The Dark Edge (IRE)
The Dark Edge is a gelding who has three wins from 16 starts on turf, all at Class 5 level. He won the JCB Hydradig Novices' Handicap Chase at Huntingdon over 2m5f – 3m on good ground in Oct 2025 off an official rating of 99, having previously scored in similar events at Warwick over 3m and at Plumpton over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft. He has won at Huntingdon, Warwick and Plumpton. His last run, at Huntingdon in Oct 2025, was a win.
- 3–16Wins / Runs
- 18.8%Strike rate
- 7 (43.8%)Placed
- +2.50£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 1.68Fair A/E n=16 · 1.44 incl. margin
- 102Highest OR
- 48dAvg 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 142
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 142B | 117 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 139B | 105.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 112C | 82 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 139B | 84.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 132B | 114 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 142B | 125 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 100A | 87 | — |
Of 16 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 16 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 from 10 analysed runs since Sep 2024
- Prominent 7 (70%) · 3 wins
- Mid-division 2 (20%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,260 runs since Jan 2008 (420 horses).
Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 99 | 14 | 14.1% | +1.6 | — |
| Good | 1,270 | 146 | 11.5% | −1 | 2 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 815 | 110 | 13.5% | +1 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,304 | 169 | 13% | +0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 549 | 69 | 12.6% | +0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 222 | 23 | 10.4% | −2.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 39 | 6 | 15.4% | +2.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 157 | 14 | 8.9% | −3.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 326 | 32 | 9.8% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,052 | 127 | 12.1% | −0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,456 | 192 | 13.2% | +0.7 | 1 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 991 | 125 | 12.6% | +0.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Over 3m | 239 | 35 | 14.6% | +2.1 | 1 from 3 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Romella (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Milans Edge (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romella (IRE) | 48 | 5 | 1m7½f–2m½f | — |
| Milans Edge (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 2m | Class 5 |
| Bombay Sapphire (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 2m1f | — |
| Bop Bop Bobbin (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Chitter Chatter (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Westello (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 2 | 20% | +3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +6.50 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Plumpton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.00 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 1 | 33% | +7.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilly Pinchin | 12 | 3 | 25% | +6.50 |
| Daire McConville | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Bass | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bradley Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 2 | 29% | +6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +7.00 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.50 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 12 | 2 | 17% | +3.50 |
| Chase | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Oct 25+16d | Huntingdon | JCB Hydradig Novices' Handicap Chase Settled behind pace early - clumsy at 3rd and 4th - drew level 7th - hit front 13th - driven approaching 3 out - matched strides 2 out - fought back last - kept finding under pressure to prevail by a whisker | 1/5 | 12-0 | 99 | 65C | 131B | Lilly Pinchin | 2/1 | |
| 21 Sep 25+127d | Plumpton | Secure My Future (SMF) Handicap Hurdle Handy in the early stages - pressed for effort 3 out then dropped a place 2 out - stayed on at one speed to finish 5th beaten 2.75L | 5/11 | ¾ | 11-7 | 100 | 121B | 111A | Daire McConville | 4/1 |
| 17 May 25+28d | Bangor-on-Dee | Remembering Kitty Warburton Handicap Chase Settled behind the front-running rival - driven approaching 12th and dropped back - fell at the 13th | F/7 | — | 11-11 | 102 | — | — | Lilly Pinchin | 6/1 |
| 19 Apr 25+23d | Huntingdon | Buy In Advance At Huntingdon Racecourse Handicap Hurdle Tracked the pace on the rail - stumbled four out - hit the front three out - driven along and challenged approaching two out - overtaken at the last but battled to the line | 2/9 | 2 | 12-0 | 97 | 125A | 134A | Lilly Pinchin | 7/2F |
| 27 Mar 25+24d | Warwick | Tony Darby Retirement Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Settled just off the pace - travelling nicely into the home turn - pushed to the front approaching 2 out - challenged strongly at the last - stayed on to prevail late | 1/11 | 11-10 | 92 | 142B | 118A | Lilly Pinchin | 9/1 | |
| 03 Mar 25+81d | Newcastle | Michael Knox Memorial Equine Products Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Sat behind the pace and moved into second early on - lost touch and drifted left approaching 3 out - faded before the following fence to finish 7th | 7/10 | 6½ | 11-11 | 93 | 90A | 101A | Lilly Pinchin | 3/1 |
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Dec 24+31d | Taunton | Twixmas Meeting 30th December Handicap Hurdle Shared the pace early - well placed into the straight - pushed along after 3 out - tracking the front group from 2 out - fought back late to hold fourth by a whisker | 4/15 | 4¾ | 11-6 | 93 | 132B | 109A | Lilly Pinchin | 17/2 |
| 11 Nov 24+18d | Kempton | Join Racing TV Online Novices' Handicap Hurdle Settled midpack early - improved into contention 7th - lost ground after 3 out then rallied to move into second from 2 out - unable to close on leader before the last | 2/8 | 11 | 11-11 | 93 | 117A | 116A | David Bass | 6/1 |
| 24 Oct 24+32d | Ludlow | Plyvine Catering Ltd Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Settled midfield early - made progress into contention around the 5th - moved up to second entering the home bend - hit the front two out - driven and fought hard through the run-in but caught close to the line | 2/13 | nk | 11-6 | 89 | 111B | 115A | Lilly Pinchin | 4/1F |
| 22 Sep 24+150d | Plumpton | Strong Flavours Handicap Hurdle Held a handy position early - made progress to reach the pace before the 6th - went in charge 3 out - pushed along approaching 2 out - jumped awkwardly and stumbled at the last - lost the advantage by a whisker - fought back to retake command 110 yards out and stayed on strongly to prevail | 1/9 | 10-5 | 82 | 139B | 111B | Lilly Pinchin | 9/2 | |
| 25 Apr 24+64d | Huntingdon | Follow Racing TV On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) | 2/11 | 1½ | 10-9 | 81 | 79A | 104A | Lilly Pinchin | 8/1 |
| 21 Feb 24+37d | Doncaster | SBK EBF 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 9/15 | 8½ | 11-9 | — | 52C | 102C | Lilly Pinchin | 250/1 |
| 15 Jan 24+27d | Hereford | Bet 10 Get 10 At PlanetSportBet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 6/12 | 32 | 10-13 | — | 78C | 92C | Bradley Roberts | 150/1 |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Dec 23+40d | Wincanton | TrustATrader Fully Vetted Tradespeople Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/9 | 13 | 11-0 | — | 112C | 98C | Paul O'Brien | 28/1 |
| 09 Nov 23+28d | Newbury | British Horse Society Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 7/13 | hd | 10-13 | — | 74B | 112A | Lilly Pinchin | 66/1 |
| 12 Oct 23 | Worcester | Richard Newland Racing Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 9/10 | 3¼ | 10-12 | — | 100A | 101A | Lilly Pinchin | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Dark Edge won?
- The Dark Edge (IRE) won 3 of 16 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 18.8%. Placed 7 times in total (43.8% of starts).
- Who trained The Dark Edge?
- The Dark Edge (IRE) was trained by Charlie Longsdon on the most recent run on record, at Huntingdon on 7 October 2025.
- Who is The Dark Edge's sire?
- The Dark Edge (IRE) is by Sholokhov (IRE) out of The Keane Edge (IRE), whose sire is Definite Article.
- What going does The Dark Edge prefer?
- The Dark Edge (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Dark Edge's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 7 October 2025. The highest on record is 102.
- What is The Dark Edge's sire's record?
- Sholokhov (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,260 runs since Jan 2008 (420 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
- Who are The Dark Edge's siblings?
- Out of The Keane Edge (IRE), The Dark Edge (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Romella (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Milans Edge (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.