Detour Ahead (GB)
Detour Ahead (GB) is 4 from 42. Hasn't won since May 2016. Last raced off 67, 39lb below the career-high mark.
- 4–42Wins / Runs
- 9.5%Strike rate
- 9 (21.4%)Placed
- −25.17£1 level staken=42 at SP
- 1.05Fair A/E n=42 · 0.92 incl. margin
- 106Highest OR
- 48dAvg 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 93
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 93A | 86 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 62C | 32 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 93A | 89.5 | — |
Of 10 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 10 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 7.9% of 2,746 runs since Jan 2008 (187 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | −2.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 498 | 35 | 7% | −0.9 | — |
| Good | 572 | 41 | 7.2% | −0.7 | 3 from 17 |
| Good to Soft | 275 | 20 | 7.3% | −0.6 | 0 from 8 |
| Soft | 197 | 16 | 8.1% | +0.2 | 0 from 9 |
| Heavy | 66 | 5 | 7.6% | −0.3 | 1 from 7 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,100 | 99 | 9% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 444 | 40 | 9% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 928 | 68 | 7.3% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 444 | 34 | 7.7% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 386 | 32 | 8.3% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 347 | 24 | 6.9% | −1 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 163 | 17 | 10.4% | +2.5 | 2 from 23 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 3 | 9.4% | +1.5 | 2 from 12 |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −7.9 | 0 from 1 |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Chestertern (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m4f–2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Chestertern (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestertern (GB) | 14 | 2 | 2m4f–2m5f | Class 4 |
| Ruling Party (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Utern (GB) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| Terntheothercheek (GB) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 17 | 3 | 18% | −5.17 |
| Soft | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Heavy | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 20 | 2 | 10% | −7.00 |
| Class 5 | 17 | 2 | 12% | −13.17 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor-on-Dee | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Towcester | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hexham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Huntingdon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fontwell | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.00 |
| Sedgefield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Market Rasen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 23 | 2 | 9% | −10.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 2 | 17% | −8.17 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Quinlan | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| David England | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Alan O'Keeffe | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Dave Crosse | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Conor Ring | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Mark Quinlan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ross Chapman | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leighton Aspell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Paddy Brennan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Gavin Sheehan | 2 | 2 | 100% | +1.83 |
| Noel Fehily | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 34 | 4 | 12% | −17.17 |
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Visor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2016 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.00 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 50% | −0.17 |
| 2013 | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| 2012 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 19 | 1 | 5% | −11.00 |
| Hurdle | 19 | 3 | 16% | −10.17 |
| NH Flat | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 Detour Ahead won?
- Detour Ahead (GB) won 4 of 42 archived starts between 2012 and 2017, a strike rate of 9.5%. Placed 9 times in total (21.4% of starts).
- Who trained Detour Ahead?
- Detour Ahead (GB) was trained by Clare Ellam on the most recent run on record, at Worcester on 10 July 2017.
- Who is Detour Ahead's sire?
- Detour Ahead (GB) is by Needwood Blade (GB) out of My Tern (IRE), whose sire is Glacial Storm.
- What going does Detour Ahead prefer?
- Detour Ahead (GB) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 17 starts (17.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Detour Ahead's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 67, from the run on 10 July 2017. The highest on record is 106.
- What is Detour Ahead's sire's record?
- Needwood Blade (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.9% of 2,746 runs since Jan 2008 (187 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Detour Ahead's siblings?
- Out of My Tern (IRE), Detour Ahead (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Chestertern (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Chestertern (GB)). The wins came over 2m4f–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.