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Horse profile

Catholic Hill (USA)

6yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2011) · Last trainer Mark Gillard · Last owner Kay Russell
by Pleasant Tap (USA) out of Celestial Bliss (USA) (Relaunch)
30 runs · 20 courses · from May 2008
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Apr 2011 — 5,665 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2011 · 2nd of 4 Won at Kempton (AW) Last raced off OR 82
KTB Profile

Catholic Hill (USA) is 1 from 30, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Oct 2008. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 23 on turf.

Based on 30 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 6
Official rating82↓ 7lb off peak
82 47–89

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 (jumps) 97A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newcastle, 1 Apr 2011 Official rating 82 at the last jumps run, 24 Apr 2011

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 61A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield, 3 Jun 2010 Official rating 47 at the last flat run, 12 Aug 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 15 figures · best 108B · median 88
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good4105A88—
Good to Soft3101C97—
Heavy3108B84—
Soft3104A90—
Good to Firm287B70.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m11108B88—
2m1f – 2m4f490B87.5—
Flat 15 figures · best 79A · median 57
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)779A57—
Good to Firm568A54—
Good to Soft362A59—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1479A58—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 30 figures from 30 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
Pleasant Tap (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 172 runs since Jan 2008 (18 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−11.6—
Good to Firm2015%−6.60 from 7
Good4124.9%−6.70 from 4
Good to Soft2229.1%−2.50 from 6
Soft31412.9%+1.30 from 3
Heavy15213.3%+1.70 from 3
Standard (AW)42921.4%+9.81 from 7
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f7114.3%+2.7—
1m – 1m1f17317.6%+60 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f57712.3%+0.71 from 14
1m5f – 2m4037.5%−4.10 from 11
2m1f – 2m4f33412.1%+0.50 from 4
2m5f – 3m1516.7%−4.9—
Over 3m3133.3%+21.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Celestial Bliss (USA) (Relaunch)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Lunar Sky (USA) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Lunar Sky (USA)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lunar Sky (USA)511m4fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 7 0 0% −7.00
Standard (AW) 7 1 14% −2.00
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 6 10 1 10% −5.00
Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chepstow 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton (AW) 3 1 33% +2.00
Newcastle 2 0 0% −2.00
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 14 1 7% −9.00
1m5f – 2m 11 0 0% −11.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tommy Phelan 7 0 0% −7.00
Eddie Ahern 3 0 0% −3.00
Tom Cannon 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr P J Tolman 2 0 0% −2.00
Neil Chalmers 2 0 0% −2.00
Steve Drowne 2 0 0% −2.00
Noel Fehily 2 0 0% −2.00
Jamie Spencer 2 0 0% −2.00
Tadhg O'Shea 2 1 50% +3.00
Peter Hatton 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor O'Farrell 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael Stainton 1 0 0% −1.00
Graham Gibbons 1 0 0% −1.00
Martin Dwyer 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Hughes 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 25 1 4% −20.00
Blinkers 5 0 0% −5.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 8 0 0% −8.00
2010 13 0 0% −13.00
2009 2 0 0% −2.00
2008 7 1 14% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 15 1 7% −10.00
Hurdle 8 0 0% −8.00
Chase 7 0 0% −7.00

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
2011 · 8 runs
24 Apr 11+23d Plumpton Free Racing Post Form At totesport.com Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 17f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 2/4 9 9-11 8287B Tom Cannon 3/1
01 Apr 11+5d Newcastle King Street Social Club Coors Light Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 2/9 11 10-9 8297A Tom Cannon 7/1
27 Mar 11+24d Wincanton Children's Trust Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 4/5 26 9-11 8254C Tommy Phelan 7/2
03 Mar 11+10d Taunton Southwest-racing.co.uk Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 3/8 hd 9-12 7783B Tommy Phelan 9/4F
21 Feb 11+6d Hereford Lindley Catering Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran 2/5 2 10-10 79108B Tommy Phelan 4/1
15 Feb 11+11d Newcastle Newcastle Flooring Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 4/8 2½ 10-8 7970B Mr P J Tolman 12/1
04 Feb 11+17d Chepstow Lindley Catering Novices' Chase Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 5 ran 5/5 6 10-7 —81C Mr P J Tolman 66/1
18 Jan 11+57d Folkestone Betfair Racing Excellence Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17.5f · Heavy · 14 ran 6/14 4½ 11-3 8184A Peter Hatton 10/1
2010 · 13 runs
22 Nov 10+19d Kempton WPP Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 5/10 5 10-12 8588A Conor O'Farrell 9/1
03 Nov 10+58d Chepstow Digibet.com Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 17 ran 3/17 10 11-4 85104A Tommy Phelan 12/1
06 Sep 10+5d Newton Abbot South West Racing Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17f · Soft · 9 ran 3/9 20 11-9 8990B Tommy Phelan 10/1
01 Sep 10+20d Hereford Lindley Catering Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 17 ran 4/17 2¾ 11-8 89105A Tommy Phelan 12/1
12 Aug 10+10d Chepstow Lindley Catering Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 7/14 1 8-9 4759A Michael Stainton 18/1
02 Aug 10+36d Newton Abbot Newtonabbotracing.com Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Good · 12 ran 7/12 1¼ 10-9 —88A Tommy Phelan 100/1
27 Jun 10+24d Salisbury Hox Brasserie Outstanding Indian Food In Salisbury' Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 5/6 2¼ 8-2 4853B Neil Chalmers 25/1
03 Jun 10+54d Lingfield Yamaha - When You Need Real Horsepower Handicap Class 6 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 4/11 7 8-10 5161A Neil Chalmers 16/1
10 Apr 10+2d Lingfield (AW) Bet Now At bluesquare.com Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 13 ran 11/13 2¼ 8-7 5440C Steve Drowne 16/1
08 Apr 10+15d Wolverhampton (AW) Black Country's Only Racetrack Handicap Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 13/13 13 9-0 5444C Eddie Ahern 13/2
24 Mar 10+49d Kempton (AW) Kempton.co.uk Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 8/12 ½ 8-12 5461A Eddie Ahern 9/1
03 Feb 10+10d Lingfield (AW) Breathe Spa At Marriott Lingfield Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 10 ran 4/10 hd 9-2 5666A Steve Drowne 12/1
24 Jan 10+57d Kempton (AW) Betdaq.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 11f · Standard · 14 ran 13/14 2½ 8-7 5644A Graham Gibbons 11/1
2009 · 2 runs
28 Nov 09+16d Newbury Greyhounds Make Great Pets Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11/13 10 11-0 —101C Noel Fehily 80/1
12 Nov 09+388d Ludlow Corve Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 14 ran 9/14 30 11-0 —75C Noel Fehily 12/1
2008 · 7 runs
20 Oct 08+19d Windsor Season Finale At Royal Windsor Racecourse Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 6/14 1¼ 8-13 6062A Jamie Spencer 7/2F
01 Oct 08+19d Kempton (AW) Panoramic Bar & Restaurant Classified Stakes Class 6 · 11f · Standard · 13 ran 1/13 9-0 6079A Tadhg O'Shea 4/1F
12 Sep 08+52d Wolverhampton (AW) All The Balls At williamhillbingo.com Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran 5/12 2½ 8-5 5257A Tadhg O'Shea 2/1F
22 Jul 08+36d Yarmouth firstbet.com Online Sportsbook 50 in Free Bets Handicap Class 6 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 3/8 1½ 8-6 5068A Martin Dwyer 33/1
16 Jun 08+11d Windsor Clarendon Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 11/14 nk 9-0 5052C Eddie Ahern 100/1
05 Jun 08+21d Sandown igindex.co.uk Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 9/10 5 9-3 6048C Jamie Spencer 33/1
15 May 08 Newmarket King's Head At Moulton Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7/9 3¾ 9-3 6054C Richard Hughes 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Catholic Hill won?
Catholic Hill (USA) won 1 of 30 archived starts between 2008 and 2011, a strike rate of 3.3%. Placed 8 times in total (26.7% of starts).
Who trained Catholic Hill?
Catholic Hill (USA) was trained by Mark Gillard on the most recent run on record, at Plumpton on 24 April 2011.
Who is Catholic Hill's sire?
Catholic Hill (USA) is by Pleasant Tap (USA) out of Celestial Bliss (USA), whose sire is Relaunch.
What going does Catholic Hill prefer?
Catholic Hill (USA) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Catholic Hill's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 24 April 2011. The highest on record is 89.
What is Catholic Hill's sire's record?
Pleasant Tap (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 172 runs since Jan 2008 (18 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Catholic Hill's siblings?
Out of Celestial Bliss (USA), Catholic Hill (USA) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Lunar Sky (USA) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Lunar Sky (USA)). The wins came over 1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2008. 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.