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Horse profile

Celestial Magic (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2020) · Last trainer Richard Phillips · Last owner Mrs June Watts
by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Mighty Merlin (GB) (Royal Applause)
23 runs · 12 courses · from Sep 2014
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Mar 2020 — 2,410 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2020 2 wins · Towcester & Warwick Last raced off OR 107
KTB Profile

Celestial Magic (GB) is 2 from 23, both wins coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Mar 2017. Last raced off 107, 13lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 23 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 4 OR ↓ 13lb off peak
Official rating107↓ 13lb off peak
107 107–120

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 107 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Towcester, 15 Mar 2018

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 11 figures · best 128B · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Heavy4107A79.5—
Soft4122B106—
Good3128B105—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m8122B104.5—
2m1f – 2m4f2128B112—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 14 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 · 11 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 119B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Stratford, 20 May 2018 Official rating 107 at the last jumps run, 15 Mar 2020

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 48A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Chepstow, 5 Sep 2014

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 17 figures · best 129A · median 116
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft7129A118—
Heavy5122A116—
Good4126A115.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m14129A114—
2m1f – 2m4f2126A122.5—
2m5f – 3m1———
Flat 2 figures · best 48A · median 46.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f248A46.5—

Of 23 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 23 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%−1.40 from 1
Good1,3331138.5%−1.80 from 6
Good to Soft1,072989.1%−1.20 from 4
Soft1,40816811.9%+1.62 from 7
Heavy6278313.2%+2.90 from 5
Standard (AW)126118.7%−1.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−3.2—
1m – 1m1f2926.9%−3.40 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f14585.5%−4.8—
1m5f – 2m1,30715211.6%+1.32 from 16
2m1f – 2m4f1,4991429.5%−0.80 from 4
2m5f – 3m1,31814110.7%+0.40 from 1
Over 3m3703710%−0.3—

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
Mighty Merlin (GB) (Royal Applause)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Blue Merlin (GB)50——
Blue Luna (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 7 2 29% +3.75
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 17 2 12% −6.25
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Warwick 4 1 25% +3.00
Uttoxeter 3 0 0% −3.00
Chepstow 3 0 0% −3.00
Ludlow 3 0 0% −3.00
Towcester 2 1 50% +1.75
Southwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 16 2 13% −5.25
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Daniel Hiskett 15 2 13% −4.25
Tom Bellamy 2 0 0% −2.00
Richard Johnson 2 0 0% −2.00
William Twiston-Davies 2 0 0% −2.00
Mrs Claire Hardwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Ian Popham 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 2 0 0% −2.00
2018 5 0 0% −5.00
2017 6 2 33% +4.75
2016 5 0 0% −5.00
2015 3 0 0% −3.00
2014 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 18 2 11% −7.25
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00
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
15 Mar 20+24d Market Rasen Love Lincolnshire Wolds Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran F/7 — 12-0 107—— Tom Bellamy 8/1
20 Feb 20+616d Huntingdon Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 14 ran 3/14 4¼ 11-7 11050C108C Tom Bellamy 20/1
14 Jun 18+25d Uttoxeter ST14 Construction Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-6 116—— Richard Johnson 11/2
20 May 18+53d Stratford Inspire Racing Club Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 6 11-6 11696A119B Richard Johnson 11/2
28 Mar 18+13d Warwick Play Slots At 188bet Casino Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 21f · Soft · 10 ran 4/10 10 11-3 11686C98C Daniel Hiskett 8/1
15 Mar 18+47d Towcester Imperial Classic Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Heavy · 9 ran 6/9 shd 11-7 117107A116A Daniel Hiskett 3/1
27 Jan 18+53d Uttoxeter James & Sue Bolingbroke Turn Of Century Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 6 ran 4/6 4½ 11-7 12078B118B Daniel Hiskett 4/1
05 Dec 17+29d Southwell N&L Franklin Developments Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 15.5f · Good · 7 ran F/7 — 10-12 120—— Daniel Hiskett 12/1
06 Nov 17+203d Southwell Ken Barks Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 1 11-7 120105A112B Daniel Hiskett 11/2
17 Apr 17+32d Chepstow Sinclair Mercedes Supporting NSPCC Wales Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 15 ran 4/15 3 11-7 120128B126A Daniel Hiskett 15/2
16 Mar 17+33d Towcester Haygain Hay Steamers Clean Healthy Forage Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-4 117108A123A Daniel Hiskett 11/4
11 Feb 17+28d Warwick Roa/racing Post Owners Jackpot Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 10 ran 2/10 9 11-7 11781A122A Daniel Hiskett 5/2F
14 Jan 17+28d Warwick Betfred "Goals Galore" Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 1/11 12-0 112104A129A Daniel Hiskett 6/1
17 Dec 16+179d Haydock 32Red Casino Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 15.5f · Soft · 13 ran 4/13 ½ 10-10 112122B121A Daniel Hiskett 18/1
21 Jun 16+73d Newton Abbot David Chillery Celebrates His Long Service Award Handicap Hurdle (Lady Amateur Riders') Class 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-9 115—— Mrs Claire Hardwick 17/2
09 Apr 16+37d Chepstow totewin Beat SP Last 4 Nationals Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran 3/10 2 10-13 115—110A Daniel Hiskett 4/1
03 Mar 16+59d Ludlow Perrott Properties Ltd Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 ¾ 10-5 110—118A Daniel Hiskett 16/1
04 Jan 16+25d Ludlow Best Wishes For 2016 Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran 3/9 1 10-7 110—97B Daniel Hiskett 9/2
10 Dec 15+28d Warwick Eventmasters Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran 3/10 10 10-7 110—107A Daniel Hiskett 13/2
12 Nov 15+28d Ludlow Racing UK Free Trial 3 Devices Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 10 10-7 ——103B Daniel Hiskett 14/1
15 Oct 15+387d Uttoxeter Marston's Pedigree Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 12 11-0 ——95A Ian Popham 100/1
23 Sep 14+18d Nottingham Awesome Autumn 2for10 At Nottingham Racecourse Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 9/10 1¾ 8-11 ——45A William Twiston-Davies 33/1
05 Sep 14 Chepstow Sis Maiden Auction Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 6/10 hd 8-11 ——48A William Twiston-Davies 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Celestial Magic (GB) won?
Celestial Magic (GB) won 2 of 23 archived starts between 2014 and 2020, a strike rate of 8.7%. Placed 9 times in total (39.1% of starts).
Who trained Celestial Magic (GB)?
Celestial Magic (GB) was trained by Richard Phillips on the most recent run on record, at Market Rasen on 15 March 2020.
Who is Celestial Magic (GB)'s sire?
Celestial Magic (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Mighty Merlin (GB), whose sire is Royal Applause.
What going does Celestial Magic (GB) prefer?
Celestial Magic (GB) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Celestial Magic (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 107, from the run on 15 March 2020. The highest on record is 120.
What is Celestial Magic (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 Celestial Magic (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Mighty Merlin (GB), Celestial Magic (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2014. 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.