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Horse profile

Strike (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2007) · Last trainer John C McConnell · Last owner Ciaran Burke
by Silver Hawk (USA) out of Shemozzle (IRE) (Shirley Heights)
18 runs · 11 courses · from May 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Jun 2007 — 7,072 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2007 · 7th of 16 Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Strike (GB) is yet to win from 18 starts. Best effort: 4th of 20 at Down Royal (Mar 2006). Last raced off 45, 42lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 18 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 42lb off peak
Official rating45↓ 42lb off peak
45 45–87

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) 49C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Downpatrick, 11 May 2007 Official rating 45 at the last flat run, 26 Jun 2007

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 112C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Down Royal, 17 Mar 2006

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 15 figures · best 94C · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm680C52—
Soft365C53—
Firm372C48—
Good267C59—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m872C52—
1m2f – 1m4f694C52—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
Jumps 3 figures · best 112C · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good294C86.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2112C95.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

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
Silver Hawk (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 185 runs since Jan 2008 (13 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−7.60 from 3
Good to Firm43511.6%+40 from 6
Good53611.3%+3.70 from 4
Good to Soft3013.3%−4.3—
Soft2314.3%−3.30 from 3
Heavy9111.1%+3.50 from 2
Standard (AW)2600%−7.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−7.6—
1m – 1m1f27622.2%+14.6—
1m2f – 1m4f8444.8%−2.80 from 6
1m5f – 2m3226.3%−1.30 from 10
2m1f – 2m4f2514%−3.60 from 2
2m5f – 3m1119.1%+1.5—
Over 3m500%−7.6—

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
Shemozzle (IRE) (Shirley Heights)

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 Firm 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Downpatrick 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Tralee 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 10 0 0% −10.00
1m2f – 1m4f 6 0 0% −6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
E M Butterly 6 0 0% −6.00
K F McDonagh 3 0 0% −3.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
P A Carberry 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr B King 1 0 0% −1.00
Barry Geraghty 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny Grant 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr C J Sweeney 1 0 0% −1.00
Davy Condon 1 0 0% −1.00
Tadhg O'Shea 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 9 0 0% −9.00
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Hood + visor 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 4 0 0% −4.00
2006 8 0 0% −8.00
2005 6 0 0% −6.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 15 0 0% −15.00
Hurdle 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2007 · 4 runs
26 Jun 07+29d Sligo Oates Breheny Group Handicap (42-60) 1m4f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 7/16 1¼ 8-13 4535C Seamie Heffernan 20/1
28 May 07+17d Ballinrobe Supermac's Ballinrobe And Claremorris Handicap (42-60) 2m · Good To Firm · 15 ran 11/15 20 8-8 5043C K F McDonagh 25/1
11 May 07+37d Downpatrick Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (42-60) 1m4f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 7/15 nk 9-2 5449C K F McDonagh 20/1
04 Apr 07+242d Gowran Park Great Oak Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good · 20 ran 19/20 1½ 11-5 —79C K F McDonagh 50/1
2006 · 8 runs
05 Aug 06+34d Galway Cheestrings Handicap (40-70) 2m · Good To Firm · 19 ran 13/19 ½ 9-8 6253C P A Carberry 33/1
02 Jul 06+23d Curragh Waterford Crystal Handicap (50-80) 2m · Good · 29 ran 15/29 hd 8-10 6551C E M Butterly 50/1
09 Jun 06+6d Fairyhouse Baltrasna Fegentri (Q.R.) Handicap (40-70) 2m · Firm · 12 ran 8/12 hd 11-0 6872C Mr B King 16/1
03 Jun 06+22d Tramore Racing at tramore.ie Handicap (50-70) 1m6f · Firm · 10 ran 8/10 12 9-7 7036C E M Butterly 20/1
12 May 06+19d Downpatrick Magners Ciders Maiden Hurdle 2m2f · Good · 15 ran 11/15 14 11-11 —94C Barry Geraghty 9/1
23 Apr 06+14d Leopardstown Oakfield Handicap (Rated 50-80) 1m4f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 12/18 1 9-4 7351C E M Butterly 33/1
09 Apr 06+23d Curragh Ray O'Brien Mitsubishi Motors Handicap (60-95) 1m4f · Yielding To Soft · 24 ran 12/24 ¾ 8-7 7553C Danny Grant 25/1
17 Mar 06+174d Down Royal Inbev Ireland Maiden Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 20 ran 4/20 1½ 11-5 —112C E M Butterly 10/1
2005 · 6 runs
24 Sep 05+21d Fairyhouse Ballybin Handicap (60-100) 1m4f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 7/18 2 8-4 8080C E M Butterly 20/1
03 Sep 05+9d Down Royal Her Majesty's Plate 1m5f · Firm · 7 ran 5/7 ¾ 9-7 8248C E M Butterly 25/1
25 Aug 05+67d Tralee Denny Havasnack (QR) Race 2m1f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 12/17 20 10-13 8465C Mr C J Sweeney 50/1
19 Jun 05+25d Gowran Park Bulmers McEnery Cup Handicap (60-100) 1m6f · Good · 13 ran 8/13 4 9-8 8667C Davy Condon 20/1
25 May 05+17d Leopardstown Saval Beg Stakes (Listed) 1m6f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 10/12 3 9-9 8766C Tadhg O'Shea 66/1
08 May 05 Leopardstown Miltown Handicap (60-100) 1m4f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 5/11 3 9-9 8794C Kieren Fallon 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Strike won?
Strike (GB) has yet to win, from 18 archived starts between 2005 and 2007.
Who trained Strike?
Strike (GB) was trained by John C McConnell on the most recent run on record, at Sligo on 26 June 2007.
Who is Strike's sire?
Strike (GB) is by Silver Hawk (USA) out of Shemozzle (IRE), whose sire is Shirley Heights.
What is Strike's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 26 June 2007. The highest on record is 87.
What is Strike's sire's record?
Silver Hawk (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 185 runs since Jan 2008 (13 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from May 2005. 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.