The Last Lion (IRE)
The Last Lion won four of 14 starts including the Group 1 Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket in Sep 2016. He also landed a Group 3, a Listed race and three other Class 1 events, all of them at 6f-7f or under on turf or all-weather. Three of those four wins came on soft ground. The gelding, who was aged 8 at his last run in Mar 2022, finished off a career with nine placings from 14 runs and an official rating of 97, 9lb below his highest ever mark.
- 4–14Wins / Runs
- 28.6%Strike rate
- 9 (64.3%)Placed
- +18.09£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.37Fair A/E n=14 · 1.19 incl. margin
- 106Highest OR
- 24dBetween runs (median)longest 1876 d
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 111
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 111A | 106 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 111A | 106 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 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 10.7% of 5,779 runs since Jan 2008 (392 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 76 | 2 | 2.6% | −8.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,195 | 141 | 11.8% | +1.1 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 1,276 | 135 | 10.6% | −0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 553 | 63 | 11.4% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 752 | 74 | 9.8% | −0.9 | 2 from 3 |
| Heavy | 320 | 30 | 9.4% | −1.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,607 | 174 | 10.8% | +0.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,263 | 146 | 11.6% | +0.9 | 2 from 7 |
| 6f – 7f | 2,538 | 285 | 11.2% | +0.5 | 2 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,019 | 95 | 9.3% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 445 | 42 | 9.4% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 378 | 35 | 9.3% | −1.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 106 | 11 | 10.4% | −0.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 26 | 5 | 19.2% | +8.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
11 siblings in the archive, 8 winners — best of them Silvanus (IRE) (17 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m; the highest grade won is Listed (Contest (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvanus (IRE) | 133 | 17 | 5f | Class 3 |
| Contest (IRE) | 24 | 5 | 5f–6f | Listed |
| Russian Rock (IRE) | 9 | 3 | 5f | Class 2 |
| Laughing Boy (IRE) | 27 | 2 | 1m4f–2m | — |
| Munsters Call (IRE) | 20 | 2 | 6f–7f | — |
| The British Lion (IRE) | 40 | 2 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Red Lacewing (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 5f | — |
| Horizon Sky (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 7f | — |
| State Patrol (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Bismark (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sable Camp (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.62 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 2 | 67% | +0.71 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +24.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +22.29 |
| Class 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.38 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.20 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 1 | 100% | +25.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 7 | 2 | 29% | −3.29 |
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 2 | 33% | +22.38 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Fanning | 8 | 2 | 25% | +20.38 |
| Franny Norton | 5 | 2 | 40% | −1.29 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 10 | 4 | 40% | +22.09 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has The Last Lion won?
- The Last Lion (IRE) won 4 of 14 archived starts between 2016 and 2022, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 9 times in total (64.3% of starts).
- Who trained The Last Lion?
- The Last Lion (IRE) was trained by Charlie & Mark Johnston on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 26 March 2022.
- Who is The Last Lion's sire?
- The Last Lion (IRE) is by Choisir (AUS) out of Mala Mala (IRE), whose sire is Brief Truce.
- What going does The Last Lion prefer?
- The Last Lion (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Last Lion's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 26 March 2022. The highest on record is 106.
- What is The Last Lion's sire's record?
- Choisir (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 5,779 runs since Jan 2008 (392 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are The Last Lion's siblings?
- Out of Mala Mala (IRE), The Last Lion (IRE) has 11 other produce in our archive, 8 of them winners. Most wins: Silvanus (IRE) (17). Highest grade won: Listed (Contest (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m. As at Nov 2026.