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Horse profile

English Hero (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2017) · Last trainer John Mackie · Last owner David Ward
by Royal Applause (GB) out of Merton Matriarch (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux)
14 runs · 13 courses · from Sep 2015
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Apr 2017 — 3,489 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2017 · 4th of 8 Won at York Last raced off OR 68
KTB Profile

English Hero (GB) is 1 from 14, the win coming at Class 3 level. Hasn't won since Oct 2015. The win came on turf — 0 from 4 on the all-weather. Last raced off 68, 9lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 14 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Win at Class 3 OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating68↓ 9lb off peak
68 68–77

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 93 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Newcastle (AW), 14 Nov 2016

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 5 figures · best 93B · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)293B83—
Good to Soft290C87—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f593B84—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 80A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 16 Apr 2017 Official rating 68 at the last run, 16 Apr 2017

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 14 figures · best 91A · median 76
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft581A80—
Standard (AW)480A65—
Soft491A78—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f1282B76—
Under 6f291A71—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 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
Royal Applause (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since Jan 2008 (774 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 3.4% from 323.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm189189.5%+0.9—
Good to Firm2,6082188.4%−0.2—
Good2,65527310.3%+1.70 from 1
Good to Soft1,2331169.4%+0.80 from 5
Soft1,225917.4%−1.21 from 4
Heavy323113.4%−5.2—
Standard (AW)4,2013378%−0.60 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,4841399.4%+0.81 from 2
6f – 7f5,4364748.7%+0.10 from 12
1m – 1m1f2,5182118.4%−0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1,6181418.7%+0.1—
1m5f – 2m728547.4%−1.2—
2m1f – 2m4f420307.1%−1.5—
2m5f – 3m193136.7%−1.9—
Over 3m3725.4%−3.2—

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
Merton Matriarch (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mrs Merton (GB)30——
Beautiful Mum (GB)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 4 1 25% +17.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 3 2 1 50% +19.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 1 100% +20.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 12 0 0% −12.00
Under 6f 2 1 50% +19.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Andrew Mullen 2 0 0% −2.00
Harry Bentley 2 0 0% −2.00
Richard Kingscote 2 1 50% +19.00
Luke Morris 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00
Pat Cosgrave 1 0 0% −1.00
Graham Lee 1 0 0% −1.00
Martin Harley 1 0 0% −1.00
Daniel Tudhope 1 0 0% −1.00
Frederik Tylicki 1 0 0% −1.00
Oisin Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 1 0 0% −1.00
2016 9 0 0% −9.00
2015 4 1 25% +17.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 1 run
16 Apr 17+153d Southwell (AW) Mason James Young Race Goer Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 4/8 1¼ 9-1 6873A80A Luke Morris 9/1
2016 · 9 runs
14 Nov 16+13d Newcastle (AW) Betway Sprint Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 nse 9-2 7093B78A Tom Queally 20/1
01 Nov 16+11d Redcar racinguk.com/hd Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 5/16 1 9-4 7290C80A Andrew Mullen 28/1
21 Oct 16+6d Newbury Zenergi Handicap (Str) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 7/17 nse 8-13 7484C80A Pat Cosgrave 25/1
15 Oct 16+92d Catterick Totetrifecta Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 14 ran 12/14 1 8-13 7479C57A Andrew Mullen 33/1
15 Jul 16+25d Haydock Hayburn Rock Financial Planning Ltd Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 ¾ 8-13 76—74A Graham Lee 16/1
20 Jun 16+2d Windsor Sky Bet Royal Windsor Sprint Series Handicap (Qualifier For The Windsor Sprint Series Final) Class 3 · 6f · Soft · 6 ran 2/6 2¾ 8-7 76—82B Harry Bentley 8/1
18 Jun 16+22d Newmarket Best Odds Guaranteed At 188Bet Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 8/8 50 8-12 76—43C Harry Bentley 12/1
27 May 16+29d Haydock ApolloBet Bet On Lotteries Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 7/14 hd 9-2 77—81A Martin Harley 40/1
28 Apr 16+187d Lingfield (AW) Haslemere Building Company Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 8/9 2 8-13 77—52A Richard Kingscote 25/1
2015 · 4 runs
24 Oct 15+15d Doncaster Scott Dobson Memorial Doncaster Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 6f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 7/9 shd 9-1 76—63A Daniel Tudhope 20/1
09 Oct 15+9d York Future Cleaning Services EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 3 · 5½f · Soft · 9 ran 1/9 9-5 ——91A Richard Kingscote 20/1
30 Sep 15+7d Nottingham British Stallion Studs EBF Slip Anchor Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 5f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 nk 9-5 ——51A Frederik Tylicki 66/1
23 Sep 15 Kempton (AW) 10 Free Bet At 32RedSport.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 11/12 2 9-5 ——43C Oisin Murphy 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has English Hero won?
English Hero (GB) won 1 of 14 archived starts between 2015 and 2017, a strike rate of 7.1%. Placed 2 times in total (14.3% of starts).
Who trained English Hero?
English Hero (GB) was trained by John Mackie on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 16 April 2017.
Who is English Hero's sire?
English Hero (GB) is by Royal Applause (GB) out of Merton Matriarch (GB), whose sire is Cadeaux Genereux.
What going does English Hero prefer?
English Hero (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is English Hero's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 68, from the run on 16 April 2017. The highest on record is 77.
What is English Hero's sire's record?
Royal Applause (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since Jan 2008 (774 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
Who are English Hero's siblings?
Out of Merton Matriarch (GB), English Hero (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2015. 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.