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Horse profile

Wilful Spirit (IRE)

2yo filly (at last run, Oct 2017) · Last trainer John Joseph Murphy · Last owner Mrs John J Murphy
by Swiss Spirit (GB) out of Maybe I Will (IRE) (Hawk Wing)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2017
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Oct 2017 — 3,319 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2017 · 14th of 14
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Sep 2017 and Oct 2017, the last of them as a 2yo filly. Finished 14 of 14 at Naas last time. By Swiss Spirit (GB), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 3,648 runs since Apr 2017.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Flat 2 figures · best 33C · median 10
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Soft233C10—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
6f – 7f1———
Under 6f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 27C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Naas, 4 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 — 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 →

Flat 2 figures · best 27C · median 22
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Soft227C22—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
6f – 7f1———
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 3,648 runs since Apr 2017 (243 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 4.5% from 245. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 3.7% from 136.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm21419%+9.5—
Good to Firm604599.8%+0.3—
Good649497.6%−1.9—
Good to Soft274155.5%−4—
Soft245114.5%−50 from 2
Heavy6123.3%−6.2—
Standard (AW)1,79420511.4%+1.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,15113611.8%+2.30 from 1
6f – 7f1,7401528.7%−0.80 from 1
1m – 1m1f574529.1%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f13653.7%−5.8—
1m5f – 2m3000%−9.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1500%−9.5—
2m5f – 3m200%−9.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2017 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Maybe I Will (IRE) (Hawk Wing)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Noivado (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Poldark (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Noivado (IRE)1026f—
Poldark (IRE)717fClass 6
Trinity Boy (GB)30——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 2 runs
04 Oct 17+26d Naas Panoramic Restaurant At Naas Claiming Race 6f · Yielding · 14 ran 14/14 9½ 8-7 -13C27C Conor Hoban 33/1
08 Sep 17 Down Royal Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) 5f · Soft · 11 ran 11/11 5½ 9-0 33C17C Shane Foley 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Wilful Spirit won?
Wilful Spirit (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2017.
Who trained Wilful Spirit?
Wilful Spirit (IRE) was trained by John Joseph Murphy on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 4 October 2017.
Who is Wilful Spirit's sire?
Wilful Spirit (IRE) is by Swiss Spirit (GB) out of Maybe I Will (IRE), whose sire is Hawk Wing.
What is Wilful Spirit's sire's record?
Swiss Spirit (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 3,648 runs since Apr 2017 (243 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 4.5% from 245. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 3.7% from 136.
Who are Wilful Spirit's siblings?
Out of Maybe I Will (IRE), Wilful Spirit (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Noivado (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Poldark (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2017. 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.