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Captain Cuckoo (GB)

11yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2023) · Last trainer Mark Gillard · Last owner Mrs Pippa Gillard
by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Shiny Thing (USA) (Lear Fan)
16 runs · 12 courses · from Mar 2021
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Feb 2023 — 1,346 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2023 · 4th of 4 Last raced off OR 78
KTB Profile

Captain Cuckoo (GB) is yet to win from 16 starts. Best effort: 2nd of 3 at Chepstow (Jan 2022). Last raced off 78, 30lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 16 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 30lb off peak
Official rating78↓ 30lb off peak
78 78–108

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 81 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Catterick, 2 Mar 2021

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 94C · median 44
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft494C62.5—
Good259C51.5—
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f581A44—
2m5f – 3m394C29—

Of 16 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (5) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 96C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Exeter, 12 Feb 2023 Official rating 78 at the last run, 12 Feb 2023

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 9 figures · best 111C · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft5102C91—
Good2111C103.5—
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f5111C96—
2m5f – 3m4106C88—

Of 16 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (7).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 16 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
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,682 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses).

Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−10.3—
Good to Firm112108.9%−1.4—
Good1,3331138.5%−1.80 from 4
Good to Soft1,072989.1%−1.20 from 9
Soft1,40816811.9%+1.60 from 1
Heavy6278313.2%+2.90 from 2
Standard (AW)126118.7%−1.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−3.2—
1m – 1m1f2926.9%−3.4—
1m2f – 1m4f14585.5%−4.8—
1m5f – 2m1,30715211.6%+1.30 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,4991429.5%−0.80 from 9
2m5f – 3m1,31814110.7%+0.40 from 5
Over 3m3703710%−0.30 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Flynnvincible (GB)90——
Push To Exit (GB)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 3 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Exeter 3 0 0% −3.00
Fontwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Wetherby 2 0 0% −2.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Fakenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 9 0 0% −9.00
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Theo Gillard 5 0 0% −5.00
Fergus Gillard 5 0 0% −5.00
David Noonan 4 0 0% −4.00
Liam Harrison 1 0 0% −1.00
Jordan Nailor 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 5 0 0% −5.00
None 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 3 0 0% −3.00
2022 6 0 0% −6.00
2021 7 0 0% −7.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 15 0 0% −15.00
Hurdle 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
12 Feb 23+14d Exeter Virgin Bet Best Odds Daily Charles II Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 19f · Good · 4 ran 4/4 7 11-0 7859C96C David Noonan 80/1
29 Jan 23+22d Fontwell Vickers.Bet Handicap Chase Class 5 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5/10 4½ 10-9 8127B83B David Noonan 100/1
07 Jan 23+17d Wincanton Virgin Bet Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 25f · Good To Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-0 86—— David Noonan 66/1
21 Dec 22+19d Taunton Invest Southwest Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 18f · Good · 13 ran PU/13 — 11-2 91—— Theo Gillard 125/1
02 Dec 22+270d Exeter Pony Racing Authority Graduates Handicap Hurdle (Conditional Jockeys And Amateur Riders) Class 5 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 12-0 96—— Liam Harrison 50/1
07 Mar 22+33d Wetherby Join Racing TV Now Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 15f · Heavy · 8 ran F/8 — 11-9 98—— Theo Gillard 9/1
02 Feb 22+16d Exeter Virgin Bet Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 24f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 4/4 37 10-13 9894C91C Theo Gillard 40/1
17 Jan 22+11d Fakenham 'Off The Fence' On youtube.com/attheraces Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 21f · Good To Soft · 6 ran UR/6 — 11-5 98—— Fergus Gillard 8/1
06 Jan 22+26d Chepstow Visit Irish Store Sales With ITM Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 23.5f · Heavy · 3 ran 2/3 2 10-10 9829C106C Theo Gillard 7/1
11 Dec 21+32d Cheltenham bearrene.com Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 4/4 37 11-2 9844C102C Fergus Gillard 125/1
09 Nov 21+20d Lingfield Read Hollie Doyle's Column On attheraces.com Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-5 104—— Jordan Nailor 18/1
20 Oct 21+192d Fontwell whichbookie.co.uk Free Bets Handicap Chase Class 4 · 18f · Soft · 5 ran 5/5 shd 11-10 10839C93C David Noonan 11/1
11 Apr 21+19d Plumpton William Purslow Memorial Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 7 ran F/7 — 11-10 108—— Fergus Gillard 10/1
23 Mar 21+17d Wetherby Every Race Live On Racing TV Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 24f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 2/4 38 10-7 ——85C Theo Gillard 28/1
06 Mar 21+4d Newbury BetVictor Novices' Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good · 3 ran 2/3 9½ 10-7 —44C111C Fergus Gillard 18/1
02 Mar 21 Catterick Jumps At Home With Racing TV Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 6½ 10-7 —81A94B Fergus Gillard 300/1

Quick answers

How many races has Captain Cuckoo (GB) won?
Captain Cuckoo (GB) has yet to win, from 16 archived starts between 2021 and 2023.
Who trained Captain Cuckoo (GB)?
Captain Cuckoo (GB) was trained by Mark Gillard on the most recent run on record, at Exeter on 12 February 2023.
Who is Captain Cuckoo (GB)'s sire?
Captain Cuckoo (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Shiny Thing (USA), whose sire is Lear Fan.
What is Captain Cuckoo (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 12 February 2023. The highest on record is 108.
What is Captain Cuckoo (GB)'s sire's record?
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,682 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
Who are Captain Cuckoo (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Shiny Thing (USA), Captain Cuckoo (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2021. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.