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Horse profile

Canty Bay (IRE)

9yo gelding · Trainer Emma Lavelle · Owner Gordon Macintosh
by Shantou (USA) out of Afairs (IRE) (Old Vic)
13 runs · 10 courses · from Dec 2021
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Ludlow & Taunton Last run 11 Feb 2026 Last raced off OR 115
KTB Profile

Canty Bay is a gelding who has two wins from 13 starts on turf, both at Class 4. He won a maiden hurdle at Taunton over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft in Nov 2023 and a handicap hurdle at Ludlow over 2m5f – 3m on soft in Feb 2024 off an official rating of 115. He has raced off an official rating of 115 at his last run, at Hereford in Feb 2026, where he was held. He has never won on heavy ground.

Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 4
Official rating115↓ 7lb off peak
115 115–122

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 116 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Taunton, 11 Apr 2024

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 8 figures · best 116A · median 95.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Soft3116A991 run · —
Heavy376C74—
Good to Soft2107A103—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f499B95.51 run · —
2m5f – 3m2116A96—
1m5f – 2m2107A90.5—

Of 13 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3) · did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 129B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Taunton, 11 Apr 2024 Official rating 115 at the last run, 11 Feb 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 11 figures · best 132B · median 124
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Soft4132B128.51 run · —
Heavy4124A112—
Good to Soft3125A124—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6128A117.51 run · —
2m5f – 3m3132B129—
1m5f – 2m2124A117—

Of 13 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 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 3 analysed runs since Oct 2024

  • Prominent 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Shantou (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,841 runs since Feb 2008 (539 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2150%+36.4—
Good to Firm1583220.3%+6.7—
Good2,29731213.6%0—
Good to Soft1,43817612.2%−1.41 from 3
Soft2,61236313.9%+0.31 from 5
Heavy1,28317813.9%+0.30 from 5
Standard (AW)5159.8%−3.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f300%−13.6—
1m – 1m1f1100%−13.6—
1m2f – 1m4f6269.7%−3.9—
1m5f – 2m2,03127613.6%00 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f2,71737913.9%+0.31 from 8
2m5f – 3m2,34833414.2%+0.61 from 3
Over 3m6697210.8%−2.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2008 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Afairs (IRE) (Old Vic)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Longque (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Longque (IRE)112m½f—
West Coast Lass (IRE)150——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 5 1 20% −1.50
Good to Soft 3 1 33% +0.25

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 9 2 22% −2.25
Class 3 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield 2 0 0% −2.00
Taunton 2 1 50% +1.25
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 1 100% +2.50
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 8 1 13% −4.75
2m5f – 3m 3 1 33% +0.50
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Bellamy 10 2 20% −3.25
Ben Jones 2 0 0% −2.00
Adam Wedge 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 5 1 20% −1.50
2023 3 1 33% +0.25
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 11 2 18% −4.25
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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 · 2 runs
11 Feb 26+23d Hereford Green Dragon Hotel Hereford Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Heavy · 7 ran Held up towards the back - drifted left and urged on at the 5th - wide route from there before pressure told at the 6th - pulled up before the 7th PU/7 — 11-10 115—— Ben Jones 6/1
19 Jan 26+446d Lingfield Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 13 ran Held a forward spot early on the outer - slid backward 4 out - lost touch with the leading group from 2 out - faded quickly to finish eighth 8/13 1 12-2 11799B121A Ben Jones 7/1
2024 · 5 runs
30 Oct 24+202d Newton Abbot Celebrating David Freeman's 35 Years Service Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m5½f · Heavy · 9 ran Tracked the pace - hit the third-last then driven up before the second-last - weakened before the final fence to finish fourth 4/9 1 11-6 12276C124A Tom Bellamy 17/2
11 Apr 24+26d Taunton Taunton Round Table T-Rex Steaks Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 3m · Soft · 7 ran 2/7 nk 11-3 121116A129B Tom Bellamy 7/1
16 Mar 24+24d Uttoxeter Never Ordinary At bet365 Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m4f · Heavy · 8 ran 7/8 2 11-6 122—114A Tom Bellamy 6/1
21 Feb 24+31d Ludlow Suzuki UK 'King Of Quads' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5f · Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-11 115—132B Tom Bellamy 5/2
21 Jan 24+33d Lingfield Winter Million Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 2m3½f · Soft · 11 ran 3/11 8 11-4 11592A128A Tom Bellamy 12/1
2023 · 3 runs
19 Dec 23+33d Wincanton TrustATrader Fully Vetted Tradespeople Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4f · Soft · 9 ran F/9 — 11-7 115—— Tom Bellamy 9/4
16 Nov 23+319d Taunton Age UK Somerset 75th Anniversary Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 1/11 11-4 —99A125A Tom Bellamy 9/4
01 Jan 23+44d Exeter Thurlestone Hotel 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m2½f · Heavy · 16 ran 6/16 5½ 11-6 —71C108C Tom Bellamy 9/1
2022 · 2 runs
18 Nov 22+264d Chepstow Spectra Group Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 8/16 3¼ 11-4 ——109C Tom Bellamy 12/1
27 Feb 22+59d Hereford Black Mountain Botanicals Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3/10 2¼ 11-4 —107A124A Adam Wedge 12/1
2021 · 1 run
30 Dec 21 Haydock Raglan Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 1m7½f · Heavy · 7 ran 4/7 nk 11-0 —74A110A Tom Bellamy 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Canty Bay won?
Canty Bay (IRE) won 2 of 13 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 5 times in total (38.5% of starts).
Who trains Canty Bay?
Canty Bay (IRE) is trained by Emma Lavelle, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 11 February 2026.
Who is Canty Bay's sire?
Canty Bay (IRE) is by Shantou (USA) out of Afairs (IRE), whose sire is Old Vic.
What going does Canty Bay prefer?
Canty Bay (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Canty Bay's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 115, from the run on 11 February 2026. The highest on record is 122.
What is Canty Bay's sire's record?
Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,841 runs since Feb 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Who are Canty Bay's siblings?
Out of Afairs (IRE), Canty Bay (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Longque (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2021. 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.