Horse profile
Earn Your Stripes (GB)
by Epaulette (AUS) out of Midnight Bahia (IRE) (Refuse To Bend)
44 runs · 5 courses · from May 2021
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Oct 2024 — 728 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2024 · 8th of 10
2 wins · Ayr & Hamilton
Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile
Earn Your Stripes is a mare who won two of 44 starts, both at Class 6 level. She won the Book Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup Handicap at Ayr over 6f-7f on good ground off a mark of 50 in Jul 2022 and the Indigo Unified Comms Selling Handicap at Hamilton under 6f on good to firm off 46 the previous month. Both wins came on good or faster ground with no success from 14 starts on softer. She last ran at Newcastle over the AW in Oct 2024, finishing eighth of 10 off an official rating of 45.
Based on 44 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
Wins on good or faster
All wins at Class 6
OR ↓ 15lb off peak
- 2–44Wins / Runs
- 4.5%Strike rate
- 6 (13.6%)Placed
- −29.50£1 level staken=44 at SP
- 0.74Fair A/E n=43 · 0.62 incl. margin
- 60Highest OR
- 29dAvg 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.
Official rating45↓ 15lb off peak
45
45–60
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 91
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 19 | 112A | 89 | — |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 103A | 81 | — |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 117A | 86.5 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 89B | 62.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 97B | 89 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 26 | 112A | 88 | — |
| Under 6f | 16 | 117A | 90.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 54C | 21 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 44 figures from 44 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 from 6 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 5 (83%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (17%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Epaulette (AUS)
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 3,066 runs since Jan 2008 (221 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 4% from 173. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 222.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 362 | 33 | 9.1% | 0 | 1 from 8 |
| Good | 681 | 59 | 8.7% | −0.4 | 1 from 19 |
| Good to Soft | 349 | 41 | 11.7% | +2.6 | 0 from 9 |
| Soft | 477 | 48 | 10.1% | +1 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 173 | 7 | 4% | −5.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,019 | 91 | 8.9% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 252 | 17 | 6.7% | −2.4 | 1 from 16 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,279 | 116 | 9.1% | 0 | 1 from 26 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 770 | 77 | 10% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 436 | 48 | 11% | +1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 222 | 11 | 5% | −4.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 95 | 9 | 9.5% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | −0.8 | — |
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
Dam
Midnight Bahia (IRE) (Refuse To Bend)
4 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnock Valley (GB) | 19 | 0 | — | — |
| Heritor (GB) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Midnight Serenade (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tianna Falls (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 19 | 1 | 5% | −12.00 |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 1 | 13% | −0.50 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 37 | 2 | 5% | −22.50 |
| Class 5 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr | 19 | 1 | 5% | −12.00 |
| Hamilton | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.50 |
| Musselburgh | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Carlisle | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 26 | 1 | 4% | −19.00 |
| Under 6f | 16 | 1 | 6% | −8.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Mathers | 18 | 0 | 0% | −18.00 |
| Andrew Breslin | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| David Allan | 5 | 2 | 40% | +9.50 |
| James Sullivan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ryan Kavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Franny Norton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rhys Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Gormley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Barry McHugh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Amie Waugh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam James | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 21 | 2 | 10% | −6.50 |
| Tongue tie | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| Visor | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +3.50 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Oct 24+15d | Newcastle (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap (Div 2) Sluggish start - held towards the back - pushed along 3f out and dropping away 2f from home | 8/10 | ½ | 8-10 | 45 | 54A | 34A | Ryan Kavanagh | 25/1 |
| 14 Oct 24+22d | Musselburgh | Watch On Racing Tv Handicap Towards the back early - shaken up and shifted right before making good late headway - closest to the front at the line for 4th | 4/9 | nk | 9-3 | 45 | 91A | 63A | David Allan | 16/1 |
| 22 Sep 24+3d | Hamilton | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Sluggish start - held up towards the back on the wide side - kept battling inside the final furlong but lacked the speed to challenge | 5/11 | 1½ | 8-11 | 45 | 81A | 59A | David Allan | 13/2 |
| 19 Sep 24+15d | Ayr | BrandingHub For Signs & Graphics Handicap (Div 1) Held up at back of field - never landed a threat - finished 9th | 9/9 | 2 | 8-7 | 45 | 96A | 47A | Franny Norton | 80/1 |
| 04 Sep 24+23d | Hamilton | Hampton By Hilton Hotel Handicap Settled at back of field - urged forward before 2f out then found tight space and moved left approaching final furlong - stayed outpaced to finish 4th | 4/8 | 3¼ | 7-11 | 45 | 91A | 52A | Rhys Elliott | 20/1 |
| 12 Aug 24+14d | Ayr | Sunday Market At Ayr Racecourse Handicap (Div 1) Sat close to pace early - pushed along and lost momentum in the final furlong - held on for third | 3/8 | 5 | 8-9 | 45 | 96A | 58A | Andrew Breslin | 14/1 |
| 29 Jul 24+7d | Ayr | Virgin Bet Handicap | 4/7 | 1¾ | 8-6 | 45 | 99B | 60A | Andrew Breslin | 20/1 |
| 22 Jul 24+7d | Ayr | Join Racing Tv Now Handicap | 4/8 | 2½ | 8-11 | 45 | 89B | 58A | Paddy Mathers | 22/1 |
| 15 Jul 24+18d | Ayr | Afternoon Tea At Western House Hotel Handicap | 6/11 | 1¼ | 8-9 | 45 | 91B | 59A | Andrew Breslin | 20/1 |
| 27 Jun 24+36d | Hamilton | Greenversity Selling Handicap | 4/6 | ¾ | 8-7 | 45 | 82A | 54B | Andrew Breslin | 25/1 |
| 22 May 24+219d | Ayr | Watch Racing43 On The Racing App Handicap | 10/10 | 2 | 8-9 | 45 | 78A | 26A | Paddy Mathers | 25/1 |
| 2023 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Oct 23+21d | Musselburgh | Watch On Racing Tv Handicap | 5/14 | nk | 9-0 | 45 | 80C | 66A | Jason Hart | 14/1 |
| 25 Sep 23+4d | Hamilton | Watch RacingTV Free For 31 Days 'Confined' Handicap | 4/12 | 3 | 8-9 | 46 | 103A | 66A | Andrew Mullen | 10/3 |
| 21 Sep 23+16d | Ayr | Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Handicap (Div 2) | 5/11 | 2 | 8-9 | 46 | 73A | 61A | Paddy Mathers | 40/1 |
| 05 Sep 23+43d | Hamilton | Hampton By Hilton Hotel Handicap | 5/8 | shd | 8-4 | 46 | 88A | 54A | Paddy Mathers | 16/1 |
| 24 Jul 23+7d | Ayr | Join Racing TV Now Handicap | 8/13 | 1 | 8-9 | 47 | 83C | 50A | Andrew Breslin | 9/1 |
| 17 Jul 23+7d | Ayr | Afternoon Tea At Western House Hotel Handicap | 4/12 | 1¾ | 8-6 | 45 | 92B | 57A | Andrew Breslin | 14/1 |
| 10 Jul 23+6d | Ayr | Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Handicap | 2/10 | ¾ | 8-9 | 45 | 89B | 63A | Andrew Breslin | 22/1 |
| 04 Jul 23+32d | Hamilton | Every Race Live On Racing Tv Handicap | 9/10 | 1¼ | 9-0 | 45 | 53B | 26A | Paddy Mathers | 12/1 |
| 02 Jun 23+14d | Carlisle | Kingmoor Handicap | 8/8 | nk | 8-5 | 47 | 68C | 35C | Paddy Mathers | 22/1 |
| 19 May 23+15d | Hamilton | Patersons Of Greenoakhill Handicap | 4/11 | 2¼ | 9-3 | 49 | 112A | 70A | Paddy Mathers | 12/1 |
| 04 May 23+258d | Ayr | Ayrshire Cancer Support Handicap | 5/7 | 1½ | 8-4 | 51 | 117A | 50A | James Sullivan | 10/1 |
| 2022 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Aug 22+2d | Carlisle | Carrs Group PLC Handicap | 9/11 | ½ | 8-8 | 53 | 75A | 49A | Andrew Breslin | 12/1 |
| 17 Aug 22+16d | Musselburgh | Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Handicap | 5/5 | nse | 9-3 | 53 | 82C | 53B | Paddy Mathers | 9/2 |
| 01 Aug 22+7d | Ayr | Sunday Market At Ayr Racecourse Handicap | 4/7 | 1¼ | 9-3 | 54 | 94B | 71A | Paddy Mathers | 11/4 |
| 25 Jul 22+14d | Ayr | Staycations At Western House Hotel Handicap | 6/11 | 3¾ | 9-3 | 54 | 91A | 59A | David Allan | 5/1 |
| 11 Jul 22+2d | Ayr | Book Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup Handicap | 1/12 | 8-13 | 50 | 108B | 75A | David Allan | 6/1 | |
| 09 Jul 22+16d | Hamilton | Jordan Electrics Handicap | 2/8 | nk | 8-13 | 50 | 93B | 72A | Paddy Mathers | 9/2 |
| 23 Jun 22+19d | Hamilton | Indigo Unified Comms Selling Handicap | 1/9 | 9-1 | 46 | 95A | 74A | David Allan | 13/2 | |
| 04 Jun 22+14d | Musselburgh | Heineken Silver Apprentice Handicap | 12/13 | ¾ | 9-0 | 46 | 69C | 37A | Andrew Breslin | 33/1 |
| 21 May 22+3d | Musselburgh | Edinburgh Gin Classic Handicap | 4/9 | hd | 9-0 | 45 | 93A | 64A | Paddy Mathers | 10/1 |
| 18 May 22+23d | Ayr | Whyte & Mackay Handicap (Div 2) | 9/10 | 7½ | 8-10 | 45 | 40C | 26C | Andrew Breslin | 14/1 |
| 25 Apr 22+135d | Ayr | Watch On Racing TV Handicap | 10/13 | 3½ | 8-7 | 45 | 88C | 40A | Paddy Mathers | 14/1 |
| 2021 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Dec 21+39d | Newcastle (AW) | Betway Live Casino Handicap | 10/14 | 1¼ | 8-2 | 45 | 97B | 53A | Jamie Gormley | 28/1 |
| 02 Nov 21+22d | Newcastle (AW) | Betway Supports Safer Gambling Week Handicap (Div 2) | 5/13 | 2 | 8-7 | 46 | 89B | 68A | Barry McHugh | 33/1 |
| 11 Oct 21+30d | Musselburgh | Happy Birthday Hera Hull Handicap (Div 2) | 5/12 | nk | 9-0 | 47 | 65A | 66A | James Sullivan | 22/1 |
| 11 Sep 21+16d | Musselburgh | Thistle Timber And Building Supplies Handicap | 13/13 | 11 | 8-7 | 51 | 54C | 28C | Amie Waugh | 25/1 |
| 26 Aug 21+17d | Carlisle | Racingtv.com Handicap | 7/9 | ¾ | 8-13 | 54 | 80A | 51A | Sam James | 16/1 |
| 09 Aug 21+21d | Ayr | QTS Training Handicap | 9/12 | nk | 9-1 | 57 | 60B | 62A | Paddy Mathers | 80/1 |
| 19 Jul 21+7d | Ayr | Ayr Gold Cup Sponsor Revealed Today Handicap | 7/8 | 5½ | 8-12 | 60 | 75A | 41A | Paddy Mathers | 16/1 |
| 12 Jul 21+28d | Ayr | Book For QTS Ladies Night Handicap | 9/12 | nse | 9-3 | 60 | 90B | 63A | Paddy Mathers | 40/1 |
| 14 Jun 21+11d | Carlisle | Introducing Racing TV Fillies' Novice Stakes | 2/7 | 4¾ | 8-11 | — | 78A | 69A | Paddy Mathers | 16/1 |
| 03 Jun 21+7d | Hamilton | hamilton-park.co.uk Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 3/7 | 1¾ | 8-11 | — | 83A | 67A | Paddy Mathers | 250/1 |
| 27 May 21 | Carlisle | MansionBet Bet 10 Get 20 Maiden Stakes | 12/12 | 26 | 8-10 | — | -12C | 38C | Paddy Mathers | 200/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Earn Your Stripes won?
- Earn Your Stripes (GB) won 2 of 44 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 4.5%. Placed 6 times in total (13.6% of starts).
- Who trained Earn Your Stripes?
- Earn Your Stripes (GB) was trained by R Mike Smith on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 29 October 2024.
- Who is Earn Your Stripes's sire?
- Earn Your Stripes (GB) is by Epaulette (AUS) out of Midnight Bahia (IRE), whose sire is Refuse To Bend.
- What going does Earn Your Stripes prefer?
- Earn Your Stripes (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Earn Your Stripes's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 29 October 2024. The highest on record is 60.
- What is Earn Your Stripes's sire's record?
- Epaulette (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 3,066 runs since Jan 2008 (221 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4% from 173. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 222.
- Who are Earn Your Stripes's siblings?
- Out of Midnight Bahia (IRE), Earn Your Stripes (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.