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Horse profile

Drumbear (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2024) · Last trainer R K Watson · Last owner Christopher Donnelly
by So You Think (NZ) out of Rule Britannia (GB) (Night Shift)
17 runs · 11 courses · from Mar 2021
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Nov 2024 — 696 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2024 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 116
KTB Profile

Drumbear won four of 17 starts on turf between Mar 2021 and Dec 2022. He gained his wins at Downpatrick in a bumper on good to soft, at Musselburgh and Limerick over 2m1f – 2m4f, and at Sedgefield over 2m5f – 3m on good to soft. Three of those wins came on soft or heavy ground. The gelding, aged 8 at his last run in Nov 2024, was held in the Lisadell Equine Hospital Handicap Hurdle at Navan off an official rating of 116, 22lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 22lb off peak
Official rating116↓ 22lb off peak
116 116–138

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 104 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Wexford, 29 May 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.

Jumps 12 figures · best 146A · median 95.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Soft4112C98.5—
Good to Soft393A90—
Good3146A120—
Heavy2129A102—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7129A93—
2m5f – 3m2104A97—
1m5f – 2m2146A119—
Over 3m1———

Of 17 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 · 12 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 117A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wexford, 29 May 2024 Official rating 116 at the last run, 16 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.

Jumps 12 figures · best 144A · median 123.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Soft4133B124—
Good to Soft3124B121—
Good3144A136—
Heavy2136A123—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7144A123—
2m5f – 3m2124B120.5—
1m5f – 2m2136A130.5—
Over 3m1———

Of 17 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 17 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
So You Think (NZ)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 1,151 runs since Jan 2008 (108 horses).

Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.3% from 131.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−9.6—
Good to Firm751013.3%+3.7—
Good312309.6%00 from 3
Good to Soft1501510%+0.42 from 5
Soft237229.3%−0.31 from 7
Heavy9755.2%−4.41 from 2
Standard (AW)2782810.1%+0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f900%−9.6—
6f – 7f13175.3%−4.3—
1m – 1m1f209157.2%−2.4—
1m2f – 1m4f3023210.6%+1—
1m5f – 2m3023712.3%+2.70 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f121108.3%−1.33 from 10
2m5f – 3m6058.3%−1.31 from 4
Over 3m17423.5%+13.90 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Rule Britannia (GB) (Night Shift)

5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Mount Moriah (GB) (5 wins).

The wins came over 1m–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Mount Moriah (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mount Moriah (GB)1451m–1m6fListed
Ya Hafed (GB)4541m–3m1½fClass 4
Dark Wave (GB)2341m–1m2fClass 3
Grand Award (GB)1212mClass 5
Sory (GB)280——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 7 1 14% −4.00
Good to Soft 5 2 40% +3.55
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 1 50% +4.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 2 2 100% +2.05

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Tipperary 2 0 0% −2.00
Musselburgh 2 1 50% +1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 1 100% +5.00
Sedgefield 1 1 100% +0.05
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 1 100% +6.50

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 10 3 30% +6.50
2m5f – 3m 4 1 25% −2.95
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ben Harvey 6 1 17% +1.50
Simon Torrens 3 1 33% +0.00
Kieren Buckley 2 0 0% −2.00
Shane O'Callaghan 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean Bowen 2 1 50% −0.95
Alex Harvey 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J C Barry 1 1 100% +5.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 11 3 27% +0.55
HT 6 1 17% +0.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 8 0 0% −8.00
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 5 3 60% +5.05
2021 2 1 50% +5.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 9 2 22% −4.95
Chase 6 1 17% +0.00
NH Flat 2 1 50% +5.50

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
16 Nov 24+14d Navan Lisadell Equine Hospital Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 20f · Good To Yielding · 19 ran Held up at rear from the start - never able to close on the front group by the fourth-last - eased and withdrawn before reaching the second-last PU/19 — 12-0 116—— Kieren Buckley 100/1
02 Nov 24+121d Down Royal Eventsec Handicap Hurdle 17f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran Held up at the back of the field - lost touch after 4 out despite urging - unable to find more late and well held 16/18 7½ 11-0 12066C108C Kieren Buckley 80/1
04 Jul 24+24d Tipperary Easyfix Handicap Hurdle 20.5f · Yielding · 17 ran PU/17 — 11-12 122—— Ben Harvey 16/1
10 Jun 24+12d Roscommon Tote Connacht National Handicap Chase 25f · Good · 16 ran 10/16 11 11-2 13298B107A Shane O'Callaghan 14/1
29 May 24+87d Wexford Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Hurdle 24f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 6/8 5½ 11-3 124104A117A Alex Harvey 25/1
03 Mar 24+28d Leopardstown QuinnBet Handicap Chase (Listed) 21.5f · Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-9 135—— Ben Harvey 9/1
04 Feb 24+15d Leopardstown O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Leopardstown Handicap Chase (Grade 3) 21.5f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran F/25 — 9-9 135—— Shane O'Callaghan 66/1
20 Jan 24+25d Navan Navan Handicap Hurdle (Listed) 20f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 8/11 21 11-6 12575C110C Ben Harvey 14/1
26 Dec 23+325d Leopardstown New Smart View Racecards By Racing Post Handicap Chase 17f · Yielding · 10 ran 7/10 1¾ 11-10 13593A123A Ben Harvey 9/1
04 Feb 23+39d Musselburgh bet365 Frodon Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran UR/6 — 11-5 138—— Ben Harvey 5/4F
27 Dec 22+222d Limerick Cargill Neomilk Calf Milk Replacer Rated Novice Chase 17.5f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 1/8 11-2 —129A136A Mr J C Barry 5/1
19 May 22+99d Tipperary Junction Handicap Hurdle 20.5f · Good · 14 ran 2/14 nse 11-12 122120B144A Simon Torrens 4/1
09 Feb 22+15d Sedgefield Cazoo Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 1/4 11-12 —90C124B Sean Bowen 1/20F
25 Jan 22+22d Down Royal Molson Coors Rated Novice Hurdle 16.5f · Yielding · 10 ran 3/10 10 12-0 —92A125A Simon Torrens 5/2F
03 Jan 22+260d Musselburgh Betway Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 11-5 —112C133B Simon Torrens 2/1
18 Apr 21+28d Ayr Ayrshire Cancer Support Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 3/10 1½ 11-4 —146A136A Sean Bowen 9/1
21 Mar 21 Downpatrick Molson Coors (Pro/Am) Flat Race 17.5f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 1/12 11-9 —93A121A Ben Harvey 13/2

Quick answers

How many races has Drumbear (GB) won?
Drumbear (GB) won 4 of 17 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 23.5%. Placed 7 times in total (41.2% of starts).
Who trained Drumbear (GB)?
Drumbear (GB) was trained by R K Watson on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 16 November 2024.
Who is Drumbear (GB)'s sire?
Drumbear (GB) is by So You Think (NZ) out of Rule Britannia (GB), whose sire is Night Shift.
What going does Drumbear (GB) prefer?
Drumbear (GB) has the best record on good to 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 Drumbear (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 116, from the run on 16 November 2024. The highest on record is 138.
What is Drumbear (GB)'s sire's record?
So You Think (NZ)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 1,151 runs since Jan 2008 (108 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.3% from 131.
Who are Drumbear (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Rule Britannia (GB), Drumbear (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Mount Moriah (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Listed (Mount Moriah (GB)). The wins came over 1m–3m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2021. 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.