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Horse profile

Sun Or Shade (IRE)

3yo colt (at last run, Feb 2017) · Last trainer John Gosden · Last owner Mt Brilliant Farm Mrs J Magnierm Tabor
by Galileo (IRE) out of Desert Classic (GB) (Green Desert)
1 run · 1 course · from Feb 2017
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Feb 2017 — 3,535 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2017 · 8th of 8 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Feb 2017 as a 3yo colt. Finished 8 of 8 at Kempton (AW) last time. By Galileo (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 38C the best of the last 1 rated run · Kempton (AW), 22 Feb 2017

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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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
Galileo (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).

Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm721419.4%+4.9—
Good to Firm2,76544216%+1.5—
Good5,30879014.9%+0.4—
Good to Soft2,34332814%−0.5—
Soft3,84557615%+0.5—
Heavy1,37819013.8%−0.7—
Standard (AW)2,48330412.2%−2.30 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1417.1%−7.4—
6f – 7f1,38325218.2%+3.7—
1m – 1m1f3,02151717.1%+2.6—
1m2f – 1m4f6,8481,05115.3%+0.80 from 1
1m5f – 2m4,24055513.1%−1.4—
2m1f – 2m4f1,65017010.3%−4.2—
2m5f – 3m889839.3%−5.2—
Over 3m1501610.7%−3.8—

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
Desert Classic (GB) (Green Desert)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Wrote (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Flawless Beauty (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Wrote (IRE)727f–1m—
Flawless Beauty (GB)1216fClass 5
Diara Angel (IRE)10——
Do It Yourself (IRE)30——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 1 run
22 Feb 17 Kempton (AW) 32red On The App Store Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 11f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 2½ 8-7 30C38C Nicky Mackay 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sun Or Shade won?
Sun Or Shade (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2017.
Who trained Sun Or Shade?
Sun Or Shade (IRE) was trained by John Gosden on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 22 February 2017.
Who is Sun Or Shade's sire?
Sun Or Shade (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Desert Classic (GB), whose sire is Green Desert.
What is Sun Or Shade's sire's record?
Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
Who are Sun Or Shade's siblings?
Out of Desert Classic (GB), Sun Or Shade (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Wrote (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Flawless Beauty (GB)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from February 2017. 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.