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Horse profile

Bracing (GB)

8yo mare (at last run, Jan 2017) · Last trainer N W Alexander · Last owner Bissett Racing
by Alflora (IRE) out of Sports Express (GB) (Then Again)
16 runs · 6 courses · from Oct 2013
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Jan 2017 — 3,577 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2017 · 4th of 11 Won at Musselburgh Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile

Bracing (GB) is 1 from 16, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Feb 2015. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 9 on softer).

Based on 16 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 4

Progeny in our archive

Produce record

As a dam, Bracing (GB) has 1 produce in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Bracing Brook (GB)30——
Official rating85↓ 3lb off peak
85 85–88

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 111 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Ayr, 24 Oct 2016

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 3 figures · best 111B · median 103
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft2111B107—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3111B103—

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 95A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ayr, 24 Oct 2016 Official rating 85 at the last run, 3 Jan 2017

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 14 figures · best 101B · median 84.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good7101B82—
Good to Soft596A91—
Soft294B84.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m8101B93—
1m5f – 2m594B75—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 16 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 16 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
Alflora (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 5,312 runs since Jan 2008 (535 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%+0.2—
Good to Firm403307.4%−2.4—
Good1,6701539.2%−0.61 from 7
Good to Soft1,1821179.9%+0.10 from 7
Soft1,30715011.5%+1.70 from 2
Heavy698679.6%−0.2—
Standard (AW)4237.1%−2.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−9.8—
1m – 1m1f400%−9.8—
1m2f – 1m4f3925.1%−4.7—
1m5f – 2m1,4721248.4%−1.40 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f1,69116910%+0.20 from 1
2m5f – 3m1,61517010.5%+0.71 from 9
Over 3m4905611.4%+1.6—

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

Dam
Sports Express (GB) (Then Again)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Just Brooke (GB)90——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 1 14% −3.50
Good to Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 7 1 14% −3.50
Class 5 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Musselburgh 6 1 17% −2.50
Ayr 3 0 0% −3.00
Perth 3 0 0% −3.00
Newcastle 2 0 0% −2.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 9 1 11% −5.50
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr Kit Alexander 10 1 10% −6.50
Peter Buchanan 2 0 0% −2.00
Lucy Alexander 2 0 0% −2.00
Blair Campbell 1 0 0% −1.00
Grant Cockburn 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 1 0 0% −1.00
2016 3 0 0% −3.00
2015 5 1 20% −1.50
2014 5 0 0% −5.00
2013 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 12 1 8% −8.50
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

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
03 Jan 17+53d Musselburgh Racing UK Now In HD! Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 5 10-7 8596A87A Mr Kit Alexander 7/1
11 Nov 16+18d Newcastle Malone & Sons Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 5/12 6 10-0 86103C82A Mr Kit Alexander 17/2
24 Oct 16+294d Ayr Racing Uk Now In Hd! Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 5/13 3½ 10-7 88111B95A Mr Kit Alexander 16/1
04 Jan 16+38d Musselburgh racinguk.com/anywhere Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 2/14 6 10-3 88—96A Mr Kit Alexander 15/2
27 Nov 15+32d Musselburgh Elc - The Saltire Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24f · Good · 15 ran 4/15 1 10-6 88—96A Blair Campbell 5/1
26 Oct 15+187d Ayr Happy Birthday Allie Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 24.5f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 3 10-5 86—101B Mr Kit Alexander 15/2
22 Apr 15+62d Perth Lindsays Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 16 ran PU/16 — 10-4 86—— Mr Kit Alexander 7/1
19 Feb 15+45d Musselburgh William Hill - In The App Store Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 10-0 85—82B Mr Kit Alexander 5/2F
05 Jan 15+38d Musselburgh William Hill-the Home Of Betting Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 2/6 6 9-13 85—91B Mr Kit Alexander 28/1
28 Nov 14+27d Musselburgh Dalhousie Bonnyrigg Mares' Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 15.5f · Good · 11 ran 8/11 5 10-5 ——75A Mr Kit Alexander 100/1
01 Nov 14+21d Ayr John Smith's Mares' Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8/11 4 10-7 ——70C Mr Kit Alexander 66/1
11 Oct 14+149d Hexham Intu Eldon Square Heart Of The City Mares' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-10 ——— Peter Buchanan 50/1
15 May 14+20d Perth Breakthrough Breast Cancer Touch Look Check Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 16.5f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 6 10-9 ——94B Lucy Alexander 28/1
25 Apr 14+134d Perth Go To Balcormo Races Tomorrow Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16.5f · Soft · 12 ran 9/12 3 10-10 ——75C Lucy Alexander 50/1
12 Dec 13+72d Newcastle swarlandfence.co.uk Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 16f · Good · 14 ran 12/14 shd 10-0 ——68C Grant Cockburn 200/1
01 Oct 13 Sedgefield Bookmakers Free Bets At bookmakers.co.uk Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 17f · Good · 8 ran 8/8 5 10-12 ——76C Peter Buchanan 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Bracing (GB) won?
Bracing (GB) won 1 of 16 archived starts between 2013 and 2017, a strike rate of 6.3%. Placed 4 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Bracing (GB)?
Bracing (GB) was trained by N W Alexander on the most recent run on record, at Musselburgh on 3 January 2017.
Who is Bracing (GB)'s sire?
Bracing (GB) is by Alflora (IRE) out of Sports Express (GB), whose sire is Then Again.
What going does Bracing (GB) prefer?
Bracing (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Bracing (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 3 January 2017. The highest on record is 88.
What is Bracing (GB)'s sire's record?
Alflora (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 5,312 runs since Jan 2008 (535 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Bracing (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Sports Express (GB), Bracing (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.
Has Bracing (GB) produced winners?
As a dam, Bracing (GB) has 1 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2013. 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.