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Horse profile

Clove Hitch (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Nov 2024) · Last trainer Andrew Balding · Last owner Juddmonte
by Siyouni (FR) out of Contemptuous (IRE) (New Approach)
8 runs · 6 courses · from Jul 2023
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Nov 2024 — 731 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2024 · 9th of 12 Won at Newbury First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Clove Hitch won the Class 2 Darley EBF Fillies Novice Stakes at Newbury in Jun 2024 over 1m to 1m1f on good to firm ground off an official rating of 90. She has one win and three places from eight runs with her highest ever mark of 102. The filly was beaten 9 of 12 at Deauville in Nov 2024 on her first time in headgear. All wins at Class 2.

Based on 8 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Sep 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 2

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 119 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newbury, 13 Jun 2024

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 6 figures · best 119A · median 85
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good2101A81.5—
Good to Firm2119A100—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f5119A89—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 98A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newbury, 13 Jun 2024 Official rating 100 at the last run, 7 Sep 2024

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 6 figures · best 98A · median 91
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good278A65—
Good to Firm298A96—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f598A94—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Siyouni (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 13% of 8,351 runs since Mar 2014 (978 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 457.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm14321.4%+8.4—
Good to Firm6647911.9%−1.11 from 2
Good1,66223614.2%+1.20 from 2
Good to Soft1,20913911.5%−1.50 from 1
Soft1,34915811.7%−1.30 from 2
Heavy457429.2%−3.8—
Standard (AW)2,99643114.4%+1.40 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4135312.8%−0.2—
6f – 7f3,22842313.1%+0.10 from 2
1m – 1m1f2,88337513%01 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f1,47719613.3%+0.3—
1m5f – 2m2863311.5%−1.5—
2m1f – 2m4f55712.7%−0.3—
2m5f – 3m9111.1%−1.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2014 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Contemptuous (IRE) (New Approach)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Star Chasing (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% −0.33
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 2 1 50% −0.33
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newbury 3 1 33% −1.33
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 6 1 17% −4.33
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Oisin Murphy 5 1 20% −3.33
Stephane Pasquier 1 0 0% −1.00
Maxime Guyon 1 0 0% −1.00
Ryan Moore 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 1 14% −5.33
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 7 1 14% −5.33
2023 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
2024 · 7 runs
03 Nov 24+30d Deauville (FR) Prix Irish River - Polytrack Challenge () (3yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 7f · Standard · 12 ran 9/12 hd 8-10 ——— Stephane Pasquier 17/1
04 Oct 24+27d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Coronation () (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Turf) 1m · Very Soft · 9 ran 6/9 3½ 8-10 ——— Maxime Guyon 54/10
07 Sep 24+63d Haydock Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Superior Mile Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 1m · Good · 7 ran Settled just behind the pace - pushed along with 2f left and squeezed for space approaching the furlong marker - unable to find more late and finished sixth beaten 5.5 lengths 6/7 1½ 8-11 100101A78A Oisin Murphy 5/1
06 Jul 24+23d Sandown Coral Distaff (Fillies' Listed) Class 1 · 1m · Soft · 8 ran 5/8 1 9-2 10262A88A Ryan Moore 4/1
13 Jun 24+24d Newbury Darley EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Str) Class 2 · 1m · Good To Firm · 11 ran 1/11 9-2 90119A98A Oisin Murphy 4/6F
20 May 24+30d Windsor Darley EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 · 1m · Good To Firm · 12 ran 2/12 ½ 9-2 —81A94A Oisin Murphy 5/2
20 Apr 24+289d Newbury Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 'Confined' Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Str) Class 4 · 1m · Good To Soft · 17 ran 3/17 1¼ 9-2 —89C94A Oisin Murphy 12/1
2023 · 1 run
06 Jul 23 Newbury Veolia EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 nk 9-2 —62A52A Oisin Murphy 5/6F

Quick answers

How many races has Clove Hitch won?
Clove Hitch (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
Who trained Clove Hitch?
Clove Hitch (IRE) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Deauville (FR) on 3 November 2024.
Who is Clove Hitch's sire?
Clove Hitch (IRE) is by Siyouni (FR) out of Contemptuous (IRE), whose sire is New Approach.
What is Clove Hitch's official rating?
Clove Hitch (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 102.
What is Clove Hitch's sire's record?
Siyouni (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 13% of 8,351 runs since Mar 2014 (978 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 457.
Who are Clove Hitch's siblings?
Out of Contemptuous (IRE), Clove Hitch (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2023. 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.