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Back By Midnight (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2017) · Last trainer Emma-Jane Bishop · Last owner Select Racing Club Mrs M J Arnold
by Midnight Legend (GB) out of Roberta Back (IRE) (Bob Back)
27 runs · 17 courses · from Oct 2013
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Oct 2017 — 3,285 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2017 · 4th of 8 3 wins · Taunton, Sandown & Uttoxeter Last raced off OR 116
KTB Profile

Back By Midnight (GB) is 3 from 27. Hasn't won since Mar 2017. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 15 on softer). Last raced off a career-high mark of 116.

Based on 27 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR at career high
Official rating116At career-high mark
116 87–116

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 112 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Taunton, 20 Mar 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 6 figures · best 112B · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good4112B90—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3112B81—
1m5f – 2m393C87—

Of 7 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 116B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Taunton, 20 Mar 2017 Official rating 116 at the last run, 22 Oct 2017

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 →

Jumps 26 figures · best 128A · median 95
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good11128A97—
Good to Soft9115A86—
Soft3109A103—
Heavy2123A101.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m15128A97—
2m1f – 2m4f11116B91—

Of 27 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 27 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
Midnight Legend (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 8,309 runs since Jan 2008 (494 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1417.1%−7.1—
Good to Firm4045814.4%+0.20 from 1
Good3,12546214.8%+0.63 from 11
Good to Soft1,89625913.7%−0.50 from 9
Soft1,97726013.2%−10 from 3
Heavy76611815.4%+1.20 from 3
Standard (AW)1271915%+0.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−14.2—
1m – 1m1f600%−14.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1021615.7%+1.5—
1m5f – 2m2,20529913.6%−0.62 from 15
2m1f – 2m4f2,70738114.1%−0.11 from 12
2m5f – 3m2,49736314.5%+0.3—
Over 3m79111814.9%+0.7—

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
Roberta Back (IRE) (Bob Back)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Glance Back (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Glance Back (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Glance Back (GB)3142m–2m4½fClass 4
Haafback (GB)1412mClass 5
Sheeza Legend (GB)120——
Glancing Back (GB)50——
Another Glance (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 11 3 27% +21.00
Good to Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 11 1 9% +0.00
Class 4 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 3 6 2 33% +15.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Taunton 3 1 33% +7.00
Exeter 3 0 0% −3.00
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Chepstow 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 2 1 50% +9.00
Fontwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 1 100% +10.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 15 2 13% +7.00
2m1f – 2m4f 12 1 8% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Banks 19 2 11% +2.00
Jamie Bargary 4 1 25% +7.00
Aodhagan Conlon 2 0 0% −2.00
Nick Scholfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Ed Cookson 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 14 3 21% +18.00
Hood 5 0 0% −5.00
None 5 0 0% −5.00
HT 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 4 1 25% +6.00
2016 7 1 14% +4.00
2015 6 1 17% +5.00
2014 8 0 0% −8.00
2013 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 18 1 6% −7.00
Chase 7 2 29% +14.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
22 Oct 17+216d Kempton Smarter Bets With Matchbook Handicap Chase Class 3 · 18f · Good · 8 ran 4/8 4½ 10-3 11681A108A James Banks 14/1
20 Mar 17+22d Taunton Bathwick Tyres Handicap Chase Class 3 · 18f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 11-6 111112B116B James Banks 9/1
26 Feb 17+36d Southwell PHW Logistics Ltd Celebrating 1 Year Of Business Handicap Chase Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 12 11-8 113—84B Jamie Bargary 6/1
21 Jan 17+36d Haydock Racing Uk Club Day Today Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 ½ 10-8 11541A103A Jamie Bargary 16/1
16 Dec 16+14d Ascot Stella Artois Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Class 3 · 17f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 6/7 26 10-0 11538C80C Jamie Bargary 9/2
02 Dec 16+30d Sandown Tokio Marine Kiln Handicap Chase Class 3 · 15.5f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 10-9 10787B121B Jamie Bargary 10/1
02 Nov 16+195d Chepstow Qioptiq Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 11 10-7 11093C97B James Banks 10/1
21 Apr 16+29d Exeter Westerly Bmw Exeter Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good · 16 ran 11/16 hd 11-12 110—96C James Banks 20/1
23 Mar 16+39d Haydock Roa/racing Post Owners Jackpot Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 ½ 11-9 107—117A Nick Scholfield 8/1
13 Feb 16+28d Warwick Whitson Bloodstock Ltd Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 8/11 2½ 10-11 107—89C James Banks 10/1
16 Jan 16+37d Warwick Betfred 'goals Galore' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 14 ran 3/14 8 11-6 107—123A James Banks 9/1
10 Dec 15+14d Taunton Dave Criddle Travel & Kuoni Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 13/17 25 11-7 108—87C James Banks 8/1
26 Nov 15+42d Taunton Well Done At Cheltenham Ian Popham Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 3/17 hd 11-1 107—115A James Banks 16/1
15 Oct 15+188d Uttoxeter Malkins Bank Golf Club Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 11-4 95—128A James Banks 10/1
10 Apr 15+24d Fontwell bet365.com Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17.5f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 7 11-9 96—97A James Banks 10/1
17 Mar 15+53d Wetherby Racing UK 1 Price 3 Devices Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 11 ran 10/11 3½ 11-5 97—88C Ed Cookson 12/1
23 Jan 15+35d Doncaster Skybet's Mo Rattu Delivers Excellent Service Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 1 11-1 91—114B James Banks 7/2F
19 Dec 14+10d Uttoxeter Betfred 'fun And Friendly' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Heavy · 7 ran 4/7 26 10-12 87—80C James Banks 7/4F
09 Dec 14+35d Fontwell Free Bets At Raceclear.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 19f · Soft · 8 ran 2/8 1¾ 10-12 87—109A James Banks 4/1
04 Nov 14+27d Exeter Racing Uk Anywhere Available Now Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 8/17 ½ 10-11 90—85A James Banks 14/1
08 Oct 14+160d Towcester Haygain Hay Steamers Clean Healthy Forage Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 19f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 6/11 7 11-2 92—91A James Banks 18/1
01 May 14+40d Ffos Las Stradey Park Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 6/10 3½ 10-7 ——85C Aodhagan Conlon 16/1
22 Mar 14+31d Stratford Stratford Bookmakers Day Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 18.5f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 25 10-10 ——81C James Banks 11/4F
19 Feb 14+10d Doncaster Betdaq 3% Commission British Stallion Studs Ebf 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (qualifier) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7/11 7 10-11 ——94C James Banks 200/1
09 Feb 14+87d Exeter Bathwick Tyres 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Heavy · 14 ran UR/14 — 10-13 ——— James Banks 100/1
14 Nov 13+33d Ludlow Christmas Parties On 18 December Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 14 10-11 ——86C Aodhagan Conlon 100/1
12 Oct 13 Chepstow 25 Free Bet #BackOfTheNet Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16f · Good · 15 ran 10/15 2¾ 10-9 ——89A James Banks 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Back By Midnight (GB) won?
Back By Midnight (GB) won 3 of 27 archived starts between 2013 and 2017, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 8 times in total (29.6% of starts).
Who trained Back By Midnight (GB)?
Back By Midnight (GB) was trained by Emma-Jane Bishop on the most recent run on record, at Kempton on 22 October 2017.
Who is Back By Midnight (GB)'s sire?
Back By Midnight (GB) is by Midnight Legend (GB) out of Roberta Back (IRE), whose sire is Bob Back.
What going does Back By Midnight (GB) prefer?
Back By Midnight (GB) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 11 starts (27.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Back By Midnight (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 116, from the run on 22 October 2017. That is also the highest on record.
What is Back By Midnight (GB)'s sire's record?
Midnight Legend (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 8,309 runs since Jan 2008 (494 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Back By Midnight (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Roberta Back (IRE), Back By Midnight (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Glance Back (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Glance Back (GB)). The wins came over 2m–2m4½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2013. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.