Striking Star (GB)
Striking Star won the Class 3 Blandford Bloodstock Novice Stakes at Sandown over 6f – 7f on soft ground in Sep 2022. The gelding, by Dubawi out of a Shamardal mare, has one win and four places from six turf starts, all at 6f – 7f. He last ran at Leicester in May 2023, finishing 7 of 10 in the King Power Handicap when beaten favourite off an official rating of 88, which was also his career-high mark.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 4 (66.7%)Placed
- −3.12£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 0.56Fair A/E n=6 · 0.47 incl. margin
- 88Highest OR
- 51dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 95
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 74C | 63 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 98C | 72.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,957 runs since Jan 2008 (1,526 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 48 | 11 | 22.9% | +4.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,323 | 477 | 20.5% | +2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 3,167 | 564 | 17.8% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,742 | 310 | 17.8% | −0.6 | — |
| Soft | 1,909 | 327 | 17.1% | −1.3 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 597 | 103 | 17.3% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,169 | 585 | 18.5% | +0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 429 | 42 | 9.8% | −8.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,121 | 580 | 18.6% | +0.2 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,861 | 726 | 18.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,833 | 769 | 20.1% | +1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,210 | 189 | 15.6% | −2.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 333 | 48 | 14.4% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 138 | 19 | 13.8% | −4.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 32 | 6 | 18.8% | +0.4 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Hassaleh (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Hassaleh (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hassaleh (IRE) | 5 | 3 | 7f–1m | Group 3 |
| Bedouin Prince (IRE) | 5 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | Class 4 |
| Moonglade (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.12 |
| Adam Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.12 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 May 23+9d | Leicester | King Power Handicap | 7/10 | ½ | 9-9 | 88 | 95A | 88A | William Buick | 15/8F |
| 20 May 23+14d | Newmarket | Aspall Premier Cru Handicap | 2/13 | 1¾ | 9-8 | 88 | 98C | 98A | Adam Kirby | 6/4F |
| 06 May 23+34d | Newmarket | Howden Bloodstock 'Confined' Handicap | 2/8 | ½ | 9-7 | 83 | 63A | 107A | William Buick | 7/4F |
| 02 Apr 23+162d | Doncaster | Made In Doncaster St Leger Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/13 | 6 | 9-11 | — | 74C | 92A | William Buick | 15/8F |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Oct 22+38d | Newbury | Virgin Bet Horris Hill Stakes (Group 3) | 9/9 | 1½ | 9-2 | — | 71A | 67A | William Buick | 9/4F |
| 14 Sep 22 | Sandown | Blandford Bloodstock Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/10 | 9-7 | — | 54A | 95A | William Buick | 15/8 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Striking Star won?
- Striking Star (GB) won 1 of 6 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 4 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trained Striking Star?
- Striking Star (GB) was trained by Charlie Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 29 May 2023.
- Who is Striking Star's sire?
- Striking Star (GB) is by Dubawi (IRE) out of Lucida (IRE), whose sire is Shamardal.
- What going does Striking Star prefer?
- Striking Star (GB) 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 Striking Star's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 29 May 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Striking Star's sire's record?
- Dubawi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,957 runs since Jan 2008 (1,526 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
- Who are Striking Star's siblings?
- Out of Lucida (IRE), Striking Star (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Hassaleh (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Hassaleh (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.