Horse profile
Born In The West (IRE)
by Westerner (GB) out of Lucinda Grey (IRE) (Luso)
17 runs · 10 courses · from Jun 2024
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Catterick
Last run 9 Feb 2026
Last raced off OR 109
KTB Profile
Born In The West is a gelding who has won three of 17 starts on turf, all in handicaps. He has three wins from four starts at Catterick, two of them over 3m on soft and good to soft. His wins came off marks of 96 in Mar 2025, 99 in Dec 2025 and 105 in Jan 2026. He last ran off a career-high mark of 109 at Catterick in Feb 2026. He is usually held up.
Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 15 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR at career high
- 3–17Wins / Runs
- 17.6%Strike rate
- 8 (47.1%)Placed
- −8.75£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 0.92Fair A/E n=17 · 0.78 incl. margin
- 109Highest OR
- 17dBetween runs (median)longest 180 d
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 rating109At career-high mark
109
95–109
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 126
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 140B | 114 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 121A | 101.5 | 2 runs · 121 / 119 |
| Soft | 3 | 126A | 115 | 2 runs · 126 / 120.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 140B | 100.5 | 1 run · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 114A | 89.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 126A | 123.5 | 2 runs · 126 / 123.5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 126C | 121.5 | 1 run · — |
Of 17 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 · 14 figures from 17 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 from 15 analysed runs since Nov 2024
- Prominent 7 (47%) · 2 wins
- Mid-division 4 (27%) · 0 wins
- Held up 4 (27%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,861 runs since Jul 2009 (945 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 234 | 27 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 3,418 | 431 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 2,122 | 254 | 12% | −0.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Soft | 3,783 | 453 | 12% | −0.1 | 1 from 4 |
| Heavy | 2,109 | 259 | 12.3% | +0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 188 | 16 | 8.5% | −3.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 124 | 13 | 10.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,373 | 396 | 11.7% | −0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,297 | 539 | 12.5% | +0.4 | 1 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,983 | 376 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 768 | 88 | 11.5% | −0.6 | 2 from 3 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2009 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Lucinda Grey (IRE) (Luso)
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcelhattan (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.50 |
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.25 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.25 |
| Class 5 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −1.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catterick | 4 | 3 | 75% | +4.25 |
| Sedgefield | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 2 | 67% | +2.25 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan England | 12 | 2 | 17% | −6.25 |
| Tom Midgley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Rebecca Hitchen | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Callum Bewley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gearoid Harney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Martin McIntyre | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.25 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 22% | −3.50 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 14 | 3 | 21% | −5.75 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chase | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Feb 26+10d | Catterick | Bowel Screening Programme Saves Lives Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack - blundered and lost footing after 3 out - soon eased and pulled up | PU/8 | — | 11-4 | 109 | — | — | Jonathan England | 9/2 |
| 30 Jan 26+14d | Catterick | Bet At Racing TV Handicap Hurdle Settled at the back early - made progress after 4 out - nudged into second before 2 out - closed on the front-runner approaching last - got up in the closing strides to score | 1/8 | 11-11 | 105 | 126A | 121B | Jonathan England | 7/4F | |
| 16 Jan 26+31d | Market Rasen | Easter Sunday Classic Vehicle Rally Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack - moved up smoothly after three out to join the front group before two out - lost place approaching last - dropped away rapidly after jumping it | 5/9 | ½ | 11-6 | 105 | 117A | 116A | Tom Midgley | 5/1 |
| 2025 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Dec 25+20d | Catterick | AJA Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Settled handy with plenty in hand - eased forward to hit the front before two out - holding the advantage into the last - asked for effort and sprinted away - won comfortably | 1/12 | 11-6 | 99 | 121A | 122A | Miss Rebecca Hitchen | 6/4F | |
| 26 Nov 25+20d | Wetherby | Boyle Sports Home Of Early Payout Handicap Hurdle Settled just behind the pace - pushed along after 3 out - faded quickly - finished 5th | 5/9 | 2¼ | 11-5 | 101 | 115B | 113A | Callum Bewley | 14/1 |
| 06 Nov 25+21d | Sedgefield | Michael & Olivia Watson Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Tracked the front group early - clumsy at the first and hesitant at the 2nd and 9th - dropped away two out - faded from there to finish fifth | 5/7 | 1½ | 11-8 | 104 | 38A | 107B | Jonathan England | 9/4 |
| 16 Oct 25+180d | Carlisle | JJ Group Contracting Handicap Hurdle Fought for control early - settled in the pack - moved through to hit the front before the 6th - matched by a rival before 3 out and pressed for effort - overtaken and dropped back approaching the last - dropped away quickly to finish 7th | 7/15 | 2 | 12-0 | 105 | 118B | 120A | Jonathan England | 4/1 |
| 19 Apr 25+30d | Haydock | JCB Hydrogen Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in 4th early - clipped the second-last then eased across right - up into 3rd before the final fence - kept battling to the line without getting close enough - finished 3rd beaten a length | 3/5 | shd | 11-12 | 104 | 126C | 114B | Jonathan England | 7/4F |
| 20 Mar 25+15d | Sedgefield | Visit The New betvickers.com Website Handicap Hurdle Sat close up early - improved into 7th - hit the front 9th - lost command two out - battled on gamely - edged out towards the line | 2/6 | 3 | 11-12 | 100 | — | 129B | Jonathan England | 6/5F |
| 05 Mar 25+16d | Catterick | catterickbridge.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Tracked the pace early - hit the front at the 6th - came under pressure two out - kept on strongly under driving up the run-in - won going away | 1/8 | 11-12 | 96 | 140B | 128A | Jonathan England | 2/1F | |
| 17 Feb 25+12d | Southwell | Watch Unbridled On attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle Sat just behind pacesetter early - went in front approaching 3rd - overtaken 2f out and unable to match winner's advance - pushed out to hold on for second | 2/9 | 2¾ | 11-11 | 95 | 86A | 123A | Jonathan England | 9/2 |
| 05 Feb 25+40d | Sedgefield | Vickers.Bet Independent Family Owned Bookmaker Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Settled around mid-pack early - made headway into third and pressed the pace from the home turn - stayed on into second but unable to threaten after the second-last | 2/9 | 10 | 11-9 | 95 | — | 119B | Jonathan England | 7/2 |
| 2024 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 24+17d | Wetherby | William Hill More Top Prices Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Settled at the back early - moved into contention approaching 4 out then driven into 3rd before 2 out - unable to peg back the front two late on and finished third | 3/9 | 18 | 11-0 | — | 81A | 111A | Jonathan England | 10/1 |
| 10 Dec 24+14d | Uttoxeter | Happy 40th Birthday Leanne Heathcote Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Held up towards the back - given a shake up rounding the home bend - found nothing and beaten well | 8/11 | hd | 11-6 | — | 80B | 103A | Jonathan England | 28/1 |
| 26 Nov 24+153d | Southwell | Download The At The Races App Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled towards the back - pushed along in the straight - unable to threaten leading group - finished 5th | 5/8 | 4 | 11-4 | — | 98A | 113A | Jonathan England | 12/1 |
| 26 Jun 24+12d | Worcester | Pollys 80th Birthday Celebration NH Flat Race (Conditionals/Amateurs) (GBB Race) | 6/10 | 4¼ | 10-9 | — | 114A | 98A | Gearoid Harney | 4/1 |
| 14 Jun 24 | Newton Abbot | newtonabbotracing.com Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 2/8 | ¾ | 10-9 | — | 58A | 110A | Mr Martin McIntyre | 9/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Born In The West won?
- Born In The West (IRE) won 3 of 17 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 17.6%. Placed 8 times in total (47.1% of starts).
- Who trains Born In The West?
- Born In The West (IRE) is trained by Sam England, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 February 2026.
- Who is Born In The West's sire?
- Born In The West (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of Lucinda Grey (IRE), whose sire is Luso.
- What going does Born In The West prefer?
- Born In The West (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Born In The West's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 109, from the run on 9 February 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Born In The West's sire's record?
- Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,861 runs since Jul 2009 (945 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
- Who are Born In The West's siblings?
- Out of Lucinda Grey (IRE), Born In The West (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.