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Horse profile

Custers Last Stand (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2009) · Last trainer Martin Keighley · Last owner Mrs Peter Matthey John F Horn
by Little Bighorn (IRE) out of Hopeful Decision (IRE) (Boyne Valley I)
7 runs · 6 courses · from Apr 2008
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Apr 2009 — 6,415 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2009 · 11th of 13 Last raced off OR 74
KTB Profile

Custers Last Stand (IRE) is yet to win from 7 starts. Last raced off 74, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating74↓ 10lb off peak
74 74–84

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 99C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Exeter, 21 Nov 2008 Official rating 74 at the last run, 12 Apr 2009

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 5 figures · best 100C · median 97
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good297C94—
Good to Soft2100C93.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m397C91—
2m1f – 2m4f2100C99.5—

Of 7 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 7 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
Little Bighorn (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 118 runs since Jan 2008 (13 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−8.5—
Good to Firm1400%−8.5—
Good3239.4%+0.90 from 3
Good to Soft2428.3%−0.20 from 3
Soft29310.3%+1.80 from 1
Heavy16212.5%+4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m2414.2%−4.30 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f54713%+4.50 from 2
2m5f – 3m3113.2%−5.30 from 1
Over 3m9111.1%+2.6—

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
Hopeful Decision (IRE) (Boyne Valley I)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Pride Of Hilltop (IRE)40——
Trideag (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Exeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Warren Marston 5 0 0% −5.00
Charlie Huxley 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Thornton 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 3 0 0% −3.00
2008 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 6 0 0% −6.00
NH Flat 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2009 · 3 runs
12 Apr 09+19d Towcester Tim Pymont Happy 50th Birthday Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 13 ran 11/13 30 10-13 7491C Warren Marston 200/1
24 Mar 09+16d Southwell Book Tickets On Line At southwell-racecourse.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m½f · Good · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-3 81— Warren Marston 33/1
08 Mar 09+107d Warwick Cheltenham Free Bets With Freebetshere.com Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 18 ran PU/18 — 10-10 84— Charlie Huxley 33/1
2008 · 4 runs
21 Nov 08+21d Exeter Exeter Racecourse Conference Centre Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1f · Soft · 16 ran 12/16 30 10-12 8499C Warren Marston 100/1
31 Oct 08+10d Uttoxeter None Wiser Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 16 ran 11/16 6 11-0 8187C Warren Marston 66/1
21 Oct 08+177d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Taunton Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 6/13 12 10-12 81100C Warren Marston 100/1
27 Apr 08 Ludlow Jenkinsons Caterers Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 2m · Good · 15 ran 10/15 1 11-3 —97C Robert Thornton 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Custers Last Stand won?
Custers Last Stand (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2008 and 2009.
Who trained Custers Last Stand?
Custers Last Stand (IRE) was trained by Martin Keighley on the most recent run on record, at Towcester on 12 April 2009.
Who is Custers Last Stand's sire?
Custers Last Stand (IRE) is by Little Bighorn (IRE) out of Hopeful Decision (IRE), whose sire is Boyne Valley I.
What is Custers Last Stand's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 12 April 2009. The highest on record is 84.
What is Custers Last Stand's sire's record?
Little Bighorn (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 118 runs since Jan 2008 (13 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Custers Last Stand's siblings?
Out of Hopeful Decision (IRE), Custers Last Stand (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2008. 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.