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Horse profile

Avalanche (FR)

8yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2005) · Last trainer John Best · Last owner The Downhill Partnership
by Highest Honor (FR) out of Fairy Gold (GB) (Golden Fleece)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Mar 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Nov 2005 — 7,646 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2005 Last raced off OR 110
KTB Profile

Avalanche (FR) is yet to win from 4 starts. Last raced off 110, 32lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 84C the best of the last 1 rated run · Sandown, 22 Apr 2005 Official rating 110 at the last run, 27 Nov 2005

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 4 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 · 1 figure from 4 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
Highest Honor (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 946 runs since Jan 2008 (97 horses).

Strongest on soft going: 14.6% from 198. Weakest on heavy going: 7.8% from 103.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−11—
Good to Firm6258.1%−2.9—
Good2462811.4%+0.40 from 2
Good to Soft1501812%+10 from 1
Soft1982914.6%+3.60 from 1
Heavy10387.8%−3.2—
Standard (AW)182168.8%−2.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f400%−11—
6f – 7f971212.4%+1.4—
1m – 1m1f1712112.3%+1.3—
1m2f – 1m4f2332510.7%−0.3—
1m5f – 2m2252712%+10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1491711.4%+0.40 from 2
2m5f – 3m5411.9%−9.10 from 1
Over 3m1317.7%−3.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 3 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Fairy Gold (GB) (Golden Fleece)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Dave Crosse 2 0 0% −2.00
Robert Thornton 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Bradburne 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
Chase 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2005 · 4 runs
27 Nov 05+211d Newbury Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m4½f · Good · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-2 110— Robert Thornton 33/1
30 Apr 05+8d Uttoxeter Handicap Chase Class 2 · 3m · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-6 137— Dave Crosse 25/1
22 Apr 05+47d Sandown Betfred Handicap Chase Class 2 · 2m4f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 7 11-3 14284C Dave Crosse 14/1
06 Mar 05 Kempton Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m · Good To Soft · 13 ran UR/13 — 11-7 110— Mark Bradburne 11/2

Quick answers

How many races has Avalanche won?
Avalanche (FR) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2005.
Who trained Avalanche?
Avalanche (FR) was trained by John Best on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 27 November 2005.
Who is Avalanche's sire?
Avalanche (FR) is by Highest Honor (FR) out of Fairy Gold (GB), whose sire is Golden Fleece.
What is Avalanche's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 27 November 2005. The highest on record is 142.
What is Avalanche's sire's record?
Highest Honor (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 946 runs since Jan 2008 (97 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 14.6% from 198. Weakest on heavy going: 7.8% from 103.

Record shown from March 2005. 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.