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Dark Island (GB)

4yo gelding · Form & record 2022-03-15 to 2023-09-29 — from our verified UK & Irish results database. Trained by Heather Main.

Pedigree Night Of Thunder (IRE) × ?

Ratings Official 75 · best RPR 81 · best TS 65

Runs

Wins

8.3%

Strike rate

33.3%

Place rate

0.71

Actual / Expected

-25.0%

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Full form — last 12 runs

Btn = beaten lengths · OR = official rating · RPR = Racing Post Rating · TS = Topspeed. Blank cells are values we don't hold for that run — never a zero.

Date	Off	Course	Dist	Going	Cl	Pos	Btn	Jockey	Wgt	OR	RPR	TS	SP
2023-09-29	22d	Newcastle (AW)	12.5f	Standard	5	5/10	–	Kieran ONeill	142	75	74	62	6/1
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2023-09-07	67d	Wolverhampton (AW)	14f	Standard	3	9/11	–	Gina Mangan	121	76	54	32	7/1
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2023-07-02	17d	Windsor	11.5f	Firm	4	2/7	–	Jack Mitchell	127	72	81	39	9/2
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2023-06-15	190d	Newbury	10f	Good	5	3/12	–	Mr Henry Main	153	70	78	65	9/2
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2022-12-07	18d	Kempton (AW)	11f	Standard	4	5/5	–	Cieren Fallon	128	73	66	62	15/2
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2022-11-19	17d	Lingfield (AW)	10f	Standard	5	10/12	–	Robert Havlin h	136	74	64	27	8/1
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2022-11-02	35d	Kempton (AW)	12f	Standard	4	9/10	–	Rossa Ryan h	130	74	49	31	5/2
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2022-09-28	20d	Kempton (AW)	11f	Standard	5	1/12	–	Rossa Ryan h	135	70	78	43	8/1
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2022-09-08	23d	Southwell (AW)	11f	Standard	3	10/11	–	Andrew Mullen h	121	72	67	46	25/1
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2022-08-16	125d	Wolverhampton (AW)	12f	Standard	5	3/4	–	Marco Ghiani h	133	–	72	35	16/1
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2022-04-13	29d	Newmarket	10f	Good	4	6/9	–	Silvestre De Sousa	128	–	68	53	80/1
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2022-03-15	DEB	Newcastle (AW)	7f	Standard	5	5/11	–	Jason Watson	124	–	60	43	20/1
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Record by layoff

Days since the previous run. Does this one go well fresh, or need a run? Career debut excluded — no prior run means no layoff.

Time since last run	Runs	Wins	SR
Normal (2-4wk)	7	1	14.3%
Freshened (1-2m)	1	0	0.0%
Layoff (2-6m)	2	0	0.0%
Long break (6m+)	1	0	0.0%

Record by class

Class	Runs	Wins	SR
Class 3	2	0	0.0%
Class 4	4	0	0.0%
Class 5	6	1	16.7%

Record by distance

Trip	Runs	Wins	SR
Middle (10-12f)	10	1	10.0%

Record by going

Going	Runs	Wins	SR
Standard	9	1	11.1%

Record by course

Course	Runs	Wins	SR
Kempton (AW)	3	1	33.3%

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Data: official UK & Irish results, 2022-03-15–2023-09-29. Historical and not a guarantee of future results. 18+ · BeGambleAware.