Bird On The Wire (FR)
Bird On The Wire won once from 23 starts on turf, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Doncaster over 2m5f – 3m on good to soft in Jan 2022 off a mark of 94. He reached an official rating of 101 at his peak. The gelding, who was aged 8 at his last run in Feb 2023, finished third of eight in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Huntingdon off 99. He raced at 12 different courses.
- 1–23Wins / Runs
- 4.3%Strike rate
- 9 (39.1%)Placed
- −14.00£1 level staken=23 at SP
- 0.39Fair A/E n=23 · 0.33 incl. margin
- 101Highest OR
- 62dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 124
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 124A | 99 | — |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 145A | 100 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 112B | 105 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 145A | 100 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 105B | 93 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 23 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 23 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,345 runs since Jan 2008 (723 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 70 | 14 | 20% | +5.8 | — |
| Good | 1,272 | 186 | 14.6% | +0.4 | 0 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 1,025 | 149 | 14.5% | +0.3 | 1 from 8 |
| Soft | 3,136 | 408 | 13% | −1.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 1,709 | 272 | 15.9% | +1.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 128 | 12 | 9.4% | −4.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 39 | 6 | 15.4% | +1.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 120 | 12 | 10% | −4.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 269 | 29 | 10.8% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,521 | 236 | 15.5% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,523 | 516 | 14.6% | +0.4 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,495 | 204 | 13.6% | −0.6 | 1 from 14 |
| Over 3m | 375 | 40 | 10.7% | −3.5 | 0 from 2 |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them La Zoubida (FR) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m½f–2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (La Zoubida (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Zoubida (FR) | 9 | 3 | 2m½f–2m5f | Class 3 |
| Golden Years (FR) | 3 | 1 | 2m2f | — |
| Goutez Moi (FR) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| La Pleine Lune (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 18 | 1 | 6% | −9.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor-on-Dee | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Doncaster | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Hexham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Worcester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 14 | 1 | 7% | −5.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theo Gillard | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| William Maggs | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| Brian Hughes | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Charlie Maggs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Peter Kavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 12 | 1 | 8% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −2.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 20 | 1 | 5% | −11.00 |
| Chase | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| NH Flat | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Bird On The Wire won?
- Bird On The Wire (FR) won 1 of 23 archived starts between 2019 and 2023, a strike rate of 4.3%. Placed 9 times in total (39.1% of starts).
- Who trained Bird On The Wire?
- Bird On The Wire (FR) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Huntingdon on 9 February 2023.
- Who is Bird On The Wire's sire?
- Bird On The Wire (FR) is by Martaline (GB) out of Titi Jolie (FR), whose sire is Blushing Flame.
- What going does Bird On The Wire prefer?
- Bird On The Wire (FR) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Bird On The Wire's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 9 February 2023. The highest on record is 101.
- What is Bird On The Wire's sire's record?
- Martaline (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,345 runs since Jan 2008 (723 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
- Who are Bird On The Wire's siblings?
- Out of Titi Jolie (FR), Bird On The Wire (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: La Zoubida (FR) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (La Zoubida (FR)). The wins came over 2m½f–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.