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Dark Viper: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Dark Viper is a 5-year-old gelding by Dark Angel, trained by Mrs John Harrington. He has won 3 of 35 starts and placed in 13 more, for £20,228 in prize money. His best trip is 1m, where 2 wins from 10 is a 20% strike rate against 4% at every other distance. He runs next in the 2:10 at Leopardstown on 12 September. His best performance rating is 95, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 35
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 16
  • Strike rate 9%
  • Prize money £20,228
  • Best rating 95
  • Official rating 83

Where Dark Viper runs next

Time Course Race Best price
2:10 Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Sovereign Path Handicap —

Dark Viper form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
9 Aug 26 Curragh (IRE) Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Handicap 1m Good To Firm 6 3 12/1 Shane Foley 83
23 Jul 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Dublin To Bahrain Race Series Handicap 1m 1f Good 1 — 9/1 Shane Foley 78
9 Jul 26 Leopardstown Harry Meighan Memorial Handicap 1m Good 2 .75 15/2 Keithen Kennedy 75
22 Jun 26 Ballinrobe Michael Joyce Memorial Handicap 1m 1.5f Yielding 5 8 16/1 Shane Foley 77
4 Jun 26 Leopardstown BOYLE Sports Apprentice Handicap 7f Soft 8 13.75 4/1 Keithen Kennedy 79
17 May 26 Naas ALTO Equine Building Solutions Handicap 1m Good 8 6.75 16/1 Darragh O'Sullivan 84
3 May 26 Cork Book Tickets Online At CorkRacecourse.ie Handicap 7f Soft 6 6 14/1 Keithen Kennedy 85
22 Feb 26 St Moritz (SWI) Evangelos Pistiolis Foundation - 85th Grosser Preis von St Moritz (Local (Snow) 1m 2f Frozen 13 88.75 Keithen Kennedy –
2 Nov 25 Curragh Finlay Volvo Premier Mile Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m Heavy 20 19.5 28/1 Shane Foley 87
19 Oct 25 Leopardstown Gables Foxrock Cup Handicap 1m Heavy 1 — 10/3 Keithen Kennedy 79
16 Sep 25 Punchestown Nostra Supporting Laois GAA Handicap 1m Good To Yielding 2 .5 8/1 Shane Foley 76
29 Jul 25 Galway caulfieldindustrial.com Handicap 7f Yielding 7 3.75 6/1F Shane Foley 78
23 Jul 25 Naas Bert House Stud Handicap 7f Yielding 2 .25 6/1 Shane Foley 74
5 Jun 25 Leopardstown Leopardstown Golf & Driving Range Apprentice Handicap 7.5f Good 5 4.5 11/2 Keithen Kennedy 74
20 May 25 Cork Blackwater Apprentice Handicap 7f Good 3 2.25 7/2 Keithen Kennedy 76
30 Mar 25 Leopardstown Legacy Wine Bar Handicap 1m Good 1 — 5/1 Shane Foley 71
16 Mar 25 Curragh Nua Healthcare Handicap 6f Soft 2 .5 7/1 Shane Foley 69
23 Nov 24 Punchestown Total Event Rental 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 2m 0.5f Soft F - 40/1 Conor Smithers –
3 Nov 24 Curragh businessplus.ie Handicap 7f Yielding To Soft 16 11.75 5/1F Keithen Kennedy 66
30 Oct 24 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Optional Claiming Race 1m Standard 2 .5 7/2 Shane Foley 66
17 Oct 24 Curragh Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Handicap (47-65) 7f Yielding To Soft 2 2.75 9/1 Shane Foley 65
2 Oct 24 Bellewstown Seamus Murphy Memorial Optional Claiming Maiden 1m Yielding To Soft 2 1.5 7/2 Shane Foley 65
24 Sep 24 Listowel Rose Hotel Handicap (47-65) 7f Good 6 5.5 6/1 Scott McCullagh 65
2 Sep 24 Roscommon Elphin Handicap (47-65) 7.5f Soft 2 .5 8/1 Shane Foley 62
7 Aug 24 Sligo Carlsberg Handicap (47-65) 5.5f Yielding To Soft 2 1.75 5/2F Shane Foley 62
16 Jun 24 Gowran Park Golf At Gowran Park Handicap (47-70) 7f Good 6 6.75 16/5F Shane Foley 63
5 Jun 24 Curragh Sky Bet Request A Bet Handicap 6.5f Good 3 2 4/1 Shane Foley 61
21 Apr 24 Curragh Business Plus Handicap (47-65) 6f Soft To Heavy 6 2.75 16/5F Shane Foley 62
24 Mar 24 Naas King Of Change At Compas Stallions Handicap (47-70) 7f Heavy 2 1.75 2/1F Shane Foley 60
18 Mar 24 Curragh Cavalor Equine Nutrition Handicap (47-70) 6f Heavy 2 4.75 18/1 Keithen Kennedy 60
23 Nov 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Stay Golden With BetMGM Safer Gambling Nursery Class 5 1m 1.5f Standard 8 26.75 50/1 Sean Levey 64
1 Nov 23 Kempton (AW) Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Nursery Class 5 7f Standard To Slow 10 8.5 12/1 Alec Voikhansky 68
7 Oct 23 Newmarket Virgin Bet Best Odds Daily British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 1m Good To Firm 8 26.75 50/1 Sean Levey –
22 Sep 23 Kempton (AW) Unibet Zero% Mission/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 7f Standard To Slow 8 7.75 5/1 Sean Levey –
8 Sep 23 Kempton (AW) Recticel Insulation/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7f Standard To Slow 4 5.75 40/1 Alec Voikhansky –

Last time out

Finished 6 in the Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Handicap at Curragh (IRE) on 9 August 2026. Sat close behind pace - second at halfway - driven approaching final 2f - dropped to third with a furlong left then held finishing berth.

Dark Viper by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 13 0 0%
8f 10 2 20%
6f 3 0 0%
9.5f 2 0 0%
7.5f 2 0 0%
9f 1 1 100%
10f 1 0 0%
16.5f 1 0 0%
5.5f 1 0 0%
6.5f 1 0 0%

Dark Viper by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 9 2 22%
Soft 5 0 0%
Heavy 4 1 25%
Yielding To Soft 4 0 0%
Yielding 3 0 0%
Standard To Slow 3 0 0%
Good To Firm 2 0 0%
Standard 2 0 0%
Frozen 1 0 0%
Good To Yielding 1 0 0%
Soft To Heavy 1 0 0%

Dark Viper by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Curragh 7 0 0%
Leopardstown 5 2 40%
Naas 3 0 0%
Kempton (AW) 3 0 0%
Cork 2 0 0%
Punchestown 2 0 0%
Curragh (IRE) 1 0 0%
Leopardstown (IRE) 1 1 100%
Ballinrobe 1 0 0%
St Moritz (SWI) 1 0 0%

Dark Viper breeding

  • Sire Dark Angel (IRE)
  • Dam Grande Bleue (IRE)
  • Damsire Oasis Dream (GB)
  • Breeder Brightwalton Bloodstock Ltd
  • Foaled 18 March 2021

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