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Horse profile

The Rusty Box (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2007) · Last trainer Michael Hourigan · Last owner Miss Laura Anne Hourigan
by Desert Sun (GB) out of Symbolise (IRE) (Nashwan)
1 run · 1 course · from Jul 2007
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Jul 2007 — 7,056 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2007
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Jul 2007 as a 4yo gelding. By Desert Sun (GB), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 1,166 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

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 →

Of 1 run looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures 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
Desert Sun (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 1,166 runs since Jan 2008 (84 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm22418.2%+8.9—
Good to Firm220188.2%−1.1—
Good214167.5%−1.8—
Good to Soft8744.6%−4.7—
Soft10576.7%−2.60 from 1
Heavy3925.1%−4.2—
Standard (AW)4795812.1%+2.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3326.1%−3.2—
6f – 7f283289.9%+0.6—
1m – 1m1f258238.9%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f265269.8%+0.5—
1m5f – 2m173169.2%−0.1—
2m1f – 2m4f12797.1%−2.20 from 1
2m5f – 3m24520.8%+11.5—
Over 3m300%−9.3—

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

Dam
Symbolise (IRE) (Nashwan)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
One Cool Lady (IRE)20——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2007 · 1 run
12 Jul 07 Fairyhouse Greenogue Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran PU/25 — 11-4 — Andrew J McNamara 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Rusty Box won?
The Rusty Box (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2007.
Who trained The Rusty Box?
The Rusty Box (IRE) was trained by Michael Hourigan on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 12 July 2007.
Who is The Rusty Box's sire?
The Rusty Box (IRE) is by Desert Sun (GB) out of Symbolise (IRE), whose sire is Nashwan.
What is The Rusty Box's sire's record?
Desert Sun (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 1,166 runs since Jan 2008 (84 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are The Rusty Box's siblings?
Out of Symbolise (IRE), The Rusty Box (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2007. 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.