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Brave Leader (GB)

3yo gelding · Trainer Tom Ward · Owner P Afia
by St Mark's Basilica (FR) out of Dayita (FR) (Dansili)
8 runs · 5 courses · from Oct 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 8 Sep 2026 · 3rd of 10 Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile

Brave Leader (GB) is yet to win from 8 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 10 at Goodwood (Sep 2026). Last raced off 60, 9lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 8 archived runs · run-style from 8 commented runs since Oct 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating60↓ 9lb off peak
60 60–69

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 118 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ffos Las, 4 Jun 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 →

Flat 8 figures · best 118B · median 67.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)374B703 runs · 74 / 70
Good265C56.51 run · —
Soft1——1 run · —
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f5118B745 runs · 118 / 74
1m – 1m1f370A612 runs · 70 / 65.5

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 63A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Goodwood, 8 Sep 2026 Official rating 60 at the last run, 8 Sep 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 8 figures · best 71A · median 63
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)371A643 runs · 71 / 64
Good257A53.51 run · —
Soft1——1 run · —
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f566A635 runs · 66 / 63
1m – 1m1f371A642 runs · 71 / 67.5

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 from 8 analysed runs since Oct 2025

  • Held up 4 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 3 (38%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (13%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
St Mark's Basilica (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 631 runs since Jan 2008 (143 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 16.7% from 102. Weakest on good going: 9.2% from 152. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 17.4% from 218.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−13.6—
Good to Firm1021716.7%+3.10 from 1
Good152149.2%−4.40 from 2
Good to Soft721723.6%+100 from 1
Soft1081614.8%+1.20 from 1
Heavy18316.7%+3.1—
Standard (AW)1771910.7%−2.90 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3239.4%−4.2—
6f – 7f2663111.7%−1.9—
1m – 1m1f2183817.4%+3.80 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f1051312.4%−1.20 from 5
1m5f – 2m7114.3%+0.7—
2m1f – 2m4f300%−13.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Dayita (FR) (Dansili)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Daynawar (FR) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m1½f–1m4f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Daynawar (FR)1131m2f–1m4f—
Daysaniya (FR)1521m1½f–1m2f—
Daneyan (FR)20——
Daniyka (FR)20——
Dayshann (FR)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Goodwood 2 0 0% −2.00
Ffos Las 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sean Levey 4 0 0% −4.00
David Probert 1 0 0% −1.00
Liam Wright 1 0 0% −1.00
Alec Voikhansky 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieran Shoemark 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 5 0 0% −5.00
2025 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2026 · 5 runs
08 Sep 26+12d Goodwood Virgin Bet Supports Safe Gambling Handicap Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Soft · 10 ran Held up in the pack - improved into third with a furlong left - flattened out close home to finish 3rd 3/10 7½ 9-0 6065A63A David Probert 16/1
27 Aug 26+31d Ffos Las Ex1 Digital Forensic Services Apprentice Handicap Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Good · 9 ran Handy early - hit front over 3f out then lost command over 2f out - dropped away quickly after 9/9 6½ 9-7 6365C50C Liam Wright 5/1
27 Jul 26+53d Southwell (AW) Prestige Safety E-learning @ Prestigesafetyservices.com Handicap Stakes Class 5 · 11f · Standard · 14 ran raced close up behind the pace - driven over 2f out - dropped away 1f out 6/14 2½ 9-4 6574B63A Sean Levey 6/1
04 Jun 26+41d Ffos Las New Thomas Arms Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Soft · 9 ran Settled at the back early - pushed along with 3f left - made progress inside final furlong - stayed on to take fourth close home 4/9 2¼ 9-6 67118B66A Alec Voikhansky 10/1
24 Apr 26+142d Doncaster Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran Sat close to the front group early - pressed for effort with 2f left - dropped away inside the final furlong - finished sixth 6/9 1 9-9 6975A53A Sean Levey 9/4F
2025 · 3 runs
03 Dec 25+30d Kempton (AW) Unibet/EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran Held up towards the back - made headway under driving from 2f out - kept on without threatening the front runners - finished 5th beaten 3.5 lengths 5/10 1 9-7 —61A71A Sean Levey 12/1
03 Nov 25+22d Kempton (AW) British EBF Future Stayers Maiden Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) Class 4 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran Held up towards back of field - nudged into contention inside final furlong - stayed on to finish fourth 4/12 5½ 9-7 —70A64A Kieran Shoemark 125/1
12 Oct 25 Goodwood Virgin Bet EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) Class 4 · 9f · Good · 7 ran Sluggish start - stayed towards the back throughout - well held in 6th 6/7 2¼ 9-7 —48A57A Sean Levey 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has Brave Leader won?
Brave Leader (GB) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2025 and 2026. Placed 1 time in total (12.5% of starts).
Who trains Brave Leader?
Brave Leader (GB) is trained by Tom Ward, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 8 September 2026.
Who is Brave Leader's sire?
Brave Leader (GB) is by St Mark's Basilica (FR) out of Dayita (FR), whose sire is Dansili.
What is Brave Leader's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 8 September 2026. The highest on record is 69.
What is Brave Leader's sire's record?
St Mark's Basilica (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 631 runs since Jan 2008 (143 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 16.7% from 102. Weakest on good going: 9.2% from 152. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 17.4% from 218.
Who are Brave Leader's siblings?
Out of Dayita (FR), Brave Leader (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Daynawar (FR) (3). The wins came over 1m1½f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2025. 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.