How many races has Ascension (GB) won?

Ascension (GB) won 5 of 16 archived starts between 2019 and 2021, a strike rate of 31.3%. Placed 8 times in total (50% of starts).

Who trained Ascension (GB)?

Ascension (GB) was trained by Roger Varian on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 2 October 2021.

Who is Ascension (GB)'s sire?

Ascension (GB) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Making Eyes (IRE), whose sire is Dansili.

What going does Ascension (GB) prefer?

Ascension (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 5 starts (60%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Ascension (GB)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 2 October 2021. The highest on record is 100.

What is Ascension (GB)'s sire's record?

Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.

Who are Ascension (GB)'s siblings?

Out of Making Eyes (IRE), Ascension (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Big Zou (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Big Zou (GB)). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Ascension (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2021) · Last trainer Roger Varian · Last owner Highclere Tbred Racing Benedict Allen

by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Making Eyes (IRE) (Dansili)

16 runs · 11 courses · from Jul 2019

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 2 Oct 2021 — 1,844 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Oct 2021 · 8th of 16 5 wins · 5 courses Last raced off OR 99

KTB Profile

Ascension (GB) is 5 from 16. Hasn't won since May 2021. 4 of 10 starts with soft in the ground have ended in wins — 0 from 5 on quicker.

Based on 16 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

5–16Wins / Runs
31.3%Strike rate
8 (50%)Placed
+9.91£1 level staken=16 at SP
1.52Fair A/E n=16 · 1.30 incl. margin
100Highest OR
54dAvg between runs

Official rating99↓ 1lb off peak

99 86–100

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 109 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Leicester, 13 Oct 2020

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 16 figures · best 109^A · median 83

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft	5	105^A	81	—
Heavy	3	109^A	77	—
Good	3	100^C	82	—
Good to Firm	2	98^C	91	—
Soft	2	106^C	86	—
Standard (AW)	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f	11	109^A	84	—
1m – 1m1f	4	100^C	89.5	—
1m2f – 1m4f	1	—	—	—

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 93^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ascot, 16 Jun 2021 Official rating 99 at the last run, 2 Oct 2021

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 16 figures · best 106^A · median 91

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft	5	106^A	100	—
Heavy	3	97^A	91	—
Good	3	91^A	90	—
Good to Firm	2	93^A	84	—
Soft	2	96^B	93	—
Standard (AW)	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f	11	105^A	90	—
1m – 1m1f	4	106^A	92	—
1m2f – 1m4f	1	—	—	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 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

Dark Angel (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	107	16	15%	+3.7	—
Good to Firm	3,694	452	12.2%	+0.9	0 from 2
Good	4,842	510	10.5%	−0.8	0 from 3
Good to Soft	2,409	251	10.4%	−0.9	3 from 5
Soft	2,725	254	9.3%	−2	1 from 2
Heavy	822	69	8.4%	−2.9	0 from 3
Standard (AW)	7,278	917	12.6%	+1.3	1 from 1

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	2,064	278	13.5%	+2.2	—
6f – 7f	10,700	1,253	11.7%	+0.4	4 from 11
1m – 1m1f	4,994	546	10.9%	−0.4	1 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f	2,469	236	9.6%	−1.7	0 from 1
1m5f – 2m	1,089	109	10%	−1.3	—
2m1f – 2m4f	472	41	8.7%	−2.6	—
2m5f – 3m	86	7	8.1%	−3.2	—
Over 3m	4	0	0%	−11.3	—

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

Making Eyes (IRE) (Dansili)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Big Zou (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Big Zou (GB)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Big Zou (GB)	12	1	1m	Class 5
Mushtahrir (GB)	3	0	—	—
Black Envy (GB)	1	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good to Soft	5	3	60%	+16.12
Heavy	3	0	0%	−3.00
Good	3	0	0%	−3.00
Good to Firm	2	0	0%	−2.00
Soft	2	1	50%	+1.50
Standard (AW)	1	1	100%	+0.29

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 2	11	1	9%	+4.00
Class 4	3	2	67%	+0.91
Class 3	2	2	100%	+5.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Newmarket	3	1	33%	+0.50
Ascot	2	0	0%	−2.00
Newbury	2	1	50%	+13.00
Leicester	2	0	0%	−2.00
York	1	0	0%	−1.00
Chester	1	0	0%	−1.00
Doncaster	1	0	0%	−1.00
Ayr	1	1	100%	+2.50
Sandown	1	0	0%	−1.00
Newcastle (AW)	1	1	100%	+0.29
Salisbury	1	1	100%	+1.62

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
6f – 7f	11	4	36%	−0.09
1m – 1m1f	4	1	25%	+11.00
1m2f – 1m4f	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Andrea Atzeni	6	3	50%	+16.00
David Egan	3	0	0%	−3.00
Jack Mitchell	3	2	67%	+0.91
Callum Shepherd	1	0	0%	−1.00
Silvestre De Sousa	1	0	0%	−1.00
Ryan Moore	1	0	0%	−1.00
Jim Crowley	1	0	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2021	6	1	17%	+9.00
2020	6	2	33%	+1.00
2019	4	2	50%	−0.09

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
02 Oct 21+84d	Ascot	Equine Productions 'The Fall' Challenge Cup (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 7f · Heavy · 16 ran	8/16	shd	9-2	99	56^C	81^A	David Egan	16/1
10 Jul 21+24d	York	John Smith's Cup Handicap Class 2 · 10.5f · Good · 20 ran	13/20	1	9-1	100	67^C	85^A	Andrea Atzeni	14/1
16 Jun 21+32d	Ascot	Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 30 ran	14/30	shd	9-1	100	98^C	93^A	David Egan	33/1
15 May 21+8d	Newbury	BetVictor Handicap (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Good To Soft · 12 ran	1/12		9-3	95	81^A	106^A	Andrea Atzeni	14/1
07 May 21+41d	Chester	tote+ Placepots Pay More Earl Grosvenor Handicap Class 2 · 7.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran	10/10	8	9-5	96	56^C	64^C	Andrea Atzeni	9/1
27 Mar 21+152d	Doncaster	Unibet Lincoln (Heritage Handicap) (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Good · 18 ran	9/18	shd	9-1	96	100^C	91^A	Callum Shepherd	12/1
26 Oct 20+13d	Leicester	Rekorderlig Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Heavy · 6 ran	2/6	4¾	9-4	96	77^A	91^B	Jack Mitchell	7/2J
13 Oct 20+24d	Leicester	Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Heavy · 9 ran	3/9	1	9-7	96	109^A	97^A	Andrea Atzeni	11/8F
19 Sep 20+21d	Ayr	Download The Gribbens Taxi App Now Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good To Soft · 8 ran	1/8		9-4	90	88^A	105^A	Andrea Atzeni	5/2F
29 Aug 20+62d	Newmarket	Close Brothers Asset Management Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Soft · 4 ran	1/4		8-13	86	106^C	96^B	Andrea Atzeni	5/2
28 Jun 20+15d	Newmarket	Betway Handicap Class 2 · 6f · Good To Firm · 4 ran	4/4	nk	9-1	87	84^C	75^B	David Egan	7/4J
13 Jun 20+245d	Sandown	Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good · 8 ran	3/8	1¾	8-5	87	82^A	90^A	Silvestre De Sousa	5/2F
12 Oct 19+36d	Newmarket	Dubai Nursery Class 2 · 7f · Soft · 12 ran	4/12	1¾	9-4	87	66^A	90^A	Ryan Moore	3/1F
06 Sep 19+23d	Newcastle (AW)	Northumbrian Water Group/EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran	1/14		9-8	—	92^B	99^A	Jack Mitchell	2/7F
14 Aug 19+26d	Salisbury	British EBF Molson Coors Novice Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 1) Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 11 ran	1/11		9-5	—	105^A	100^A	Jack Mitchell	13/8F
19 Jul 19	Newbury	Spinal Injuries Association EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Soft · 14 ran	11/14	1	9-5	—	68^C	60^A	Jim Crowley	9/2

Quick answers

How many races has Ascension (GB) won?: Ascension (GB) won 5 of 16 archived starts between 2019 and 2021, a strike rate of 31.3%. Placed 8 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Ascension (GB)?: Ascension (GB) was trained by Roger Varian on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 2 October 2021.
Who is Ascension (GB)'s sire?: Ascension (GB) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Making Eyes (IRE), whose sire is Dansili.
What going does Ascension (GB) prefer?: Ascension (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 5 starts (60%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Ascension (GB)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 2 October 2021. The highest on record is 100.
What is Ascension (GB)'s sire's record?: Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
Who are Ascension (GB)'s siblings?: Out of Making Eyes (IRE), Ascension (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Big Zou (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Big Zou (GB)). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.

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