Horse profile
Byzantine Empire (GB)
8yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2025) · Last trainer Alison Thorpe · Last owner Catherine Evans Aaron Evans
by Golden Horn (GB) out of Mainstay (GB) (Elmaamul)
45 runs · 25 courses · from Sep 2019
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Sep 2025 — 401 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2025
6 wins · 4 courses
Last raced off OR 93
KTB Profile
Byzantine Empire won six of 45 starts between Sep 2019 and Sep 2025. All six wins came over 1m5f – 2m, four on good ground and two on good to soft, with three of four starts at Southwell ending in victory. The gelding, who reached a highest official rating of 132, last ran at Newton Abbot in Sep 2025 off a mark of 93, 39lb below his career-high. His most recent success came in a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Worcester in Jul 2024.
Based on 45 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 39lb off peak
- 6–45Wins / Runs
- 13.3%Strike rate
- 11 (24.4%)Placed
- −10.00£1 level staken=45 at SP
- 0.89Fair A/E n=44 · 0.76 incl. margin
- 132Highest OR
- 25dBetween runs (median)longest 257 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 rating93↓ 39lb off peak
93
57–132
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 105
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 16 | 127B | 89 | — |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 124B | 110 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 112B | 73 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 20 | 127B | 92.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 114C | 100 | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 69A | 63 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 99A | 86 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 68C | 67 | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 133C | 72.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 86A | 67 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 61C | 59.5 | — |
Of 45 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 42 figures from 45 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 11 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Led 4 (36%) · 0 wins
- Held up 3 (27%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (27%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (9%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 13.9% of 3,754 runs since May 2019 (347 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 163. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.2% from 233.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 3 | 27.3% | +13.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 441 | 69 | 15.6% | +1.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 1,026 | 143 | 13.9% | 0 | 4 from 21 |
| Good to Soft | 482 | 80 | 16.6% | +2.7 | 2 from 11 |
| Soft | 578 | 73 | 12.6% | −1.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 163 | 15 | 9.2% | −4.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,053 | 138 | 13.1% | −0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 233 | 19 | 8.2% | −5.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 616 | 60 | 9.7% | −4.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,424 | 206 | 14.5% | +0.6 | 0 from 8 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 983 | 155 | 15.8% | +1.9 | 6 from 23 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 407 | 66 | 16.2% | +2.3 | 0 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 85 | 14 | 16.5% | +2.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Mainstay (GB) (Elmaamul)
5 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Crazy Horse (GB) (4 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Richard Pankhurst (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crazy Horse (GB) | 11 | 4 | 7f–1m | Group 3 |
| Richard Pankhurst (GB) | 13 | 3 | 7f | Group 2 |
| Long Stay (GB) | 6 | 2 | 2m–2m1f | Class 4 |
| Enrico Caruso (GB) | 5 | 2 | 1m2f | Class 4 |
| Millicent Fawcett (GB) | 5 | 1 | 1m½f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 21 | 4 | 19% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 11 | 2 | 18% | +8.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 20 | 4 | 20% | +10.00 |
| Class 5 | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Class 3 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Abbot | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Worcester | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.50 |
| Southwell | 4 | 3 | 75% | +5.25 |
| Ffos Las | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Bath | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Stratford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Windsor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 1 | 50% | +13.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 23 | 6 | 26% | +12.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Brace | 12 | 3 | 25% | +13.75 |
| Paddy Brennan | 10 | 2 | 20% | −3.25 |
| Jack Tudor | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Liam Harrison | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.50 |
| Robert Havlin | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Taylor Fisher | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Frankie Dettori | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ellis Collier | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Fenelon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Carson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lorcan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daire Davis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Sanderson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saffie Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Harley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 26 | 5 | 19% | +0.50 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 9 | 1 | 11% | −0.50 |
| None | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.50 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 22% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +15.50 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 21 | 4 | 19% | +9.00 |
| Flat | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Chase | 11 | 2 | 18% | −6.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Sep 25+6d | Newton Abbot | Le Dorney Villas Cornwall Golf Holidays Conditional Jockeys' Selling Handicap Hurdle Went straight to the front early - handed up soon after - sat behind the pacesetter - hit the deck slightly at the 5th - driven and gave up second place before four out - dropped away fast and eased to a halt after three out | PU/9 | — | 10-12 | 93 | — | — | Ellis Collier | 20/1 |
| 23 Sep 25+23d | Warwick | PricedUp The Jumps' Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Settled towards the back - error at 2nd - lost touch approaching 3 out and well beaten from 2 out | 9/9 | 16 | 12-0 | 100 | 27C | 89C | Shane Fenelon | 15/2 |
| 31 Aug 25+15d | Worcester | Neu-Servo Bet On Great Repairs Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled around midfield - improved into contention past the 9th and closed on the pace before four out - dropped away after that finishing sixth | 6/12 | 3¼ | 11-7 | 103 | 81C | 100C | Jack Tudor | 28/1 |
| 16 Aug 25+23d | Bath | BetWright Bet The Wright Way Handicap Settled towards the back of the field - slipped to the tail 6f from home - lost touch with the pace 3f out - unable to respond and beaten well by the line | 6/7 | 5 | 9-1 | 57 | 58B | 54A | William Carson | 28/1 |
| 24 Jul 25+41d | Worcester | Pershore Hire Centre Handicap Chase Held up towards back of field - improved position on inner approaching 4 out - dropped away 2 out - finished 5th | 5/10 | 1½ | 12-0 | 105 | 63A | 109A | Jack Tudor | 7/1 |
| 13 Jun 25+31d | Newton Abbot | PKF Francis Clark Summer Social Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Off the pace in midfield - dropped away around the 5th - trailed home a distant fifth | 5/6 | 29 | 11-2 | 108 | 86C | 95C | Jack Tudor | 16/1 |
| 13 May 25+172d | Worcester | FBC Manby Bowdler Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held in the pack early - urged forward with 4 to go - found nothing and dropped away - finished sixth well beaten | 6/10 | shd | 12-1 | 111 | 68C | 101C | Jack Tudor | 25/1 |
| 2024 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Nov 24+22d | Chepstow | Noahs Ark Childrens Hospital Charity Handicap Chase Struggling from the outset - well adrift with 4 to jump - pulled up shortly after | PU/8 | — | 11-5 | 116 | — | — | Lorcan Williams | 66/1 |
| 31 Oct 24+34d | Stratford | Claire Dyson Supporting Midlands Air Ambulance Selling Hurdle Sat close to the early group - urged into effort rounding the final bend - outpaced by the top two nearing the last and held on for third | 3/8 | 9½ | 11-4 | 108 | 105A | 108B | Connor Brace | 13/2 |
| 27 Sep 24+23d | Worcester | DragonBet - Real Bookmakers Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Set the pace early - clipped one at the 5th before losing top spot 2 out - dropped away in the closing stages | 3/7 | 16 | 12-0 | 109 | 66B | 121B | Taylor Fisher | 3/1 |
| 04 Sep 24+13d | Bath | Harrow Inn At Wanborough Handicap Set the pace early - still up front until overtaken with 5f left - asked for effort with 3f to run - dropped away 2f out - had nothing more and finished well adrift | 8/10 | 23 | 9-7 | 61 | 61C | 58C | Connor Brace | 12/1 |
| 22 Aug 24+28d | Newton Abbot | Visit Our Antiques And Collectables Fair Handicap Hurdle Shared the initial pace before yielding front spot but stayed in touch - moved to front nearing third fence - urged on when overtaken two out - scrappy leap at final obstacle after being asked for effort - faded on run-in dropping a place fourth | 4/8 | 1½ | 11-8 | 109 | 108A | 115A | Connor Brace | 9/1 |
| 25 Jul 24+25d | Worcester | Berkley Care Group Handicap Hurdle | 1/12 | 11-7 | 103 | 94A | 135A | Connor Brace | 15/2 | |
| 30 Jun 24+15d | Uttoxeter | Bet Boost At Bet365 Handicap Hurdle | 6/9 | 12 | 11-4 | 107 | 69A | 98A | Connor Brace | 28/1 |
| 15 Jun 24+33d | Chester | Edinburgh Gin Seaside Handicap (Div 1) | 8/9 | 6½ | 8-11 | 63 | 32C | 55C | Connor Brace | 33/1 |
| 13 May 24+43d | Hereford | Get Emma's Offers At PlanetSportBet Handicap Hurdle | 3/5 | 16 | 12-0 | 112 | 72C | 108B | Connor Brace | 22/1 |
| 31 Mar 24+180d | Ffos Las | Download The Racing App Now Handicap Hurdle | 5/7 | ½ | 12-0 | 115 | 88C | 99C | Robert Dunne | 18/1 |
| 2023 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Oct 23+10d | Southwell | Weatherbysshop.Co.Uk Handicap Hurdle | 7/8 | 8½ | 11-7 | 120 | 80C | 92C | Daire Davis | 7/2 |
| 23 Sep 23+9d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Free Football Tips At Whatacca.Com Handicap | 8/11 | nk | 9-13 | 65 | 99A | 74A | Taylor Fisher | 10/3F |
| 14 Sep 23+20d | Ffos Las | Bloomfields Race Line Horseboxes Handicap | 2/5 | 5½ | 9-8 | 65 | 133C | 80B | Connor Brace | 11/1 |
| 25 Aug 23+34d | Ffos Las | UKPS Handicap | 4/7 | 6 | 9-9 | 69 | 109B | 66A | Ben Sanderson | 50/1 |
| 22 Jul 23+6d | Market Rasen | Unibets Zero% Mission Summer Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 6/12 | 4 | 11-4 | 122 | 112B | 122A | Connor Brace | 25/1 |
| 16 Jul 23+13d | Stratford | Bryan & Heather Boskett 40th Wedding Anniversary Handicap Hurdle | 4/9 | 7½ | 11-7 | 122 | 127B | 125A | Connor Brace | 18/1 |
| 03 Jul 23+255d | Windsor | Download Fitzdares For Free Race Streaming Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 9/12 | ½ | 10-2 | 74 | 68C | 67C | Saffie Osborne | 50/1 |
| 2022 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Oct 22+35d | Cheltenham | squareintheair.com Novices' Chase (GBB Race) | 6/7 | 17 | 11-12 | 130 | 37C | 96C | Paddy Brennan | 22/1 |
| 16 Sep 22+17d | Newton Abbot | Torbay Media Novices' Chase (GBB Race) | 2/4 | 4 | 12-0 | 131 | 117C | 123C | Paddy Brennan | 13/8 |
| 30 Aug 22+35d | Newton Abbot | Brendon Soper Memorial Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 2/3 | 12 | 11-10 | 132 | — | 107C | Paddy Brennan | 2/5F |
| 26 Jul 22+29d | Perth | Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 1/4 | 11-4 | 127 | 91C | 128B | Connor Brace | 5/4F | |
| 27 Jun 22+79d | Southwell | Sign Solutions Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 1/4 | 10-8 | 119 | 87C | 124B | Paddy Brennan | 7/4 | |
| 09 Apr 22+15d | Newcastle | QuinnBet Handicap Hurdle | 3/3 | 4½ | 10-11 | 120 | 99C | 108C | Liam Harrison | 11/8 |
| 25 Mar 22+20d | Musselburgh | Go North Sea Pigeon Series Final (Handicap Hurdle) (GBB Race) | 3/14 | 2½ | 11-12 | 120 | 103B | 130A | Paddy Brennan | 7/2F |
| 05 Mar 22+35d | Doncaster | Virgin Bet Handicap Hurdle | 5/9 | 9½ | 11-9 | 120 | 73A | 108A | Liam Harrison | 4/1 |
| 29 Jan 22+50d | Cheltenham | SSS Super Alloys Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 4/12 | 3¾ | 10-12 | 122 | 100A | 122A | Paddy Brennan | 6/1 |
| 2021 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Dec 21+150d | Doncaster | Free Tips On attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle | 1/13 | 11-7 | 115 | 124B | 139A | Connor Brace | 14/1 | |
| 13 Jul 21+22d | Southwell | Casumo Proud To Support British Racing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/8 | 10-12 | 114 | 105B | 117A | Liam Harrison | 6/4F | |
| 21 Jun 21+27d | Newton Abbot | St Austell Brewery Handicap Hurdle | 2/3 | 3¼ | 11-0 | 114 | 114C | 114C | Paddy Brennan | 2/1 |
| 25 May 21+16d | Southwell | Jigsaw Sports Branding Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/5 | 10-7 | — | 114C | 122B | Paddy Brennan | 3/1 | |
| 09 May 21+43d | Ludlow | Ludlow Racecourse Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/7 | 3¾ | 10-8 | — | 101A | 106B | Paddy Brennan | 9/4 |
| 27 Mar 21+238d | Newbury | Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/9 | 1¼ | 10-7 | — | 110A | 103A | Paddy Brennan | 25/1 |
| 2020 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Aug 20+33d | Newmarket | MansionBet Bet 10 Get 20 Handicap | 10/11 | 1½ | 8-12 | 76 | 67A | 51A | Frankie Dettori | 12/1 |
| 29 Jun 20+16d | Windsor | Visit attheraces.com Handicap | 6/6 | 63 | 9-3 | 76 | 5C | 48C | Martin Harley | 5/2 |
| 13 Jun 20+12d | Sandown | Unibet June Casino Free Spin Festival EBF Maiden Stakes | 4/10 | ½ | 9-1 | 77 | 69A | 81A | Robert Havlin | 9/4F |
| 01 Jun 20+257d | Newcastle (AW) | Betway Maiden Stakes (Div 2) | 3/12 | 1½ | 9-1 | — | 76A | 83A | Robert Havlin | 9/4F |
| 2019 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Sep 19+12d | Sandown | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 9/12 | nk | 9-5 | — | 63C | 59C | Frankie Dettori | 6/4F |
| 06 Sep 19 | Kempton (AW) | 32Red On The App Store/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 2/10 | 1¼ | 9-5 | — | 86A | 85A | Robert Havlin | 3/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Byzantine Empire won?
- Byzantine Empire (GB) won 6 of 45 archived starts between 2019 and 2025, a strike rate of 13.3%. Placed 11 times in total (24.4% of starts).
- Who trained Byzantine Empire?
- Byzantine Empire (GB) was trained by Alison Thorpe on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 29 September 2025.
- Who is Byzantine Empire's sire?
- Byzantine Empire (GB) is by Golden Horn (GB) out of Mainstay (GB), whose sire is Elmaamul.
- What going does Byzantine Empire prefer?
- Byzantine Empire (GB) has the best record on good going: 4 wins from 21 starts (19%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Byzantine Empire's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 93, from the run on 29 September 2025. The highest on record is 132.
- What is Byzantine Empire's sire's record?
- Golden Horn (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.9% of 3,754 runs since May 2019 (347 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 163. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.2% from 233.
- Who are Byzantine Empire's siblings?
- Out of Mainstay (GB), Byzantine Empire (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Crazy Horse (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Richard Pankhurst (GB)). The wins came over 7f–2m1f. As at Nov 2026.