Twilight Romance (GB)
Twilight Romance won three of 14 starts all over 6f to 7f on turf. His wins came in a Class 3 maiden at York in Jun 2023 and in two handicaps at Leicester in Apr 2025 and Doncaster in May 2025. He led when taking the Chris Garwood Retirement Party Handicap at Doncaster in May 2025 off a mark of 86. The gelding raced off his career-high mark of 89 once.
- 3–14Wins / Runs
- 21.4%Strike rate
- 6 (42.9%)Placed
- −3.95£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.21Fair A/E n=14 · 1.05 incl. margin
- 89Highest OR
- 56dAvg 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 102
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 101C | 89 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 101A | 92.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 109B | 105.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 105C | 82.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 109B | 94 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 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 6 analysed runs since Feb 2025
- Led 2 (33%) · 1 win
- Prominent 2 (33%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 3,643 runs since Jan 2008 (281 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.6% from 613.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 12 | 4 | 33.3% | +23.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 651 | 71 | 10.9% | +1.3 | 2 from 5 |
| Good | 816 | 80 | 9.8% | +0.2 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 302 | 23 | 7.6% | −2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 329 | 37 | 11.2% | +1.6 | — |
| Heavy | 90 | 9 | 10% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,442 | 127 | 8.8% | −0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 613 | 77 | 12.6% | +3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,898 | 179 | 9.4% | −0.2 | 3 from 14 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 684 | 52 | 7.6% | −2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 367 | 39 | 10.6% | +1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 62 | 3 | 4.8% | −4.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Start Me Up (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Start Me Up (GB)).
Family form: Start Me Up (GB) finished 2nd of 12 at Pontefract, 5 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start Me Up (GB) | 10 | 2 | 6f–7f | Class 3 |
| Private Island (GB) | 6 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 5 |
| Redemption Time (GB) | 10 | 1 | 5f | Class 3 |
| Secret Box (GB) | 7 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 4 |
| Enamored (GB) | 4 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Infrared (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 2 | 40% | +2.30 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 3 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.20 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.25 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.20 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pontefract | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Hart | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.20 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Russell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 11 | 3 | 27% | −0.95 |
| Hood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.25 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.20 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 25+21d | Doncaster | Chris Garwood Retirement Party Handicap Set the pace from the break - driven and under strong challenge inside the final furlong - edged clear at the finish | 1/7 | 9-10 | 86 | 90A | 97A | P J McDonald | 7/2 | |
| 26 Apr 25+11d | Leicester | Rekorderlig Premium Fruit Cider Handicap Handy in the early stages - hit the front approaching the final furlong - pushed along inside the closing stages - drew clear to score | 1/10 | 9-9 | 80 | 102A | 107A | Oisin Murphy | 7/4F | |
| 15 Apr 25+22d | Newmarket | Weatherbys With Venatour Racing Handicap Set the pace early - driven approaching 2f out then drifted right as caught - dropped away final stages to finish 9th | 9/13 | 1¼ | 8-5 | 81 | 105C | 73A | Silvestre De Sousa | 14/1 |
| 24 Mar 25+16d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap Hesitant break - settled towards the back - urged forward inside final furlong - stayed on without threatening for the places | 5/9 | ¾ | 9-6 | 82 | 101A | 87A | Jason Hart | 9/2 |
| 08 Mar 25+15d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 30 In Free Bets With BetUK Handicap Held up at the back - driven approaching final furlong - kept on without threatening to close | 5/10 | hd | 9-2 | 83 | 98A | 83A | Jason Hart | 12/1 |
| 21 Feb 25+221d | Southwell (AW) | Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) Sat close to pace early - still handy approaching halfway - urged into contention over 2f out - lost momentum in the closing stages to finish sixth beaten just under five lengths | 6/9 | nk | 9-9 | 85 | 87A | 85A | Harry Russell | 18/1 |
| 15 Jul 24+30d | Ayr | Fergie & Myra Happel Ayr Gold Cup Trial Handicap | 5/11 | ½ | 9-6 | 86 | 109B | 89A | Jason Hart | 10/1 |
| 15 Jun 24+48d | York | Churchill Tyres Supporting Macmillan Sprint Handicap | 13/17 | 1¾ | 8-8 | 87 | 60C | 64C | Jason Hart | 18/1 |
| 28 Apr 24+26d | Southwell (AW) | Download The PlanetSportBet App Handicap | 2/8 | 1½ | 9-4 | 85 | 78A | 101A | Jason Hart | 7/1 |
| 02 Apr 24+222d | Pontefract | Napoleons Casino Bradford Handicap | 4/5 | 1 | 9-8 | 87 | 100C | 78B | Jason Hart | 11/8F |
| 24 Aug 23+52d | York | Goffs UK Harry Beeby Premier Yearling Stakes (GBB Race) | 19/22 | ¾ | 9-5 | 89 | 60C | 68A | Jason Hart | 9/2 |
| 03 Jul 23+16d | Pontefract | British Stallion Studs Ebf Spindrifter Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/5 | ½ | 9-8 | — | 101C | 88B | Jason Hart | 5/6F |
| 17 Jun 23+23d | York | Reg Griffin Appreciation Ebfstallions.Com Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 9-7 | — | 89A | 98A | Jason Hart | 9/5F | |
| 25 May 23 | Haydock | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/12 | ¾ | 9-7 | — | 77A | 109A | Jason Hart | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Twilight Romance (GB) won?
- Twilight Romance (GB) won 3 of 14 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 21.4%. Placed 6 times in total (42.9% of starts).
- Who trained Twilight Romance (GB)?
- Twilight Romance (GB) was trained by John & Sean Quinn on the most recent run on record, at Doncaster on 17 May 2025.
- Who is Twilight Romance (GB)'s sire?
- Twilight Romance (GB) is by Twilight Son (GB) out of Red Box (GB), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
- What going does Twilight Romance (GB) prefer?
- Twilight Romance (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Twilight Romance (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 17 May 2025. The highest on record is 89.
- What is Twilight Romance (GB)'s sire's record?
- Twilight Son (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 3,643 runs since Jan 2008 (281 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.6% from 613.
- Who are Twilight Romance (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Red Box (GB), Twilight Romance (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Start Me Up (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Start Me Up (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.