Columnist (GB)
Columnist won the British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes at Class 2 level over 6f to 7f on good to soft at Chester in May 2024. The gelding, who was aged 3 at his last run in Aug 2025, has one win and two places from ten starts on turf, all over 6f to 7f. He finished eighth of 14 in the Ruby Lodge Care Home In Thirsk Handicap at Class 3 off an official rating of 91, 12lb below his highest ever mark.
- 1–10Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 2 (20%)Placed
- −6.50£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 1.52Fair A/E n=10 · 1.31 incl. margin
- 103Highest OR
- 51dAvg 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 85
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 96C | 83 | — |
| Good | 2 | 121C | 100.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 91C | 89 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 121C | 85 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 from 4 analysed runs since May 2025
- Midfield 2 (50%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (25%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 3,510 runs since Jan 2008 (350 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 40 | 3 | 7.5% | −1.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 697 | 68 | 9.8% | +1.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Good | 800 | 62 | 7.8% | −0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 357 | 39 | 10.9% | +2.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 326 | 31 | 9.5% | +0.8 | — |
| Heavy | 94 | 5 | 5.3% | −3.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,196 | 98 | 8.2% | −0.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,143 | 126 | 11% | +2.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,959 | 154 | 7.9% | −0.8 | 1 from 10 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 329 | 20 | 6.1% | −2.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 55 | 5 | 9.1% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −8.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −2.8 | — |
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 Warrior's Valley (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Listed (Hilitany (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrior's Valley (GB) | 37 | 5 | 5f | Class 4 |
| Hilitany (GB) | 7 | 3 | 6f–7f | Listed |
| Mendamay (GB) | 3 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| No More Heroes (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sonny Brown (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Musical Mistress (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.50 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.50 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Doyle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jack Garritty | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| David Egan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 25+27d | Thirsk | Ruby Lodge Care Home In Thirsk Handicap Settled in the pack - urged forward with over 2f left - weakened inside the final furlong - finished 8th | 8/14 | ¾ | 9-9 | 91 | 121C | 92A | Jack Garritty | 12/1 |
| 02 Aug 25+23d | Goodwood | Whispering Angel Handicap Settled in the pack - closed on the front group with 2f left - squeezed for space inside the last then finished on well enough for 9th | 9/16 | nse | 8-12 | 93 | 91C | 95A | David Egan | 50/1 |
| 10 Jul 25+26d | Newmarket | Bet Boost At bet365 Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Settled on the near flank early - improved into contention 2f out - asked for effort soon after and drifted left - held no more inside the final furlong to finish 5th | 5/17 | 1 | 8-13 | 94 | 96C | 100A | David Egan | 66/1 |
| 14 Jun 25+27d | York | Churchill Tyres Supporting Macmillan Sprint Handicap Held handy in the early stages - roused before the 2f marker - lost touch inside the final furlong - well held at the finish | 14/18 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 98 | 83C | 86A | James Doyle | 66/1 |
| 18 May 25+9d | Newmarket | Sky Bet Proud To Support RoR Handicap Hampered at the start - dropped to the back - driven over 1f out - no improvement and finished 7th | 7/8 | 4½ | 9-9 | 101 | 85A | 77A | Jamie Spencer | 22/1 |
| 09 May 25+285d | Ascot | Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% Handicap Drifted left leaving the stalls - off the bridle and in trouble from 2f out - well held in eighth | 8/10 | 2¾ | 9-9 | 103 | 71A | 85A | Oisin Orr | 25/1 |
| 28 Jul 24+15d | Deauville (FR) | Prix de Cabourg (2yo) (Straight Course) (Turf) | 3/5 | hd | 9-0 | — | — | — | James Doyle | 58/10 |
| 13 Jul 24+25d | Newmarket | Bet365 Superlative Stakes (Group 2) | 4/6 | hd | 9-3 | 103 | 80A | 89B | James Doyle | 9/1 |
| 18 Jun 24+24d | Ascot | Coventry Stakes (Group 2) | 3/22 | hd | 9-3 | — | 75C | 107A | Oisin Orr | 50/1 |
| 25 May 24 | Chester | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/6 | 9-6 | — | 87A | 96B | Jack Garritty | 5/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Columnist (GB) won?
- Columnist (GB) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 2 times in total (20% of starts).
- Who trained Columnist (GB)?
- Columnist (GB) was trained by Richard Fahey on the most recent run on record, at Thirsk on 29 August 2025.
- Who is Columnist (GB)'s sire?
- Columnist (GB) is by Ardad (IRE) out of Sand And Deliver (GB), whose sire is Royal Applause.
- What going does Columnist (GB) prefer?
- Columnist (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Columnist (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 29 August 2025. The highest on record is 103.
- What is Columnist (GB)'s sire's record?
- Ardad (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 3,510 runs since Jan 2008 (350 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Columnist (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Sand And Deliver (GB), Columnist (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Warrior's Valley (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Listed (Hilitany (GB)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.