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Horse profile

Birdhouse (GB)

5yo mare (at last run, Mar 2024) · Last trainer Stuart Edmunds · Last owner The Danum Partnership
by New Approach (IRE) out of Avongrove (GB) (Tiger Hill)
8 runs · 6 courses · from Feb 2023
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Mar 2024 — 949 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2024 · 1st of 6 Won last time out 2 wins · Fakenham Last raced off OR 74
KTB Profile

Birdhouse won two of eight starts on turf, both at Fakenham over 1m5f to 2m. She gained her first success in an Apr 2023 Class 4 mares maiden NH Flat race there on soft ground and her second in the Try Woodfordes New Volt IPA Mares Handicap Hurdle in Mar 2024 on good ground off an official rating of 74. The mare by New Approach out of an Avongrove mare ended with a career-high mark of 78. Her last run at Fakenham in Mar 2024 was a win.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 103 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Fakenham, 15 Mar 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 6 figures · best 103A · median 93.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good3103A83—
Good to Soft295A93.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6103A93.5—

Of 8 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 107B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fakenham, 15 Mar 2024 Official rating 74 at the last run, 15 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 6 figures · best 109A · median 100.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good3107B92—
Good to Soft2101A100.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6109A100.5—

Of 8 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 · 6 figures from 8 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

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm27414.8%+2.2—
Good to Firm1,08516615.3%+2.7—
Good1,63020012.3%−0.31 from 3
Good to Soft79911013.8%+1.20 from 3
Soft95810711.2%−1.41 from 2
Heavy283289.9%−2.7—
Standard (AW)2,01024112%−0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f9899.2%−3.4—
6f – 7f1,20715612.9%+0.3—
1m – 1m1f1,66523414.1%+1.5—
1m2f – 1m4f2,32430313%+0.4—
1m5f – 2m1,06611310.6%−22 from 8
2m1f – 2m4f3203310.3%−2.3—
2m5f – 3m10187.9%−4.7—
Over 3m1100%−12.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Avongrove (GB) (Tiger Hill)

6 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Atavique (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Welford (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Atavique (GB)1841m2f–1m2½fClass 5
Don't Give Up (GB)727f–1m2fClass 3
Welford (GB)1427fClass 2
Influencer (GB)821m–1m1f—
Nahori (GB)1417f—
Draupnir (GB)1517fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 1 33% −0.12
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 1 50% +7.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 1 33% −0.12
Class 4 3 1 33% +6.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fakenham 2 2 100% +9.88
Taunton 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ciaran Gethings 5 1 20% +4.00
Charlie Hammond 2 1 50% +0.88
Jonathan Burke 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 1 17% +3.00
Cheekpieces 2 1 50% +0.88

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 3 1 33% −0.12
2023 5 1 20% +4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 6 1 17% −3.12
NH Flat 2 1 50% +7.00

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
15 Mar 24+38d Fakenham Try Woodfordes New Volt IPA Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 10-4 74103A107B Charlie Hammond 15/8
06 Feb 24+29d Market Rasen TrustATrader Fully Vetted Tradespeople Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3/10 13 10-2 7495A100A Charlie Hammond 10/1
08 Jan 24+39d Taunton Saturday Meeting 20th January Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16.5f · Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 11-1 78—— Ciaran Gethings 15/2
30 Nov 23+21d Taunton Taunton Racecourse Business Club 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 7/14 2 10-7 —83C92C Ciaran Gethings 150/1
09 Nov 23+35d Newbury CSP Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-0 ——— Jonathan Burke 150/1
05 Oct 23+178d Warwick racingtv.com Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 1¾ 10-13 —44C87C Ciaran Gethings 9/2
10 Apr 23+51d Fakenham Racing TV Mares' Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 1/11 10-8 —99A109A Ciaran Gethings 8/1
18 Feb 23 Ascot British European Breeders' Fund EBF Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 3 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 7/14 1¼ 10-4 —92B101A Ciaran Gethings 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Birdhouse (GB) won?
Birdhouse (GB) won 2 of 8 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
Who trained Birdhouse (GB)?
Birdhouse (GB) was trained by Stuart Edmunds on the most recent run on record, at Fakenham on 15 March 2024.
Who is Birdhouse (GB)'s sire?
Birdhouse (GB) is by New Approach (IRE) out of Avongrove (GB), whose sire is Tiger Hill.
What going does Birdhouse (GB) prefer?
Birdhouse (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Birdhouse (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 15 March 2024. The highest on record is 78.
What is Birdhouse (GB)'s sire's record?
New Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
Who are Birdhouse (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Avongrove (GB), Birdhouse (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Atavique (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Welford (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from February 2023. 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.