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Horse profile

Battle March (USA)

7yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2024) · Last trainer Chris Down · Last owner Chris Down Racing
by War Front (USA) out of Lahinch Classics (IRE) (Galileo)
12 runs · 7 courses · from Oct 2020
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Mar 2024 — 960 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2024 · 2nd of 14 Won at Exeter Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile

Battle March won a Class 4 novice hurdle at Exeter in Oct 2021 on good to firm ground. The gelding, by War Front out of a Galileo mare, has one win and four places from 12 starts on turf. He finished second of 14 in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Taunton in Mar 2024 when last raced off OR 85, 15lb below his highest ever mark of 100. All his wins came at Class 4.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 15lb off peak
Official rating85↓ 15lb off peak
85 84–100

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 95 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Taunton, 6 Feb 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 10 figures · best 139A · median 87.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good5139A94—
Soft287B71—
Good to Firm2100C94—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6139A81—
2m1f – 2m4f4100C94.5—

Of 12 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 107A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Taunton, 11 Mar 2024 Official rating 85 at the last run, 11 Mar 2024

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 10 figures · best 122B · median 98.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good5108A98—
Soft2107A104.5—
Good to Firm2122B101—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6108A83.5—
2m1f – 2m4f4122B103—

Of 12 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 12 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
War Front (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 2,496 runs since Jan 2008 (297 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.9% from 923. Weakest on good going: 10.9% from 533. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 19.3% from 1,009.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm14321.4%+5.7—
Good to Firm4758317.5%+1.81 from 2
Good5335810.9%−4.80 from 5
Good to Soft2273716.3%+0.60 from 2
Soft2813211.4%−4.30 from 3
Heavy43511.6%−4.1—
Standard (AW)92317418.9%+3.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1713017.5%+1.8—
6f – 7f1,00919519.3%+3.6—
1m – 1m1f81510512.9%−2.8—
1m2f – 1m4f3805614.7%−1—
1m5f – 2m9455.3%−10.40 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f2414.2%−11.51 from 5
2m5f – 3m300%−15.70 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

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 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +5.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 4 5 1 20% +2.50

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Exeter 3 1 33% +4.50
Taunton 2 0 0% −2.00
Wincanton 2 0 0% −2.00
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 1 20% +2.50
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Davies 10 1 10% −2.50
Harriet Tucker 1 0 0% −1.00
David Noonan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood 8 1 13% −0.50
None 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 2 0 0% −2.00
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 1 0 0% −1.00
2021 5 1 20% +2.50
2020 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 8 1 13% −0.50
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

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
2024 · 2 runs
11 Mar 24+34d Taunton William Hill Daily Bet Boost Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 19f · Soft · 14 ran 2/14 8½ 11-0 8587B107A James Davies 12/1
06 Feb 24+55d Taunton Free Racing On Monday 11th March Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 19f · Good · 16 ran 3/16 ¾ 10-7 8495B99A James Davies 40/1
2023 · 2 runs
13 Dec 23+306d Exeter Higher Ashton Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 18.5f · Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 11-4 88—— James Davies 40/1
10 Feb 23+46d Kempton Visit Racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 21f · Good To Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 10-13 95—— James Davies 22/1
2022 · 1 run
26 Dec 22+445d Wincanton Eastbury Hotel Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 12/16 8½ 10-11 10078C87C Harriet Tucker 28/1
2021 · 5 runs
07 Oct 21+100d Exeter NAF Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 18.5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 10-10 —100C122B James Davies 13/2
29 Jun 21+14d Stratford Bet At racingtv.com Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 8 10-13 —65C75C James Davies 22/1
15 Jun 21+34d Stratford Follow Mansionbet This Betstival Season Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 6½ 10-7 —84B75B James Davies 16/1
12 May 21+29d Worcester Follow At The Races On Twitter Maiden Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 11 10-8 —139A108A James Davies 11/2
13 Apr 21+131d Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Maiden Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 17f · Good · 12 ran 4/12 2 10-12 —94A98A James Davies 18/1
2020 · 2 runs
03 Dec 20+44d Wincanton Free Entry With Racing TV Club Days 'Junior' Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 15.5f · Soft · 6 ran 3/6 5½ 10-12 —55B102B David Noonan 66/1
20 Oct 20 Exeter Bet At racinguk.com 'Junior' Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 13f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9/12 13 10-12 —88C80C James Davies 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Battle March won?
Battle March (USA) won 1 of 12 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 4 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Battle March?
Battle March (USA) was trained by Chris Down on the most recent run on record, at Taunton on 11 March 2024.
Who is Battle March's sire?
Battle March (USA) is by War Front (USA) out of Lahinch Classics (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
What is Battle March's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 11 March 2024. The highest on record is 100.
What is Battle March's sire's record?
War Front (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 2,496 runs since Jan 2008 (297 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.9% from 923. Weakest on good going: 10.9% from 533. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 19.3% from 1,009.

Record shown from October 2020. 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.