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Horse profile

Busy Times (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, May 2010) · Last trainer John Spearing · Last owner D Shorey
by Busy Flight (GB) out of Jilly Wig (IRE) (Strong Gale)
5 runs · 5 courses · from May 2009
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 May 2010 — 6,023 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2010 · 6th of 8
KTB Profile

Busy Times (GB) is yet to win from 5 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 14 at Southwell (Mar 2010).

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 113A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell, 23 Mar 2010 Official rating 107 at the last run, 23 Mar 2010

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 5 figures · best 113A · median 106
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good2113A109—
Good to Firm1———
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3113A109—
2m5f – 3m2106C94—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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
Busy Flight (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 337 runs since Jan 2008 (40 horses).

Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.8% from 115.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3133.3%+22—
Good to Firm42614.3%+30 from 1
Good1331511.3%00 from 2
Good to Soft4436.8%−4.50 from 1
Soft63812.7%+1.4—
Heavy35514.3%+30 from 1
Standard (AW)1700%−11.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f900%−11.3—
1m5f – 2m6446.3%−5—
2m1f – 2m4f1151714.8%+3.50 from 3
2m5f – 3m1191411.8%+0.50 from 2
Over 3m30310%−1.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Jilly Wig (IRE) (Strong Gale)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Warren Marston 2 0 0% −2.00
Denis O'Regan 1 0 0% −1.00
James Davies 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr R A Latta 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 4 0 0% −4.00
2009 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00
NH Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2010 · 4 runs
09 May 10+47d Uttoxeter Delamere Warrington Novices' Chase Class 4 · 2m6½f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6/8 1½ 10-12 —82C Denis O'Regan 3/1
23 Mar 10+39d Southwell Play Poker At Ladbrokes.com 'national Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good · 14 ran 3/14 7 11-1 107113A James Davies 11/2
12 Feb 10+17d Bangor-on-Dee Clwyd Special Riding Centre Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 2m7f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 6/7 30 11-0 —106C Warren Marston 50/1
26 Jan 10+240d Leicester Croxton Park Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Heavy · 10 ran 5/10 3½ 11-5 —109A Warren Marston 33/1
2009 · 1 run
31 May 09 Kilbeggan Www.kilbegganraces.com Flat Race 2m3f · Good · 15 ran 6/15 2 11-7 —105A Mr R A Latta 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Busy Times won?
Busy Times (GB) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2009 and 2010. Placed 1 time in total (20% of starts).
Who trained Busy Times?
Busy Times (GB) was trained by John Spearing on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 9 May 2010.
Who is Busy Times's sire?
Busy Times (GB) is by Busy Flight (GB) out of Jilly Wig (IRE), whose sire is Strong Gale.
What is Busy Times's official rating?
Busy Times (GB)'s highest official rating on record is 107.
What is Busy Times's sire's record?
Busy Flight (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 337 runs since Jan 2008 (40 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.8% from 115.

Record shown from May 2009. 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.