Horse profile
American Sniper (IRE)
by Malinas (GER) out of Mountain Leap (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
33 runs · 15 courses · from Jun 2022
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out
6 wins · 5 courses
Last run 22 Aug 2026 · 1st of 5
Last raced off OR 123
KTB Profile
American Sniper is a gelding who has won six of 33 starts on turf, all in handicap hurdles except for two early novice events. Four of those wins came over 2m5f – 3m, including victories at Newton Abbot, Newbury and Cheltenham on good or softer ground. He won last time out at Newton Abbot in Aug 2026 in the Aubrey Loze Memorial Handicap Hurdle Race, a Class 2 event, having raced off an official rating of 123. He usually races prominently or leads.
Based on 33 archived runs · run-style from 16 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
- 6–33Wins / Runs
- 18.2%Strike rate
- 12 (36.4%)Placed
- +4.38£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 1.15Fair A/E n=33 · 0.99 incl. margin
- 129Highest OR
- 48dAvg 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 rating123↓ 6lb off peak
123
117–129
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 138
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 150B | 121 | 5 runs · 138 / 119 |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 135A | 98 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 132B | 111 | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 2 | 129B | 112.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 15 | 132B | 111 | 4 runs · 119 / 110.5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 150B | 117.5 | 3 runs · 138 / 133 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 123A | 122 | — |
Of 33 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 30 figures from 33 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 from 16 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Led 8 (50%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 6 (38%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (13%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Malinas (GER)
Progeny in our archive have won 14.1% of 3,951 runs since Apr 2010 (419 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 37 | 6 | 16.2% | +2.1 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 1,187 | 169 | 14.2% | +0.1 | 3 from 15 |
| Good to Soft | 919 | 141 | 15.3% | +1.2 | 2 from 9 |
| Soft | 1,237 | 166 | 13.4% | −0.7 | 0 from 6 |
| Heavy | 535 | 75 | 14% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 34 | 1 | 2.9% | −11.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −14.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | −5.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 50 | 5 | 10% | −4.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,102 | 153 | 13.9% | −0.2 | 2 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,369 | 182 | 13.3% | −0.8 | 0 from 17 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,084 | 177 | 16.3% | +2.2 | 4 from 12 |
| Over 3m | 332 | 41 | 12.3% | −1.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2010 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Mountain Leap (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Wintour Leap (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Wintour Leap (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wintour Leap (GB) | 28 | 1 | 2m | Class 4 |
| Jump Around (GB) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 15 | 3 | 20% | −6.37 |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 2 | 22% | +16.50 |
| Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 15 | 1 | 7% | +2.00 |
| Class 4 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +6.25 |
| Class 2 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +0.13 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taunton | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.50 |
| Cheltenham | 6 | 1 | 17% | +11.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 3 | 2 | 67% | +3.50 |
| Newbury | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| Chepstow | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.50 |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Worcester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 0 | 0% | −17.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 4 | 33% | +14.38 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 2 | 50% | +7.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Tudor | 11 | 1 | 9% | −8.12 |
| Tom Scudamore | 7 | 2 | 29% | +4.00 |
| Rian Corcoran | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.50 |
| Philip Armson | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Callum Pritchard | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| James Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Bromley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gearoid Harney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fergus Gillard | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| David Noonan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 2 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 9 | 2 | 22% | +10.88 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 8 | 2 | 25% | −1.50 |
| Tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.50 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.12 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +8.00 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 31 | 6 | 19% | +6.38 |
| NH Flat | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Aug 26+55d | Newton Abbot | Aubrey Loze Memorial Handicap Hurdle Race (GBB Race) Settled in second early - urged forward approaching two out - drifted right at that point - hit the front in the final furlong - stayed on strongly to win comfortably | 1/5 | 10-11 | 123 | 113C | 124B | Rian Corcoran | 9/4 | |
| 28 Jun 26+32d | Uttoxeter | bet365 Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Went straight to the front - pushed along and lost the advantage before 3 out - dropped away before 2 out - finished well held in 5th | 5/10 | 9½ | 10-13 | 123 | 138A | 120A | Rian Corcoran | 10/3F |
| 27 May 26+22d | Newton Abbot | Mrs. Pamela Ann Dobbs Birthday Celebration Handicap Hurdle Set the pace from the off - pulled away before the second last - extended the advantage in the closing stages to score easily | 1/5 | 11-11 | 117 | 133C | 141B | Rian Corcoran | 9/4 | |
| 05 May 26+117d | Hereford | Wye Valley Metals Handicap Hurdle Went straight to front - urged to keep tempo when overtaken 2 out - dropped away quickly after - eventually held for 5th | 5/7 | 10 | 12-0 | 120 | 107C | 108C | Jack Tudor | 7/1 |
| 08 Jan 26+28d | Taunton | 26 February Landlord's Raceday Handicap Hurdle Set the pace early - stumbled at the 5th - driven on after three out - overtaken before two out and soon lost touch | 4/10 | 13 | 11-3 | 121 | 114A | 117B | Rian Corcoran | 4/1 |
| 2025 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Dec 25+10d | Taunton | Summerfield Handicap Hurdle Went straight to front - dictated a modest gallop - overtaken approaching last - lost more ground on run-in to finish second | 2/11 | 3 | 11-4 | 120 | 119A | 131A | Jack Tudor | 9/1 |
| 01 Dec 25+38d | Plumpton | Weatherbys & Birdie Calendars Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the pace early - fell away after the 9th - dropped out of third approaching 3 out - fought back to third on the run-in but never a factor | 3/6 | 15 | 10-13 | 120 | 105A | 113B | Rian Corcoran | 13/2 |
| 24 Oct 25+177d | Cheltenham | William Hill Each Way Extra Handicap Hurdle Held up at the back throughout - drifted off the pace - drifted left approaching 2 out - well beaten at the finish | 16/20 | 2¼ | 10-13 | 122 | 93C | 111C | James Davies | 40/1 |
| 30 Apr 25+48d | Punchestown | Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the front group early - fifth at halfway then asked for effort after two out without threatening to close - stayed on at one speed to finish sixth | 6/25 | 1¾ | 11-12 | 120 | 97B | 136A | Ben Bromley | 22/1 |
| 13 Mar 25+29d | Cheltenham | Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Went straight to front - pressed for effort approaching final fence - eased back into pack near finish - no response late | 12/24 | ¾ | 10-9 | 124 | 122B | 115A | Jack Tudor | 40/1 |
| 12 Feb 25+48d | Wetherby | Wetherby Racecourse & Conference Centre Handicap Hurdle Settled just off the pace early - pressed for effort after 4 out then dropped away quickly - finished well adrift in 6th | 6/11 | 14 | 11-5 | 125 | 111B | 107A | Callum Pritchard | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 24+41d | Wetherby | William Hill Extra Place Races Daily Handicap Hurdle Set the pace early - pushed on but lost front spot 3 out - urged back into contention after 2 out - clipped the last and unable to find more late | 3/7 | 5½ | 11-7 | 125 | 96A | 121A | Callum Pritchard | 11/8F |
| 15 Nov 24+8d | Cheltenham | Lycetts Insurance Brokers Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Handy early - hit front 3rd and opened daylight - advantage cut 4 out - pushed along after the following fence - overtaken before the last - dropped away on the run-in | 6/16 | 2¼ | 11-10 | 120 | 150B | 130A | Gearoid Harney | 17/2 |
| 07 Nov 24+13d | Newbury | Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Set the pace from the off - untidy at the 3rd - urged along before the second last - kept up the fight to hold on at the line | 1/4 | 10-4 | 120 | 94C | 128B | Jack Tudor | 15/8F | |
| 25 Oct 24+13d | Cheltenham | Foundation Developments Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - never got competitive - well beaten by the finish | 9/13 | 6 | 11-0 | 122 | 121B | 115A | Jack Tudor | 18/1 |
| 12 Oct 24+187d | Chepstow | Wasdell Group Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Tracked the front bunch early - dropped away 4 out - faded quietly before 3 out to finish well beaten | 16/17 | 19 | 11-1 | 125 | 77C | 115C | Jack Tudor | 18/1 |
| 08 Apr 24+58d | Wincanton | Annual Memberships On Sale April 22nd Handicap Hurdle | 7/8 | 8 | 11-11 | 127 | 132B | 113A | Jack Tudor | 10/1 |
| 10 Feb 24+58d | Newbury | Betfair Serial Winners Fund Handicap Hurdle | 7/10 | 32 | 11-5 | 128 | 96C | 111C | Jack Tudor | 13/2 |
| 2023 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Dec 23+27d | Taunton | Classic Collection Holidays Handicap Hurdle | 4/11 | 2¾ | 11-12 | 128 | 111A | 132A | Jack Tudor | 10/3F |
| 17 Nov 23+20d | Cheltenham | Lycetts Insurance Brokers Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 1/20 | 11-9 | 122 | 125B | 138A | Fergus Gillard | 16/1 | |
| 28 Oct 23+14d | Cheltenham | Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 10/20 | 22 | 10-11 | 125 | 98C | 105C | David Noonan | 33/1 |
| 14 Oct 23+173d | Chepstow | Wasdell Group Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 7/14 | 2½ | 11-5 | 129 | 129B | 121A | Jack Tudor | 14/1 |
| 24 Apr 23+45d | Kempton | Racing TV 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/7 | ½ | 11-12 | 129 | 135A | 129B | Jack Tudor | 7/2 |
| 10 Mar 23+7d | Exeter | Virgin Bet Fives Handicap Hurdle | 6/7 | 3¼ | 11-11 | 127 | 110C | 117C | Philip Armson | 5/2J |
| 03 Mar 23+30d | Newbury | Download The BetVictor App 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/6 | 1 | 11-9 | 127 | 123A | 140B | Philip Armson | 10/3 |
| 01 Feb 23+23d | Leicester | EBF British Stallion Studs 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | PU/6 | — | 11-12 | 128 | — | — | Tom Scudamore | 7/2 |
| 09 Jan 23+19d | Taunton | Stables Business Park Handicap Hurdle | 2/9 | nk | 11-7 | 126 | 122B | 137A | Tom Scudamore | 13/2 |
| 2022 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Dec 22+27d | Taunton | Cornish Rock Gin Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/9 | 11 | 11-12 | 126 | 98A | 122A | Tom Scudamore | 7/4 |
| 24 Nov 22+22d | Taunton | Join Racing TV Now 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) | 1/10 | 11-7 | — | 122A | 148A | Tom Scudamore | 6/4 | |
| 02 Nov 22+18d | Chepstow | Download The Vickers.Bet App 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 1/15 | 11-4 | — | 98B | 136A | Tom Scudamore | 15/2 | |
| 15 Oct 22+103d | Newton Abbot | British Stallion Studs EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | UR/12 | — | 10-13 | — | — | — | Tom Scudamore | 13/2 |
| 04 Jul 22+12d | Worcester | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 2) | 2/9 | 7 | 10-12 | — | 123A | 124A | Tom Scudamore | 5/4F |
| 22 Jun 22 | Worcester | Download The At The Races App NH Flat Race (Conditionals & Amateurs) (GBB Race) | 2/10 | 4 | 10-6 | — | — | 121A | Philip Armson | 7/4F |
Quick answers
- How many races has American Sniper won?
- American Sniper (IRE) won 6 of 33 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 18.2%. Placed 12 times in total (36.4% of starts).
- Who trains American Sniper?
- American Sniper (IRE) is trained by David Pipe, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 22 August 2026.
- Who is American Sniper's sire?
- American Sniper (IRE) is by Malinas (GER) out of Mountain Leap (IRE), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
- What going does American Sniper prefer?
- American Sniper (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is American Sniper's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 123, from the run on 22 August 2026. The highest on record is 129.
- What is American Sniper's sire's record?
- Malinas (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.1% of 3,951 runs since Apr 2010 (419 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are American Sniper's siblings?
- Out of Mountain Leap (IRE), American Sniper (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Wintour Leap (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Wintour Leap (GB)). The wins came over 2m. As at Nov 2026.