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Distant Prospect (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2006) · Last trainer Andrew Balding · Last owner The Rae Smiths And Pauline Gale
by Namaqualand (USA) out of Ukraine's Affair (USA) (The Minstrel)
11 runs · 11 courses · from Mar 2005
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Sep 2006 — 7,340 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2006 · 6th of 6 Last raced off OR 79
KTB Profile

Distant Prospect (IRE) is yet to win from 11 starts. Best effort: 4th of 7 at Pontefract (Sep 2005). Last raced off 79, 50lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 50lb off peak
Official rating79↓ 50lb off peak
79 79–129

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) 64C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Goodwood, 2 Aug 2006 Official rating 79 at the last flat run, 15 Sep 2006

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 107C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Taunton, 29 Mar 2006 Official rating 126 at the last jumps run, 29 Mar 2006

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 →

Flat 6 figures · best 70C · median 66
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good269C60.5—
Good to Firm264C63.5—
Good to Soft270C69—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f570C68—
1m5f – 2m1———
Jumps 3 figures · best 107C · median 106
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 11 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1) · no runner of known ability in the race — the level cannot be solved (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 11 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
Namaqualand (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 241 runs since Jan 2008 (18 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−11.6—
Good to Firm65812.3%+0.70 from 2
Good6657.6%−40 from 3
Good to Soft2114.8%−6.80 from 5
Soft25832%+20.40 from 1
Heavy8112.5%+0.9—
Standard (AW)5359.4%−2.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f7228.6%+17—
6f – 7f41614.6%+3—
1m – 1m1f2800%−11.6—
1m2f – 1m4f4436.8%−4.8—
1m5f – 2m64812.5%+0.90 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f33618.2%+6.60 from 7
2m5f – 3m16212.5%+0.90 from 2
Over 3m8112.5%+0.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Ukraine's Affair (USA) (The Minstrel)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Protocol (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Protocol (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Protocol (IRE)2112mClass 5
Metroguy (IRE)30——
Protocol I (IRE)10—Class 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Martin Dwyer 3 0 0% −3.00
Mark Bradburne 2 0 0% −2.00
Neil Chalmers 2 0 0% −2.00
Fergus Sweeney 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr T Greenall 1 0 0% −1.00
Frankie Dettori 1 0 0% −1.00
A P McCoy 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2006 6 0 0% −6.00
2005 5 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 7 0 0% −7.00
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
15 Sep 06+44d Nottingham Lighthouse & Mermaid Handicap Class 3 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 6/6 2½ 8-12 7952C Fergus Sweeney 12/1
02 Aug 06+43d Goodwood Invesco Perpetual Goodwood Handicap Class 2 · 20.5f · Good To Firm · 20 ran 14/20 4 9-2 8264C Martin Dwyer 16/1
20 Jun 06+83d Ascot Ascot Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 · 20f · Good To Firm · 29 ran 12/29 nk 9-2 8563C Martin Dwyer 66/1
29 Mar 06+18d Taunton Summer Time Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 12/15 3½ 11-8 126107C Mark Bradburne 16/1
11 Mar 06+21d Sandown Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Class 1 · 16f · Soft · 21 ran 11/21 3½ 11-3 128101C Mark Bradburne 50/1
18 Feb 06+126d Wincanton Blue Square Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 20 ran PU/20 — 11-3 129— Mr T Greenall 12/1
15 Oct 05+30d Newmarket totesport Cesarewitch (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 18f · Good To Soft · 34 ran 10/34 1 8-6 9168C Neil Chalmers 50/1
15 Sep 05+134d Pontefract Phil Bull Trophy Conditions Stakes Class 3 · 18f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 4/7 hd 9-0 91— Neil Chalmers 10/1
04 May 05+33d Chester Totesport Chester Cup Handicap Class 2 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 11/17 1 8-10 9370C Martin Dwyer 33/1
01 Apr 05+16d Doncaster Stanleybet Handicap Class 3 · 18f · Good · 10 ran 10/10 22 9-8 9569C Frankie Dettori 4/1
16 Mar 05 Cheltenham Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Class 1 · 21f · Good · 29 ran 9/29 ½ 10-8 129106C A P McCoy 10/3F

Quick answers

How many races has Distant Prospect (IRE) won?
Distant Prospect (IRE) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2005 and 2006.
Who trained Distant Prospect (IRE)?
Distant Prospect (IRE) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Nottingham on 15 September 2006.
Who is Distant Prospect (IRE)'s sire?
Distant Prospect (IRE) is by Namaqualand (USA) out of Ukraine's Affair (USA), whose sire is The Minstrel.
What is Distant Prospect (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 15 September 2006. The highest on record is 129.
What is Distant Prospect (IRE)'s sire's record?
Namaqualand (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 241 runs since Jan 2008 (18 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Distant Prospect (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Ukraine's Affair (USA), Distant Prospect (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Protocol (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Protocol (IRE)). The wins came over 2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2005. 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.