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Horse profile

Zadok The Priest (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2005) · Last trainer Brian Rothwell · Last owner D J Coles
by Zafonic (USA) out of Valencay (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
1 run · 1 course · from Oct 2005
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Oct 2005 — 7,701 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2005 · 8th of 9 Last raced off OR 82
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Oct 2005 as a 5yo gelding. Finished 8 of 9 at Towcester last time. By Zafonic (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 658 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 6 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

Best recent KTB Rating 74C the best of the last 1 rated run · Towcester, 5 Oct 2005 Official rating 82 at the last run, 5 Oct 2005

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure 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
Zafonic (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 658 runs since Jan 2008 (52 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.2% from 190.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11218.2%+8.5—
Good to Firm161159.3%−0.40 from 1
Good147106.8%−2.9—
Good to Soft6223.2%−6.5—
Soft6669.1%−0.6—
Heavy2129.5%−0.2—
Standard (AW)1902714.2%+4.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f601016.7%+7—
6f – 7f173169.2%−0.5—
1m – 1m1f6769%−0.7—
1m2f – 1m4f1081312%+2.3—
1m5f – 2m145139%−0.7—
2m1f – 2m4f5048%−1.70 from 1
2m5f – 3m5024%−5.7—
Over 3m500%−9.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 6 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Valencay (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Aubaine (USA) (1 win).

The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Aubaine (USA)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Aubaine (USA)317fClass 2

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2005 · 1 run
05 Oct 05 Towcester Epson Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 30 10-12 8274C Warren Marston 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Zadok The Priest won?
Zadok The Priest (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2005.
Who trained Zadok The Priest?
Zadok The Priest (IRE) was trained by Brian Rothwell on the most recent run on record, at Towcester on 5 October 2005.
Who is Zadok The Priest's sire?
Zadok The Priest (IRE) is by Zafonic (USA) out of Valencay (IRE), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
What is Zadok The Priest's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 5 October 2005.
What is Zadok The Priest's sire's record?
Zafonic (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 658 runs since Jan 2008 (52 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.2% from 190.
Who are Zadok The Priest's siblings?
Out of Valencay (IRE), Zadok The Priest (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Aubaine (USA) (1). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Aubaine (USA)). The wins came over 7f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2005. 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.