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Horse profile

Dark Material (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2024) · Last trainer Anthony Honeyball · Last owner Hobbsons Choice
by Jack Hobbs (GB) out of Legendara (GB) (Midnight Legend)
4 runs · 2 courses · from Dec 2023
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Dec 2024 — 672 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2024 · 6th of 10
KTB Profile

Dark Material is a gelding by Jack Hobbs out of the Midnight Legend mare Legendara. He ran four times between Dec 2023 and Dec 2024 without winning or placing. All four starts came over 1m5f – 2m on turf, with three at Wincanton and one at Taunton. His last run, at Wincanton in Dec 2024, saw him finish 6 of 10 in a Class 4 maiden hurdle after racing prominently.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Taunton, 28 Nov 2024

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 92B · median 69
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft292B69—
Good1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m492B69—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 96A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Taunton, 28 Nov 2024

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 96A · median 90.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft296A92—
Good1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m496A90.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Jack Hobbs (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 1,064 runs since Jan 2008 (201 horses).

Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 17.6% from 119.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm27518.5%+8.3—
Good4434911.1%+0.90 from 1
Good to Soft280279.6%−0.60 from 2
Soft207178.2%−2—
Heavy47817%+6.80 from 1
Standard (AW)6035%−5.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f400%−10.2—
1m – 1m1f1100%−10.2—
1m2f – 1m4f4624.3%−5.9—
1m5f – 2m562498.7%−1.50 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f3133611.5%+1.3—
2m5f – 3m1192117.6%+7.4—
Over 3m9111.1%+0.9—

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
Legendara (GB) (Midnight Legend)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them The Kemble Brewery (GB) (6 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (The Kemble Brewery (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
The Kemble Brewery (GB)1162m–2m½fClass 2

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

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

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wincanton 3 0 0% −3.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sam Twiston-Davies 2 0 0% −2.00
Ben Godfrey 1 0 0% −1.00
Freddie Gingell 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 3 0 0% −3.00
2023 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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
17 Dec 24+19d Wincanton TrustATrader Fully Vetted Tradespeople Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Sat handy on the rail early - dropped away rapidly approaching two out - well held at the finish 6/10 11 11-4 46C88C Sam Twiston-Davies 33/1
28 Nov 24+221d Taunton Taunton Racecourse Business Club 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran Tracked front pack early - clipped a fence 6th and lost momentum after 3 out - unable to close the gap approaching 2 out and beaten well home 5/13 3¼ 11-0 92B96A Ben Godfrey 200/1
21 Apr 24+131d Wincanton Season Close Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 15f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 2½ 10-5 92C77C Freddie Gingell 12/1
12 Dec 23 Wincanton White Cross 'Junior' NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 15f · Heavy · 9 ran 9/9 1½ 11-2 -32C93C Sam Twiston-Davies 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Dark Material (GB) won?
Dark Material (GB) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2023 and 2024.
Who trained Dark Material (GB)?
Dark Material (GB) was trained by Anthony Honeyball on the most recent run on record, at Wincanton on 17 December 2024.
Who is Dark Material (GB)'s sire?
Dark Material (GB) is by Jack Hobbs (GB) out of Legendara (GB), whose sire is Midnight Legend.
What is Dark Material (GB)'s sire's record?
Jack Hobbs (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 1,064 runs since Jan 2008 (201 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 17.6% from 119.
Who are Dark Material (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Legendara (GB), Dark Material (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: The Kemble Brewery (GB) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (The Kemble Brewery (GB)). The wins came over 2m–2m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2023. 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.