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Horse profile

Badgers Retreat (GB)

10yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2016) · Last trainer Nick Mitchell · Last owner The Badger Sett
by Elusive City (USA) out of Heuston Station (IRE) (Fairy King)
26 runs · 13 courses · from Oct 2011
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Sep 2016 — 3,687 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2016 3 wins · Warwick, Market Rasen & Sedgefield Last raced off OR 88
KTB Profile

Badgers Retreat (GB) is 3 from 26, all wins coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Oct 2015. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 9 on softer). Last raced off 88, 20lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 26 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster All wins at Class 4 OR ↓ 20lb off peak
Official rating88↓ 20lb off peak
88 88–108

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 109A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Stratford, 10 Jul 2016 Official rating 88 at the last run, 29 Sep 2016

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 17 figures · best 121B · median 100
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good11121B109—
Heavy293C91—
Good to Soft295C94—
Good to Firm1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10121B109.5—
2m5f – 3m4117B102.5—
1m5f – 2m398B89—

Of 26 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (9).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 26 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
Elusive City (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 8,427 runs since Apr 2008 (636 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 6.4% from 1,123.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm461328.3%+18.6—
Good to Firm90510111.2%+1.50 from 2
Good1,4631278.7%−13 from 15
Good to Soft898728%−1.70 from 5
Soft1,123726.4%−3.30 from 2
Heavy329237%−2.70 from 2
Standard (AW)3,66341311.3%+1.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f99810410.4%+0.7—
6f – 7f4,12243810.6%+0.9—
1m – 1m1f2,2742049%−0.7—
1m2f – 1m4f691527.5%−2.2—
1m5f – 2m210157.1%−2.60 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f9766.2%−3.52 from 14
2m5f – 3m3326.1%−3.61 from 8
Over 3m200%−9.70 from 1

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

Dam
Heuston Station (IRE) (Fairy King)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Sir Louis (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Sir Louis (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sir Louis (GB)1735f–6fClass 5
Ask Yer Dad (GB)120——
Dzhani (GB)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 15 3 20% +6.38
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 16 3 19% +5.38
Class 5 10 0 0% −10.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Warwick 4 1 25% −1.62
Stratford 4 0 0% −4.00
Sedgefield 4 1 25% +11.00
Newton Abbot 3 0 0% −3.00
Hexham 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 2 0 0% −2.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Cartmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 1 100% +3.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 14 2 14% −7.62
2m5f – 3m 8 1 13% +7.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Scudamore 7 0 0% −7.00
Gavin Sheehan 6 1 17% −3.62
Rob McCarth 6 0 0% −6.00
Miss Catherine Walton 2 1 50% +13.00
James Reveley 2 0 0% −2.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 1 1 100% +3.00
Tony Kelly 1 0 0% −1.00
Timmy Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 15 2 13% +4.00
Hood 8 1 13% −5.62
Hood + blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2016 8 0 0% −8.00
2015 5 1 20% −2.62
2013 5 2 40% +14.00
2012 3 0 0% −3.00
2011 5 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 18 3 17% +3.38
Hurdle 7 0 0% −7.00
NH Flat 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2016 · 8 runs
29 Sep 16+9d Warwick Lodders Solicitors Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-4 88—— Tom Scudamore 12/1
20 Sep 16+31d Warwick Rathbone Investment Management Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m4f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 2¾ 11-3 8839C90A Tom Scudamore 8/1
20 Aug 16+10d Newton Abbot Totescoop6 Racing's Millionaire Maker Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-3 93—— Tom Scudamore 9/1
10 Aug 16+13d Newton Abbot Actuate Marketing, Plymouth Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m5f · Good · 10 ran 5/10 6 11-9 94—105B Tom Scudamore 18/1
28 Jul 16+18d Stratford Bidvest Foodservice Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m3½f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-8 94—— Tom Scudamore 10/1
10 Jul 16+33d Stratford Prior Products Windows And Doors Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m3½f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 8 11-6 94—109A Tom Scudamore 10/1
07 Jun 16+27d Fontwell Rabbit And Dowling Plant Hire Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m5f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-10 96—— Gavin Sheehan 9/2
11 May 16+207d Worcester visitworcestershire.org Handicap Chase (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-0 98—— Gavin Sheehan 15/2
2015 · 5 runs
17 Oct 15+16d Stratford Toteexacta Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m6½f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-12 99—— Gavin Sheehan 5/2F
01 Oct 15+9d Warwick Hague Print Management Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 10-10 94—120A Gavin Sheehan 11/8F
22 Sep 15+33d Warwick Winner Sports Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m4f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 hd 11-12 99—121B Gavin Sheehan 5/1
20 Aug 15+24d Stratford John Smith's Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m6½f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 18 11-0 97—83C Gavin Sheehan 16/1
27 Jul 15+793d Newton Abbot Paignton Zoo Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-12 100—— Tom Scudamore 6/1
2013 · 5 runs
25 May 13+15d Cartmel Priory Hotel Cartmel Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 3/6 3¼ 11-5 105—117B Miss Catherine Walton 2/1F
10 May 13+16d Market Rasen Weatherbys Hamilton Insurance Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m3f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 11-0 98—117B Sam Twiston-Davies 3/1
24 Apr 13+12d Sedgefield Renew Holdings Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m5f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 10-10 96—100C Miss Catherine Walton 14/1
12 Apr 13+91d Wetherby 'Nick's Marrying Anna At Last' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 3m1f · Good To Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 11-0 102—— James Reveley 25/1
11 Jan 13+24d Sedgefield Compare Bookmakers With Bookmakers.co.uk Novices' Chase Class 4 · 2m½f · Heavy · 5 ran 5/5 ½ 11-0 102—89C James Reveley 100/1
2012 · 3 runs
18 Dec 12+66d Catterick Catterick Interactive 'National Hunt' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 1m7½f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 1¾ 11-5 105—98B Tony Kelly 25/1
13 Oct 12+209d Hexham Metrocentre Always A Hot Favourite Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4f · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 99 11-0 105—93C Timmy Murphy 7/1
18 Mar 12+83d Carlisle Paramount Legal Costs Ltd 5th Anniversary Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Betfair Jumps Series Qualifier) Class 4 · 2m4f · Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-10 108—— Rob McCarth 33/1
2011 · 5 runs
26 Dec 11+34d Huntingdon Huntingdon Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 5/11 11 11-3 108—95C Rob McCarth 7/1
22 Nov 11+14d Sedgefield Blue Square Conditional Jockeys' Staying Novices' Hurdle (Series Qualifier) Class 4 · 2m3f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 12 10-7 ——111A Rob McCarth 33/1
08 Nov 11+19d Sedgefield Norchem Novices' Hurdle (John Wade Hurdle Series Qualifier) Class 4 · 2m3f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 6 10-7 ——110B Rob McCarth 100/1
20 Oct 11+12d Carlisle Conferences At Carlisle Racecourse Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 9/12 17 10-7 ——93C Rob McCarth 100/1
08 Oct 11 Hexham Metrocentre Always A Safe Bet Intermediate NH Flat Race (Conditional Jockeys And Amateur Riders) Class 5 · 2m · Good · 7 ran 5/7 10 10-13 ——82C Rob McCarth 9/2

Quick answers

How many races has Badgers Retreat won?
Badgers Retreat (GB) won 3 of 26 archived starts between 2011 and 2016, a strike rate of 11.5%. Placed 7 times in total (26.9% of starts).
Who trained Badgers Retreat?
Badgers Retreat (GB) was trained by Nick Mitchell on the most recent run on record, at Warwick on 29 September 2016.
Who is Badgers Retreat's sire?
Badgers Retreat (GB) is by Elusive City (USA) out of Heuston Station (IRE), whose sire is Fairy King.
What going does Badgers Retreat prefer?
Badgers Retreat (GB) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 15 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Badgers Retreat's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 29 September 2016. The highest on record is 108.
What is Badgers Retreat's sire's record?
Elusive City (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 8,427 runs since Apr 2008 (636 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 6.4% from 1,123.
Who are Badgers Retreat's siblings?
Out of Heuston Station (IRE), Badgers Retreat (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Sir Louis (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Sir Louis (GB)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2011. 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.