How many races has Byzantium won?

Byzantium (FR) won 2 of 13 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 4 times in total (30.8% of starts).

Who trains Byzantium?

Byzantium (FR) is trained by Paul Nicholls, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 19 July 2026.

Who is Byzantium's sire?

Byzantium (FR) is by Magneticjim (IRE) out of Ticket Holder (FR), whose sire is Saint Des Saints.

What going does Byzantium prefer?

Byzantium (FR) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Byzantium's official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 112, from the run on 19 July 2026. The highest on record is 114.

Horse profile

Byzantium (FR)

6yo gelding · Trainer Paul Nicholls · Owner Brendan Mcmanus

by Magneticjim (IRE) out of Ticket Holder (FR) (Saint Des Saints)

13 runs · 8 courses · from Mar 2024

As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

2 wins · Newton Abbot & Warwick Last run 19 Jul 2026 · 3rd of 6 Last raced off OR 112

KTB Profile

Byzantium is a gelding who has won two of 13 starts on turf. Both wins came on good ground, one in a Class 4 novices hurdle at Newton Abbot over 2m5f – 3m and one in a Class 5 handicap at Warwick over 2m1f – 2m4f, both in Jun 2025. He has raced eight times at four different courses since his first run in Mar 2024. He finished third of six, having been held, at Newton Abbot in Jul 2026 when last raced off OR 112.

Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster

2–13Wins / Runs
15.4%Strike rate
4 (30.8%)Placed
−6.56£1 level staken=13 at SP
0.63Fair A/E n=13 · 0.54 incl. margin
114Highest OR
72dAvg between runs

Official rating112↓ 2lb off peak

112 102–114

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 136 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ludlow, 19 Mar 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 →

Jumps 10 figures · best 141^B · median 114.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 1 Nov 2025
Good	7	141^B	121	3 runs · 136 / 104
Good to Firm	1	—	—	1 run · —
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—
Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 1 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m	3	136^B	124	2 runs · 136 / 120
2m1f – 2m4f	3	141^B	97	1 run · —
1m5f – 2m	3	121^B	108	—
Over 3m	1	—	—	1 run · —

Of 13 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 109^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ludlow, 19 Mar 2026 Official rating 112 at the last run, 19 Jul 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 — 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 10 figures · best 130^A · median 116

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 1 Nov 2025
Good	7	130^A	114	3 runs · 118 / 109
Good to Firm	1	—	—	1 run · —
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—
Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 1 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m	3	127^B	109	2 runs · 109 / 108
2m1f – 2m4f	3	130^A	118	1 run · —
1m5f – 2m	3	122^A	118	—
Over 3m	1	—	—	1 run · —

Of 13 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 13 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 11 analysed runs since Nov 2024

Prominent 5 (45%) · 1 win
Held up 3 (27%) · 0 wins
Led 2 (18%) · 0 wins
Mid-division 1 (9%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Magneticjim (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 256 runs since May 2022 (51 horses).

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Good to Firm	5	1	20%	+10.6	0 from 1
Good	44	6	13.6%	+4.2	2 from 9
Good to Soft	50	7	14%	+4.6	0 from 2
Soft	76	5	6.6%	−2.8	0 from 1
Heavy	58	4	6.9%	−2.5	—
Standard (AW)	23	1	4.3%	−5.1	—

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
6f – 7f	3	0	0%	−9.4	—
1m – 1m1f	17	0	0%	−9.4	—
1m2f – 1m4f	44	4	9.1%	−0.3	—
1m5f – 2m	67	5	7.5%	−1.9	0 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f	99	14	14.1%	+4.7	1 from 3
2m5f – 3m	22	1	4.5%	−4.9	1 from 4
Over 3m	4	0	0%	−9.4	0 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2022 · as at 1 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Ticket Holder (FR) (Saint Des Saints)

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

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good	9	2	22%	−2.56
Good to Soft	2	0	0%	−2.00
Good to Firm	1	0	0%	−1.00
Soft	1	0	0%	−1.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 4	11	1	9%	−9.56
Class 5	2	1	50%	+3.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Newton Abbot	4	1	25%	−2.56
Wincanton	2	0	0%	−2.00
Taunton	2	0	0%	−2.00
Ludlow	1	0	0%	−1.00
Ascot	1	0	0%	−1.00
Warwick	1	1	100%	+4.00
Plumpton	1	0	0%	−1.00
Chepstow	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m5f – 2m	5	0	0%	−5.00
2m5f – 3m	4	1	25%	−2.56
2m1f – 2m4f	3	1	33%	+2.00
Over 3m	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Jay Tidball	5	2	40%	+1.44
Harry Cobden	4	0	0%	−4.00
Paddy Hanlon	1	0	0%	−1.00
Lorcan Williams	1	0	0%	−1.00
Lorcan Murtagh	1	0	0%	−1.00
Freddie Gingell	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Hood + tongue tie	10	2	20%	−3.56
None	3	0	0%	−3.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2026	4	0	0%	−4.00
2025	5	2	40%	+1.44
2024	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

Date	Course	Race	Pos	Btn	Wgt	OR	Spd	KTB	Jockey	SP
2026 · 4 runs
19 Jul 26+53d	Newton Abbot	Zero To Exit Handicap Hurdle Race Class 4 · 3m2½f · Good To Firm · 6 ran settled behind the pace early and sketchy at the 2nd - in the pack by the 5th - driven after 3 out - battled on - without threatening the front	3/6	16	11-11	112	128^B	102^B	Paddy Hanlon	6/1
27 May 26+45d	Newton Abbot	Mrs. Pamela Ann Dobbs Birthday Celebration Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5½f · Good · 5 ran Handy in the pack early - hit the deck three out and driven up before dropping down the order approaching two out - faded from there to finish fifth	5/5	1¾	11-11	112	104^C	107^C	Lorcan Williams	11/4
12 Apr 26+24d	Wincanton	Dot Tolson Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m½f · Good · 3 ran Front early - clipped fence 9th - came under pressure before 2 out then swerved right into the rail - rider dislodged	RO/3	—	11-2	112	—	—	Harry Cobden	11/8
19 Mar 26+138d	Ludlow	GC Rickards Ltd Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5f · Good · 8 ran Held up with strong pulling early - moved through pack to hit front before 4th - opened a big gap by 6th - margin shrank after 8th - pushed along and overtaken before 3 out then dropped away	4/8	11	11-2	113	136^B	109^A	Jay Tidball	13/2
2025 · 5 runs
01 Nov 25+130d	Ascot	Grundon Waste Management Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good · 7 ran Tracked the pace early - hit the second last and soon lost touch - dropped to 5th and faded through the final stages	4/7	12	11-10	114	82^A	118^A	Jay Tidball	11/4
24 Jun 25+20d	Newton Abbot	Happy 80th Birthday June O'Dwyer Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m5½f · Good · 7 ran Sat behind pace early - hit front two out and drew away rounding final turn - won going away	1/7		11-3	111	124^A	127^B	Jay Tidball	4/9F
04 Jun 25+21d	Warwick	Rainier Developments & Strategic Land Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3f · Good · 9 ran Pulled hard early - settled among rivals - made strong progress on the home bend - hit the front before the second last - drew away after the final flight to win comfortably	1/9		11-6	102	141^B	130^A	Jay Tidball	4/1
14 May 25+23d	Newton Abbot	Terry Wheeler Birthday Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m2½f · Good · 10 ran Pulled hard early - settled towards the back - made progress before 4 out - blundered 2 out and made no dent on the leaders then dropped away quickly - finished sixth	6/10	3¼	11-9	105	97^A	114^A	Jay Tidball	14/1
21 Apr 25+116d	Plumpton	BetGoodwin Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 10 ran Settled towards the back showing eagerness early - pushed into contention approaching the home turn - fell when going well for second place two out	F/10	—	11-9	105	—	—	Harry Cobden	15/2
2024 · 4 runs
26 Dec 24+14d	Wincanton	Longman Cheese Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 1m7f · Good To Soft · 15 ran Settled in the middle of the pack on the outer - lost ground sharply approaching the home bend and pulled up before 2 out	PU/15	—	11-13	109	—	—	Lorcan Murtagh	11/1
12 Dec 24+20d	Taunton	Jetset Holidays Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 13 ran Up with the front rank and took a strong hold early - settled into third soon after - joined the front three in contention 3 out - dropped away from the principals before 2 out and faded after the last	4/13	11	10-11	110	121^B	107^A	Freddie Gingell	16/5
22 Nov 24+256d	Chepstow	Chris Boutcher Memorial Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 11 ran Took a strong hold in front - drifted wide rounding the bend - opened a big advantage two out - driven out between the last two - overtaken approaching the final fence - lost momentum on the run-in - well held at the finish	2/11	8½	11-0	—	98^A	122^A	Harry Cobden	11/10F
11 Mar 24	Taunton	WilliamHill 5 Free Bet For Cheltenham Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m½f · Soft · 13 ran	2/13	3¼	10-10	—	108^B	118^A	Harry Cobden	8/11F

Quick answers

How many races has Byzantium won?: Byzantium (FR) won 2 of 13 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 4 times in total (30.8% of starts).
Who trains Byzantium?: Byzantium (FR) is trained by Paul Nicholls, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 19 July 2026.
Who is Byzantium's sire?: Byzantium (FR) is by Magneticjim (IRE) out of Ticket Holder (FR), whose sire is Saint Des Saints.
What going does Byzantium prefer?: Byzantium (FR) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Byzantium's official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 112, from the run on 19 July 2026. The highest on record is 114.
What is Byzantium's sire's record?: Magneticjim (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 256 runs since May 2022 (51 horses), Flat and jumps together.

KTB Speed and Rating

Run style from 11 analysed runs since Nov 2024

Pedigree intelligence

Record by conditions

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Form

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