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Horse profile

Crucial Response (GB)

2yo colt (at last run, Dec 2016) · Last trainer Ben Haslam · Last owner Instone Kent Partnership
by Pivotal (GB) out of Respondez (GB) (Oasis Dream)
3 runs · 2 courses · from Nov 2016
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Dec 2016 — 3,611 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2016 · 11th of 11
KTB Profile

Crucial Response (GB) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 38 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Newcastle (AW), 25 Nov 2016

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 3 figures · best 66C · median 38
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)238B37—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f366C38—

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 55C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Redcar, 1 Nov 2016

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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 55C · median 46
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)246A42.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f355C46—

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

Progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 12,789 runs since Jan 2008 (1,019 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm82911%−2.6—
Good to Firm1,93725012.9%−0.7—
Good2,83738513.6%0—
Good to Soft1,60420012.5%−1.10 from 1
Soft2,07128213.6%0—
Heavy7029713.8%+0.2—
Standard (AW)3,55651414.5%+0.90 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,16413411.5%−2.1—
6f – 7f4,40659413.5%−0.10 from 3
1m – 1m1f3,13149515.8%+2.2—
1m2f – 1m4f2,46834013.8%+0.2—
1m5f – 2m1,09511910.9%−2.7—
2m1f – 2m4f3974511.3%−2.3—
2m5f – 3m10887.4%−6.2—
Over 3m20210%−3.6—

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
Respondez (GB) (Oasis Dream)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Capla Gilda (GB) (8 wins).

The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Witness Stand (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Capla Gilda (GB)2686f–7fClass 5
Witness Stand (GB)2547fGroup 2
Armed Response (GB)1136fClass 4
Sharp Riposte (GB)516fClass 4
Catherine Bay (GB)30——
Clipstone (GB)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newcastle (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Graham Lee 2 0 0% −2.00
Megan Nicholls 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2016 · 3 runs
15 Dec 16+20d Newcastle (AW) 32red.com Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 11/11 8 9-0 36C39C Megan Nicholls 200/1
25 Nov 16+24d Newcastle (AW) 10 Free At 32red.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 14/14 1 9-5 38B46A Graham Lee 200/1
01 Nov 16 Redcar Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 13/16 1½ 9-5 66C55C Graham Lee 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Crucial Response won?
Crucial Response (GB) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2016.
Who trained Crucial Response?
Crucial Response (GB) was trained by Ben Haslam on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 15 December 2016.
Who is Crucial Response's sire?
Crucial Response (GB) is by Pivotal (GB) out of Respondez (GB), whose sire is Oasis Dream.
What is Crucial Response's sire's record?
Pivotal (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 12,789 runs since Jan 2008 (1,019 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.
Who are Crucial Response's siblings?
Out of Respondez (GB), Crucial Response (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Capla Gilda (GB) (8). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Witness Stand (GB)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2016. 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.