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Battle Born Lad (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2025) · Last trainer Mark Walford · Last owner J Saxby M Simmons G Yalbur
by Califet (FR) out of Cute N You Know It (GB) (Tamure)
6 runs · 5 courses · from Mar 2024
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Apr 2025 — 578 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 2 wins · Haydock & Hexham Last raced off OR 134
KTB Profile

Battle Born Lad won two of his six starts over hurdles between Mar 2024 and Apr 2025. His biggest success came in the Grade 2 Albert Bartlett Prestige Novices Hurdle at Haydock in Feb 2025 over 2m5f-3m on good to soft; he had earlier taken a Class 4 novices hurdle at Hexham in Oct 2024 over 1m5f-2m on soft. Both wins occurred on his first visit to the course. The gelding, aged 6 at his last run in Apr 2025, finished unplaced in the Class 1 Sefton Novices Hurdle at Aintree when last raced off his career-high mark of 134.

Based on 6 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 122 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kelso, 8 May 2024

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 5 figures · best 167B · median 117
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy2167B142—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2122A118—
2m1f – 2m4f2167B142—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 6 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 148A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hexham, 12 Oct 2024 Official rating 134 at the last run, 4 Apr 2025

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 5 figures · best 148A · median 131
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy2127A124.5—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2148A139.5—
2m1f – 2m4f2127A124.5—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 6 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 · 5 figures from 6 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 from 3 analysed runs since Oct 2024

  • Prominent 2 (67%) · 1 win
  • Led 1 (33%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Califet (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 3,802 runs since May 2008 (399 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+88.2—
Good to Firm451124.4%+12.6—
Good1,01913112.9%+1.10 from 2
Good to Soft7028712.4%+0.61 from 1
Soft1,37014310.4%−1.41 from 1
Heavy6217111.4%−0.40 from 2
Standard (AW)3912.6%−9.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−11.8—
6f – 7f6116.7%+4.9—
1m – 1m1f18316.7%+4.9—
1m2f – 1m4f651523.1%+11.3—
1m5f – 2m1,20614812.3%+0.51 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1,66118611.2%−0.60 from 2
2m5f – 3m6937310.5%−1.31 from 2
Over 3m1522214.5%+2.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Cute N You Know It (GB) (Tamure)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Dillarchie (GB) (6 wins).

The wins came over 2m1f–3m3f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Dillarchie (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Dillarchie (GB)3362m1f–3m3fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +3.50
Soft 1 1 100% +5.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 2 1 50% +2.50
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +5.50
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newcastle 2 0 0% −2.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 1 100% +3.50
Hexham 1 1 100% +5.50
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 2 1 50% +2.50
1m5f – 2m 2 1 50% +4.50
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jamie Hamilton 5 2 40% +6.00
Tom Midgley 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 1 50% +2.50
2024 4 1 25% +2.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 3 2 67% +8.00
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2025 · 2 runs
04 Apr 25+48d Aintree Oddschecker Sefton Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 3m½f · Good · 13 ran Settled handy early - hit front before 2nd but soon overtaken - back in command from 5th before losing that spot after 7th - regained advantage before the following fence - lost lead 3 out - faded and pulled up before 3 out PU/13 — 11-8 134—— Jamie Hamilton 13/2
15 Feb 25+126d Haydock Albert Bartlett Prestige Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 3m½f · Good To Soft · 6 ran Set the pace from the off - drifted off a true line past the 7th before opening a big advantage by the last - kept finding more to the line to score 1/6 11-2 —99A140B Jamie Hamilton 7/2
2024 · 4 runs
12 Oct 24+157d Hexham L&R Pest Control Services Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 14 ran Pulled hard early - up with the pace before going clear - asked for effort with a length in hand nearing final fence - kept finding through the run-in to win 1/14 11-2 —114B148A Jamie Hamilton 11/2
08 May 24+25d Kelso Racing Post Go North Jodami Series Final Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 2 · 2m · Good · 10 ran 3/10 2¼ 11-2 —122A131A Jamie Hamilton 9/2
13 Apr 24+39d Newcastle Newcastle Flooring Company Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Heavy · 7 ran 2/7 5½ 11-0 —117A122A Tom Midgley 5/2
05 Mar 24 Newcastle Tips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Heavy · 12 ran 3/12 1¼ 11-5 —167B127A Jamie Hamilton 10/3

Quick answers

How many races has Battle Born Lad won?
Battle Born Lad (GB) won 2 of 6 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 5 times in total (83.3% of starts).
Who trained Battle Born Lad?
Battle Born Lad (GB) was trained by Mark Walford on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 4 April 2025.
Who is Battle Born Lad's sire?
Battle Born Lad (GB) is by Califet (FR) out of Cute N You Know It (GB), whose sire is Tamure.
What is Battle Born Lad's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 134, from the run on 4 April 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Battle Born Lad's sire's record?
Califet (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 3,802 runs since May 2008 (399 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Battle Born Lad's siblings?
Out of Cute N You Know It (GB), Battle Born Lad (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Dillarchie (GB) (6). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Dillarchie (GB)). The wins came over 2m1f–3m3f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2024. 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.