King Of Sparta (2023) Horse

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Dubawi

Dam

Best In The World

Prize Money

8082

Owners

Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor

About

King Of Sparta is a 3yo bay horse trained by A P O'Brien. He is by Dubawi out of Best In The World and remains a maiden, having not won in three starts. In his latest run at the Curragh on 29 Mar 2026, Wayne Lordan rode him to a fifth‑place finish behind the winner Shaihaan.

Raced At

Curragh Listowel Dundalk

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Curragh 29-Mar-26 2012m SOFT R7 Md $600 (of $20,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:24.240, SP: 7.50 1st Shaihaan ( G Ryan 134 ) 2nd Latin America ( B Coen 134 ) 3.25L 3rd Asakir ( R Mulligan 134 , Cd 129 ) 4.50L 5th King Of Sparta ( W Lordan 134 ) 16.25L See full resultsW Lordan 60.8kg 16.25L5 (11)
Listowel 23-Sep-25 1420m HEAVY R1 Md $3,600 (of $18,001) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:34.950, SP: 6.50 1st Straight Up ( W Lordan 133 ) 2nd King Of Sparta ( J Cleary 133 ) 3.00L 3rd Perisher ( D B Mcmonagle 133 ) 5.00L See full resultsJ Cleary 60.3kg 3.00L2 (13)
Dundalk 15-Aug-25 1610m SYNTHETIC R5 Md $361 (of $18,001) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:38.020, SP: 17.00 1st Pierre Bonnard ( W Lordan 133 ) 2nd Shaihaan ( G Ryan 133 ) 2.25L 3rd Nazario ( B Coen 133 ) 4.50L 6th King Of Sparta ( M Crehan 133 , Cd 136 ) 13.00L See full resultsM Crehan 60.3kg, Cd 61.7kg 13.00L6 (12)