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Horse profile

Bestfootleads (GB)

2yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2025) · Last trainer Brian Ellison · Last owner Keith Brown
5 runs · 4 courses · from Jun 2025
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Sep 2025 — 411 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2025 · 8th of 9 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Bestfootleads is a gelding who was yet to win from five starts. He ran four times over 6f to 7f and once under 6f, all on good to firm or standard going. His last run, at Chelmsford City in Sep 2025, was his first in first-time headgear when he finished eighth of nine in a Class 6 nursery off an official rating of 45, which was also his career-high mark. By Dream Ahead out of a New Bay mare, he was trained by Brian Ellison.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Jun 2025 · updated 4 Nov 2026

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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 56C · median 41
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm441C36—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f456C41—
Under 6f1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 42C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Thirsk, 15 Aug 2025 Official rating 45 at the last run, 18 Sep 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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 42C · median 14
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm442C22.5—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f442C22.5—
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 4 analysed runs since Jun 2025

  • Held up 4 (100%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 5,707 runs since Apr 2015 (529 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6% from 184.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm29620.7%+11.6—
Good to Firm7047510.7%+1.60 from 4
Good1,08612011%+1.9—
Good to Soft690629%−0.1—
Soft839637.5%−1.6—
Heavy299268.7%−0.4—
Standard (AW)2,0601678.1%−10 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8729911.4%+2.30 from 1
6f – 7f3,0312879.5%+0.40 from 4
1m – 1m1f1,117837.4%−1.7—
1m2f – 1m4f429347.9%−1.2—
1m5f – 2m184116%−3.1—
2m1f – 2m4f6757.5%−1.6—
2m5f – 3m500%−9.1—
Over 3m200%−9.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2015 · as at 4 Nov 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 to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Beverley 2 0 0% −2.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 4 0 0% −4.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Cam Hardie 3 0 0% −3.00
Ryan Sexton 1 0 0% −1.00
Connor Beasley 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Cheekpieces 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
2025 · 5 runs
18 Sep 25+19d Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair Safer Gambling Tools Nursery Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran Dwelt at the start - held up at the back throughout - out of contention from over 1f out 8/9 4½ 8-13 4556C13C Ryan Sexton 50/1
30 Aug 25+15d Beverley Westwood Nursery Class 6 · 7½f · Good To Firm · 8 ran Drifted left at the break - dropped towards rear and drifted left again 6f out - slipped further away from the field and finished a distant last 8/8 93 8-4 45-115C14C Cam Hardie 66/1
15 Aug 25+17d Thirsk Irish EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 13 ran Held up towards the back early - never a threat through the contest - well held at the finish 11/13 3¼ 9-7 —41C42C Cam Hardie 300/1
29 Jul 25+46d Beverley EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 · 5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran Slow to start - dropped away to race at the rear and never involved 8/8 ½ 9-7 —31C14C Cam Hardie 28/1
13 Jun 25 York Coopers Marquees Rous Selling Stakes Class 3 · 6f · Good To Firm · 15 ran Held up at back of field - urged along at halfway - made no impact - beaten well into 11th 11/15 nk 9-4 —41C31A Connor Beasley 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Bestfootleads won?
Bestfootleads (GB) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2025.
Who trained Bestfootleads?
Bestfootleads (GB) was trained by Brian Ellison on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 18 September 2025.
Who is Bestfootleads's sire?
Bestfootleads (GB) is by Dream Ahead (USA) out of Lead Story (IRE), whose sire is New Bay.
What is Bestfootleads's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 18 September 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Bestfootleads's sire's record?
Dream Ahead (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 5,707 runs since Apr 2015 (529 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6% from 184.

Record shown from June 2025. 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.