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G0-00044Harrowgate House

Velvet Spark

3-year-old bay colt · Thoroughbred 100%

  • Front-runner
  • Best 2,350 m · turf
  • Trainer E. Harrow

Best at a long trip on turf. Speed B and Durability C are his strengths. Adaptability D: he needs his own trip and ground.

11 runs · 2 wins · 2 2nd · 1 3rd · 4,640 earned

A Club horse. You’ll meet it on the card at Kestrel Downs.

Last time out1st · Kestrel Downs Novice Stakes Watch the finish

Aptitudes

How much of Velvet Spark’s ability shows in each condition. A keeps it all; E loses a lot.

Trip
DSprintCMileBMiddleALong✓ best
Surface
ATurf✓ bestEDirtESynthetic
Going
AFirm✓ bestAGood✓ bestESoftEHeavy
Plan
AFront-runner✓ bestCStalkerCCloser

Trip bands: Sprint 1,000–1,200 m · Mile 1,400–1,600 m · Middle 2,000 m · Long 2,400 m.

Abilities

Speed
B
640
Stamina
C
481
Burst
C
492
Durability
C
493
Adaptability
D
445
Temperament
D
466

Genetics

Bay. The genotype behind the coat.

Coat loci
ExtensionE/eblack pigment (carries red)(hidden copy)
AgoutiA/Abay: black kept to the points
Creamn/nno cream dilution
Greyn/nwon't grey out
Roann/nno roan
Dunn/nno dun
LiverL/Lno liver modifier
Sabinon/nno sabino pattern
Body, pattern and performance genes
Champagnen/nno champagne
Silvern/nno silver
Pearln/nno pearl
Tobianon/nno tobiano
Leopard complexn/nno leopard complex
Pattern-1n/nno PATN1
Splash whiten/nno splash
Height (LCORL)n/nno extra height
FeatheringFe/Feno feathering
Speed gene (MSTN)C/Tmiler: no shift
Big heartn/nno big heart
Iron legsn/nno iron legs
Curled earsn/nstraight ears
Dished facen/nstraight profile
Face
Plain face
Legs
No leg markings
Sabino
n/n
White tendency
low
Build
long-necked, strong-headed
Size
Above average (+3%)no effect on stats (horse from before genetics v2)
Inbreeding
None
  • Purebred Thoroughbredof 12 breeds; foals inherit the exact average of their parents
  • Thoroughbred100%
Quirks

None revealed yet — quirks show themselves in races.

Form

Form book

Velvet Spark: 2-2-1 from 11 · beaten 6.7 L on average

  • Best: a high draw, 1-0-0 from 3, beaten 5.1 L on average
  • Worst: a middle, 0-0-1 from 3, beaten 11.7 L on average

W-2-3 = wins, seconds, thirds. Btn = average distance behind the winner (winners count 0). Greyed: under 3 runs, too few to read much into.

Going

ConditionW-2-3RunsBtn
Good2-2-1116.7 L

Trip

ConditionW-2-3RunsBtn
Sprint0-0-025.2 L
Mile1-1-045.5 L
Middleworst0-0-1311.7 L
Long1-1-023.2 L

Surface

ConditionW-2-3RunsBtn
Turf1-0-010.0 L
Dirt1-1-058.3 L
Synthetic0-1-156.5 L

Pedigree

  1. Gen 0Velvet SparkG0-00044 · 2/11
  2. SireFoundation stock
  3. DamFoundation stock

Inbreeding: None · no ancestor appears twice in three generations

No face markings; No leg markings.

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