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Horse profile

Country Escape (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2008) · Last trainer Jonjo O'Neill · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Zafonic (USA) out of Midnight Allure (GB) (Aragon)
18 runs · 15 courses · from Apr 2006
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Aug 2008 — 6,669 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2008 · 1st of 7 Won last time out 5 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 109
KTB Profile

Country Escape (GB) is 5 from 18. Won last time out at Bangor-on-Dee (Class 4), off a mark 5lb below the previous winning one.

Based on 18 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating109↓ 11lb off peak
109 70–120

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 (jumps) 119B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Bangor-on-Dee, 1 Aug 2008 Official rating 109 at the last jumps run, 1 Aug 2008

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 93C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 2 Oct 2006 Official rating 79 at the last flat run, 2 Oct 2006

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 →

Jumps 13 figures · best 119B · median 93
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good4115C95.5—
Good to Soft3119B114—
Soft389C81—
Good to Firm2109C104.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m9115C89—
2m1f – 2m4f4119B106—
Flat 5 figures · best 99C · median 83
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)299C96—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f599C83—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 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
Zafonic (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 658 runs since Jan 2008 (52 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.2% from 190.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11218.2%+8.5—
Good to Firm161159.3%−0.41 from 3
Good147106.8%−2.91 from 4
Good to Soft6223.2%−6.52 from 4
Soft6669.1%−0.60 from 4
Heavy2129.5%−0.20 from 1
Standard (AW)1902714.2%+4.51 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f601016.7%+7—
6f – 7f173169.2%−0.5—
1m – 1m1f6769%−0.72 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f1081312%+2.3—
1m5f – 2m145139%−0.72 from 9
2m1f – 2m4f5048%−1.71 from 4
2m5f – 3m5024%−5.7—
Over 3m500%−9.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Midnight Allure (GB) (Aragon)

8 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Devilfishpoker Com (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 5f–2m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Devilfishpoker Com (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Devilfishpoker Com (GB)3621m7½f–2m1½fClass 4
Sand Owl (GB)817fClass 5
Crown Of Aragon (GB)711m2fClass 6
Aragon Knight (GB)3115fClass 6
Twilight Allure (GB)815fClass 5
Midnight Tycoon (GB)20——
Manana Manana (GB)100——
Love Me Again (GB)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 4 2 50% +5.50
Good 4 1 25% +1.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 3 1 33% +3.50
Standard (AW) 2 1 50% +5.50
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 10 3 30% +6.50
Class 5 4 1 25% +1.50
Class 3 3 1 33% +3.50
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Bangor-on-Dee 4 2 50% +6.50
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 1 100% +4.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 1 100% +6.50
Warwick 1 1 100% +4.50
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 9 2 22% +2.50
1m – 1m1f 5 2 40% +8.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 1 25% +0.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
A P McCoy 10 3 30% +5.50
Richie McLernon 1 0 0% −1.00
Johnny Farrelly 1 0 0% −1.00
Dominic Elsworth 1 0 0% −1.00
Jimmy Quinn 1 1 100% +6.50
Eddie Ahern 1 1 100% +4.50
Kerrin McEvoy 1 0 0% −1.00
Alan Munro 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 4 1 25% +0.00
2007 8 2 25% +3.50
2006 6 2 33% +7.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 2 20% +1.50
Flat 5 2 40% +8.00
Chase 3 1 33% +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
2008 · 4 runs
01 Aug 08+19d Bangor-on-Dee Browns Of Chester Ladies Day Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m1½f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 11-9 109119B A P McCoy 3/1J
13 Jul 08+57d Stratford Birmingham Mail Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m½f · Good · 11 ran 10/11 shd 11-6 11793A A P McCoy 17/2
17 May 08+15d Bangor-on-Dee Home Sale Network Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 1 11-7 11398C A P McCoy 11/1
02 May 08+216d Bangor-on-Dee Up For The Cup Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 10/12 13 11-0 12084C Richie McLernon 28/1
2007 · 8 runs
29 Sep 07+15d Market Rasen bluesquare.com Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 2m3½f · Good · 17 ran 16/17 14 10-9 12089C A P McCoy 12/1
14 Sep 07+50d Bangor-on-Dee Carlsberg Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m½f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 1/10 10-10 114109C A P McCoy 11/2
26 Jul 07+10d Uttoxeter Griffin Spires Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 5 ran 3/5 4 10-12 11086C A P McCoy 6/4F
16 Jul 07+28d Newton Abbot Exquisite Catering Company Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 hd 11-10 110114C A P McCoy 11/4F
18 Jun 07+44d Hereford WBX.com Commission Offers At Royal Ascot Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 12 ran 1/12 11-6 102115C A P McCoy 4/1
05 May 07+77d Worcester Myson Premier Compact Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Firm · 15 ran 6/15 3½ 11-0 102100C A P McCoy 8/1
17 Feb 07+18d Wincanton Bathwick Tyres Salisbury Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 1m7½f · Soft · 17 ran 7/17 2 10-0 —81C Johnny Farrelly 66/1
30 Jan 07+48d Taunton southwestracing.com Novices' Hdl (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m½f · Soft · 14 ran 7/14 9 10-7 —75C Dominic Elsworth 33/1
2006 · 6 runs
13 Dec 06+72d Newbury Blackmore Building Contractors Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Soft · 15 ran 11/15 5 10-12 —89C A P McCoy 10/1
02 Oct 06+16d Wolverhampton (AW) Zongalero Restaurant Handicap Class 4 · 1m½f · Standard To Fast · 11 ran 1/11 8-10 7993C Jimmy Quinn 13/2
16 Sep 06+19d Warwick Beech-Hurst Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good To Soft · 15 ran 1/15 9-6 7076C Eddie Ahern 9/2
28 Aug 06+19d Ripon Chris & Chris Smith's Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 2 9-3 7052C Kerrin McEvoy 7/4
09 Aug 06+114d Kempton (AW) TFM Networks Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 11 ran 2/11 1¼ 9-3 —99C Alan Munro 12/1
17 Apr 06 Yarmouth Great Yarmouth Glass Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Good To Firm · 15 ran 3/15 1½ 8-11 —83C Tom Queally 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Country Escape won?
Country Escape (GB) won 5 of 18 archived starts between 2006 and 2008, a strike rate of 27.8%. Placed 8 times in total (44.4% of starts).
Who trained Country Escape?
Country Escape (GB) was trained by Jonjo O'Neill on the most recent run on record, at Bangor-on-Dee on 1 August 2008.
Who is Country Escape's sire?
Country Escape (GB) is by Zafonic (USA) out of Midnight Allure (GB), whose sire is Aragon.
What going does Country Escape prefer?
Country Escape (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Country Escape's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 109, from the run on 1 August 2008. The highest on record is 120.
What is Country Escape's sire's record?
Zafonic (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 658 runs since Jan 2008 (52 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.2% from 190.
Who are Country Escape's siblings?
Out of Midnight Allure (GB), Country Escape (GB) has 8 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Devilfishpoker Com (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Devilfishpoker Com (GB)). The wins came over 5f–2m1½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2006. 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.