Sunlight Dance (IRE)
Sunlight Dance is a maiden who has two places from four starts on turf. She showed her best effort when third of 10 at Gowran Park in Aug 2025 and last ran when sixth of 14 at Punchestown in Sep 2025 off an official rating of 74. The filly, by Verbal Dexterity out of a Dawn Approach mare, raced over 1m to 1m1f on three of her four outings.
- 0–4Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 2 (50%)Placed
- −4.00£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 74Highest OR
- 26dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 72
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 94C | 83 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 94C | 72 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 2.2% of 46 runs since Jan 2008 (5 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −2.2 | — |
| Good | 17 | 0 | 0% | −2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −2.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 10 | 0 | 0% | −2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | +31.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 0 | 0% | −2.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +22.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 0 | 0% | −2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −2.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 0 | 0% | −2.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −2.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −2.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Purple Sky (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m2½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purple Sky (IRE) | 19 | 1 | 1m2½f | — |
| Cuban Dawn (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan McDonogh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ross Coakley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gabriella Hill | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sep 25+34d | Punchestown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden Held up at the back - still down in 13th at halfway - found some headway with a furlong and a half left - up to 10th with a furlong to run - stayed on without threatening to reach the front runners | 6/14 | ½ | 9-3 | 74 | 94C | 59C | Ross Coakley | 12/1 |
| 13 Aug 25+24d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden Sat close to the front early - third turning into the straight and asked for effort with no gain over a furlong out - stayed on same speed to the line finishing third | 3/10 | ½ | 9-3 | — | 48A | 71A | Declan McDonogh | 9/2 |
| 20 Jul 25+19d | Curragh | Visit Keadeenhotel.ie Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden Held a midfield spot and 6th at halfway - shaken up into 5th from 2f out but briefly boxed in for room - moved into 3rd inside the last and stayed on at an even effort to finish third | 3/10 | 3¼ | 9-3 | — | 72A | 78A | Declan McDonogh | 22/1 |
| 01 Jul 25 | Roscommon | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden Slow to begin - trailed well off the pace early - regained contact with rivals by halfway - made progress inside final 2f - stayed on to finish 5th | 5/12 | 3 | 8-7 | — | 66A | 59A | Gabriella Hill | 22/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Sunlight Dance (IRE) won?
- Sunlight Dance (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2025. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Sunlight Dance (IRE)?
- Sunlight Dance (IRE) was trained by J S Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 16 September 2025.
- Who is Sunlight Dance (IRE)'s sire?
- Sunlight Dance (IRE) is by Verbal Dexterity (IRE) out of Dawn Of Day (IRE), whose sire is Dawn Approach.
- What is Sunlight Dance (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 16 September 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Sunlight Dance (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Verbal Dexterity (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 2.2% of 46 runs since Jan 2008 (5 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Sunlight Dance (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Dawn Of Day (IRE), Sunlight Dance (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Purple Sky (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.