13 hd 9-2 71105B65A Ted Durcan 5/1
21 Sep 17+8d Chelmsford City (AW) Bill Ives Memorial Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Standard · 13 ran 4/13 shd 9-5 69111B72A Ted Durcan 4/1
13 Sep 17+22d Kempton (AW) 32Red On The App Store Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 2/11 1½ 9-2 6987A80A Ted Durcan 9/1
22 Aug 17+33d Kempton (AW) Better Odds With Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 4/10 2½ 9-8 7198A78A Jim Crowley 14/1
20 Jul 17+22d Epsom Downs J F Daughters, Prestige Watches & Pawnbrokers Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 5/5 92 8-13 71-24C51C Tom Queally 9/2
28 Jun 17+20d Salisbury British Ebf Venture Security Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5/9 nk 9-2 —58A70A Tom Queally 33/1
08 Jun 17+27d Sandown British Ebf Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good · 13 ran 9/13 1¼ 9-1 —87C62A Tom Queally 66/1
12 May 17 Nottingham Wildman Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good · 13 ran 10/13 2½ 9-5 —54C54C Martin Lane 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sputnik Planum (USA) won?
Sputnik Planum (USA) won 2 of 18 archived starts between 2017 and 2019, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 5 times in total (27.8% of starts).
Who trained Sputnik Planum (USA)?
Sputnik Planum (USA) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Windsor on 21 October 2019.
Who is Sputnik Planum (USA)'s sire?
Sputnik Planum (USA) is by Quality Road (USA) out of Shiva (JPN), whose sire is Hector Protector.
What going does Sputnik Planum (USA) prefer?
Sputnik Planum (USA) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Sputnik Planum (USA)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 21 October 2019. That is also the highest on record.
What is Sputnik Planum (USA)'s sire's record?
Quality Road (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 378 runs since Jan 2008 (48 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Sputnik Planum (USA)'s siblings?
Out of Shiva (JPN), Sputnik Planum (USA) has 8 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Bapak Muda (USA) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (That Which Is Not (USA)). The wins came over 6f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2017. 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.