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Horse profile

Taste The Salt (IRE)

4yo filly (at last run, Jan 2018) · Last trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Last owner Mrs Joan Brosnan
by Born To Sea (IRE) out of Tawaafur (GB) (Fantastic Light)
7 runs · 5 courses · from May 2017
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Jan 2018 — 3,218 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2018 · 5th of 11 Beaten favourite LTO Last raced off OR 53
KTB Profile

Taste The Salt (IRE) is yet to win from 7 starts, though has placed twice. Best effort: 3rd of 13 at Dundalk (AW) (Dec 2017). Last raced off a career-high mark of 53.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

Progeny in our archive

Produce record

As a dam, Taste The Salt (IRE) has 3 produce in the archive, 3 winners — most wins Big Leader (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Big Leader (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Big Leader (IRE)431mClass 2
Cashew (IRE)2626fClass 4
Focaccia (IRE)1515f—

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Dundalk (AW), 15 Dec 2017

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 7 figures · best 93C · median 79
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)492B85—
Soft1———
Good1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f693C85—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 68A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 22 Dec 2017 Official rating 53 at the last run, 13 Jan 2018

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 7 figures · best 68A · median 60
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)468A67—
Soft1———
Good1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f668A63—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 4,289 runs since Apr 2016 (311 horses).

Strongest on soft going: 12.1% from 970. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.4% from 867. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.8% from 725.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2229.1%0—
Good to Firm378349%−0.10 from 1
Good1,1111089.7%+0.60 from 1
Good to Soft5755910.3%+1.2—
Soft97011712.1%+30 from 1
Heavy366318.5%−0.6—
Standard (AW)867384.4%−4.70 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f190136.8%−2.3—
6f – 7f725425.8%−3.3—
1m – 1m1f633436.8%−2.30 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f8879010.1%+10 from 6
1m5f – 2m99411011.1%+2—
2m1f – 2m4f6537411.3%+2.2—
2m5f – 3m168148.3%−0.8—
Over 3m3937.7%−1.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Tawaafur (GB) (Fantastic Light)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Baitha Alga (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Baitha Alga (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Baitha Alga (IRE)935f–6fGroup 2
Sabrewing (IRE)216fClass 6
Tayvallich (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 6 0 0% −6.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Wayne Lordan 3 0 0% −3.00
Adam Kirby 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Corby 1 0 0% −1.00
Ana O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 1 0 0% −1.00
2017 6 0 0% −6.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2018 · 1 run
13 Jan 18+22d Lingfield (AW) Betway Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 11 ran 5/11 ½ 9-7 5379A67A Adam Kirby 11/8F
2017 · 6 runs
22 Dec 17+7d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Racing Returns Friday 5th January 2018 Handicap (45-65) 1m2½f · Standard · 13 ran 3/13 2 9-0 5391B68A Wayne Lordan 10/1
15 Dec 17+9d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m4f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 shd 8-11 5292B67A Wayne Lordan 25/1
06 Dec 17+179d Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Packages Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m4f · Standard · 14 ran 9/14 ½ 8-11 5379B56A Sean Corby 14/1
10 Jun 17+22d Curragh Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 1m2f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 11/12 ¾ 9-0 —47C59C Wayne Lordan 25/1
19 May 17+15d Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Fillies Maiden 1m2f · Good · 14 ran 8/14 ½ 8-11 —93C54C Ana O'Brien 16/1
04 May 17 Clonmel Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Median Auction Fillies Maiden 1m1½f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 3/4 5 9-0 —48C60B Seamie Heffernan 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Taste The Salt won?
Taste The Salt (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2017 and 2018. Placed 2 times in total (28.6% of starts).
Who trained Taste The Salt?
Taste The Salt (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 13 January 2018.
Who is Taste The Salt's sire?
Taste The Salt (IRE) is by Born To Sea (IRE) out of Tawaafur (GB), whose sire is Fantastic Light.
What is Taste The Salt's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 53, from the run on 13 January 2018. That is also the highest on record.
What is Taste The Salt's sire's record?
Born To Sea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 4,289 runs since Apr 2016 (311 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 12.1% from 970. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.4% from 867. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.8% from 725.
Who are Taste The Salt's siblings?
Out of Tawaafur (GB), Taste The Salt (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Baitha Alga (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Baitha Alga (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Nov 2026.
Has Taste The Salt produced winners?
As a dam, Taste The Salt (IRE) has 3 produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Big Leader (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Big Leader (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2017. 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.