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Horse profile

Cross Swords (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2019) · Last trainer Roger Fell · Last owner The First Of May Crew Partner
by Invincible Spirit (IRE) out of Alaia (IRE) (Sinndar)
9 runs · 5 courses · from Jan 2018
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Jan 2019 — 2,851 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2019 · 12th of 12 Last raced off OR 52
KTB Profile

Cross Swords (GB) is yet to win from 9 starts. Best effort: 4th of 11 at Wolverhampton (AW) (Mar 2018). Last raced off 52, 16lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 16lb off peak
Official rating52↓ 16lb off peak
52 52–68

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 93 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newcastle (AW), 23 Oct 2018

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 9 figures · best 96B · median 82
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)996B82—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f593B76—
1m – 1m1f496B88—

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 60A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newcastle (AW), 22 Nov 2018 Official rating 52 at the last run, 6 Jan 2019

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 9 figures · best 74A · median 57
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)974A57—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f561A57—
1m – 1m1f474A56.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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
Invincible Spirit (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 20,835 runs since Jan 2008 (1,573 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1612616.1%+4.2—
Good to Firm3,58146312.9%+1—
Good4,53048710.8%−1.1—
Good to Soft2,13225411.9%0—
Soft2,76330311%−0.9—
Heavy794789.8%−2.1—
Standard (AW)6,87386612.6%+0.70 from 9
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3,05239913.1%+1.2—
6f – 7f9,8381,18012%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f4,50554212%+0.10 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f2,14024911.6%−0.30 from 5
1m5f – 2m843667.8%−4.1—
2m1f – 2m4f361339.1%−2.8—
2m5f – 3m8989%−2.9—
Over 3m7114.3%+2.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Alaia (IRE) (Sinndar)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Flying Frontier (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m1f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Flying Frontier (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Flying Frontier (GB)1941m1f–1m2fClass 2
Allumage (GB)711m2fClass 5
Max's Thunder (IRE)100——
Abwab (IRE)70——
Aloysius (GB)10——

Record by conditions

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 6 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newcastle (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Luke Morris 4 0 0% −4.00
Tony Hamilton 2 0 0% −2.00
Miss Rosie Howarth 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Sanderson 1 0 0% −1.00
Oisin Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 1 0 0% −1.00
2018 8 0 0% −8.00

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
2019 · 1 run
06 Jan 19+34d Newcastle (AW) Betway Heed Your Hunch Amateur Riders' Handicap Class 6 · 12.5f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 12/12 2½ 9-10 5244C44C Miss Rosie Howarth 14/1
2018 · 8 runs
03 Dec 18+11d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Casino Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 12 ran 9/12 1 9-0 5683A46A Ben Sanderson 15/2
22 Nov 18+30d Newcastle (AW) Betway Casino Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 12.5f · Standard · 10 ran 6/10 2½ 8-13 6078A60A Tony Hamilton 28/1
23 Oct 18+175d Newcastle (AW) Betway Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 9/14 1¼ 8-12 6393B57A Tony Hamilton 33/1
01 May 18+25d Kempton (AW) Racing Uk Hd On Sky 432 Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran 10/14 hd 9-1 6596B53A Luke Morris 13/2
06 Apr 18+23d Chelmsford City (AW) Toteexacta Pick The 1st And 2nd Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 5 ran 5/5 5 9-3 6876C50B Luke Morris 7/1
14 Mar 18+16d Wolverhampton (AW) 32red Casino Novice Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 11 ran 4/11 1 9-2 —93A74A Luke Morris 14/1
26 Feb 18+38d Wolverhampton (AW) 32red.com Novice Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 5 ran 4/5 2¾ 9-2 —82C60B Luke Morris 12/1
19 Jan 18 Lingfield (AW) 32red.com Novice Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 6/8 ½ 9-2 —67B61A Oisin Murphy 13/2

Quick answers

How many races has Cross Swords won?
Cross Swords (GB) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2018 and 2019.
Who trained Cross Swords?
Cross Swords (GB) was trained by Roger Fell on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 6 January 2019.
Who is Cross Swords's sire?
Cross Swords (GB) is by Invincible Spirit (IRE) out of Alaia (IRE), whose sire is Sinndar.
What is Cross Swords's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 52, from the run on 6 January 2019. The highest on record is 68.
What is Cross Swords's sire's record?
Invincible Spirit (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 20,835 runs since Jan 2008 (1,573 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.
Who are Cross Swords's siblings?
Out of Alaia (IRE), Cross Swords (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Flying Frontier (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Flying Frontier (GB)). The wins came over 1m1f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from January 2018. 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.