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Director's Chair (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2009) · Last trainer Julia Feilden · Last owner Ocean Trailers Ltd
by Catcher In The Rye (IRE) out of Capegulch (USA) (Gulch)
21 runs · 14 courses · from Feb 2008
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Nov 2009 — 6,195 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2009 · 6th of 13 2 wins · Doncaster & Yarmouth Last raced off OR 63
KTB Profile

Director's Chair (GB) is 2 from 21. Hasn't won since Mar 2009. Both wins have come on turf — 0 from 9 on the all-weather. Last raced off 63, 21lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on turf OR ↓ 21lb off peak
Official rating63↓ 21lb off peak
63 62–84

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 (flat) 74A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield (AW), 18 Nov 2009 Official rating 63 at the last flat run, 18 Nov 2009

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 87C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Worcester, 25 Sep 2009 Official rating 84 at the last jumps run, 23 Oct 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 →

Flat 17 figures · best 81A · median 62
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)974A55—
Good to Firm581A65—
Good278A63—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1381A64—
1m – 1m1f469A53.5—
Jumps 4 figures · best 87C · median 78.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm382C75—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m382C75—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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
Catcher In The Rye (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 2,570 runs since Jan 2008 (239 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1600%−8.9—
Good to Firm298248.1%−0.81 from 8
Good644649.9%+11 from 3
Good to Soft298279.1%+0.2—
Soft544468.5%−0.40 from 1
Heavy320226.9%−2—
Standard (AW)4494510%+1.10 from 9
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4449.1%+0.2—
6f – 7f303237.6%−1.3—
1m – 1m1f300186%−2.90 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f415348.2%−0.72 from 13
1m5f – 2m665649.6%+0.70 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f5635710.1%+1.20 from 1
2m5f – 3m2512610.4%+1.5—
Over 3m2926.9%−2—

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
Capegulch (USA) (Gulch)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 9 0 0% −9.00
Good to Firm 8 1 13% +0.00
Good 3 1 33% +23.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 12 1 8% +14.00
Class 6 6 1 17% +2.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Yarmouth 3 1 33% +5.00
Huntingdon 2 0 0% −2.00
Chelmsford (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Fakenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 1 100% +25.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 13 2 15% +21.00
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jerry O'Dwyer 8 0 0% −8.00
Mr Ross Birkett 4 1 25% +22.00
Russ Kennemore 4 1 25% +4.00
Mattie Batchelor 2 0 0% −2.00
Donal Devereux 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Thornton 1 0 0% −1.00
Hayley Turner 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 2 14% +20.00
Blinkers 5 0 0% −5.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 11 1 9% +15.00
2008 10 1 10% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 17 2 12% +17.00
Hurdle 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2009 · 11 runs
18 Nov 09+26d Lingfield (AW) Three Bridges Amateur Riders' Handicap Class 5 · 1m4f · Standard · 13 ran 6/13 nk 10-5 6374A Mr Ross Birkett 66/1
23 Oct 09+19d Fakenham Prince Of Wales Stand Conditional Jockeys' Selling Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8/11 3¾ 11-11 8470C Donal Devereux 8/1
04 Oct 09+9d Huntingdon Huntingdon Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Firm · 11 ran 9/11 3¼ 10-12 8475C Mattie Batchelor 66/1
25 Sep 09+25d Worcester Rainbow Cleaning Services Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 11 ran 10/11 7 10-13 —87C Mattie Batchelor 25/1
31 Aug 09+18d Huntingdon Under 18s Come Free At Huntingdon Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Firm · 12 ran 7/12 2 10-13 —82C Andrew Thornton 25/1
13 Aug 09+27d Beverley Racing Again Bank Holiday Weekend Amateurs' Handicap Class 6 · 1m½f · Good · 14 ran 13/14 6 10-8 6448C Mr Ross Birkett 25/1
17 Jul 09+36d Newmarket Heath Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Soft · 14 ran 12/14 30 9-10 6554C Jerry O'Dwyer 16/1
11 Jun 09+31d Newbury Bollinger Champagne Challenge Series Amateur Riders' Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 4/12 ¾ 10-11 6577A Mr Ross Birkett 15/2
11 May 09+43d Yarmouth Norfolk Nelson Museum Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 7/8 1¼ 8-13 6565A Jerry O'Dwyer 10/3
29 Mar 09+38d Doncaster Aja Gentleman Amateur Riders' Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Good · 15 ran 1/15 10-8 6278A Mr Ross Birkett 25/1
19 Feb 09+129d Kempton (AW) Day Time, Night Time, Great Time Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 9 ran 7/9 5 9-0 6555A Hayley Turner 7/1
2008 · 10 runs
13 Oct 08+12d Wolverhampton (AW) Totetrifecta Handicap Class 5 · 1m1½f · Standard To Fast · 12 ran 10/12 ½ 8-12 6749C Russ Kennemore 14/1
01 Oct 08+13d Kempton (AW) TFM Networks Handicap Class 5 · 1m4f · Standard · 9 ran 7/9 2 8-8 6855A Russ Kennemore 16/1
18 Sep 08+59d Chelmsford (AW) Little Bentley Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 15 ran 5/15 ¾ 8-13 6872A Russ Kennemore 16/1
21 Jul 08+19d Yarmouth Indal/WRTL & Amey Handicap Class 6 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 1/11 9-2 6281A Russ Kennemore 7/1
02 Jul 08+34d Kempton (AW) 'Best Of British Night' Next Wednesday Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 13 ran 8/13 3½ 8-12 6445A Jerry O'Dwyer 20/1
29 May 08+16d Chelmsford (AW) UMA Lounge Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 16 ran 8/16 3 8-9 6452A Jerry O'Dwyer 16/1
13 May 08+21d Yarmouth Eastern Evening News Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 2/7 8 9-0 6464A Jerry O'Dwyer 10/1
22 Apr 08+21d Southwell Book Your Hospitality Packages Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 1m3f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 2/9 5 9-0 6262A Jerry O'Dwyer 7/2
01 Apr 08+32d Southwell (AW) Play Golf At Southwell Golf Course Median Auction Maiden Stk Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 6 ran 3/6 3 8-8 6558B Jerry O'Dwyer 5/1
29 Feb 08 Kempton (AW) digibet.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 13 ran 5/13 nk 9-0 6569A Jerry O'Dwyer 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Director's Chair won?
Director's Chair (GB) won 2 of 21 archived starts between 2008 and 2009, a strike rate of 9.5%. Placed 4 times in total (19% of starts).
Who trained Director's Chair?
Director's Chair (GB) was trained by Julia Feilden on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 18 November 2009.
Who is Director's Chair's sire?
Director's Chair (GB) is by Catcher In The Rye (IRE) out of Capegulch (USA), whose sire is Gulch.
What going does Director's Chair prefer?
Director's Chair (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Director's Chair's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 63, from the run on 18 November 2009. The highest on record is 84.
What is Director's Chair's sire's record?
Catcher In The Rye (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 2,570 runs since Jan 2008 (239 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from February 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.