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Horse profile

Across The Channel (FR)

8yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2023) · Last trainer Paula Smith · Last owner Miss Paula Smith
by Dunkerque (FR) out of Aulne River (FR) (River Mist)
16 runs · 12 courses · from Oct 2020
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Mar 2023 — 1,330 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2023 Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile

Across The Channel was a maiden who ran 16 times without a win and placed once. His best effort came when third of eight at Warwick in Apr 2022. All starts were on turf, with eight runs over 1m5f – 2m and eight over 2m1f – 2m4f, and he never won on good, good to soft or soft. The gelding, aged 8 at his last run in Mar 2023, finished in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Sedgefield off an official rating of 72, 30lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 16 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 30lb off peak
Official rating72↓ 30lb off peak
72 72–102

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 98 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Hexham, 4 Jun 2022

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Jumps 13 figures · best 120A · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good798A68—
Good to Soft6120A92.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m7102A78—
2m1f – 2m4f6120A69.5—

Of 16 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 91A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Carlisle, 13 Oct 2022 Official rating 72 at the last run, 14 Mar 2023

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 14 figures · best 104A · median 96.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good7104A91—
Good to Soft6103A101—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m8104A94.5—
2m1f – 2m4f6103A98—

Of 16 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 16 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 6.6% of 574 runs since Jun 2013 (57 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm600%−6.6—
Good10144%−2.60 from 8
Good to Soft6769%+2.40 from 6
Soft9833.1%−3.50 from 2
Heavy6557.7%+1.1—
Standard (AW)237208.4%+1.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f900%−6.6—
6f – 7f177147.9%+1.3—
1m – 1m1f209125.7%−0.9—
1m2f – 1m4f120119.2%+2.6—
1m5f – 2m3300%−6.60 from 8
2m1f – 2m4f2514%−2.60 from 8
2m5f – 3m100%−6.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2013 · as at 3 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Aulne River (FR) (River Mist)

9 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Wait For Me (FR) (5 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Wait For Me (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Wait For Me (FR)2851m7½f–2m4fClass 2
That's A Given (FR)2642m–3m1½fClass 3
Dontdooddson (FR)6242m½f–2m1f—
Gold In The Rivers (IRE)1422m3f–2m7fClass 4
River Tara (IRE)1212m1½f—
Welluptoscratch (FR)1712m1½fClass 6
Glenveagh Park (GB)30——
Yoneti (FR)50——
Aisance (FR)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hexham 3 0 0% −3.00
Taunton 3 0 0% −3.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 8 0 0% −8.00
1m5f – 2m 8 0 0% −8.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom O'Brien 5 0 0% −5.00
Emma Smith-Chaston 3 0 0% −3.00
Conor O'Farrell 2 0 0% −2.00
Jack Martin 2 0 0% −2.00
Richard Johnson 2 0 0% −2.00
Patrick Wadge 1 0 0% −1.00
Caoilin Quinn 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 0 0% −13.00
Hood 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 9 0 0% −9.00
2021 4 0 0% −4.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 0 0% −13.00
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 2 runs
14 Mar 23+39d Sedgefield MW Paving & Groundworks Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4f · Soft · 12 ran PU/12 — 10-2 72—— Conor O'Farrell 80/1
03 Feb 23+91d Catterick Racing To School Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3½f · Good · 14 ran PU/14 — 10-0 75—— Patrick Wadge 40/1
2022 · 9 runs
04 Nov 22+22d Hexham Matthew Charlton Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 14 ran 6/14 ½ 10-1 77—89A Emma Smith-Chaston 13/2
13 Oct 22+74d Carlisle Carlisle Racecourse Venue Hire Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 4/13 nk 9-11 77119C91A Emma Smith-Chaston 50/1
31 Jul 22+42d Market Rasen Visit deafblind.org.uk To Donate Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 2m2½f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 25 10-8 8256C78C Emma Smith-Chaston 20/1
19 Jun 22+15d Hexham Channie & Jane The Perfect Hosts Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Good · 8 ran 8/8 11 11-2 8668A74A Caoilin Quinn 22/1
04 Jun 22+30d Hexham Racegoers Club, British Horseracing's Fan Club Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 2m · Good · 8 ran 5/8 6 11-3 8998A98A Conor O'Farrell 22/1
05 May 22+14d Worcester Download The At The Races App Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m½f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 2¼ 11-4 9062C90C Tom O'Brien 7/2F
21 Apr 22+14d Warwick Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Good · 8 ran 3/8 12 10-9 9278A104A Tom O'Brien 6/1
07 Apr 22+75d Taunton Thanks To The South West Racing Club Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m2f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 1½ 10-12 9520A95B Tom O'Brien 3/1
22 Jan 22+23d Taunton Biowavego Blocks Pain At The Source Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 7/17 ½ 11-1 9783B102A Jack Martin 8/1
2021 · 4 runs
30 Dec 21+26d Taunton Dorset And Somerset Air Ambulance Training Series Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5/10 nk 10-6 99120A103A Jack Martin 9/2
04 Dec 21+26d Sandown Betfair My Odds Boost Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 9 ran 6/9 3¼ 10-10 10275B101A Tom O'Brien 40/1
08 Nov 21+226d Kempton racingtv.com/freemonth Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good · 10 ran 8/10 nk 10-12 —97C91C Tom O'Brien 8/1
27 Mar 21+164d Newbury Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 6/9 8 11-0 —102A98A Richard Johnson 18/1
2020 · 1 run
14 Oct 20 Wetherby Follow RacingTV On Twitter Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 11/11 32 10-12 —44C101C Richard Johnson 13/2

Quick answers

How many races has Across The Channel won?
Across The Channel (FR) has yet to win, from 16 archived starts between 2020 and 2023. Placed 1 time in total (6.3% of starts).
Who trained Across The Channel?
Across The Channel (FR) was trained by Paula Smith on the most recent run on record, at Sedgefield on 14 March 2023.
Who is Across The Channel's sire?
Across The Channel (FR) is by Dunkerque (FR) out of Aulne River (FR), whose sire is River Mist.
What is Across The Channel's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 14 March 2023. The highest on record is 102.
What is Across The Channel's sire's record?
Dunkerque (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.6% of 574 runs since Jun 2013 (57 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Across The Channel's siblings?
Out of Aulne River (FR), Across The Channel (FR) has 9 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Wait For Me (FR) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Wait For Me (FR)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m1½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2020. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.