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Dawn Rising: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Dawn Rising is a 9-year-old gelding by Galileo, trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien. He has won 5 of 32 starts and placed in 9 more, for £121,639 in prize money. His best trip is 2m 4f, where 2 wins from 5 is a 40% strike rate against 11% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:35 at Leopardstown on 12 September. His best performance rating is 141, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 32
  • Wins 5
  • Placed 14
  • Strike rate 16%
  • Prize money £121,639
  • Best rating 141
  • Official rating 98

Where Dawn Rising runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:35 Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Petingo Handicap —

Dawn Rising form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
31 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Guinness Handicap 1m 4f Yielding To Soft 18 17.5 33/1 Declan McDonogh 98
28 Jun 26 Curragh Dubai Duty Free Irish European Breeders Fund Ragusa Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m 4f Good 8 11.5 28/1 J M Sheridan 99
3 Jun 26 Curragh Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m 6f Good To Yielding 7 16.75 16/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 101
23 May 26 Curragh Keadeen Hotel Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m 2f Good 12 9.25 22/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 101
30 Mar 26 Navan Cusack Hotel Group Family Fun Day July 11th Handicap 1m 6f Heavy 8 32 25/1 Gary Halpin 102
11 Oct 25 Newmarket Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Class 2 2m 2f Good To Firm 2 1.25 15/2 Oisin Murphy 97
28 Sep 25 Curragh Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch (0-110) (Premier Handicap) 2m 1f Yielding 5 5.25 25/1 Scott McCullagh 97
28 Jul 25 Galway Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap (70-100) 2m 1f Yielding 4 5.25 18/1 Miss A B O'Connor 97
17 Jun 25 Ascot Ascot Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Class 2 2m 4f Good To Firm 14 10.75 28/1 Declan McDonogh 100
9 May 25 Chester Ladbrokes Chester Cup (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Class 2 2m 2.5f Good 15 66.25 18/1 Ray Dawson 103
23 Mar 25 Naas TOTE Irish EBF Devoy Stakes (Listed) 1m 2.5f Soft To Heavy 6 26.5 40/1 Scott McCullagh 103
16 Nov 24 Navan Railway Bar Lismullen Hurdle (Grade 2) 2m 4f Yielding 6 26.25 8/1 Mark Walsh 136
3 Nov 24 Curragh Comer Group International Loughbrown Stakes (Group 3) 2m 0.5f Yielding 1 — 6/4 Dylan Browne McMonagle 103
12 Oct 24 Newmarket Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 2m 2f Soft 5 3.75 8/1 Tom Marquand 104
29 Sep 24 Curragh Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch (0-110) (Premier Handicap) 2m 1f Good 5 6 16/1 Declan McDonogh 102
22 Jun 24 Ascot Queen Alexandra Stakes (Conditions Race) Class 2 2m 5.5f Good To Firm 3 8.25 3/1 William Buick 105
17 May 24 Leopardstown Saval Beg Levmoss Stakes (Group 3) 1m 6f Good 5 5.75 28/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 107
27 Apr 24 Navan SBK Vintage Crop Stakes (Listed) 1m 6f Good To Yielding 7 14.75 7/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 108
24 Sep 23 Curragh Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch (0-110) (Premier Handicap) 2m 1f Soft 3 .5 7/1 Declan McDonogh 101
10 Sep 23 Curragh Comer Group International Irish St. Leger (Group 1) 1m 6f Good To Yielding 3 6.25 7/2 Declan McDonogh 105
20 Aug 23 Curragh Comer Group International Irish St Leger Trial Stakes (Group 3) 1m 6f Good 2 .5 4/1 Declan McDonogh 101
24 Jun 23 Ascot Queen Alexandra Stakes (Conditions Race) Class 2 2m 5.5f Good To Firm 1 — 2/1F Ryan Moore 102
19 May 23 Leopardstown Saval Beg Levmoss Stakes (Group 3) 1m 6f Good 3 2.5 8/1 Declan McDonogh 102
17 Mar 23 Cheltenham Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Spa Novices' Hurdle) (GBB Race) Class 1 3m Soft PU - 20/1 L P Dempsey 141
8 Jan 23 Naas Lawlor's Of Naas Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m 4f Soft 3 9.25 8/1 J J Slevin –
27 Nov 22 Navan John Lynch Carpets & Flooring Monksfield Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) 2m 4f Soft 1 — 10/1 Mark Walsh –
23 Sep 22 Listowel John J. Galvin Maiden Hurdle 2m 4f Good 1 — 10/3 Mark Walsh –
27 Jul 22 Galway Tote Always Sp Or Better At Galway Maiden Hurdle 2m 5f Good 3 22 2/1F Mark Walsh –
9 Jul 20 Newmarket Bahrain Trophy Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 1m 5f Good To Soft 2 1.75 11/8F Ryan Moore –
29 Jun 20 Limerick Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) 1m 4f Good 1 — 2/9F Wayne Lordan –
12 Jun 20 Curragh Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10) 1m 2f Good To Firm 4 1.75 9/2 P B Beggy –
26 Oct 19 Leopardstown Bet With The Tote At Leopardstown Eyrefield Stakes (Group 3) 1m 1f Soft To Heavy 5 8 5/1 Donnacha O'Brien –

Last time out

Finished 18 in the Guinness Handicap at Galway (IRE) on 31 July 2026. Held up in rear from the start - no impression made - well beaten in 18th.

Dawn Rising by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
14f 7 0 0%
20f 5 2 40%
17f 4 0 0%
12f 3 1 33%
10f 2 0 0%
18f 2 0 0%
21.5f 2 1 50%
18.5f 1 0 0%
10.5f 1 0 0%
16.5f 1 1 100%
24f 1 0 0%
21f 1 0 0%
13f 1 0 0%
9f 1 0 0%

Dawn Rising by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 10 2 20%
Good To Firm 5 1 20%
Soft 5 1 20%
Yielding 4 1 25%
Good To Yielding 3 0 0%
Soft To Heavy 2 0 0%
Yielding To Soft 1 0 0%
Heavy 1 0 0%
Good To Soft 1 0 0%

Dawn Rising by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Curragh 10 1 10%
Navan 4 1 25%
Newmarket 3 0 0%
Ascot 3 1 33%
Leopardstown 3 0 0%
Galway 2 0 0%
Naas 2 0 0%
Galway (IRE) 1 0 0%
Chester 1 0 0%
Cheltenham 1 0 0%

Dawn Rising breeding

  • Sire Galileo (IRE)
  • Dam Devoted To You (IRE)
  • Damsire Danehill Dancer (IRE)
  • Breeder Barronstown Stud
  • Foaled 19 April 2017

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