Horse profile
Brave Nation (IRE)
by Sioux Nation (USA) out of Suite (IRE) (Invincible Spirit)
33 runs · 13 courses · from Apr 2022
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Newmarket (July) & Doncaster
Last run 29 Sep 2026 · 5th of 12
Last raced off OR 76
KTB Profile
Brave Nation is a gelding with four wins from 33 starts, all on turf over trips under 6f. Three of those wins came at Doncaster and the most recent at Newmarket (July) in a Class 5 handicap on good to firm ground in Aug 2026 off a mark of 73. He has also won a Class 2 and a Class 3 handicap at Doncaster. Aged 6 at his last run in Sep 2026 he finished fifth of 12 at Bath.
Based on 33 archived runs · run-style from 15 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 25lb off peak
- 4–33Wins / Runs
- 12.1%Strike rate
- 10 (30.3%)Placed
- −18.46£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 1.00Fair A/E n=33 · 0.86 incl. margin
- 101Highest OR
- 21dBetween runs (median)longest 259 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 rating76↓ 25lb off peak
76
73–101
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 129
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 14 | 129B | 98.5 | 4 runs · 129 / 108 |
| Good | 13 | 125A | 102 | 1 run · — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 108B | 102 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 28 | 129B | 101.5 | 5 runs · 129 / 107 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 100A | 69 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 33 figures from 33 runs · as at 7 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 Aug 2024
- Held up 6 (40%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 5 (33%) · 1 win
- Prominent 4 (27%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 2,903 runs since Mar 2022 (360 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 17.2% from 425. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.2% from 580. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.7% from 190.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −12.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 425 | 73 | 17.2% | +4.8 | 3 from 14 |
| Good | 738 | 78 | 10.6% | −1.8 | 1 from 13 |
| Good to Soft | 293 | 31 | 10.6% | −1.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 390 | 49 | 12.6% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 113 | 14 | 12.4% | 0 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 940 | 114 | 12.1% | −0.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 580 | 94 | 16.2% | +3.8 | 4 from 28 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,585 | 202 | 12.7% | +0.3 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 531 | 53 | 10% | −2.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 190 | 9 | 4.7% | −7.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −12.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +4.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2022 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Suite (IRE) (Invincible Spirit)
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Gunnerside (IRE) (9 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Yolo Again (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnerside (IRE) | 52 | 9 | 5f–7f | Class 5 |
| Yolo Again (IRE) | 39 | 4 | 5f | Class 4 |
| Sweet Bay (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Hazmat (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Lady Skipworth (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 14 | 3 | 21% | −3.79 |
| Good | 13 | 1 | 8% | −8.67 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Class 2 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −4.67 |
| Class 3 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.67 |
| Class 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.88 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | 7 | 3 | 43% | +4.66 |
| Ascot | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Newmarket | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Sandown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Yarmouth | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket (July) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 28 | 4 | 14% | −13.46 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Crouch | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.67 |
| Billy Loughnane | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.21 |
| Dylan Hogan | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Kieren Fox | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Callum Shepherd | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Benoit De La Sayette | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| James Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| William Carson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean D Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saffie Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Charles Bishop | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tyler Heard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Watson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 17 | 2 | 12% | −8.34 |
| None | 16 | 2 | 13% | −10.12 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.12 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 20% | −1.34 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −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 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Sep 26+32d | Bath | Sw Hire Handicap Stakes Prominent early but pulled hard - urged along 2f out - plugged on at one speed final furlong to finish 5th | 5/12 | ½ | 9-9 | 76 | 109A | 82A | William Carson | 16/1 |
| 28 Aug 26+20d | Goodwood | Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Handicap Stakes Hampered at the break - settled in the pack - boxed in with 2f left - pushed along a furlong out and stayed on at one tone to finish sixth | 6/9 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 76 | 129B | 80A | Kieren Fox | 17/2 |
| 08 Aug 26+16d | Newmarket (July) | Keep Your Raceday Positive Handicap Stakes Raced eagerly close up early - moved into contention inside final two furlongs - driven to the front with a furlong left then challenged again - held on by a whisker | 1/6 | 9-11 | 73 | 101A | 96B | Billy Loughnane | 15/8F | |
| 23 Jul 26+103d | Sandown | Tony Linnett Memorial Handicap Stakes drifted right and hampered at the start - raced close to the pack early - asked for effort with 2f to run - denied a run with a furlong to run and stayed on at one gallop | 3/7 | ¾ | 9-10 | 75 | 107A | 88A | Kieren Fox | 16/1 |
| 11 Apr 26+185d | Yarmouth | TigerBet.co.uk Price Boosts Handicap Tracked leading pair - driven approaching final furlong - unable to close - finished fourth beaten 4.5 lengths | 4/6 | ¾ | 9-7 | 77 | 104A | 85B | Hector Crouch | 11/2 |
| 2025 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 08 Oct 25+41d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Drifted left at the break - settled midfield then pushed into contention with a furlong to go - lost momentum inside final furlong to finish 7th | 7/11 | ¾ | 9-8 | 79 | 100A | 81A | Billy Loughnane | 5/1 |
| 28 Aug 25+4d | Southwell (AW) | Racing League Race 42 Handicap Held up around midfield - asked for effort with two furlongs left and hampered for room approaching the final furlong - unable to threaten and finished well beaten in 12th | 12/14 | ½ | 8-2 | 81 | 104B | 63A | Sean D Bowen | 17/2 |
| 24 Aug 25+10d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Handicap Settled at the back early - pushed along and made progress inside final two furlongs - kept on well close home to finish third | 3/6 | nse | 9-5 | 81 | 95B | 93B | Silvestre De Sousa | 5/2J |
| 14 Aug 25+19d | Windsor | Racing League Race 22 Handicap Bumped soon after the off - held up at the rear throughout - kept on into the closing stages - finished 13th | 13/13 | hd | 9-10 | 83 | 100C | 74A | Saffie Osborne | 13/2 |
| 26 Jul 25+22d | Chester | Layrd Design Handicap Settled towards the back - pushed along wide with a furlong left - finished strongly late but couldn't reach leaders | 3/8 | 1½ | 9-13 | 84 | 90A | 95A | Charles Bishop | 15/2 |
| 04 Jul 25+27d | Doncaster | Talasey Handicap Tracked the front pack on the near flank - pressed for effort but faded inside the last furlong - finished 4th | 4/6 | 3¼ | 9-5 | 85 | 81A | 79B | Callum Rodriguez | 6/4F |
| 07 Jun 25+51d | Doncaster | Daniel Jones Handicap Held up at the back - short of room inside the final furlong - kept on strongly to be closest at the line | 4/14 | hd | 9-4 | 85 | 102C | 93A | Callum Shepherd | 6/1 |
| 17 Apr 25+11d | Newmarket | Aston Martin Handicap Slowly away - settled at the back - strong progress on the far flank of the main pack from 1f out - responded well inside the final furlong - took 3rd close home - no match for the winner | 3/9 | shd | 8-13 | 85 | 108A | 94A | Callum Shepherd | 6/1 |
| 06 Apr 25+203d | Southwell (AW) | Free Bets With BetUK Bet Club Handicap Held a midfield spot early - pressed for effort with a furlong left - finished strongly to take 4th | 4/13 | hd | 9-6 | 85 | 97B | 98A | Hector Crouch | 4/1J |
| 2024 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Sep 24+17d | Doncaster | Pertemps Network Handicap Settled around midfield near the far rail - lost touch with the pace inside final 2f - finished well held in 8th | 8/11 | hd | 9-3 | 86 | 93A | 81A | Hector Crouch | 4/1J |
| 29 Aug 24+12d | Southwell (AW) | tote.co.uk Big Finale Racing League Race 42 Handicap (Trainers Registered To Racing League) Slow and hesitant into stride - held up towards the far rail - strong progress under pressure 2f out - hit the front approaching final furlong - overtaken close home and edged out of second in the last strides | 3/13 | hd | 8-12 | 84 | 108B | 94A | Benoit De La Sayette | 14/1 |
| 17 Aug 24+21d | Doncaster | Believe Money Group Handicap Settled with the pack early - driven into contention a furlong out and hit the front close home - kept finding to win | 1/8 | 9-2 | 80 | 118A | 95A | Hector Crouch | 10/3 | |
| 27 Jul 24+14d | Ascot | Whispering Angel Handicap | 9/13 | ½ | 8-9 | 82 | 97C | 76A | Oisin Murphy | 9/1 |
| 13 Jul 24+8d | Ascot | A1R Services Heritage Handicap | 14/17 | nk | 8-6 | 82 | 97C | 75A | Tyler Heard | 14/1 |
| 05 Jul 24+21d | Doncaster | bettingsites.co.uk Betting Sites Handicap | 1/9 | 8-9 | 79 | 97A | 92A | Billy Loughnane | 10/3F | |
| 14 Jun 24+13d | Sandown | Molson Coors Beverage Company Handicap | 2/14 | 1 | 9-7 | 78 | 110C | 101A | Kieran Shoemark | 11/2 |
| 01 Jun 24+21d | Doncaster | Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap | 2/12 | ½ | 8-11 | 77 | 104A | 88A | Benoit De La Sayette | 9/1 |
| 11 May 24+10d | Ascot | Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% Blue Ribbon Handicap | 25/26 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 79 | 66C | 56C | William Buick | 7/1F |
| 01 May 24+207d | Ascot | Naas Racecourse Handicap (Div 2) | 3/8 | 1¾ | 9-4 | 80 | 82A | 83A | Hector Crouch | 6/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Oct 23+35d | Ascot | Abf The Soldiers' Charity Handicap | 4/13 | 1½ | 8-8 | 82 | 110C | 90A | Jason Watson | 50/1 |
| 02 Sep 23+71d | Sandown | Virgin Bet Daily Prices Boost Handicap | 9/12 | 2 | 9-11 | 85 | 125A | 77A | Kieran Shoemark | 28/1 |
| 23 Jun 23+34d | Ascot | Palace Of Holyrood House Stakes (Handicap) | 17/26 | hd | 8-11 | 90 | 79C | 74A | Rob Hornby | 66/1 |
| 20 May 23+14d | Newmarket | Aspall Suffolk Draught Cyder Handicap | 10/11 | ½ | 9-6 | 94 | 91A | 77A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 66/1 |
| 06 May 23+259d | Newmarket | Howden Insurance Handicap | 7/8 | 1 | 9-9 | 97 | 42A | 80A | Dylan Hogan | 20/1 |
| 2022 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Aug 22+44d | York | Julia Graves Roses Stakes (Listed) | 9/9 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 99 | 75A | 76A | Dylan Hogan | 11/1 |
| 07 Jul 22+21d | Newmarket | Close Brothers July Stakes (Group 2) | 7/7 | 2 | 9-2 | 101 | 69A | 73A | James Doyle | 6/1 |
| 16 Jun 22+54d | Ascot | Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) | 4/10 | 1 | 9-3 | — | 82A | 89A | James Doyle | 6/1 |
| 23 Apr 22 | Doncaster | Download The At The Races App EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/6 | 9-5 | — | 104A | 103B | Dylan Hogan | 2/1F | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Brave Nation won?
- Brave Nation (IRE) won 4 of 33 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.1%. Placed 10 times in total (30.3% of starts).
- Who trains Brave Nation?
- Brave Nation (IRE) is trained by Michael Attwater, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 29 September 2026.
- Who is Brave Nation's sire?
- Brave Nation (IRE) is by Sioux Nation (USA) out of Suite (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What going does Brave Nation prefer?
- Brave Nation (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 3 wins from 14 starts (21.4%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Brave Nation's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 76, from the run on 29 September 2026. The highest on record is 101.
- What is Brave Nation's sire's record?
- Sioux Nation (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 2,903 runs since Mar 2022 (360 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 17.2% from 425. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.2% from 580. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.7% from 190.
- Who are Brave Nation's siblings?
- Out of Suite (IRE), Brave Nation (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Gunnerside (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Yolo Again (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Nov 2026.