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Horse profile

Along Came Theo (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2019) · Last trainer Andrew Crook · Last owner The 100 Club
by Vertical Speed (FR) out of Kachina (IRE) (Mandalus)
21 runs · 8 courses · from Mar 2014
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Dec 2019 — 2,502 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2019 · 5th of 6 Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile

Along Came Theo (IRE) is yet to win from 21 starts, though has placed 5 times. Best effort: 2nd of 4 at Catterick (Feb 2019). Last raced off 85, 20lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 20lb off peak
Official rating85↓ 20lb off peak
85 85–105

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 145 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Hexham, 22 Nov 2017

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 11 figures · best 145B · median 58
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft6111B70.5—
Good258C45.5—
Heavy2145B108.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10145B58—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 15 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 95C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Catterick, 22 Nov 2019 Official rating 85 at the last run, 28 Dec 2019

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 18 figures · best 127A · median 96.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft8110A88.5—
Heavy4127A108—
Good to Soft3112A106—
Good3111A99—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f12127A95.5—
1m5f – 2m4112A108.5—
2m5f – 3m2110A98—

Of 21 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 21 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
Vertical Speed (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 784 runs since Jan 2008 (79 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 15.1% from 139.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm3925.1%−4—
Good211136.2%−2.90 from 3
Good to Soft108109.3%+0.20 from 4
Soft253228.7%−0.40 from 9
Heavy1392115.1%+60 from 5
Standard (AW)3438.8%−0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−9.1—
1m – 1m1f200%−9.1—
1m2f – 1m4f9199.9%+0.8—
1m5f – 2m215177.9%−1.20 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f266269.8%+0.70 from 14
2m5f – 3m141149.9%+0.80 from 3
Over 3m6857.4%−1.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Kachina (IRE) (Mandalus)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Rewritetherules (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m4f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Typical Oscar (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Rewritetherules (IRE)3332m4f–2m7½f—
Typical Oscar (IRE)1213mClass 5
Kokopelli Mana (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 13 0 0% −13.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wetherby 7 0 0% −7.00
Catterick 4 0 0% −4.00
Carlisle 4 0 0% −4.00
Hexham 2 0 0% −2.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 14 0 0% −14.00
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
John Kington 9 0 0% −9.00
Conor O'Farrell 2 0 0% −2.00
Brian Hughes 2 0 0% −2.00
Ross Turner 2 0 0% −2.00
Charlie Todd 1 0 0% −1.00
Billy Garritty 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny McMenamin 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Nicol 1 0 0% −1.00
William Kennedy 1 0 0% −1.00
Dougie Costello 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 12 0 0% −12.00
Cheekpieces 8 0 0% −8.00
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 7 0 0% −7.00
2018 4 0 0% −4.00
2017 2 0 0% −2.00
2016 3 0 0% −3.00
2015 1 0 0% −1.00
2014 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 11 0 0% −11.00
Chase 6 0 0% −6.00
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

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
2019 · 7 runs
28 Dec 19+21d Catterick Millbry Hill Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m3f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 6 10-9 8558C76C Charlie Todd 15/2
07 Dec 19+15d Wetherby Watch Racing TV On Sky426 Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 13 ran 7/13 1¾ 10-11 9047C84C John Kington 50/1
22 Nov 19+11d Catterick Jumping For Joy With Free RacingTV Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 8/12 4½ 11-7 9547C95C John Kington 33/1
11 Nov 19+249d Carlisle Watch Irish Racing On Racing Tv Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 4½ 10-6 9541C78C John Kington 28/1
07 Mar 19+9d Carlisle Introducing Racing Tv Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m5f · Heavy · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-4 97—— Conor O'Farrell 10/1
26 Feb 19+20d Catterick Happy 80th Birthday John Jarvis Classic Novices' Chase Class 4 · 2m3f · Good · 4 ran 2/4 12 10-12 9733C99B Conor O'Farrell 11/1
06 Feb 19+56d Ayr Book For The Coral Scottish Grand National Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m5½f · Soft · 11 ran 3/11 2 11-2 97107A110A Billy Garritty 16/1
2018 · 4 runs
12 Dec 18+12d Hexham Half Price Admission Thursday 20th December Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7½f · Soft · 11 ran 8/11 1¼ 11-1 100—86A Danny McMenamin 8/1
30 Nov 18+270d Doncaster Central Soft Ice Cream Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good · 4 ran 2/4 19 10-11 10358C93C Adam Nicol 16/1
05 Mar 18+13d Southwell Free Race Replays On Attheraces Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Soft · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-2 105—— William Kennedy 8/1
20 Feb 18+56d Wetherby Follow racing_uk On Twitter Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Heavy · 11 ran 2/11 1¼ 11-12 10572C127A Brian Hughes 9/4F
2017 · 2 runs
26 Dec 17+34d Wetherby Bet 10 Get 20 At 188bet Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 shd 10-9 100111B97B Ross Turner 9/2
22 Nov 17+331d Hexham Christmas Packages Available On 13th December Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4f · Heavy · 13 ran 2/13 1¾ 11-1 96145B116A Ross Turner 28/1
2016 · 3 runs
26 Dec 16+15d Wetherby Play Casino At 188bet Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 17 ran PU/17 — 10-13 100—— John Kington 25/1
11 Dec 16+330d Carlisle Freddy Williams Bookmakers 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 ½ 10-9 —83C93C John Kington 66/1
16 Jan 16+34d Wetherby Premier League Betting At 188bet Ebf 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (qualifier) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Heavy · 13 ran 7/13 21 10-13 ——96C John Kington 50/1
2015 · 1 run
13 Dec 15+362d Carlisle Bet Now At 188bet 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Heavy · 5 ran 3/5 16 10-12 ——100B Brian Hughes 22/1
2014 · 4 runs
16 Dec 14+26d Catterick Pin Point Dental Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 1m7½f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 9 11-1 ——106A John Kington 13/2
20 Nov 14+212d Market Rasen PHS Besafe Arc-Gear Workwear Solutions Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m½f · Soft · 8 ran 6/8 10 10-13 ——91A John Kington 16/1
22 Apr 14+35d Wetherby Watch On 3 Devices racinguk.com/anywhere Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 1) Class 6 · 2m · Good To Soft · 11 ran 5/11 1¼ 10-13 ——112A Dougie Costello 10/1
18 Mar 14 Wetherby Racing Again On 28th March Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m · Good · 13 ran 3/13 1 10-6 ——111A John Kington 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Along Came Theo won?
Along Came Theo (IRE) has yet to win, from 21 archived starts between 2014 and 2019. Placed 5 times in total (23.8% of starts).
Who trained Along Came Theo?
Along Came Theo (IRE) was trained by Andrew Crook on the most recent run on record, at Catterick on 28 December 2019.
Who is Along Came Theo's sire?
Along Came Theo (IRE) is by Vertical Speed (FR) out of Kachina (IRE), whose sire is Mandalus.
What is Along Came Theo's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 28 December 2019. The highest on record is 105.
What is Along Came Theo's sire's record?
Vertical Speed (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 784 runs since Jan 2008 (79 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 15.1% from 139.
Who are Along Came Theo's siblings?
Out of Kachina (IRE), Along Came Theo (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Rewritetherules (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Typical Oscar (IRE)). The wins came over 2m4f–3m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2014. 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.