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Horse profile

Cracking Gold (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2025) · Last trainer Clive Cox · Last owner Paul Clare Rooney
by Havana Gold (IRE) out of Meaning Of Time (GB) (Captain Gerrard)
15 runs · 11 courses · from Jan 2024
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Aug 2025 — 430 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2025 · 5th of 11 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 97
KTB Profile

Cracking Gold won four of 15 starts between Jan 2024 and Aug 2025. Three of those wins came over 6f – 7f and one over 1m – 1m1f, with three on standard AW and one on good to firm turf. He gained his biggest success in the Class 3 laywheeler.com Handicap at Newmarket in Jun 2025 off a mark of 91. Aged 4 at his last run in Aug 2025, he finished fifth of 11 in the Class 2 TPT Fire Handicap at Newbury while prominent and carrying his career-high rating of 97.

Based on 15 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically prominent OR at career high
Official rating97At career-high mark
97 88–97

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 103 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newbury, 16 Aug 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 →

Flat 15 figures · best 111A · median 99
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)7111A100—
Good to Firm5103A93—
Good2107C98.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f8111A101—
1m – 1m1f6106A95—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 112A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Goodwood, 30 Jul 2025 Official rating 97 at the last run, 16 Aug 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 →

Flat 15 figures · best 112A · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)798A93—
Good to Firm5104A95—
Good2112A103—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f8112A96.5—
1m – 1m1f698A90—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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 10 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Prominent 6 (60%) · 1 win
  • Held up 3 (30%) · 1 win
  • Midfield 1 (10%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Havana Gold (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 5,051 runs since Jan 2008 (402 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 4.3% from 116. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13% from 523. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.2% from 177.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm24416.7%+7.2—
Good to Firm95510010.5%+11 from 5
Good98610010.1%+0.60 from 2
Good to Soft469286%−3.50 from 1
Soft426286.6%−2.9—
Heavy11654.3%−5.2—
Standard (AW)2,07421710.5%+13 from 7
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f5236813%+3.5—
6f – 7f2,4172369.8%+0.33 from 8
1m – 1m1f1,178927.8%−1.71 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f6927110.3%+0.80 from 1
1m5f – 2m177116.2%−3.3—
2m1f – 2m4f5747%−2.5—
2m5f – 3m500%−9.5—
Over 3m200%−9.5—

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
Meaning Of Time (GB) (Captain Gerrard)

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
Standard (AW) 7 3 43% +5.87
Good to Firm 5 1 20% +4.50
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 7 2 29% +6.25
Class 2 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +0.62
Class 5 1 1 100% +6.50

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 3 1 33% +4.50
Newmarket 2 1 50% +7.50
Southwell (AW) 2 1 50% +1.75
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 1 100% +0.62

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 8 3 38% +10.62
1m – 1m1f 6 1 17% −2.25
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Rossa Ryan 7 3 43% +7.87
David Probert 4 0 0% −4.00
Clifford Lee 1 0 0% −1.00
Dougie Costello 1 0 0% −1.00
Billy Loughnane 1 0 0% −1.00
John Fahy 1 1 100% +6.50

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 2 33% +3.12
Tongue tie 4 1 25% +5.50
Cheekpieces 3 1 33% +0.75
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 9 2 22% +4.25
2024 6 2 33% +3.12

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
16 Aug 25+17d Newbury TPT Fire Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran Held a handy position early - driven approaching final 2f - shared 3rd spot with a furlong left - weakened close home to finish 5th beaten under three lengths 5/11 1 10-0 97103A101A David Probert 9/2
30 Jul 25+34d Goodwood World Pool Bet With The Tote Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good · 20 ran Tracked the pace - moved left approaching 2f out - hit the front inside final 2f - overtaken close home but kept battling to the line 2/20 nk 9-11 9490C112A David Probert 16/1
26 Jun 25+31d Newmarket laywheeler.com Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran Settled towards the back through the middle of the field early - made progress wide of rivals with a furlong to run - powered through inside the final furlong - got up to score right on the line 1/12 9-8 9193A104A Rossa Ryan 17/2
26 May 25+17d Redcar Racing TV Zetland Gold Cup Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 2 · 10f · Good To Firm · 10 ran Settled towards the back - crept into contention from 2f out - stayed on without threatening to challenge - finished 8th 8/10 1¼ 9-12 9275A78A Clifford Lee 22/1
09 May 25+21d Chester CAA Stellar Earl Grosvenor Handicap Class 2 · 7.5f · Good · 14 ran Sat close to the front group early - fighting for control under restraint - pushed along with 2f left - stayed on late to take 4th 4/14 ½ 9-0 93107C94A David Probert 20/1
18 Apr 25+30d Newcastle (AW) BetMGM All-Weather Championships Mile Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran Settled in the pack - nudged for effort with over 2f left - dropped away inside final furlong 11/14 ½ 8-11 9394B79A David Probert 14/1
19 Mar 25+28d Southwell (AW) Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Handicap Class 3 · 8f · Standard · 8 ran Held eagerly in third early - swung wide on the turn - hit front inside final 2f and asked for effort - stayed on strongly to win 1/8 9-9 88106A98A Rossa Ryan 11/4F
19 Feb 25+12d Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) Class 3 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran Settled just behind the pace early - hit the front two out - lost that advantage a furlong later - stayed on without finding more late 3/9 1¼ 9-7 88100A91A Dougie Costello 9/4
07 Feb 25+188d Southwell (AW) Win 1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Class 3 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran Settled prominently under pressure early - improved into contention 2f out - pushed along soon after - ran on to take second but never troubling winner 2/12 3¾ 9-2 8896A95A Rossa Ryan 2/1F
03 Aug 24+44d Newmarket Turners Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good To Firm · 6 ran Checked at the break - settled at the back - made progress wide of rivals inside the final two furlongs then pressed for effort - lost ground close home to finish fourth 4/6 ¾ 9-11 9099B95B Billy Loughnane 10/3J
20 Jun 24+55d Ascot Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 29 ran 18/29 nk 8-13 9269C83A Rossa Ryan 40/1
26 Apr 24+30d Sandown Bet365 Esher Cup Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 4/5 2 9-2 9284C89B Rossa Ryan 5/1
27 Mar 24+37d Kempton (AW) Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 6 ran 2/6 nk 9-9 88111A91B Rossa Ryan 5/6F
19 Feb 24+26d Lingfield (AW) Best Racing Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 1/7 9-10 —111A98A Rossa Ryan 8/13F
24 Jan 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet More Boosts In More Races Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 1/9 8-12 —99A93A John Fahy 13/2

Quick answers

How many races has Cracking Gold (GB) won?
Cracking Gold (GB) won 4 of 15 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 26.7%. Placed 8 times in total (53.3% of starts).
Who trained Cracking Gold (GB)?
Cracking Gold (GB) was trained by Clive Cox on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 16 August 2025.
Who is Cracking Gold (GB)'s sire?
Cracking Gold (GB) is by Havana Gold (IRE) out of Meaning Of Time (GB), whose sire is Captain Gerrard.
What going does Cracking Gold (GB) prefer?
Cracking Gold (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 3 wins from 7 starts (42.9%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Cracking Gold (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 16 August 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Cracking Gold (GB)'s sire's record?
Havana Gold (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 5,051 runs since Jan 2008 (402 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.3% from 116. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13% from 523. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.2% from 177.

Record shown from January 2024. 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.