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Horse profile

De Kingpin (IRE)

7yo gelding · Trainer Ben Pauling · Owner Elizabeth And Oliver Troup
by Kingston Hill (GB) out of Jolivia (FR) (Dernier Empereur)
12 runs · 7 courses · from Mar 2024
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Newbury Beaten favourite LTO Last run 20 Mar 2026 · 5th of 14 Last raced off OR 117
KTB Profile

De Kingpin is a gelding who has two wins from 12 starts on turf, both at Newbury over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground. He won a Class 3 novices hurdle there in Dec 2024 and a Class 4 handicap hurdle in Feb 2026 off an official rating of 110. He last ran at Newbury in Mar 2026, finishing fifth of 14 in a Class 4 handicap hurdle while held up off an official rating of 117. He was beaten favourite on that run, which was off his career-high mark.

Based on 12 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically prominent OR at career high
Official rating117At career-high mark
117 109–117

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 115 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newbury, 17 Feb 2026

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 9 figures · best 115B · median 100
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4111B98.52 runs · 111 / 99
Soft3115B922 runs · 115 / 91
Good1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m4112C105.52 runs · 111 / 99
2m1f – 2m4f3115B922 runs · 115 / 91
1m5f – 2m2112C104.5—

Of 12 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 141A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newbury, 17 Feb 2026 Official rating 117 at the last run, 20 Mar 2026

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 10 figures · best 141A · median 120.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4131A1212 runs · 123 / 121
Soft4141A1242 runs · 141 / 125
Good1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m4123A116.52 runs · 123 / 121
2m1f – 2m4f3141A1332 runs · 141 / 125
1m5f – 2m3131A122—

Of 12 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 · 10 figures from 12 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 from 11 analysed runs since Nov 2024

  • Prominent 8 (73%) · 1 win
  • Led 3 (27%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Kingston Hill (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 1,634 runs since Jan 2008 (203 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 5.5% from 164.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm31516.1%+7—
Good5485910.8%+1.70 from 1
Good to Soft408379.1%00 from 4
Soft382318.1%−12 from 5
Heavy16495.5%−3.60 from 2
Standard (AW)10176.9%−2.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f500%−9.1—
6f – 7f4137.3%−1.8—
1m – 1m1f4312.3%−6.8—
1m2f – 1m4f9966.1%−3—
1m5f – 2m5115310.4%+1.30 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f573539.2%+0.12 from 4
2m5f – 3m301237.6%−1.50 from 5
Over 3m61914.8%+5.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Jolivia (FR) (Dernier Empereur)

9 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Sizing Tennessee (IRE) (7 wins).

The wins came over 1m2f–3m2f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Sizing Tennessee (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sizing Tennessee (IRE)2472m–3m2fGrade 3
Mount Ida (IRE)1762m–3m2fGrade 3
Compadre (IRE)3952m½f–3mClass 4
Bargy Lady (IRE)1642m–2m6½f—
Walk On The Moone (IRE)511m7f—
Lordolivia (FR)411m2f—
Butterflycollector (IRE)40——
Keen Eye (IRE)70——
Peat Sounds (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 5 2 40% +6.83
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 6 1 17% −1.67
Class 3 5 1 20% +2.50
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newbury 4 2 50% +7.83
Doncaster 2 0 0% −2.00
Sandown 2 0 0% −2.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 2 50% +7.83
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ben Jones 11 2 18% +0.83
David Bass 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 8 1 13% −0.50
Cheekpieces 4 1 25% +0.33

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 1 33% +1.33
2025 5 0 0% −5.00
2024 4 1 25% +3.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 9 2 22% +2.83
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00
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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 3 runs
20 Mar 26+31d Newbury Daily Bet Boost With BetVictor Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran Held up close to the pace early - pushed along and dropped back before 3 out - unable to challenge 2 out - finished well held in 5th 5/14 2¼ 12-2 11787B119A Ben Jones 7/2F
17 Feb 26+34d Newbury Finli Live Your Best Financial Life Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 12 ran Set the pace from the off - drew clear after 4 out - kept up the effort under pressure through the closing stages - held on well to prevail 1/12 12-0 110115B141A Ben Jones 10/3F
14 Jan 26+38d Newbury Wendigo Wins The Brown Advisory Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran Went forward in front - pressed for effort after 3 out then lost command 2 out - stayed on at one tempo to finish third 3/17 1¼ 11-3 109111B123A Ben Jones 20/1
2025 · 5 runs
07 Dec 25+40d Huntingdon Sky Bet Build A Bet Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23.5f · Soft · 5 ran Set the pace early despite an untidy leap 9th - lost momentum and wandered when overtaken 13th - pushed along and quickly beaten for speed - well beaten from 3 out - eased out of contention before 2 out PU/5 — 12-1 111—— Ben Jones 13/8F
28 Oct 25+200d Ffos Las Best Odds Guaranteed On DragonBet Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 19.5f · Soft · 8 ran Tracked pace-setter tight to rail - urged forward but slipped back from 11th - dropped away 3 out - finished 4th 4/8 ¾ 11-0 11467A109B Ben Jones 11/2
11 Apr 25+28d Ayr Get Home Safe With Thistle Cabs Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran Went straight to the front - lost command 2f out under pressure - dropped away soon after - well held at the finish 10/13 nk 11-5 116100C98C Ben Jones 22/1
14 Mar 25+41d Doncaster Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21f · Good · 3 ran Settled behind the pace early - dropped a place and stumbled three out - couldn't match the front pair from there - finished well held in 3rd 3/3 13 11-7 116112C114C David Bass 5/1
01 Feb 25+45d Sandown Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20f · Heavy · 8 ran Sat close to the front group early - pressed for effort and lost touch before 2 out - eased and taken out of contention PU/8 — 12-0 117—— Ben Jones 15/2
2024 · 4 runs
18 Dec 24+20d Newbury Visit Warren Greatrex Racing At Rhonehurst EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20.5f · Soft · 8 ran Settled in 4th - moved up to 3rd four out - driven forward before the following fence and up to 2nd three out - three lengths adrift at the last - kept on strongly to narrow the gap towards the line - awarded the victory 1/8 11-0 —92A133B Ben Jones 13/2
28 Nov 24+18d Lingfield Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran Sat close to front early - shared advantage two out - drifted left under pressure and lost place before last - clipped final obstacle then weakened towards finish 5/9 1 11-0 ——115A Ben Jones 10/11F
10 Nov 24+252d Sandown Molson Coors Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran Sat close to the front early - dropped in behind before third - moved up into second turning for home then asked for effort two out - kept up with the front group - driven out and kept going to the line but outpaced by the front pair - finished third beaten a length and a half 3/8 1½ 11-4 —97A131A Ben Jones 14/1
03 Mar 24 Doncaster Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16.5f · Heavy · 4 ran 2/4 4¾ 11-2 —112C122B Ben Jones 9/4

Quick answers

How many races has De Kingpin won?
De Kingpin (IRE) won 2 of 12 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 4 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trains De Kingpin?
De Kingpin (IRE) is trained by Ben Pauling, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 March 2026.
Who is De Kingpin's sire?
De Kingpin (IRE) is by Kingston Hill (GB) out of Jolivia (FR), whose sire is Dernier Empereur.
What going does De Kingpin prefer?
De Kingpin (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is De Kingpin's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 117, from the run on 20 March 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is De Kingpin's sire's record?
Kingston Hill (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 1,634 runs since Jan 2008 (203 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 5.5% from 164.
Who are De Kingpin's siblings?
Out of Jolivia (FR), De Kingpin (IRE) has 9 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Sizing Tennessee (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Sizing Tennessee (IRE)). The wins came over 1m2f–3m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2024. 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.