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Horse profile

Spy Game (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2007) · Last trainer Jennie Candlish · Last owner Alan Baxter
by Definite Article (GB) out of Postie (GB) (Sharpo)
8 runs · 6 courses · from Mar 2006
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Jul 2007 — 7,052 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2007 · 10th of 11 Last raced off OR 50
KTB Profile

Spy Game (IRE) is yet to win from 8 starts. Last raced off 50, 35lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 35lb off peak
Official rating50↓ 35lb off peak
50 50–85

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 (flat) 47C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Catterick, 9 May 2006 Official rating 50 at the last flat run, 16 Jul 2007

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 68C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Uttoxeter, 10 Jul 2007 Official rating 85 at the last jumps run, 10 Jul 2007

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 4 figures · best 48C · median 45.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)248C46—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f244C39.5—
1m5f – 2m248C47.5—
Jumps 3 figures · best 68C · median 63
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft268C65.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m268C65—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 8 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
Definite Article (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since Jan 2008 (527 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm26519.2%+8.7—
Good to Firm5316913%+2.50 from 1
Good2,03122411%+0.50 from 2
Good to Soft8358910.7%+0.20 from 3
Soft1,3771228.9%−1.6—
Heavy6797410.9%+0.4—
Standard (AW)13875.1%−5.40 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f11218.2%+7.7—
1m – 1m1f49510.2%−0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f21194.3%−6.20 from 2
1m5f – 2m1,81118510.2%−0.30 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f1,90020410.7%+0.20 from 2
2m5f – 3m1,34915611.6%+1.1—
Over 3m2862910.1%−0.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Postie (GB) (Sharpo)

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 to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Uttoxeter 3 0 0% −3.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Lee Stephens 2 0 0% −2.00
Alan O'Keeffe 2 0 0% −2.00
Robbie Fitzpatrick 2 0 0% −2.00
Sam Hitchcott 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Mulrennan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Visor 4 0 0% −4.00
None 2 0 0% −2.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 4 0 0% −4.00
2006 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 4 0 0% −4.00
Hurdle 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2007 · 4 runs
16 Jul 07+6d Wolverhampton (AW) P D Financial Field Of Dreams Classified Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 11 ran 10/11 2½ 9-8 5044C Sam Hitchcott 50/1
10 Jul 07+47d Uttoxeter Ward Lovett Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 18 ran 11/18 ½ 10-9 8568C Lee Stephens 40/1
24 May 07+11d Bangor-on-Dee Bangor Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-0 85— Alan O'Keeffe 40/1
13 May 07+332d Uttoxeter W & S Midlands Ltd Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 10/12 5 10-12 8563C Alan O'Keeffe 20/1
2006 · 4 runs
15 Jun 06+29d Uttoxeter JH Plant Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 14 ran 8/14 15 10-12 8562C Lee Stephens 16/1
17 May 06+8d Bath Weatherbys Printing Handicap Class 6 · 1m3½f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 14/15 2½ 8-13 6035C Robbie Fitzpatrick 40/1
09 May 06+64d Catterick goracing.co.uk Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9/12 4 9-7 6047C Robbie Fitzpatrick 100/1
06 Mar 06 Lingfield (AW) Guinness Draught 'Brewed In Dublin' Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 2m · Standard · 10 ran 10/10 30 8-10 6048C Paul Mulrennan 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Spy Game won?
Spy Game (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2006 and 2007.
Who trained Spy Game?
Spy Game (IRE) was trained by Jennie Candlish on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 16 July 2007.
Who is Spy Game's sire?
Spy Game (IRE) is by Definite Article (GB) out of Postie (GB), whose sire is Sharpo.
What is Spy Game's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 50, from the run on 16 July 2007. The highest on record is 85.
What is Spy Game's sire's record?
Definite Article (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since Jan 2008 (527 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.

Record shown from March 2006. 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.