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Horse profile

Starling Force (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, May 2011) · Last trainer Noel V Kennedy · Last owner An Stil Beatha Syndicate
by Snurge (IRE) out of Cronin's Girl (IRE) (Oscar)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Oct 2010
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 May 2011 — 5,656 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2011 · 12th of 15 Won at Gowran Park
KTB Profile

Starling Force (IRE) is 1 from 4. Hasn't won since Mar 2011.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 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 134A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 19 Mar 2011

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 134A · median 122
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft3134A125—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m4134A122—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Snurge (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 1,506 runs since Jan 2008 (135 horses).

Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 12.5% from 176. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.8% from 520.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+5.5—
Good to Firm11187.2%−1.6—
Good330278.2%−0.60 from 1
Good to Soft1982010.1%+1.3—
Soft449398.7%−0.11 from 3
Heavy409379%+0.2—
Standard (AW)200%−8.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f100%−8.8—
1m5f – 2m285186.3%−2.51 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f520305.8%−3—
2m5f – 3m5246211.8%+3—
Over 3m1762212.5%+3.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Cronin's Girl (IRE) (Oscar)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Buz Barton (IRE)120——
Finvally (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 1 33% +1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Gowran Park 2 1 50% +2.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr R P Quinlan 3 1 33% +1.00
Mr J T Carroll 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 3 1 33% +1.00
2010 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 KTB Jockey SP
2011 · 3 runs
04 May 11+46d Punchestown betchronicle.com Champion I.N.H. Flat Race (Grade 1) 16f · Good · 15 ran 12/15 shd 12-0 109C Mr R P Quinlan 33/1
19 Mar 11+13d Gowran Park Kilkenny (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Yielding · 16 ran 1/16 11-9 134A Mr R P Quinlan 3/1
06 Mar 11+155d Naas Rockview (Q.R.) Flat Race 16f · Yielding · 15 ran 2/15 ¾ 11-9 119A Mr R P Quinlan 9/1
2010 · 1 run
02 Oct 10 Gowran Park Freshford Flat Race 16f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 2/20 hd 11-5 125A Mr J T Carroll 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Starling Force won?
Starling Force (IRE) won 1 of 4 archived starts between 2010 and 2011, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 3 times in total (75% of starts).
Who trained Starling Force?
Starling Force (IRE) was trained by Noel V Kennedy on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 4 May 2011.
Who is Starling Force's sire?
Starling Force (IRE) is by Snurge (IRE) out of Cronin's Girl (IRE), whose sire is Oscar.
What going does Starling Force prefer?
Starling Force (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Starling Force's sire's record?
Snurge (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 1,506 runs since Jan 2008 (135 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 12.5% from 176. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.8% from 520.
Who are Starling Force's siblings?
Out of Cronin's Girl (IRE), Starling Force (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2010. 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.