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Horse profile

Conman John (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2025) · Trainer Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Owner Mrs C Wymer
by Malinas (GER) out of Shanclough (IRE) (Oscar)
5 runs · 4 courses · from Feb 2025
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Cheltenham & Kelso Beaten favourite LTO Off 308 days · 3rd of 7 Last raced off OR 135
KTB Profile

Conman John is a gelding who has won two of five starts over hurdles. Both wins came on good ground over 2m5f – 3m, one in a Class 4 novices’ hurdle at Kelso in Oct 2025 and one in a Class 2 novices’ hurdle at Cheltenham the same month. He has never won on good to soft or softer. His last run, at Cheltenham in Dec 2025, was a third of seven in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle when he led and raced off his career-high mark of 135. He was beaten favourite that day.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 132 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cheltenham, 25 Oct 2025

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 5 figures · best 133A · median 130
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft2133A1261 · —
Good2132B111.51 · —
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3132B1192 · 132 / 125.5
2m1f – 2m4f2133A131.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 150A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cheltenham, 25 Oct 2025 Official rating 135 at the last run, 13 Dec 2025

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 5 figures · best 150A · median 129
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft2137A1281 · —
Good2150A1381 · —
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3150A1372 · 150 / 143.5
2m1f – 2m4f2129A124—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 from 4 analysed runs

  • Led 2 (50%) · 1 win
  • Held up 2 (50%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Malinas (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 3,936 runs since Jan 2008 (418 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−14.2—
Good to Firm36616.7%+2.5—
Good1,18416914.3%+0.12 from 2
Good to Soft91214015.4%+1.20 from 2
Soft1,23616613.4%−0.80 from 1
Heavy5327413.9%−0.3—
Standard (AW)3412.9%−11.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−14.2—
1m – 1m1f1218.3%−5.9—
1m2f – 1m4f50510%−4.2—
1m5f – 2m1,09515213.9%−0.3—
2m1f – 2m4f1,36818213.3%−0.90 from 2
2m5f – 3m1,07917616.3%+2.12 from 3
Over 3m3304112.4%−1.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Shanclough (IRE) (Oscar)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 2 100% +4.36
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 1 100% +4.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +0.36
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cheltenham 2 1 50% +3.00
Kelso 1 1 100% +0.36
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 3 2 67% +3.36
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Derek Fox 3 2 67% +3.36
Mr R James 1 0 0% −1.00
Conner McCann 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 3 2 67% +3.36
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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
13 Dec 25+49d Cheltenham Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Bristol Novices' Hurdle) (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24f · Good To Soft · 7 ran Set the pace early - put under pressure approaching last after being caught - responded well up the run-in - edged out close home for third 3/7 nk 11-3 135119A137A Derek Fox 11/10F
25 Oct 25+20d Cheltenham Play William Hill's Final One Standing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Good · 13 ran Went in front from the off - clipped one and lost the advantage 6th before regaining it soon after - kept finding through the closing stages to win 1/13 11-5 —132B150A Derek Fox 4/1
05 Oct 25+156d Kelso Welcome To Family Day Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21f · Good · 9 ran Held up on inner behind the pace - hit the second-last and pushed along into second - kept finding through the closing stages to get up close home 1/9 11-0 —91B126A Derek Fox 4/11F
02 May 25+78d Punchestown Overlander Flat Race 19f · Yielding · 22 ran Held up at the back - squeezed for space early on - moved into midfield from halfway - pushed wide entering the straight while up to 9th - improved to 7th inside the final furlong and finished strongly for 5th 5/22 7 11-7 109130B129A Mr R James 14/1
13 Feb 25 Newcastle Watch Unbridled On attheraces.com Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 17f · Good To Soft · 9 ran Settled just off the pace - hit the front over 2f out before being overtaken with a furlong left - unable to threaten the winner late and held for second 2/9 8½ 10-11 —133A119B Conner McCann 11/8F

Quick answers

How many races has Conman John (IRE) won?
Conman John (IRE) won 2 of 5 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 40%. Placed 3 times in total (60% of starts).
Who trains Conman John (IRE)?
Conman John (IRE) is trained by Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 December 2025.
Who is Conman John (IRE)'s sire?
Conman John (IRE) is by Malinas (GER) out of Shanclough (IRE), whose sire is Oscar.
What is Conman John (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 135, from the run on 13 December 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Conman John (IRE)'s sire's record?
Malinas (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 3,936 runs since Jan 2008 (418 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from February 2025. 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.