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Horse profile

College Oak (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2023) · Last trainer Jamie Snowden · Last owner Tony Bath
by Norse Dancer (IRE) out of Katmai (IRE) (Bob Back)
23 runs · 11 courses · from Apr 2019
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Nov 2023 — 1,072 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2023 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 95
KTB Profile

College Oak won four of 23 starts on turf between Apr 2019 and Nov 2023. Three of those wins came over 2m1f – 2m4f, including a Class 4 handicap at Ascot on good to soft in Oct 2020 off a mark of 113 and another at Uttoxeter on the same surface the previous month. His final success was a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Stratford over 2m5f – 3m on good in Jun 2022. Aged 8 at his last run in Nov 2023, he contested a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Exeter off an official rating of 95, 24lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 23 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 24lb off peak
Official rating95↓ 24lb off peak
95 95–119

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 117 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Stratford, 28 Jun 2022

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 20 figures · best 130B · median 96.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good10119B104.5—
Soft5130B99—
Good to Soft4120A86.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10120A91.5—
2m5f – 3m7117B88—
1m5f – 2m3130B114—

Of 23 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 · 20 figures from 23 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 96C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Exeter, 24 Oct 2023 Official rating 95 at the last run, 20 Nov 2023

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 21 figures · best 128A · median 105
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good11128A105—
Soft5115A111—
Good to Soft4128A110.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f11128A105—
2m5f – 3m7128A101—
1m5f – 2m3118A114—

Of 23 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 1,800 runs since Jan 2008 (157 horses).

Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.7% from 278. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.3% from 207.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1100%−9.4—
Good to Firm1901910%+0.60 from 1
Good6226510.5%+1.11 from 11
Good to Soft318299.1%−0.32 from 5
Soft307289.1%−0.31 from 6
Heavy119108.4%−1—
Standard (AW)233187.7%−1.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f300%−9.4—
6f – 7f11597.8%−1.6—
1m – 1m1f207136.3%−3.1—
1m2f – 1m4f282269.2%−0.2—
1m5f – 2m483377.7%−1.70 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f3883910.1%+0.73 from 11
2m5f – 3m2784114.7%+5.31 from 9
Over 3m4449.1%−0.3—

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
Katmai (IRE) (Bob Back)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Double Click (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 1m7f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Double Click (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Double Click (IRE)2351m7f–3m1½fClass 4
Found A Diamond (IRE)1122m6½f–3m1f—
The Imitation Game (GB)60——
Catmygirl (GB)30——
Kivalina (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 11 1 9% −2.50
Soft 6 1 17% −3.12
Good to Soft 5 2 40% +3.38
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 17 3 18% −0.12
Class 5 3 1 33% −0.12
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Exeter 3 0 0% −3.00
Stratford 3 1 33% +5.50
Uttoxeter 3 1 33% −0.12
Ffos Las 3 0 0% −3.00
Fontwell 3 0 0% −3.00
Worcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Ascot 2 1 50% +3.50
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Sedgefield 1 1 100% +1.88

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 11 3 27% +0.26
2m5f – 3m 9 1 11% −0.50
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Gavin Sheehan 10 2 20% +1.38
Page Fuller 7 2 29% +1.38
Will Featherstone 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr Johnathan Rees 1 0 0% −1.00
Archie Bellamy 1 0 0% −1.00
Alexander Thorne 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 17 3 18% −5.74
Blinkers 4 1 25% +4.50
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 4 0 0% −4.00
2022 6 1 17% +2.50
2021 5 0 0% −5.00
2020 4 2 50% +4.38
2019 4 1 25% −1.12

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 17 3 18% −0.12
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00
NH Flat 2 1 50% +0.88

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
2023 · 4 runs
20 Nov 23+27d Exeter Devon Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-3 95—— Will Featherstone 33/1
24 Oct 23+42d Exeter Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 18.5f · Good · 18 ran 14/18 25 11-7 10068C96C Mr Johnathan Rees 66/1
12 Sep 23+42d Worcester Paul Ferguson's Jumpers To Follow Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 15 10-8 10044B87B Will Featherstone 12/1
01 Aug 23+344d Worcester Don't Wait Check Your Prostate Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 31 10-5 104115C82C Will Featherstone 20/1
2022 · 6 runs
22 Aug 22+31d Stratford Dominic Chapman Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 22f · Good · 4 ran 4/4 1 10-9 11188C97B Gavin Sheehan 9/4
22 Jul 22+24d Uttoxeter BresBet Now Betting On International Racing Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6/8 17 12-1 11179C102C Gavin Sheehan 9/2
28 Jun 22+31d Stratford Every Race Live On Racing Tv Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 22f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 11-6 106117B128A Gavin Sheehan 15/2
28 May 22+24d Ffos Las AA Cleaning Maintenance Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 hd 11-11 105—119A Gavin Sheehan 10/1
04 May 22+27d Fontwell Free Tips Daily On Attheraces.com Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 1¾ 11-0 109102B97A Archie Bellamy 14/1
07 Apr 22+121d Ffos Las Griffin - Dale Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 4 ran 3/4 ½ 11-6 11258C105B Gavin Sheehan 9/1
2021 · 5 runs
07 Dec 21+40d Uttoxeter Cazoo Handicap Chase Class 4 · 22.5f · Soft · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-7 110—— Page Fuller 40/1
28 Oct 21+26d Stratford Charlotte Cole Memorial Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 8 ran 8/8 12 11-8 11370C101C Page Fuller 10/1
02 Oct 21+163d Fontwell bet365 Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 3 ran 3/3 53 11-10 1188C98C Gavin Sheehan 11/10F
22 Apr 21+18d Exeter Final Furlough At Heavitree Brewery PLC Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 3/6 19 11-5 11988B94B Gavin Sheehan 10/11F
04 Apr 21+107d Plumpton Crystal Services Commercial And Domestic Cleaning Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20.5f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 2 11-1 119119B121A Alexander Thorne 3/1
2020 · 4 runs
18 Dec 20+48d Ascot Itv7 100k Jackpot On Boxing Day Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 21.5f · Soft · 12 ran 9/12 ½ 10-12 119117C99C Page Fuller 11/1
31 Oct 20+33d Ascot tote.co.uk Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-4 11394A128A Page Fuller 9/2F
28 Sep 20+42d Newton Abbot Watch Sky Sports Racing In HD Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 13 ran 5/13 7½ 11-9 115107B115A Page Fuller 6/1
17 Aug 20+234d Uttoxeter Visit attheraces.com Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 10-12 117120A119A Gavin Sheehan 15/8
2019 · 4 runs
27 Dec 19+35d Wetherby 888Sport Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 2¾ 10-9 —130B114A Page Fuller 2/1F
22 Nov 19+33d Ffos Las Dunraven Windows Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 17 10-12 —99B111A Gavin Sheehan 11/10F
20 Oct 19+191d Sedgefield Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 17f · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 10-9 —89A115A Page Fuller 15/8F
12 Apr 19 Fontwell Goodwin Racing 08000 421 321 Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 13.5f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 6 10-8 —114A118A Gavin Sheehan 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has College Oak won?
College Oak (GB) won 4 of 23 archived starts between 2019 and 2023, a strike rate of 17.4%. Placed 7 times in total (30.4% of starts).
Who trained College Oak?
College Oak (GB) was trained by Jamie Snowden on the most recent run on record, at Exeter on 20 November 2023.
Who is College Oak's sire?
College Oak (GB) is by Norse Dancer (IRE) out of Katmai (IRE), whose sire is Bob Back.
What going does College Oak prefer?
College Oak (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is College Oak's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 20 November 2023. The highest on record is 119.
What is College Oak's sire's record?
Norse Dancer (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 1,800 runs since Jan 2008 (157 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.7% from 278. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.3% from 207.
Who are College Oak's siblings?
Out of Katmai (IRE), College Oak (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Double Click (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Double Click (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7f–3m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2019. 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.