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Horse profile

Blackfinch (GB)

7yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2022) · Last trainer Stuart Edmunds · Last owner The Long Hop Syndicate
by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Grassfinch (GB) (Generous)
15 runs · 10 courses · from Mar 2019
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Jan 2022 — 1,743 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2022 Last raced off OR 101
KTB Profile

Blackfinch (GB) is yet to win from 15 starts, though has placed 7 times. Best effort: 2nd of 8 at Leicester (Nov 2021). Last raced off 101, 25lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 25lb off peak
Official rating101↓ 25lb off peak
101 101–126

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 108 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Huntingdon, 5 Dec 2021

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 10 figures · best 152A · median 102.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4121A102.5—
Soft3152A136—
Heavy273A69.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f4152A105—
2m5f – 3m4103C74.5—
Over 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 15 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 119A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leicester, 15 Nov 2021 Official rating 101 at the last run, 11 Jan 2022

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 12 figures · best 129B · median 112
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4119A110.5—
Heavy4126B118.5—
Soft3129B110—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f5129B119—
2m5f – 3m5120A107—
Over 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 15 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 15 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 4,682 runs since Jan 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—
Good1,3331138.5%−1.80 from 1
Good to Soft1,072989.1%−1.20 from 5
Soft1,40816811.9%+1.60 from 4
Heavy6278313.2%+2.90 from 5
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 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,4991429.5%−0.80 from 5
2m5f – 3m1,31814110.7%+0.40 from 7
Over 3m3703710%−0.30 from 2

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
Grassfinch (GB) (Generous)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Hillfinch (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m½f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Hillfinch (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Hillfinch (GB)2032m½f–3m1fClass 4
Evening Tess (GB)612m3fClass 4
Treefinch (GB)100——
Dunefinch (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Huntingdon 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell 3 0 0% −3.00
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 7 0 0% −7.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ciaran Gethings 9 0 0% −9.00
Jack Tudor 4 0 0% −4.00
Brendan Powell 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Cheekpieces 5 0 0% −5.00
Blinkers 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 1 0 0% −1.00
2021 5 0 0% −5.00
2020 6 0 0% −6.00
2019 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 0 0% −13.00
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
11 Jan 22+16d Exeter Get Daily Tips At racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 21.5f · Heavy · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-11 101—— Jack Tudor 15/2
26 Dec 21+21d Huntingdon Racing TV Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 25f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 31 11-7 103136C100C Jack Tudor 11/2
05 Dec 21+20d Huntingdon Fitzdares Times Is Out This Week Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran 8/11 3 11-8 105108A108A Jack Tudor 10/1
15 Nov 21+20d Leicester Next Meeting At LeicesterRaces Sunday 28th November Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 hd 11-4 102102B119A Jack Tudor 13/2
26 Oct 21+230d Bangor-on-Dee Bostocks Enjoying Ownership With Oliver Greenall Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5/9 18 11-9 10676C99C Ciaran Gethings 7/1
10 Mar 21+82d Catterick Cheltenham Festival On Racing Tv Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 25.5f · Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-7 113—— Ciaran Gethings 11/2
18 Dec 20+35d Uttoxeter VoteHollie This Sunday On BBC SPOTY Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23.5f · Heavy · 6 ran 5/6 5 11-9 11766C102C Ciaran Gethings 7/2
13 Nov 20+14d Southwell attheraces.com Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-12 120—— Brendan Powell 13/2
30 Oct 20+22d Uttoxeter Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 9 ran 3/9 2¾ 10-12 12493A110A Ciaran Gethings 4/6F
08 Oct 20+208d Ffos Las Cotswold Racing At tipstersempire.co.uk Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 24f · Heavy · 6 ran 2/6 1¾ 10-12 124—117B Ciaran Gethings 1/3F
14 Mar 20+56d Kempton European Breeders Fund Paddy Power 'National Hunt' E.B.F. Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Class 1 · 21f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 15/18 12 11-2 125103C107C Tom O'Brien 12/1
18 Jan 20+34d Ascot Matchbook British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 21.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 2/7 ¾ 11-2 12673A120A Ciaran Gethings 5/2
15 Dec 19+52d Southwell masdings.com Best Dressed Gent EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 5 ran 2/5 3¼ 10-12 ——126B Ciaran Gethings 9/4
24 Oct 19+225d Southwell Porto Racing Saddlery Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 5 11-0 —152A129B Ciaran Gethings 12/1
13 Mar 19 Huntingdon Follow Us On Twitter At starsports_bet Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 2¼ 10-8 —121A114A Ciaran Gethings 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Blackfinch (GB) won?
Blackfinch (GB) has yet to win, from 15 archived starts between 2019 and 2022. Placed 7 times in total (46.7% of starts).
Who trained Blackfinch (GB)?
Blackfinch (GB) was trained by Stuart Edmunds on the most recent run on record, at Exeter on 11 January 2022.
Who is Blackfinch (GB)'s sire?
Blackfinch (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Grassfinch (GB), whose sire is Generous.
What is Blackfinch (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 101, from the run on 11 January 2022. The highest on record is 126.
What is Blackfinch (GB)'s sire's record?
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,682 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
Who are Blackfinch (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Grassfinch (GB), Blackfinch (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Hillfinch (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Hillfinch (GB)). The wins came over 2m½f–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2019. 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.