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Horse profile

Approach The Land (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2022) · Last trainer James McAuley · Last owner James Mcauley
3 runs · 3 courses · from Feb 2022
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Nov 2022 — 1,453 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2022 · 12th of 13
KTB Profile

Approach The Land is a gelding by New Approach out of a Danehill mare and showed little in three starts between Feb 2022 and Nov 2022. He was unplaced on all three outings, twice on the all-weather and once on turf, over trips from 1m to 1m4f. His last run, at Dundalk in Nov 2022, saw him finish 12 of 13 in a maiden.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 97 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 7 Feb 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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 97A · median 72
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)297A84.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f297A75—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 59A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 11 Nov 2022

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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 59A · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)259A56—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f253A52.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Mar 2012 (685 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm27414.8%+2.2—
Good to Firm1,08516615.3%+2.7—
Good1,63020012.3%−0.30 from 1
Good to Soft79911013.8%+1.2—
Soft95810711.2%−1.4—
Heavy283289.9%−2.7—
Standard (AW)2,01024112%−0.60 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f9899.2%−3.4—
6f – 7f1,20715612.9%+0.3—
1m – 1m1f1,66523414.1%+1.50 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f2,32430313%+0.40 from 1
1m5f – 2m1,06611310.6%−2—
2m1f – 2m4f3203310.3%−2.3—
2m5f – 3m10187.9%−4.7—
Over 3m1100%−12.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2012 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

10 siblings in the archive, 9 winners — best of them Lady Arwen (GB) (6 wins).

The wins came over 5½f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Trustintimes (GB)).

Family form: Trustintimes (GB) won at Ascot, 31 Oct 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lady Arwen (GB)4867f–1m1½f—
Trustintimes (GB)1051m7½f–2mClass 2
Royal Dream (GB)2541m½f–1m2fClass 5
Souville (GB)2536fClass 4
Commodity (IRE)931mClass 4
Ouja (GB)911m4fClass 4
Ambling (IRE)711m4fClass 5
Bircham (IRE)616fClass 5
Magnus (IRE)915½fClass 5
Genghis (GB)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Chris Hayes 1 0 0% −1.00
Gary Carroll 1 0 0% −1.00
Callum Shepherd 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 3 runs
11 Nov 22+44d Dundalk (AW) View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Maiden 1m2½f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 nk 9-11 72B59A Chris Hayes 125/1
28 Sep 22+233d Bellewstown Savills Claiming Maiden 1m · Good · 14 ran 9/14 2¾ 9-7 53C52A Gary Carroll 40/1
07 Feb 22 Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Novice Stakes Class 5 · 1m1½f · Standard · 10 ran 6/10 3½ 9-5 97A53A Callum Shepherd 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Approach The Land won?
Approach The Land (GB) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2022.
Who trained Approach The Land?
Approach The Land (GB) was trained by James McAuley on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 11 November 2022.
Who is Approach The Land's sire?
Approach The Land (GB) is by New Approach (IRE) out of Royale Danehill (IRE), whose sire is Danehill.
What is Approach The Land's sire's record?
New Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Mar 2012 (685 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
Who are Approach The Land's siblings?
Out of Royale Danehill (IRE), Approach The Land (GB) has 10 other produce in our archive, 9 of them winners. Most wins: Lady Arwen (GB) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Trustintimes (GB)). The wins came over 5½f–2m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2022. 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.