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Horse profile

Zafonical Storm (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2008) · Last trainer Brendan W Duke · Last owner Briton International
by Aljabr (USA) out of Fonage (GB) (Zafonic)
21 runs · 13 courses · from Mar 2006
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Nov 2008 — 6,558 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2008 · 11th of 11 2 wins · Tipperary (IRE) & Folkestone Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile

Zafonical Storm (USA) is 2 from 21, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the El Gran Senor Stakes at Tipperary (IRE) (Oct 2006). Hasn't won since Oct 2006. Both wins have come on turf — 0 from 5 on the all-weather. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off 72, 29lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on turf OR ↓ 29lb off peak
Official rating72↓ 29lb off peak
72 72–101

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 (flat) 51A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Windsor, 14 Apr 2008 Official rating 72 at the last flat run, 13 Nov 2008

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 93C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cheltenham, 19 Oct 2007

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 →

Flat 19 figures · best 83C · median 58
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Firm783C60—
Standard (AW)576C60—
Good246C46—
Good to Soft259C55—
Soft258C57.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f1071A51—
6f – 7f783C60—
Under 6f276C66.5—
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 21 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 21 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
Aljabr (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 417 runs since Jan 2008 (26 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 15.8% from 114. Weakest on good going: 8.3% from 108. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.9% from 118.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm700%−12.5—
Good to Firm721419.4%+6.90 from 8
Good10898.3%−4.20 from 3
Good to Soft5347.5%−50 from 2
Soft46510.9%−1.61 from 2
Heavy17211.8%−0.71 from 1
Standard (AW)1141815.8%+3.30 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1516.7%−5.81 from 2
6f – 7f50612%−0.51 from 7
1m – 1m1f70811.4%−1.10 from 10
1m2f – 1m4f63812.7%+0.2—
1m5f – 2m1182016.9%+4.40 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f6158.2%−4.3—
2m5f – 3m3239.4%−3.1—
Over 3m8112.5%0—

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
Fonage (GB) (Zafonic)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Big Mec (FR) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m1½f–1m4½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Big Mec (FR)1031m1½f–1m4½f—
Brink (GB)110——
Stoneacre Chris (USA)120——
Cynthiana (FR)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 8 0 0% −8.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 1 50% −0.33
Heavy 1 1 100% +20.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 5 3 1 33% −1.33
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Ascot 3 0 0% −3.00
Newmarket 3 0 0% −3.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary (IRE) 1 1 100% +20.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 1 100% +0.67

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 10 0 0% −10.00
6f – 7f 7 1 14% +14.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
Under 6f 2 1 50% −0.33

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
D J Moran 6 1 17% +15.00
J F Egan 2 0 0% −2.00
Jamie Spencer 2 1 50% −0.33
Amy Scott 1 0 0% −1.00
Daragh O'Donohoe 1 0 0% −1.00
Daryl Jacob 1 0 0% −1.00
Dane O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00
Nicky Mackay 1 0 0% −1.00
Noel Fehily 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00
Ted Durcan 1 0 0% −1.00
Darryll Holland 1 0 0% −1.00
Hayley Turner 1 0 0% −1.00
Kerrin McEvoy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 15 2 13% +7.67
Tongue tie 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 6 0 0% −6.00
2007 6 0 0% −6.00
2006 9 2 22% +13.67

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 19 2 11% +3.67
Hurdle 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2008 · 6 runs
13 Nov 08+44d Lingfield (AW) Hartfield Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 11/11 10 8-10 7236C Amy Scott 33/1
30 Sep 08+146d Warwick Turftv Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good · 13 ran 13/13 ½ 9-0 7546C Daragh O'Donohoe 40/1
07 May 08+23d Huntingdon Racing UK Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-8 —— Daryl Jacob 14/1
14 Apr 08+30d Windsor At The Races Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 10/12 2½ 8-11 7851A Dane O'Neill 33/1
15 Mar 08+45d Lingfield (AW) Lingfield Park For Weddings Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 11/11 1¾ 8-10 8046A D J Moran 25/1
30 Jan 08+33d Lingfield (AW) lingfieldpark.co.uk Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Standard · 8 ran 4/8 shd 9-1 8071A D J Moran 33/1
2007 · 6 runs
28 Dec 07+70d Lingfield (AW) Pontin's Book Early Price Promise Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 ¾ 8-4 8560C Nicky Mackay 50/1
19 Oct 07+19d Cheltenham DLA Piper UK Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 2½ 10-12 —93C Noel Fehily 16/1
30 Sep 07+17d Ascot Brunswick Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Good · 14 ran 14/14 30 8-13 9346C Tom Queally 50/1
13 Sep 07+25d Doncaster Weatherbys Insurance Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9/12 1¾ 9-1 9760C Ted Durcan 50/1
19 Aug 07+106d Leopardstown Desmond Stakes (Group 3) 8f · Yielding · 8 ran 8/8 4 9-1 9758C D J Moran 20/1
05 May 07+201d Newmarket stanjamesuk.com Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 8/8 19 9-2 10151C D J Moran 40/1
2006 · 9 runs
16 Oct 06+15d Pontefract totesport.com Silver Tankard Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 8f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7/8 ½ 9-5 10159C D J Moran 8/1
01 Oct 06+12d Tipperary (IRE) El Gran Senor Stakes () 7.5f · Heavy · 5 ran 1/5 9-1 —73C D J Moran 20/1
19 Sep 06+38d Newmarket UAE Equestrian And Racing Federation Nursery Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 2/9 shd 8-9 7871C Darryll Holland 40/1
12 Aug 06+29d Ascot Porthault Shergar Cup Juvenile Auction Stakes Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 7/10 1¼ 9-1 7850C Hayley Turner 66/1
14 Jul 06+12d Newmarket Community Union For Safer Betting Shops Nursery Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 5/12 1 8-9 7768C J F Egan 9/1
02 Jul 06+12d Curragh Railway Stakes (Group 2) 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7/9 ½ 9-1 7783C J F Egan 66/1
20 Jun 06+84d Ascot Coventry Stakes Class 1 · 6f · Good To Firm · 21 ran 21/21 5 9-1 —44C Kerrin McEvoy 100/1
28 Mar 06+10d Folkestone E.B.F. Tenterden Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 5f · Soft · 4 ran 1/4 9-3 —57C Jamie Spencer 4/6F
18 Mar 06 Lingfield (AW) Play Now At Betdirectcasino.com Juvenile Conditions Stakes Class 4 · 5f · Standard · 9 ran 3/9 1½ 8-12 —76C Jamie Spencer 9/1

Quick answers

How many races has Zafonical Storm won?
Zafonical Storm (USA) won 2 of 21 archived starts between 2006 and 2008, a strike rate of 9.5%. Placed 4 times in total (19% of starts).
Who trained Zafonical Storm?
Zafonical Storm (USA) was trained by Brendan W Duke on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 13 November 2008.
Who is Zafonical Storm's sire?
Zafonical Storm (USA) is by Aljabr (USA) out of Fonage (GB), whose sire is Zafonic.
What is Zafonical Storm's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 13 November 2008. The highest on record is 101.
What is Zafonical Storm's sire's record?
Aljabr (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 417 runs since Jan 2008 (26 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 15.8% from 114. Weakest on good going: 8.3% from 108. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.9% from 118.
Who are Zafonical Storm's siblings?
Out of Fonage (GB), Zafonical Storm (USA) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Big Mec (FR) (3). The wins came over 1m1½f–1m4½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2006. 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.