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Horse profile

Escalating (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2017) · Last trainer Michael Appleby · Last owner The Horse Watchers
by Three Valleys (USA) out of Pure Joy (GB) (Zamindar)
29 runs · 18 courses · from Mar 2014
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Oct 2017 — 3,284 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2017 · 9th of 10 5 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile

Escalating (GB) is 5 from 29. Hasn't won since Jun 2017.

Based on 29 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
Official rating85↓ 5lb off peak
85 76–90

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 103 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Nottingham, 11 Jun 2017

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 13 figures · best 136B · median 86
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)5136B114—
Soft384A81—
Good to Soft3103A89—
Good297B90.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Under 6f8136B93—
6f – 7f5114B81—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 72A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ascot, 7 Oct 2017 Official rating 85 at the last run, 23 Oct 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 29 figures · best 105A · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)9103A82—
Soft8105A64—
Good to Soft598A73—
Good496A73—
Firm283B78—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Under 6f1796A75—
6f – 7f12105A79.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 29 figures from 29 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
Three Valleys (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.1% of 1,284 runs since Jan 2008 (128 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm32928.1%+200 from 2
Good to Firm250176.8%−1.30 from 1
Good250249.6%+1.50 from 4
Good to Soft12786.3%−1.81 from 5
Soft174126.9%−1.22 from 8
Heavy4137.3%−0.8—
Standard (AW)410317.6%−0.52 from 9
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f165148.5%+0.44 from 17
6f – 7f418276.5%−1.61 from 12
1m – 1m1f3353410.1%+2—
1m2f – 1m4f214146.5%−1.6—
1m5f – 2m8966.7%−1.4—
2m1f – 2m4f47714.9%+6.8—
2m5f – 3m16212.5%+4.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Pure Joy (GB) (Zamindar)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Beholden (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 7½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Amabilis (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Beholden (GB)2232m1f–2m4fClass 4
Amabilis (GB)937½f–1mClass 2
Maggie's Joy (GB)90——
Orillion (GB)20——
Avanti Avana (GB)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 9 2 22% −0.50
Soft 8 2 25% −2.38
Good to Soft 5 1 20% +2.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 15 2 13% −6.50
Class 3 9 2 22% +1.00
Class 2 3 1 33% −0.38
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 3 1 33% +2.50
Southwell (AW) 3 1 33% +0.00
Pontefract 2 0 0% −2.00
York 2 0 0% −2.00
Ascot 2 1 50% +0.62
Nottingham 2 2 100% +8.00
Ayr 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00
Bath 2 0 0% −2.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Under 6f 17 4 24% +1.12
6f – 7f 12 1 8% −9.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Andrew Mullen 8 1 13% −5.00
James Doyle 4 2 50% +4.12
Silvestre De Sousa 3 0 0% −3.00
Lewis Edmunds 2 1 50% +1.00
Ray Dawson 2 1 50% +5.00
Tom Queally 2 0 0% −2.00
Stevie Donohoe 2 0 0% −2.00
David Egan 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke Morris 1 0 0% −1.00
Alistair Rawlinson 1 0 0% −1.00
William Buick 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Marquand 1 0 0% −1.00
Jim Crowley 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 11 2 18% −1.00
None 11 2 18% −2.88
Tongue tie 6 1 17% −3.00
Tongue tie + visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 9 2 22% +1.00
2016 11 1 9% −8.00
2015 3 0 0% −3.00
2014 6 2 33% +2.12

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
23 Oct 17+10d Pontefract Collect Totepool Winnings From Betfred Shops Handicap Class 4 · 5f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 nk 9-4 8584A66A Lewis Edmunds 11/1
13 Oct 17+6d York Parsonage Hotel And Cloisters Spa Handicap Class 3 · 5f · Good · 20 ran 16/20 nk 8-12 8784C64A David Egan 33/1
07 Oct 17+99d Ascot Mcgee Lighthouse Club Handicap Class 3 · 5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 9/13 nk 8-13 8789C72A Luke Morris 16/1
30 Jun 17+19d Newcastle (AW) Betfred Gosforth Park Cup Handicap Class 2 · 5f · Standard · 12 ran 7/12 ½ 8-2 8786A69A Ray Dawson 14/1
11 Jun 17+16d Nottingham Merlin Inflatables Uk Handicap Class 3 · 5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 8-2 78103A83A Ray Dawson 6/1
26 May 17+58d Pontefract Constant Security Services Handicap Class 4 · 5f · Good · 12 ran 3/12 ½ 9-5 8397B96A Silvestre De Sousa 8/1
29 Mar 17+15d Kempton (AW) 32Red.com Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 7 ran 3/7 1 9-5 83114B80A Silvestre De Sousa 9/4F
14 Mar 17+21d Southwell (AW) Cheltenham Offers At Betway Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 2/10 2¼ 9-7 8373A103A Silvestre De Sousa 2/1F
21 Feb 17+103d Southwell (AW) Betway Best Odds Guaranteed Plus Handicap Class 3 · 5f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 8-6 78124B92A Lewis Edmunds 2/1F
10 Nov 16+16d Southwell (AW) Betway Sprint Handicap Class 4 · 5f · Standard · 14 ran 5/14 nse 8-12 78136B84A Alistair Rawlinson 20/1
25 Oct 16+19d Catterick Dine And View At Catterick Races Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 15 ran 13/15 5 9-2 8057C53A Andrew Mullen 22/1
06 Oct 16+20d Ayr ROA/Racing Post Owners' Jackpot Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 14 ran 13/14 1½ 9-5 8281C58A Andrew Mullen 16/1
16 Sep 16+21d Ayr William Hill Ayr Bronze Cup Handicap Class 2 · 6f · Good To Soft · 24 ran 15/24 nk 9-4 8586C73A Andrew Mullen 22/1
26 Aug 16+25d Thirsk Theakston Lightfoot Handicap Class 3 · 6f · Soft · 16 ran 6/16 nk 9-0 85—87A Andrew Mullen 10/1
01 Aug 16+32d Windsor Sky Bet Windsor Sprint Series Handicap (Qualifier For The Windsor Sprint Series Final) Class 3 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 6/11 ¾ 9-8 86—79A Andrew Mullen 4/1F
30 Jun 16+7d Epsom Downs Totequadpot Races 3,4,5 And 6 Handicap Class 3 · 6f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 4/5 2¾ 9-4 78—68B Andrew Mullen 9/4
23 Jun 16+12d Nottingham 32Red Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 9-13 78—105A Andrew Mullen 2/1F
11 Jun 16+10d York Charles Henry Memorial Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 19 ran 3/19 nk 9-7 76—98A William Buick 5/1F
01 Jun 16+18d Chelmsford City (AW) Bet Totejackpot At Betfred.com Handicap Class 3 · 5f · Standard · 10 ran 3/10 1¼ 8-7 77—75A Tom Marquand 7/2
14 May 16+271d Newmarket Read Hugo Palmer Exclusively At Betfair Handicap Class 4 · 5f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 4/13 nk 9-0 78—82A Andrew Mullen 6/1
17 Aug 15+40d Windsor Download The Unibet Racing App Handicap Class 4 · 5f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 1¾ 9-3 81—67A Tom Queally 6/1
08 Jul 15+14d Bath Mius At Cheltenham With Lord's Taverners Handicap Class 4 · 5f · Firm · 5 ran 4/5 ¾ 9-7 83—73B Stevie Donohoe 7/1
24 Jun 15+251d Bath Porsche 911 GTS Handicap Class 4 · 5f · Firm · 6 ran 3/6 2¼ 9-7 84—83B Stevie Donohoe 8/1
16 Oct 14+40d Wolverhampton (AW) Maxston Nursery Class 3 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 7/9 2 9-7 87—82A Jim Crowley 11/2
06 Sep 14+100d Kempton (AW) totescoop6 'the Millionaire Maker' Sirenia Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 9/10 ¾ 9-1 90—62A James Doyle 20/1
29 May 14+29d Sandown Cantor Fitzgerald Equities National Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 5f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 6 9-0 ——57C James Doyle 14/1
30 Apr 14+11d Ascot Injured Jockeys Fund 50th Anniversary Celebration Conditions Stakes (BOBIS Race) Class 2 · 5f · Soft · 4 ran 1/4 9-1 ——78B James Doyle 13/8F
19 Apr 14+21d Kempton (AW) Betfred TV/British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (BOBIS Race) Class 4 · 5f · Standard · 7 ran 1/7 9-5 ——94A James Doyle 9/2
29 Mar 14 Doncaster William Hill Download The App Brocklesby Conditions Stakes (BOBIS Race) Class 4 · 5f · Soft · 17 ran 7/17 1½ 9-3 ——62A Tom Queally 9/2F

Quick answers

How many races has Escalating (GB) won?
Escalating (GB) won 5 of 29 archived starts between 2014 and 2017, a strike rate of 17.2%. Placed 9 times in total (31% of starts).
Who trained Escalating (GB)?
Escalating (GB) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Pontefract on 23 October 2017.
Who is Escalating (GB)'s sire?
Escalating (GB) is by Three Valleys (USA) out of Pure Joy (GB), whose sire is Zamindar.
What going does Escalating (GB) prefer?
Escalating (GB) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 8 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 Escalating (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 23 October 2017. The highest on record is 90.
What is Escalating (GB)'s sire's record?
Three Valleys (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.1% of 1,284 runs since Jan 2008 (128 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Escalating (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Pure Joy (GB), Escalating (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Beholden (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Amabilis (GB)). The wins came over 7½f–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2014. 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.