Crucial Role (GB)
Crucial Role (GB) is 4 from 17. Hasn't won since Feb 2019. Last raced off a career-high mark of 150.
- 4–17Wins / Runs
- 23.5%Strike rate
- 7 (41.2%)Placed
- +10.91£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 1.55Fair A/E n=17 · 1.37 incl. margin
- 150Highest OR
- 54dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 157
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 143A | 111 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 150A | 103.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 121B | 58 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 157B | 137.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 121B | 111 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 150A | 100.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 117C | 107 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 157B | 116.5 | — |
Of 17 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,835 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 234 | 27 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 3,407 | 430 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 2,110 | 252 | 11.9% | −0.2 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 3,780 | 452 | 12% | −0.1 | 2 from 7 |
| Heavy | 2,109 | 259 | 12.3% | +0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 188 | 16 | 8.5% | −3.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 124 | 13 | 10.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,367 | 395 | 11.7% | −0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,284 | 537 | 12.5% | +0.4 | 2 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,978 | 375 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 2 from 6 |
| Over 3m | 766 | 88 | 11.5% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Jimmy The Digger (GB) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m6f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Jimmy The Digger (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy The Digger (GB) | 31 | 4 | 1m6f–3m1f | Class 3 |
| Nearly Perfect (GB) | 18 | 3 | 3m–3m1f | Class 3 |
| Peg Leg (GB) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 7 | 2 | 29% | +12.00 |
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.09 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +14.91 |
| Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludlow | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 4 | 2 | 50% | +10.91 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Towcester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.91 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +15.00 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skelton | 6 | 2 | 33% | +8.91 |
| Richard Johnson | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Andrew Tinkler | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.00 |
| Tom O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stan Sheppard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jake Greenall | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.09 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +14.00 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.00 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 8 | 2 | 25% | +5.00 |
| Chase | 6 | 2 | 33% | +8.91 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Crucial Role won?
- Crucial Role (GB) won 4 of 17 archived starts between 2016 and 2019, a strike rate of 23.5%. Placed 7 times in total (41.2% of starts).
- Who trained Crucial Role?
- Crucial Role (GB) was trained by Dan Skelton on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 5 April 2019.
- Who is Crucial Role's sire?
- Crucial Role (GB) is by Westerner (GB) out of The Lyme Volunteer (IRE), whose sire is Zaffaran.
- What going does Crucial Role prefer?
- Crucial Role (GB) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Crucial Role's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 150, from the run on 5 April 2019. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Crucial Role's sire's record?
- Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,835 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
- Who are Crucial Role's siblings?
- Out of The Lyme Volunteer (IRE), Crucial Role (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Jimmy The Digger (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Jimmy The Digger (GB)). The wins came over 1m6f–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.