Horse profile
Blake (GB)
by Zoffany (IRE) out of Love's Secret (GB) (Pivotal)
18 runs · 13 courses · from Sep 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Down Royal, Leopardstown & Sandown
Ran 20 days ago · 8th of 30
Last raced off OR 94
KTB Profile
Blake is a gelding who has won four of 18 starts. He won the Tayto Group Maiden Hurdle at Down Royal over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground in Nov 2025 and earlier took two handicaps at Sandown on soft ground plus a handicap at Leopardstown on heavy ground. All four wins came on turf. Typically held up, he finished eighth of 30 at Curragh in Sep 2026 on his last run, off an official rating of 94 which was 50lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 18 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 50lb off peak
- 4–18Wins / Runs
- 22.2%Strike rate
- 10 (55.6%)Placed
- +18.12£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 1.56Fair A/E n=18 · 1.32 incl. margin
- 144Highest OR
- 64dAvg 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.
Official rating94↓ 50lb off peak
94
73–144
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 111
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 77A | 74 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 100A | 84 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 108C | 102 | 2 · 108 / 102 |
| Soft | 2 | 109A | 98.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 109A | 77 | 1 · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 100A | 84 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 111A | 86 | 3 · 111 / 86 |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 111A | 95 | 3 · 111 / 95 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
Of 18 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 18 runs · as at 5 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 from 5 analysed runs
- Held up 3 (60%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (40%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 10,760 runs since Jan 2008 (799 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 27 | 3 | 11.1% | +1.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,268 | 146 | 11.5% | +1.6 | — |
| Good | 2,501 | 249 | 10% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,297 | 130 | 10% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,826 | 177 | 9.7% | −0.2 | 3 from 6 |
| Heavy | 655 | 55 | 8.4% | −1.5 | 1 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,186 | 306 | 9.6% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 379 | 29 | 7.7% | −2.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,981 | 288 | 9.7% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,799 | 287 | 10.3% | +0.4 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,509 | 252 | 10% | +0.1 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,349 | 135 | 10% | +0.1 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 555 | 57 | 10.3% | +0.4 | 1 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 154 | 13 | 8.4% | −1.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 34 | 5 | 14.7% | +4.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Love's Secret (GB) (Pivotal)
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Hotrocket (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Special Secret (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotrocket (IRE) | 9 | 3 | 7f | — |
| Special Secret (GB) | 7 | 1 | 6f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 3 | 50% | +13.12 |
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | 25% | +13.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 2 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.12 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +16.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +7.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.12 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donagh Meyler | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.88 |
| Billy Loughnane | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Luke Morris | 2 | 1 | 50% | +10.00 |
| Colin Keane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| Ryan Kavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rhys Clutterbuck | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 17 | 4 | 24% | +19.12 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +16.12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +9.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 11 | 3 | 27% | +22.00 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.88 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Sep 26+152d | Curragh (IRE) | Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch Held up towards the back - urged forward entering the straight and 15th a furlong out - responded nicely close home to finish 8th | 8/30 | ½ | 9-1 | 94 | 108C | 92A | Colin Keane | 10/1 |
| 28 Apr 26+23d | Punchestown | PRL Champion Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) Held up at the back - 6th at halfway - hit a flat spot 4 out - urged forward after 2 out - shaken up to move third approaching last - up into second inside final furlong - stayed on but unable to challenge winner | 2/8 | 4¼ | 11-12 | 138 | 86A | 148A | Donagh Meyler | 17/2 |
| 05 Apr 26+28d | Fairyhouse | Donohue Marquees Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) Sat close to pace early - fourth at halfway then improved into contention 2 out - driven along and fighting for the front when came down at the last | F/7 | — | 11-4 | 138 | — | — | Donagh Meyler | 4/1 |
| 08 Mar 26+35d | Naas | BAR 1 Betting 'Better Prices On Self-Service Betting Terminals' Kingsfurze Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) Sat close up in 3rd early - clumsy at the opener and again at the 5th - moved smoothly into command after the second last - driven hard and matched stride for stride after drifting right at the final fence - edged in front briefly before being caught close home - battled on to the line | 2/5 | nk | 11-1 | 144 | 95C | 142B | Sam Ewing | 11/10F |
| 01 Feb 26+63d | Leopardstown | Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) Sat close to the pace early - urged into effort in 4th two out - work asked for soon after - held that spot at the last and found nothing more late | 5/12 | 2 | 11-12 | 139 | — | 142A | Donagh Meyler | 18/1 |
| 30 Nov 25+29d | Fairyhouse | BAR 1 Betting Royal Bond Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) Up with the front runner - 2nd at halfway - pressed for the lead 2 out - nudged along and minor error at the last - stuck on gamely on the run-in to go down by a short head | 2/8 | hd | 11-4 | — | 111A | 156A | Donagh Meyler | 8/1 |
| 01 Nov 25+13d | Down Royal | Tayto Group Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) Sat close up in 2nd - moved to front approaching final two furlongs going smoothly - pushed away to open daylight - kept up the gallop to the line for a comfortable win | 1/12 | 11-12 | — | 60B | 131A | Donagh Meyler | 85/40 | |
| 19 Oct 25+213d | Leopardstown | Bahrain Turf Club October Handicap (Premier Handicap) Towards the back of the pack - off the bridle before the straight - strong progress on the outside inside the final 2f - moved up to 2nd a furlong out - severely hampered 100 yards from home but placed 1st | 1/16 | 9-7 | 87 | 96C | 107A | Chris Hayes | 16/1 | |
| 20 Mar 25+160d | Cork | Welcome To Student Raceday 2025 Maiden Hurdle Sat behind front group early - 4th at halfway - stumbled 3 out - into 2nd before last but unable to threaten winner and finished second | 2/19 | 6½ | 11-7 | — | — | 132A | Donagh Meyler | 11/4F |
| 11 Oct 24+29d | Newmarket | bet365 Old Rowley Cup Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Settled towards the back early - found room to improve inside the final 3f - driven to keep going - couldn't quicken again inside the last | 6/15 | 2 | 8-6 | 88 | 75C | 72A | Ryan Kavanagh | 20/1 |
| 12 Sep 24+68d | Doncaster | Pertemps Network Handicap Sat just off the pace on the rail - moved out approaching 2f out and pushed along in 3rd but couldn't find extra - eased back two spots close home to finish 5th | 5/10 | shd | 9-2 | 88 | 73A | 87A | Billy Loughnane | 13/2 |
| 06 Jul 24+35d | Sandown | Coral Racing Club Handicap | 1/8 | 9-8 | 79 | 109A | 97A | Billy Loughnane | 3/1 | |
| 01 Jun 24+9d | Epsom Downs | Hong Kong Jockey Club Lester Piggott Handicap | 4/12 | shd | 8-10 | 79 | 77A | 79A | Rhys Clutterbuck | 14/1 |
| 23 May 24+21d | Sandown | World Horse Welfare Handicap | 1/9 | 9-2 | 73 | 88B | 90A | Luke Morris | 11/1 | |
| 02 May 24+42d | Doncaster | At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap (Rnd) | 2/4 | 2¼ | 9-4 | 74 | 69C | 85B | Callum Hutchinson | 9/4 |
| 21 Mar 24+155d | Southwell (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/11 | 3¼ | 8-9 | — | 100A | 78A | Luke Morris | 11/2 |
| 18 Oct 23+21d | Kempton (AW) | Juddmonte British EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/9 | nk | 9-2 | — | 84A | 88A | Oisin Murphy | 7/2 |
| 27 Sep 23 | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Horserace Betting-Operator Of The Year/EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/11 | nk | 9-5 | — | 73A | 67A | Robert Havlin | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Blake (GB) won?
- Blake (GB) won 4 of 18 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 10 times in total (55.6% of starts).
- Who trains Blake (GB)?
- Blake (GB) is trained by Noel Meade, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 27 September 2026.
- Who is Blake (GB)'s sire?
- Blake (GB) is by Zoffany (IRE) out of Love's Secret (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does Blake (GB) prefer?
- Blake (GB) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 6 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Blake (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 94, from the run on 27 September 2026. The highest on record is 144.
- What is Blake (GB)'s sire's record?
- Zoffany (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 10,760 runs since Jan 2008 (799 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Blake (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Love's Secret (GB), Blake (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Hotrocket (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Special Secret (GB)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.