Horse profile
Ad Libitum (GB)
6yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2021) · Last trainer Roger Fell · Last owner Colne Valley Racing Partner
by Elusive Quality (USA) out of Sarmad (USA) (Dynaformer)
41 runs · 15 courses · from Nov 2017
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Jan 2021 — 2,091 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2021 · 1st of 9
Won last time out
4 wins · Newcastle (AW), Ripon & Carlisle
Last raced off OR 52
KTB Profile
Ad Libitum (GB) is 4 from 41. Won last time out at Newcastle (AW) (Class 6), off a mark 11lb below the previous winning one. All 4 wins have come over 1m2f – 1m4f.
Based on 41 archived runs · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 28lb off peak
- 4–41Wins / Runs
- 9.8%Strike rate
- 10 (24.4%)Placed
- −29.57£1 level staken=41 at SP
- 0.87Fair A/E n=41 · 0.75 incl. margin
- 80Highest OR
- 29dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating52↓ 28lb off peak
52
52–80
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 108
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 128A | 84 | — |
| Good to Firm | 11 | 116A | 100 | — |
| Good | 6 | 107C | 102 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 70C | 66 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 92A | 91 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 34 | 128A | 93.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 92A | 84 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 41 figures from 41 runs · as at 3 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
Elusive Quality (USA)
Progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 3,387 runs since Jan 2008 (333 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 7.9% from 280. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16% from 319.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | −0.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 591 | 69 | 11.7% | −0.6 | 2 from 11 |
| Good | 720 | 90 | 12.5% | +0.2 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 280 | 22 | 7.9% | −4.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 377 | 38 | 10.1% | −2.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 91 | 7 | 7.7% | −4.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,303 | 188 | 14.4% | +2.1 | 2 from 17 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 319 | 51 | 16% | +3.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,333 | 162 | 12.2% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 942 | 121 | 12.8% | +0.5 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 540 | 58 | 10.7% | −1.6 | 4 from 34 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 149 | 19 | 12.8% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 75 | 3 | 4% | −8.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 29 | 3 | 10.3% | −2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Sarmad (USA) (Dynaformer)
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Elusive Cowboy (USA) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Liberatrix (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elusive Cowboy (USA) | 30 | 1 | 1m4f | Class 5 |
| Liberatrix (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Raas (USA) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 2 | 12% | −11.32 |
| Good to Firm | 11 | 2 | 18% | −5.25 |
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 22 | 1 | 5% | −19.00 |
| Class 4 | 13 | 1 | 8% | −10.25 |
| Class 6 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.68 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 10 | 2 | 20% | −4.32 |
| Kempton (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Thirsk | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Doncaster | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Beverley | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ripon | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.25 |
| Catterick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 34 | 4 | 12% | −22.57 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Curtis | 14 | 1 | 7% | −11.20 |
| Tony Hamilton | 8 | 2 | 25% | −2.25 |
| Jason Hart | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| Ben Sanderson | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Rowan Scott | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kevin Stott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lewis Edmunds | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Mathers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Josephine Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Louis Steward | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 23 | 3 | 13% | −14.37 |
| Cheekpieces | 15 | 1 | 7% | −12.20 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1 | 8% | −10.20 |
| 2018 | 19 | 2 | 11% | −13.25 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan 21+13d | Newcastle (AW) | Betway Casino Handicap (Div 1) | 1/9 | 9-1 | 52 | 108A | 75A | Jason Hart | 15/8F | |
| 15 Jan 21+18d | Newcastle (AW) | Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap (Div 1) | 3/13 | 2¼ | 9-0 | 53 | 77B | 72A | Jason Hart | 7/1 |
| 28 Dec 20+13d | Newcastle (AW) | Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap (Div 2) | 6/11 | ¾ | 8-11 | 55 | 97A | 66A | Rowan Scott | 25/1 |
| 15 Dec 20+35d | Newcastle (AW) | Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap | 5/13 | 2¼ | 8-13 | 57 | 82B | 69A | Rowan Scott | 40/1 |
| 10 Nov 20+126d | Newcastle (AW) | Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap (Div 2) | 10/12 | 3¾ | 9-2 | 60 | 75A | 53A | Ben Curtis | 25/1 |
| 07 Jul 20+14d | Pontefract | Pontefract Sports And Education Foundation Handicap | 11/13 | nk | 8-13 | 65 | 65C | 55C | Ben Curtis | 18/1 |
| 23 Jun 20+250d | Beverley | williamhill.com Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap | 10/13 | hd | 8-9 | 66 | 101C | 64A | Ben Curtis | 20/1 |
| 17 Oct 19+15d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Sky Sports Racing On Sky 415 Handicap | 9/12 | 3¾ | 9-2 | 67 | 87C | 57C | Ben Curtis | 50/1 |
| 02 Oct 19+15d | Kempton (AW) | 100% Profit Boost At 32RedSport.com Handicap | 10/10 | 8 | 9-3 | 68 | 74A | 49A | Ben Curtis | 25/1 |
| 17 Sep 19+11d | Newcastle (AW) | GoReboot Handicap | 2/9 | 1¾ | 9-4 | 66 | 100A | 77A | Ben Curtis | 8/1 |
| 06 Sep 19+7d | Newcastle (AW) | ESH Construction Ltd Handicap | 1/9 | 9-6 | 63 | 128A | 80A | Ben Curtis | 9/5F | |
| 30 Aug 19+14d | Newcastle (AW) | Central Employment Handicap | 3/13 | 2 | 9-5 | 63 | 75B | 88A | Kevin Stott | 8/1 |
| 16 Aug 19+16d | Thirsk | Thirsk Racecourse - Ideal Venue For Indoor & Outdoor Events Handicap | 9/13 | 4 | 9-13 | 64 | 64C | 60A | Ben Curtis | 9/1 |
| 31 Jul 19+12d | Redcar | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap | 4/15 | 1½ | 9-10 | 66 | 107C | 81A | Ben Curtis | 12/1 |
| 19 Jul 19+11d | Hamilton | Clyde Scaffolding Ltd, Premier Scaffolding Services Handicap | 3/7 | ¾ | 9-6 | 67 | 68A | 72A | Ben Sanderson | 22/1 |
| 08 Jul 19+9d | Ayr | toteplacepot Handicap | 7/11 | ¾ | 9-4 | 67 | 103C | 63C | Ben Curtis | 10/1 |
| 29 Jun 19+21d | Doncaster | shiretoilethire.co.uk Handicap | 7/11 | 3 | 9-7 | 70 | 74A | 75A | Lewis Edmunds | 8/1 |
| 08 Jun 19+14d | Beverley | Happy Birthday Graham Hallett Handicap | 7/11 | 2½ | 9-1 | 72 | 88A | 63A | Ben Sanderson | 16/1 |
| 25 May 19+14d | York | Jigsaw Sports Branding Handicap | 13/13 | nse | 9-2 | 74 | 93C | 63C | Jason Hart | 18/1 |
| 11 May 19+206d | Thirsk | Rebecca Menzies 30th Birthday Celebration Handicap | 7/10 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 76 | 91A | 69A | Daniel Tudhope | 7/1 |
| 17 Oct 18+23d | Newcastle (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At 188Bet Handicap | 7/12 | shd | 9-0 | 78 | 102A | 71A | Tony Hamilton | 40/1 |
| 24 Sep 18+2d | Newcastle (AW) | Granny Elizabeth Handicap | 4/9 | hd | 8-11 | 79 | 94A | 76A | Tony Hamilton | 66/1 |
| 22 Sep 18+14d | Catterick | Bapp Group Of Companies Handicap | 5/7 | ½ | 8-0 | 79 | 77A | 63A | Paddy Mathers | 16/1 |
| 08 Sep 18+10d | Thirsk | Calverts Carpets Hambleton Cup Handicap | 16/16 | 8 | 8-10 | 79 | 70C | 57C | Andrew Mullen | 14/1 |
| 29 Aug 18+11d | Catterick | Racing UK's Biggest Ever Flat Season Handicap | 2/4 | 1 | 9-1 | 79 | 100C | 78B | Ben Curtis | 11/4 |
| 18 Aug 18+14d | Doncaster | Sun Racing No1 Racing Site Handicap | 5/7 | nk | 8-13 | 80 | 102A | 67A | Ben Sanderson | 10/1 |
| 04 Aug 18+14d | Doncaster | Thompsons Acting For Unison Handicap | 2/3 | hd | 9-6 | 79 | 86C | 73C | P J McDonald | 6/4 |
| 21 Jul 18+12d | Ripon | Inn At South Stainley Handicap | 5/7 | 3¾ | 9-3 | 79 | 103A | 68A | Tony Hamilton | 6/4F |
| 09 Jul 18+12d | Ripon | Sanlam Private Wealth And Guests Handicap | 1/4 | 9-4 | 77 | 111C | 86B | Tony Hamilton | 7/4F | |
| 27 Jun 18+9d | Carlisle | Totesport.com Cumberland Plate Handicap | 3/9 | hd | 8-6 | 70 | 116A | 67A | Ben Curtis | 7/4F |
| 18 Jun 18+4d | Carlisle | Watch Racing Uk On 3 Devices Handicap | 1/8 | 9-7 | 70 | 105A | 83A | Tony Hamilton | 2/1F | |
| 14 Jun 18+7d | Haydock | Silk Mill Ripponden Supporting Whitaker Racing Handicap | 2/10 | nse | 8-13 | 67 | 98B | 77A | Tony Hamilton | 9/2 |
| 07 Jun 18+23d | Ripon | Follow At riponraces On Twitter Handicap | 2/7 | nk | 9-7 | 67 | 107A | 81A | Ben Curtis | 5/1 |
| 15 May 18+15d | Beverley | Hull FC Family Raceday On 30 May Handicap | 5/15 | ¾ | 9-4 | 67 | 98C | 76A | Tony Hamilton | 14/1 |
| 30 Apr 18+37d | Thirsk | Book Discounted Tickets Online At thirskracecourse.net Handicap | 6/10 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 70 | 92A | 70A | Tony Hamilton | 28/1 |
| 24 Mar 18+54d | Doncaster | 32Red Casino Maiden Stakes | 8/10 | 5 | 9-5 | 72 | 24C | 61C | Ben Curtis | 40/1 |
| 29 Jan 18+5d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 32Red Casino Handicap | 6/6 | 6 | 9-7 | 75 | 84A | 48B | Jack Mitchell | 7/1 |
| 24 Jan 18+14d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red On The App Store Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 6/10 | 2¾ | 9-2 | 75 | 74A | 55A | Jack Mitchell | 5/1 |
| 10 Jan 18+46d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red On The App Store Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 5/12 | shd | 9-2 | — | 84A | 77A | Jack Mitchell | 16/1 |
| 25 Nov 17+18d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 32Red.com EBF Stallions Novice Stakes (Div 2) | 9/13 | 5 | 9-2 | — | 58B | 51A | Josephine Gordon | 10/1 |
| 07 Nov 17 | Kempton (AW) | 32Red Casino Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 6/14 | 2 | 9-2 | — | 84B | 59A | Louis Steward | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ad Libitum (GB) won?
- Ad Libitum (GB) won 4 of 41 archived starts between 2017 and 2021, a strike rate of 9.8%. Placed 10 times in total (24.4% of starts).
- Who trained Ad Libitum (GB)?
- Ad Libitum (GB) was trained by Roger Fell on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 28 January 2021.
- Who is Ad Libitum (GB)'s sire?
- Ad Libitum (GB) is by Elusive Quality (USA) out of Sarmad (USA), whose sire is Dynaformer.
- What going does Ad Libitum (GB) prefer?
- Ad Libitum (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 11 starts (18.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Ad Libitum (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 52, from the run on 28 January 2021. The highest on record is 80.
- What is Ad Libitum (GB)'s sire's record?
- Elusive Quality (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 3,387 runs since Jan 2008 (333 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 7.9% from 280. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16% from 319.
- Who are Ad Libitum (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Sarmad (USA), Ad Libitum (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Elusive Cowboy (USA) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Liberatrix (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.