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Horse profile

Encouraging (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2015) · Last trainer Mike Sowersby · Last owner M E Sowersby
by Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) out of Unreachable Star (GB) (Halling)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Apr 2012
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Jun 2015 — 4,150 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2015 New yard First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Encouraging (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

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 60C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newmarket, 19 Apr 2012

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 3 figures · best 60C · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f253C52.5—
1m – 1m1f1———

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 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
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 11,565 runs since Jan 2008 (871 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm901112.2%+2.4—
Good to Firm1,83920110.9%+1.10 from 1
Good2,76227710%+0.20 from 1
Good to Soft1,3751359.8%00 from 1
Soft1,8531839.9%+0.10 from 1
Heavy710689.6%−0.2—
Standard (AW)2,9362588.8%−1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f6326310%+0.2—
6f – 7f2,5822419.3%−0.5—
1m – 1m1f2,7842729.8%00 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f3,10735011.3%+1.50 from 2
1m5f – 2m1,5471318.5%−1.3—
2m1f – 2m4f692598.5%−1.30 from 1
2m5f – 3m197147.1%−2.7—
Over 3m24312.5%+2.7—

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
Unreachable Star (GB) (Halling)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Truth Or Dare (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Truth Or Dare (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Truth Or Dare (GB)4237f–1mClass 3
Cio Cio San (IRE)90——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newmarket 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Adam Nicol 1 0 0% −1.00
Marc Halford 1 0 0% −1.00
William Buick 1 0 0% −1.00
Dane O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2015 1 0 0% −1.00
2012 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 3 0 0% −3.00
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00

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 KTB Jockey SP
2015 · 1 run
17 Jun 15+1104d Uttoxeter Staffordshire's Largest Skip Hire Services Conditional Jockeys' Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-12 — Adam Nicol 50/1
2012 · 3 runs
08 Jun 12+16d Newmarket Countryside Alliance Foundation Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 12f · Soft · 10 ran 7/10 14 9-3 53C Marc Halford 20/1
23 May 12+34d Lingfield News International Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 5/13 2 8-11 52A William Buick 12/1
19 Apr 12 Newmarket Swan At Lavenham Wood Ditton Stakes Class 4 · 8f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 15/18 1¾ 9-3 60C Dane O'Neill 80/1

Quick answers

How many races has Encouraging won?
Encouraging (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2012 and 2015.
Who trained Encouraging?
Encouraging (IRE) was trained by Mike Sowersby on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 17 June 2015.
Who is Encouraging's sire?
Encouraging (IRE) is by Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) out of Unreachable Star (GB), whose sire is Halling.
What is Encouraging's sire's record?
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 11,565 runs since Jan 2008 (871 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Encouraging's siblings?
Out of Unreachable Star (GB), Encouraging (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Truth Or Dare (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Truth Or Dare (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2012. 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.