Horse profile
Balmacara (GB)
by New Bay (GB) out of Utopian Dream (GB) (High Chaparral)
20 runs · 9 courses · from Nov 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Doncaster
Last run 11 Oct 2026 · 11th of 13
Last raced off OR 98
KTB Profile
Balmacara is a gelding who has won two of 20 starts, both at Doncaster in Class 4 and Class 5 novice stakes over 6f to 7f on soft ground in Mar 2024 and Apr 2024. He has led in three of five analysed runs. His last run, at Goodwood in Oct 2026, saw him finish 11 of 13 in a Class 2 handicap off an official rating of 98. He has raced nine times at Sandown without winning.
Based on 20 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
- 2–20Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 7 (35%)Placed
- −12.00£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 1.01Fair A/E n=20 · 0.87 incl. margin
- 105Highest OR
- 56dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating98↓ 7lb off peak
98
94–105
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 100
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 118A | 86 | — |
| Good | 4 | 112A | 100 | 3 runs · 100 / 100 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 108C | 101 | 2 runs · 108 / 104.5 |
| Heavy | 2 | 89A | 80 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 98C | 89 | 1 run · — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 106A | 85 | 3 runs · 101 / 100 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 8 | 118A | 93.5 | 4 runs · 108 / 94.5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 114A | 112 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 runs · as at 19 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 from 12 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Led 5 (42%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 4 (33%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (17%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (8%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 14.3% of 3,959 runs since Jan 2008 (423 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.8% from 102.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 8 | 0 | 0% | −14.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 586 | 92 | 15.7% | +1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 994 | 140 | 14.1% | −0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 466 | 69 | 14.8% | +0.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 617 | 79 | 12.8% | −1.5 | 2 from 8 |
| Heavy | 179 | 27 | 15.1% | +0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,109 | 161 | 14.5% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 102 | 11 | 10.8% | −3.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,178 | 182 | 15.4% | +1.1 | 2 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,264 | 164 | 13% | −1.3 | 0 from 8 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,087 | 164 | 15.1% | +0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 270 | 40 | 14.8% | +0.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 53 | 7 | 13.2% | −1.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −14.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Utopian Dream (GB) (High Chaparral)
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Vision Of Hope (GB) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m4f–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Vision Of Hope (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision Of Hope (GB) | 31 | 4 | 1m4f–2m½f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 2 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 1 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandown | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Doncaster | 3 | 2 | 67% | +5.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Bishop | 16 | 2 | 13% | −8.00 |
| Callum Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 15 | 2 | 13% | −7.00 |
| Hood | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +2.00 |
| 2023 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Oct 26+25d | Goodwood | Inkerman London Handicap Stakes Set the pace from the start - pushed along over 1f out - collapsed inside the final furlong and finished 11th | 11/13 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 98 | 108C | 91A | Charles Bishop | 33/1 |
| 16 Sep 26+11d | Sandown | Trainor Stone & Tile Fortune Stakes (Listed Race) Pulling hard in third early - pushed along approaching 2f out - lost touch inside final furlong - kept plugging on to finish well held in 7th | 7/10 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 99 | 100A | 89A | Charles Bishop | 66/1 |
| 05 Sep 26+63d | Haydock | Betfair Backs Opinions Superior Mile Stakes (Group 3) Held up towards the back - driven into contention 2f out - lost ground inside the final furlong - faded before the finish to come home eighth | 8/9 | 1 | 9-5 | 100 | 89A | 87A | Callum Hutchinson | 28/1 |
| 04 Jul 26+7d | Sandown | Coral Challenge (Handicap) Settled with plenty of enthusiasm early - sent forward to command - opened a two-length advantage 3f out - pressed and overtaken 2f out - dropped away in the final furlong to finish 11th | 11/14 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 103 | 80C | 89A | Charles Bishop | 50/1 |
| 27 Jun 26+21d | York | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Criterion Stakes (Group 3) Settled in a forward spot early - pushed along over 2f out - lost ground final furlong to finish sixth | 6/6 | ½ | 9-8 | 105 | 100A | 85B | Clifford Lee | 28/1 |
| 06 Jun 26+28d | Epsom Downs | Betfred Tattenham Corner Stakes (Group 3) Pulling hard tracking pace - pushed along over 2f out - dropped away soon after finishing 7th | 7/8 | 2¾ | 9-2 | 105 | 101A | 80A | Charles Bishop | 25/1 |
| 09 May 26+197d | Haydock | Pertemps Network Spring Trophy Stakes (Listed) Settled towards the back of the field - asked for effort with 3f left and made ground - up into fourth turning for home - stayed on to finish third | 3/11 | ¾ | 9-10 | 103 | 98C | 104A | Callum Hutchinson | 50/1 |
| 2025 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 24 Oct 25+20d | Doncaster | William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Raced with plenty of enthusiasm early - hit the front before fading out with 3f left - dropped away steadily thereafter - eventually well held in 10th | 10/10 | 5½ | 10-0 | 104 | 69C | 67C | Charles Bishop | 17/2 |
| 04 Oct 25+17d | Ascot | BetMGM Challenge Cup (Heritage Handicap) Went straight to front early - driven to stay there before being overtaken 2f out - squeezed for space in the closing stages and unable to find more - well held in 14th | 14/15 | 1¾ | 8-13 | 97 | 69C | 70A | Daniel Muscutt | 14/1 |
| 17 Sep 25+12d | Sandown | Sporting Times Sri Lanka Fortune Stakes (Listed) Took charge from the off and pressed on eagerly - opened up a gap by halfway - controlled proceedings through the straight - advantage cut back from 1f out - overhauled inside the final furlong and could find no more to finish 2nd | 2/6 | 2½ | 9-6 | 97 | 118A | 101B | Charles Bishop | 14/1 |
| 05 Sep 25+83d | Ascot | Ascot Iron Stand Membership Handicap (Str) Checked and bumped early - settled midfield unaccompanied - nudged into contention approaching 2f out - dropped away under pressure soon after and beaten well home | 16/17 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 99 | 81C | 80C | Charles Bishop | 9/1 |
| 14 Jun 25+77d | Sandown | Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Handicap Set the pace early holding a keen grip - pushed along approaching final furlong and a half - overtaken inside final furlong - weakened close home to finish third | 3/5 | 1¾ | 10-2 | 100 | 98C | 95B | Charles Bishop | 10/3 |
| 29 Mar 25+182d | Kempton (AW) | Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Rosebery Handicap (GBB Plus Race) Raced with enthusiasm early - hit the front - challenged for the advantage 3f out before being asked for effort and overtaken - lost touch inside final furlong to finish well beaten | 14/14 | nk | 9-11 | 101 | 66C | 76C | Charles Bishop | 8/1 |
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Sep 24+28d | Newmarket | bet365 Cambridgeshire (Heritage Handicap) Front-running on the far rail early - lost the advantage with 3f left - dropped away in the final furlong to finish well held | 14/31 | shd | 9-4 | 102 | 87C | 93A | Charles Bishop | 8/1 |
| 31 Aug 24+56d | Sandown | Sky Bet For The Fans Handicap Set the pace early - driven out with two furlongs left and held on gamely to the final furlong - overtaken close to the line to finish second | 2/6 | nk | 8-11 | 100 | 112A | 87B | Charles Bishop | 3/1 |
| 06 Jul 24+36d | Sandown | Coral Daily Rewards Shaker Handicap | 2/10 | 2 | 8-12 | 94 | 114A | 98A | Charles Bishop | 9/2 |
| 31 May 24+35d | Epsom Downs | Aston Martin Surrey Stakes (Listed) | 3/6 | 9 | 9-2 | 94 | 71A | 85B | Charles Bishop | 2/1 |
| 26 Apr 24+33d | Doncaster | Town Moor Business Club Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/11 | 9-9 | — | 106A | 117A | Charles Bishop | 7/2 | |
| 24 Mar 24+142d | Doncaster | William Hill Epic Boost Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 9-7 | — | 85A | 94A | Charles Bishop | 5/2 | |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 03 Nov 23 | Newmarket | Betfred 'Double Delight' British EBF Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 3/13 | shd | 9-2 | — | 71C | 95A | Charles Bishop | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Balmacara won?
- Balmacara (GB) won 2 of 20 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 7 times in total (35% of starts).
- Who trains Balmacara?
- Balmacara (GB) is trained by Eve Johnson Houghton, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 11 October 2026.
- Who is Balmacara's sire?
- Balmacara (GB) is by New Bay (GB) out of Utopian Dream (GB), whose sire is High Chaparral.
- What going does Balmacara prefer?
- Balmacara (GB) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Balmacara's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 11 October 2026. The highest on record is 105.
- What is Balmacara's sire's record?
- New Bay (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.3% of 3,959 runs since Jan 2008 (423 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.8% from 102.
- Who are Balmacara's siblings?
- Out of Utopian Dream (GB), Balmacara (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Vision Of Hope (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Vision Of Hope (GB)). The wins came over 1m4f–2m½f. As at Oct 2026.