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Horse profile

Benjamin (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2005) · Last trainer Jane Southcombe · Last owner Mark Savill
by Night Shift (USA) out of Best Academy (USA) (Roberto)
1 run · 1 course · from Jul 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Jul 2005 — 7,775 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2005 · 10th of 11 Last raced off OR 32
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Jul 2005 as a 7yo gelding. Finished 10 of 11 at Bath last time. By Night Shift (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 2,176 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 23C the best of the last 1 rated run · Bath, 21 Jul 2005 Official rating 32 at the last run, 21 Jul 2005

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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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
Night Shift (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 2,176 runs since Jan 2008 (140 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm34411.8%+3.10 from 1
Good to Firm451419.1%+0.4—
Good478469.6%+0.9—
Good to Soft2092210.5%+1.8—
Soft261207.7%−1—
Heavy7322.7%−6—
Standard (AW)670548.1%−0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2592710.4%+1.7—
6f – 7f734587.9%−0.8—
1m – 1m1f471459.6%+0.9—
1m2f – 1m4f297299.8%+1.10 from 1
1m5f – 2m248197.7%−1—
2m1f – 2m4f134118.2%−0.5—
2m5f – 3m3200%−8.7—
Over 3m100%−8.7—

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

Dam
Best Academy (USA) (Roberto)

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.

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2005 · 1 run
21 Jul 05 Bath Platinum Renault Selling Stakes Class 6 · 1m2f · Firm · 11 ran 10/11 16 9-2 3223C Robert Havlin 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Benjamin won?
Benjamin (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2005.
Who trained Benjamin?
Benjamin (IRE) was trained by Jane Southcombe on the most recent run on record, at Bath on 21 July 2005.
Who is Benjamin's sire?
Benjamin (IRE) is by Night Shift (USA) out of Best Academy (USA), whose sire is Roberto.
What is Benjamin's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 32, from the run on 21 July 2005.
What is Benjamin's sire's record?
Night Shift (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 2,176 runs since Jan 2008 (140 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from July 2005. 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.