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Horse profile

Clive The Writer (IRE)

2yo gelding · Trainer William Muir & Chris Grassick · Owner Khalifa Dasmal Bryan Payne
by Calyx (GB) out of Ruminyahui (IRE) (Australia)
5 runs · 5 courses · from Jul 2026
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Kempton (AW) Last run 5 Oct 2026 · 4th of 6 Last raced off OR 78
KTB Profile

Clive The Writer (IRE) is 1 from 5, the win coming at Class 3 level.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since Jul 2026 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 3

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 84 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Epsom, 27 Sep 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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 84A · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)277A732 runs · 77 / 73
Good1——1 run · —
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
6f – 7f384A693 runs · 84 / 69
1m – 1m1f279A782 runs · 79 / 78

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 13 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 71B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 5 Oct 2026 Official rating 78 at the last run, 5 Oct 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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 83A · median 71
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)282A76.52 runs · 82 / 76.5
Good1——1 run · —
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
6f – 7f383A823 runs · 83 / 82
1m – 1m1f271B70.52 runs · 71 / 70.5

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 13 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 5 analysed runs since Jul 2026

  • Held up 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (20%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Calyx (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 1,507 runs since Mar 2023 (172 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 9.5% from 169. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.9% from 111.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−13.4—
Good to Firm2102511.9%−1.50 from 1
Good3765113.6%+0.20 from 1
Good to Soft169169.5%−3.90 from 1
Soft1892513.2%−0.2—
Heavy671522.4%+9—
Standard (AW)4937014.2%+0.81 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f111119.9%−3.5—
6f – 7f76110814.2%+0.81 from 3
1m – 1m1f3675113.9%+0.50 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f2002311.5%−1.9—
1m5f – 2m46613%−0.4—
2m1f – 2m4f22313.6%+0.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2023 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Ruminyahui (IRE) (Australia)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Akvarel (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 1 50% +0.88
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 1 50% +0.88

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 1 100% +1.88
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 3 1 33% −0.12
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Silvestre De Sousa 2 1 50% +0.88
Ryan Kavanagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Hector Crouch 1 0 0% −1.00
Lewis Edmunds 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
2026 · 5 runs
05 Oct 26+8d Wolverhampton (AW) Tips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com Nursery Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 · 1m½f · Standard · 6 ran Raced at the back early - pushed along over 2f out - moved right over 1f out then finished strongly to take 4th 4/6 1¼ 9-0 7877A71B Ryan Kavanagh 22/1
27 Sep 26+16d Epsom Betfred 'Turbo Boost' Nursery Handicap Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good · 7 ran Settled in third early - lost touch approaching final two furlongs - dropped away inside the last - finished sixth 6/7 2¼ 9-4 7884A67A Hector Crouch 10/1
11 Sep 26+37d Sandown Sporting Times/sri Lanka Nursery Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) Class 4 · 1m · Good To Soft · 8 ran Close up early - tracking front two from the 2f mark before pressed for effort with 2f left - weakened into sixth late on 6/8 6½ 9-4 7979A70A Silvestre De Sousa 5/1
05 Aug 26+19d Kempton (AW) Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Div II) (GBB Race) Class 3 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 8 ran Settled off the pace - pushed along with 2f left before surging clear inside final furlong - kept up the fight to the line 1/8 9-7 —69A82A Silvestre De Sousa 15/8F
17 Jul 26 Newbury Ire-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 3 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran settled towards the back early - driven along beyond 2f out - stayed on inside the final furlong to finish fastest of all 7/12 ½ 9-4 —69B83A Lewis Edmunds 125/1

Quick answers

How many races has Clive The Writer won?
Clive The Writer (IRE) won 1 of 5 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 1 time in total (20% of starts).
Who trains Clive The Writer?
Clive The Writer (IRE) is trained by William Muir & Chris Grassick, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 5 October 2026.
Who is Clive The Writer's sire?
Clive The Writer (IRE) is by Calyx (GB) out of Ruminyahui (IRE), whose sire is Australia.
What is Clive The Writer's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 5 October 2026. The highest on record is 79.
What is Clive The Writer's sire's record?
Calyx (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 1,507 runs since Mar 2023 (172 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9.5% from 169. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.9% from 111.
Who are Clive The Writer's siblings?
Out of Ruminyahui (IRE), Clive The Writer (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2026. 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.