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Horse profile

Blue Run (GB)

6yo gelding · Trainer Nicky Henderson · Owner D P Howden
by Blue Bresil (FR) out of Mary Eleanor (GB) (Midnight Legend)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Dec 2025
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out Won at Southwell Last run 18 Feb 2026 · 1st of 13
KTB Profile

Blue Run won one of two starts over hurdles since Dec 2025. He took the Class 4 Gleeds Data Center Derby Maiden Hurdle at Southwell in Feb 2026 on soft ground, racing prominently to beat 12 rivals at 2m1f – 2m4f. The gelding is by Blue Bresil, whose progeny in the archive have won 415 of 3,440 runs since Jan 2008 at 12.1%. His dam has produced one winner from two runners to date.

Based on 2 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Dec 2025 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 127 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Southwell, 18 Feb 2026

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 2 figures · best 127B · median 126
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft1——1 run · —
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 run · —
2m5f – 3m1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 133A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Southwell, 18 Feb 2026

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 133A · median 121.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft1——1 run · —
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 run · —
2m5f – 3m1——1 run · —

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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 3,518 runs since Sep 2013 (460 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−12.2—
Good to Firm47714.9%+2.7—
Good90910211.2%−1—
Good to Soft7358511.6%−0.60 from 1
Soft1,19815412.9%+0.71 from 1
Heavy5767513%+0.8—
Standard (AW)5259.6%−2.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f10110%−2.2—
1m – 1m1f3725.4%−6.8—
1m2f – 1m4f6857.4%−4.8—
1m5f – 2m1,24916613.3%+1.1—
2m1f – 2m4f1,49517311.6%−0.61 from 1
2m5f – 3m5687112.5%+0.30 from 1
Over 3m911011%−1.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2013 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Mary Eleanor (GB) (Midnight Legend)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Lady Hope (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Lady Hope (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lady Hope (GB)112m½fClass 2
Lady Nell (GB)10——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
18 Feb 26+69d Southwell Gleeds Data Center Derby Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4½f · Soft · 13 ran Handy early - moved into second after 3 out - urged to the front before 2 out - pressed on before the last - drew away for an easy win 1/13 11-6 127B133A Nico de Boinville 7/1
2025 · 1 run
11 Dec 25 Warwick Aztec Aerosols Contract Filling Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran Held up towards the back - stumbled at the opening fence - checked stride 3 out and never landed a threat - beaten well into 7th 7/11 5 11-4 125A110A Nico de Boinville 13/2

Quick answers

How many races has Blue Run won?
Blue Run (GB) won 1 of 2 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
Who trains Blue Run?
Blue Run (GB) is trained by Nicky Henderson, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 18 February 2026.
Who is Blue Run's sire?
Blue Run (GB) is by Blue Bresil (FR) out of Mary Eleanor (GB), whose sire is Midnight Legend.
What is Blue Run's sire's record?
Blue Bresil (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 3,518 runs since Sep 2013 (460 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Blue Run's siblings?
Out of Mary Eleanor (GB), Blue Run (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Lady Hope (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Lady Hope (GB)). The wins came over 2m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2025. 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.