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Horse profile

Black Country Boy (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2016) · Last trainer Robin Dickin · Last owner E R C Beech B Wilkinson
by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Simple Glory (IRE) (Simply Great)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Feb 2016
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Apr 2016 — 3,867 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2016 · 10th of 15
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Feb 2016 and Apr 2016, the last of them as a 4yo gelding. Finished 10 of 15 at Newbury last time. By Black Sam Bellamy (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,686 runs since Mar 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · 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 127A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Southwell, 28 Feb 2016

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 127A · median 111
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2127A111—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,686 runs since Mar 2008 (466 horses).

Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−10.3—
Good to Firm112108.9%−1.4—
Good1,3351138.5%−1.80 from 1
Good to Soft1,074989.1%−1.20 from 1
Soft1,40816811.9%+1.6—
Heavy6278313.2%+2.9—
Standard (AW)126118.7%−1.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−3.2—
1m – 1m1f2926.9%−3.4—
1m2f – 1m4f14585.5%−4.8—
1m5f – 2m1,30715211.6%+1.30 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1,4991429.5%−0.8—
2m5f – 3m1,32114110.7%+0.4—
Over 3m3713710%−0.3—

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

Dam
Simple Glory (IRE) (Simply Great)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Wildmoor Boy (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m½f–2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Wildmoor Boy (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Wildmoor Boy (GB)2132m½f–2m5fClass 3
Netherton Boy (GB)10——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2016 · 2 runs
02 Apr 16+34d Newbury West Berkshire Racing Club Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m½f · Good · 15 ran 10/15 5 10-10 95C Charlie Poste 7/1
28 Feb 16 Southwell Follow Southwell_Races On Twitter 'Newcomers' Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 1m7½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 2/12 3 10-12 127A Charlie Poste 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Black Country Boy won?
Black Country Boy (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2016. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Black Country Boy?
Black Country Boy (GB) was trained by Robin Dickin on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 2 April 2016.
Who is Black Country Boy's sire?
Black Country Boy (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Simple Glory (IRE), whose sire is Simply Great.
What is Black Country Boy's sire's record?
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,686 runs since Mar 2008 (466 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
Who are Black Country Boy's siblings?
Out of Simple Glory (IRE), Black Country Boy (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Wildmoor Boy (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Wildmoor Boy (GB)). The wins came over 2m½f–2m5f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2016. 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.