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Horse profile

Contemplation (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2008) · Last trainer Alan Swinbank · Last owner R L Crowe
by Sunday Silence (USA) out of Wood Vine (USA) (Woodman)
21 runs · 13 courses · from May 2006
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Jul 2008 — 6,685 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2008 · 14th of 15 Won at Redcar Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 55
KTB Profile

Contemplation (GB) is 1 from 21, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Sep 2007. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 5 on softer). Last raced off 55, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 6 OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating55↓ 10lb off peak
55 48–65

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 63A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hamilton, 11 Jun 2008 Official rating 55 at the last flat run, 1 Jul 2008

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 82A the best of the last 1 rated run · Catterick, 5 Mar 2008

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 →

Flat 20 figures · best 73C · median 58
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm769A60—
Good573C59—
Good to Soft257C45.5—
Soft259C44.5—
Standard (AW)261C59—
Firm1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f873C58—
1m – 1m1f669A59—
6f – 7f564C57—
1m5f – 2m1———
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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
Sunday Silence (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 109 runs since Jan 2008 (8 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−9.21 from 1
Good to Firm22313.6%+4.40 from 8
Good49714.3%+5.10 from 5
Good to Soft1200%−9.20 from 2
Soft1100%−9.20 from 2
Heavy100%−9.20 from 1
Standard (AW)900%−9.20 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f600%−9.20 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f19210.5%+1.31 from 8
1m5f – 2m25520%+10.80 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f4324.7%−4.5—
2m5f – 3m1616.3%−2.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Wood Vine (USA) (Woodman)

5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Silkwood (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Silkwood (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Silkwood (GB)531m1½f–1m4fGroup 2
Shrill (GB)1025f—
Vine Street (IRE)721m2fClass 5
Kavango (IRE)511m—
Indian Petal (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 8 0 0% −8.00
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 1 100% +6.50
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 6 9 1 11% −1.50
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Catterick 4 0 0% −4.00
Beverley 3 0 0% −3.00
Redcar 3 1 33% +4.50
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 8 1 13% −0.50
1m – 1m1f 6 0 0% −6.00
6f – 7f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
David Allan 4 0 0% −4.00
Robert Winston 2 0 0% −2.00
Pat Cosgrave 2 1 50% +5.50
Paul Hanagan 2 0 0% −2.00
Dean McKeown 2 0 0% −2.00
Tadhg O'Shea 1 0 0% −1.00
Mrs Carol Bartley 1 0 0% −1.00
P J McDonald 1 0 0% −1.00
Dougie Costello 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss L Ellison 1 0 0% −1.00
Micky Fenton 1 0 0% −1.00
Jamie Hamblett 1 0 0% −1.00
Joe Fanning 1 0 0% −1.00
Stanley Chin 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 17 1 6% −9.50
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 6 0 0% −6.00
2007 10 1 10% −2.50
2006 5 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 20 1 5% −12.50
Hurdle 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
01 Jul 08+15d Thirsk Turftv Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 14/15 1¾ 9-6 5534C Tadhg O'Shea 11/1
16 Jun 08+5d Carlisle Andidrain Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 9f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 6/10 3¾ 9-7 5557A Robert Winston 5/1
11 Jun 08+12d Hamilton Patersons Of Greenoakhill Selling Stakes Class 6 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 6/12 nse 9-3 5663A Robert Winston 4/1J
30 May 08+10d Haydock Lambrini Lady Amateur Riders' Handicap Class 5 · 10.5f · Good · 12 ran 5/12 3¼ 9-10 5963A Mrs Carol Bartley 7/1
20 May 08+76d Beverley Turftv Betting Shop Service Handicap Class 6 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 8/16 shd 9-0 5969A P J McDonald 8/1
05 Mar 08+138d Catterick Call 01748 810165 For Raceday Hospitality Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 6/16 8 11-2 —82A Dougie Costello 14/1
19 Oct 07+10d Redcar Sawfish Software Ladies' Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good · 15 ran 6/15 nk 10-7 6073C Miss L Ellison 6/1
09 Oct 07+22d Catterick Book On-Line At catterickbridge.Co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 4 9-0 6059C Pat Cosgrave 11/1
17 Sep 07+28d Redcar Graham Regan Selling Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Firm · 15 ran 1/15 9-3 4870C Pat Cosgrave 13/2
20 Aug 07+19d Leicester Leicester Racecourse Conference Centre Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 13/14 4 8-12 5034C David Allan 25/1
01 Aug 07+21d Redcar redcarracing.co.uk Rating Related Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 9/12 2½ 9-7 5050C Micky Fenton 25/1
11 Jul 07+11d Catterick turftv.co.uk Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 6/13 ¾ 9-1 5260C David Allan 12/1
30 Jun 07+39d Newmarket Morris Armitage Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Soft · 11 ran 11/11 1 8-4 5530C Jamie Hamblett 12/1
22 May 07+13d Beverley Turf TV Betting Shop Service Handicap Class 6 · 8.5f · Good · 16 ran 14/16 hd 9-1 5746C David Allan 16/1
09 May 07+13d Beverley White Rabbit Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 5/6 4 8-10 6250C David Allan 16/1
26 Apr 07+192d Southwell (AW) Experience The Thrills of skybetvegas.com Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 6/10 2 8-12 6357C Paul Hanagan 10/3J
16 Oct 06+7d Pontefract toteexacta Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 7/17 1¾ 8-11 6557C Paul Hanagan 9/2F
09 Oct 06+23d Wolverhampton (AW) Ringside Suite 700 Theatre Style Conference Handicap Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard To Fast · 13 ran 5/13 ½ 8-13 6561C Dean McKeown 10/1
16 Sep 06+113d Catterick Book Raceday Hospitality On 01748 810165 Maiden Stakes(Div2) Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 2/14 3½ 9-3 6564C Dean McKeown 11/2
26 May 06+7d Haydock Wainhomes Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 12f · Heavy · 6 ran 4/6 20 8-9 —57C Joe Fanning 7/4
19 May 06 Nottingham John Smith's Extra Smooth Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 14f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 3½ 8-6 —59C Stanley Chin 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Contemplation (GB) won?
Contemplation (GB) won 1 of 21 archived starts between 2006 and 2008, a strike rate of 4.8%. Placed 3 times in total (14.3% of starts).
Who trained Contemplation (GB)?
Contemplation (GB) was trained by Alan Swinbank on the most recent run on record, at Thirsk on 1 July 2008.
Who is Contemplation (GB)'s sire?
Contemplation (GB) is by Sunday Silence (USA) out of Wood Vine (USA), whose sire is Woodman.
What is Contemplation (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 55, from the run on 1 July 2008. The highest on record is 65.
What is Contemplation (GB)'s sire's record?
Sunday Silence (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 109 runs since Jan 2008 (8 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Contemplation (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Wood Vine (USA), Contemplation (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Silkwood (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Silkwood (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2006. 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.