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Horse profile

Striking Midnight (IRE)

4yo gelding · Trainer Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith · Owner C Clarke
by Jet Away (GB) out of Good Thyne Tara (GB) (Kayf Tara)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Nov 2025
As at 2 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 22 Oct 2026 · 9th of 13
KTB Profile

Striking Midnight is a gelding by Jet Away out of a Kayf Tara mare who has shown placed form in two of three starts over hurdles. His best effort came when second of eight at Wetherby in Dec 2025. He has raced over 1m5f to 2m4f on good to soft and softer ground. He finished ninth of 13 at Carlisle in a Class 4 novices hurdle in Oct 2026.

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Nov 2025 · updated 2 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 124 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Wetherby, 6 Dec 2025

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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 124B · median 102
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 2 Nov 2025
Good1——1 run · —
Soft1——1 run · —
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 2 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2102C1002 runs · 102 / 100
1m5f – 2m1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 30 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 111A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wetherby, 6 Dec 2025

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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 111A · median 103
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 2 Nov 2025
Good1——1 run · —
Soft1——1 run · —
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 2 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2103A1022 runs · 103 / 102
1m5f – 2m1——1 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 30 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.

The forward record. KTB’s figures on this horse since 22 Oct 2026: fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 22 Oct 2026. Each pick was the figure’s choice before the off, settled against the result the next morning; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races since 5 Oct 2026.

Run style from 3 analysed runs since Nov 2025

  • Mid-division 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 2,534 runs since Nov 2018 (273 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm27829.6%+18.4—
Good90110912.1%+0.90 from 1
Good to Soft6367111.2%00 from 1
Soft661639.5%−1.70 from 1
Heavy2743010.9%−0.3—
Standard (AW)3538.6%−2.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−11.2—
1m – 1m1f1000%−11.2—
1m2f – 1m4f4037.5%−3.7—
1m5f – 2m8028110.1%−1.10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,01311911.7%+0.50 from 2
2m5f – 3m5726811.9%+0.7—
Over 3m951313.7%+2.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Nov 2018 · as at 1 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

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 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Callum Bewley 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Power 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny McMenamin 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 1 0 0% −1.00
2025 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
Hurdle 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
22 Oct 26+320d Carlisle Class Of '63: 63 Years On Novices' Hurdle Race (Go North Night Nurse Series Qualifier) (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m1f · Good · 13 ran Raced in the pack throughout - lost touch late and finished 9th 9/13 ½ 10-13 102C101C Callum Bewley 28/1
2025 · 2 runs
06 Dec 25+22d Wetherby Watch Racing TV In Stunning HD 'Junior' NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 8 ran Sat close to front early - driven and dropped back with 6f left then slipped further behind 3f out - fought back late to grab second close home 2/8 5½ 10-11 124B111A Jack Power 4/1
14 Nov 25 Newcastle attheraces.com/marketmovers 'Junior' NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 8 ran Held a midpack position early - travelling nicely just off the pace passing 3f out but lost ground when asked for effort - squeezed for space with a furlong left - finished with renewed purpose late to be third 3/8 1¾ 11-2 98A103A Danny McMenamin 7/2

Quick answers

How many races has Striking Midnight won?
Striking Midnight (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2025 and 2026. Placed 2 times in total (66.7% of starts).
Who trains Striking Midnight?
Striking Midnight (IRE) is trained by Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 22 October 2026.
Who is Striking Midnight's sire?
Striking Midnight (IRE) is by Jet Away (GB) out of Good Thyne Tara (GB), whose sire is Kayf Tara.
What is Striking Midnight's sire's record?
Jet Away (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 2,534 runs since Nov 2018 (273 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from November 2025. 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.