Black Key (GB)
Black Key (GB) is 3 from 27. Hasn't won since Aug 2018. Last raced off 117, 20lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–27Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 11 (40.7%)Placed
- −11.24£1 level staken=27 at SP
- 0.74Fair A/E n=27 · 0.61 incl. margin
- 137Highest OR
- 63dAvg 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 121
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 9 | 124B | 99 | — |
| Good | 8 | 128B | 101.5 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 107A | 85 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 143C | 96 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 128B | 109 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 99C | 99 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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 13.5% of 7,021 runs since Jan 2008 (543 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.3% from 1,043. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 19.8% from 126. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.4% from 267.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 24 | 0 | 0% | −13.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 597 | 76 | 12.7% | −0.8 | — |
| Good | 1,784 | 255 | 14.3% | +0.8 | 1 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 1,107 | 156 | 14.1% | +0.6 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,700 | 246 | 14.5% | +1 | 1 from 10 |
| Heavy | 765 | 119 | 15.6% | +2.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,043 | 97 | 9.3% | −4.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −13.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 267 | 17 | 6.4% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 681 | 62 | 9.1% | −4.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,701 | 219 | 12.9% | −0.6 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,162 | 350 | 16.2% | +2.7 | 1 from 10 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,468 | 204 | 13.9% | +0.4 | 0 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 608 | 73 | 12% | −1.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 126 | 25 | 19.8% | +6.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Molly Cat (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Molly Cat (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Cat (GB) | 11 | 1 | 1m4½f | Class 6 |
| Nusantara (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Fullasthesea (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | +1.00 |
| Good | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.62 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.62 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.62 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydock | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Listowel | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.38 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.62 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.62 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theo Gillard | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| B J Cooper | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Dylan Robinson | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.62 |
| Brian Hughes | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| David Mullins | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Allan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.38 |
| Rachael Blackmore | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Daniel Holden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieren Fox | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jimmy Fortune | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 22 | 3 | 14% | −6.24 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +6.38 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.62 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 21 | 2 | 10% | −7.62 |
| Flat | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.62 |
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 Black Key (GB) won?
- Black Key (GB) won 3 of 27 archived starts between 2015 and 2019, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 11 times in total (40.7% of starts).
- Who trained Black Key (GB)?
- Black Key (GB) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Carlisle on 17 October 2019.
- Who is Black Key (GB)'s sire?
- Black Key (GB) is by Authorized (IRE) out of Pentatonic (GB), whose sire is Giant's Causeway.
- What going does Black Key (GB) prefer?
- Black Key (GB) has the best record on good to soft 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 Black Key (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 117, from the run on 17 October 2019. The highest on record is 137.
- What is Black Key (GB)'s sire's record?
- Authorized (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.5% of 7,021 runs since Jan 2008 (543 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.3% from 1,043. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 19.8% from 126. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.4% from 267.
- Who are Black Key (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Pentatonic (GB), Black Key (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Molly Cat (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Molly Cat (GB)). The wins came over 1m4½f. As at Oct 2026.