Close Shave (GB)
Close Shave (GB) is 3 from 18. Hasn't won since Jan 2018.
- 3–18Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 6 (33.3%)Placed
- −7.05£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 1.77Fair A/E n=18 · 1.41 incl. margin
- 131Highest OR
- 48dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 95
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 115B | 63 | — |
| Heavy | 4 | 106B | 90 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 106B | 79 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 115B | 96 | — |
Of 18 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 18 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,049 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 62 | 13 | 21% | +10 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,240 | 171 | 13.8% | +2.8 | — |
| Good | 7,022 | 840 | 12% | +1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3,503 | 321 | 9.2% | −1.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 5,327 | 545 | 10.2% | −0.8 | 2 from 9 |
| Heavy | 2,759 | 274 | 9.9% | −1.1 | 1 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 136 | 33 | 24.3% | +13.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,727 | 517 | 10.9% | −0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,696 | 722 | 10.8% | −0.2 | 2 from 10 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6,537 | 742 | 11.4% | +0.4 | 1 from 8 |
| Over 3m | 2,018 | 210 | 10.4% | −0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Hello Sweetie (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m4f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hello Sweetie (GB) | 34 | 5 | 2m–2m2½f | — |
| Carries Darling (GB) | 13 | 2 | 2m–2m4f | — |
| Sorcier Du Roi (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 2m1f | — |
| Pleney (GB) | 14 | 0 | — | — |
| Wild Atlantic Lady (GB) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
| Rat A Tat Tat (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 9 | 2 | 22% | −3.55 |
| Heavy | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.70 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 10 | 2 | 20% | −2.30 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.75 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Geraghty | 7 | 3 | 43% | +3.95 |
| Mark Walsh | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jody McGarvey | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Niall P Madden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| L P Dempsey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Bolger | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 16 | 3 | 19% | −5.05 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.80 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.75 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 11 | 2 | 18% | −5.55 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.50 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Close Shave (GB) won?
- Close Shave (GB) won 3 of 18 archived starts between 2016 and 2019, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 6 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Close Shave (GB)?
- Close Shave (GB) was trained by Mrs John Harrington on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 9 February 2019.
- Who is Close Shave (GB)'s sire?
- Close Shave (GB) is by Presenting (GB) out of Knock Down (IRE), whose sire is Oscar.
- What going does Close Shave (GB) prefer?
- Close Shave (GB) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Close Shave (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 126, from the run on 9 February 2019. The highest on record is 131.
- What is Close Shave (GB)'s sire's record?
- Presenting (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,049 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
- Who are Close Shave (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Knock Down (IRE), Close Shave (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Hello Sweetie (GB) (5). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.