Winning Ovation (IRE)
Winning Ovation is a gelding who has won one of six starts on turf, the success coming at Class 4 level over 6f to 7f on good to firm going at Salisbury in Aug 2024. He has raced three times at Sha Tin without success. His last run, at Sha Tin in Sep 2026, saw him finish sixth of eight in the Albert Handicap off a mark of 100, which was his career-high rating.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 1 (16.7%)Placed
- +0.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.92Fair A/E n=5 · 0.77 incl. margin
- 100Highest OR
- 167dAvg 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 113
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 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 2 | 113B | 90 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 113B | 93 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 3,947 runs since Mar 2021 (389 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.6% from 1,416. Weakest on soft going: 7.1% from 425.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 5 | 38.5% | +27 | — |
| Good to Firm | 621 | 78 | 12.6% | +1.1 | 1 from 3 |
| Good | 1,050 | 92 | 8.8% | −2.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 318 | 29 | 9.1% | −2.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 425 | 30 | 7.1% | −4.4 | — |
| Heavy | 104 | 11 | 10.6% | −0.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,416 | 207 | 14.6% | +3.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 813 | 111 | 13.7% | +2.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,031 | 225 | 11.1% | −0.4 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 726 | 77 | 10.6% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 304 | 35 | 11.5% | 0 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 49 | 1 | 2% | −9.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | +1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2021 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Super King (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 6½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super King (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 6½f | — |
| Empress Xj (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Nacreous (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Great To Get Out (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sha Tin (HK) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zac Purton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Joao Moreira | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.00 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Sep 26+77d | Sha Tin (HK) | Albert Handicap | 6/8 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 100 | — | — | Zac Purton | — |
| 21 Jun 26+21d | Sha Tin (HK) | Premier Cup (Handicap) (Course A) (Turf) | 5/10 | ½ | 8-6 | 100 | — | — | Joao Moreira | 8/5F |
| 31 May 26+655d | Sha Tin (HK) | The Lion Rock Trophy (Course B) (Handicap) (Turf) Raced in second - challenging over 1f out - no extra towards finish | 5/9 | nse | 8-12 | 100 | — | — | Zac Purton | 9/10F |
| 2024 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Aug 24+57d | Salisbury | Michael Brunton Memorial British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/12 | 9-4 | — | 113B | 109A | Jamie Spencer | 4/1 | |
| 18 Jun 24+27d | Ascot | Coventry Stakes (Group 2) | 10/22 | ½ | 9-3 | — | 67C | 95A | Jamie Spencer | 80/1 |
| 22 May 24 | Yarmouth | British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/6 | nk | 9-7 | — | 93B | 100B | Ryan Moore | 9/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Winning Ovation won?
- Winning Ovation (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 1 time in total (16.7% of starts).
- Who trains Winning Ovation?
- Winning Ovation (IRE) is trained by A S Cruz, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 September 2026.
- Who is Winning Ovation's sire?
- Winning Ovation (IRE) is by Cotai Glory (GB) out of Star Of Kings (GB), whose sire is Sea The Stars.
- What going does Winning Ovation prefer?
- Winning Ovation (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Winning Ovation's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 6 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Winning Ovation's sire's record?
- Cotai Glory (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 3,947 runs since Mar 2021 (389 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.6% from 1,416. Weakest on soft going: 7.1% from 425.
- Who are Winning Ovation's siblings?
- Out of Star Of Kings (GB), Winning Ovation (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Super King (IRE) (1). The wins came over 6½f. As at Nov 2026.