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Horse profile

Urban Star (GB)

5yo mare (at last run, Oct 2017) · Last trainer Michael J McDonagh · Last owner Michael J Mcdonagh
by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Via Ferrata (FR) (Nikos)
6 runs · 5 courses · from Feb 2017
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Oct 2017 — 3,300 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2017 · 8th of 12 Last raced off OR 93
KTB Profile

Urban Star (GB) is yet to win from 6 starts. Best effort: 3rd of 7 at Sligo (Sep 2017). Last raced off a career-high mark of 93.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 102 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Limerick, 18 Mar 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 →

Jumps 5 figures · best 102B · median 56
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft3102B88—
Heavy256B35.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f388B45—
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 6 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 92A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Limerick, 6 Apr 2017 Official rating 93 at the last run, 15 Oct 2017

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 6 figures · best 96A · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft396A92—
Heavy391A85—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f492A87—
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,684 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses).

Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−10.3—
Good to Firm112108.9%−1.4—
Good1,3341138.5%−1.8—
Good to Soft1,073989.1%−1.2—
Soft1,40816811.9%+1.60 from 3
Heavy6278313.2%+2.90 from 3
Standard (AW)126118.7%−1.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−3.2—
1m – 1m1f2926.9%−3.4—
1m2f – 1m4f14585.5%−4.8—
1m5f – 2m1,30715211.6%+1.30 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,4991429.5%−0.80 from 4
2m5f – 3m1,31914110.7%+0.40 from 1
Over 3m3713710%−0.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Via Ferrata (FR) (Nikos)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Fairfield Ferrata (GB) (5 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m5½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Fairfield Ferrata (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Fairfield Ferrata (GB)2052m–2m5fClass 3
Mount Hanover (GB)1622m4f—
Via Volupta (GB)812m5½fClass 4
Boston Dancer (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mark Enright 4 0 0% −4.00
Brian Hayes 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Ring 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00
Chase 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 6 runs
15 Oct 17+18d Cork Tattersalls Ireland Irish Ebf Mares Auction Maiden Hurdle 19.5f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 8/12 ½ 11-5 9388B89A Mark Enright 11/2
27 Sep 17+174d Sligo Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Mares Beginners Chase 17.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 3/7 21 11-7 ——85C Mark Enright 20/1
06 Apr 17+19d Limerick Greenmount Park Beginners Chase 19.5f · Soft · 14 ran 6/14 12 11-2 —45B92A Brian Hayes 50/1
18 Mar 17+7d Limerick Book Online At www.limerickraces.ie Mares Maiden Hurdle 21f · Soft · 14 ran 8/14 ½ 11-6 —102B96A Mark Enright 33/1
11 Mar 17+17d Gowran Park Thomastown Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 7/14 4¼ 11-5 —56B91A Mark Enright 100/1
22 Feb 17 Punchestown I.N.H. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Maiden Hurdle 20f · Heavy · 18 ran 16/18 7½ 10-6 —15C85C Andrew Ring 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Urban Star won?
Urban Star (GB) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts in 2017.
Who trained Urban Star?
Urban Star (GB) was trained by Michael J McDonagh on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 15 October 2017.
Who is Urban Star's sire?
Urban Star (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Via Ferrata (FR), whose sire is Nikos.
What is Urban Star's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 93, from the run on 15 October 2017. That is also the highest on record.
What is Urban Star's sire's record?
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,684 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
Who are Urban Star's siblings?
Out of Via Ferrata (FR), Urban Star (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Fairfield Ferrata (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Fairfield Ferrata (GB)). The wins came over 2m–2m5½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from February 2017. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.