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Horse profile

Excelero (FR)

6yo gelding · Trainer Jane Williams · Owner Holt Macnabb Robinson Carpenter
13 runs · 10 courses · from Nov 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · 4 courses Off 225 days · 4th of 4 Last raced off OR 126
KTB Profile

Excelero is 4 from 13 on turf with all wins at 1m5f – 2m or 2m1f – 2m4f. Three of the four wins came on soft ground and the gelding led in all five of his analysed races. He won the Class 3 handicap chase at Warwick in Nov 2025 off 121 and the Class 2 novices hurdle at Exeter in Feb 2025 off 120. Excelero finished fourth of four at Exeter in Mar 2026 when last raced off OR 126.

Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically led
Official rating126↓ 2lb off peak
126 117–128

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 117 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Bangor-on-Dee, 13 Dec 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. What this means →

Jumps 12 figures · best 135A · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft5117B1002 · 91 / 74
Soft5135A912 · 56 / 50.5
Good2112C1101 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7135A1082 · 57 / 56.5
2m1f – 2m4f5112C1003 · 112 / 91

Of 13 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 120B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ascot, 19 Dec 2025 Official rating 126 at the last run, 6 Mar 2026

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 →

Jumps 13 figures · best 143C · median 125
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft5140B1192 · 118 / 117.5
Soft5143C1362 · 143 / 131.5
Good3125B1221 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7143C1292 · 143 / 130.5
2m1f – 2m4f6140B1213 · 122 / 120

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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 from 5 analysed runs

  • Led 5 (100%) · 3 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 12.8% of 506 runs since Jan 2008 (105 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 16.9% from 160.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm100%−12.8—
Good8456%−6.80 from 3
Good to Soft791113.9%+1.11 from 5
Soft1772212.4%−0.43 from 5
Heavy1602716.9%+4.1—
Standard (AW)500%−12.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f100%−12.8—
1m2f – 1m4f1100%−12.8—
1m5f – 2m1171311.1%−1.73 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f2653412.8%01 from 6
2m5f – 3m971414.4%+1.6—
Over 3m15426.7%+13.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Elegantemente (FR) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m½f–2m6f; the highest grade won is Listed (Kapeloi (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Elegantemente (FR)112m½f—
Kapeloi (FR)1012m6fListed
Perpetuel Movment (FR)10——
Nuns Island (FR)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 5 1 20% +0.00
Soft 5 3 60% +0.61
Good 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 5 1 20% −2.25
Class 4 4 2 50% −1.14
Class 2 2 1 50% +3.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Warwick 3 1 33% −0.25
Exeter 2 1 50% +3.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 1 100% +0.50
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 1 100% +0.36
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 7 3 43% −1.39
2m1f – 2m4f 6 1 17% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
David Noonan 6 2 33% +0.36
Ciaran Gethings 5 1 20% −2.25
James Best 1 0 0% −1.00
Brian Hughes 1 1 100% +0.50

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood 8 3 38% +1.11
None 5 1 20% −3.50

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 2 0 0% −2.00
2025 5 2 40% +2.75
2024 5 2 40% −2.14
2023 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 8 3 38% −0.14
Chase 5 1 20% −2.25

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
06 Mar 26+42d Exeter CT1 Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 4 ran Pulled hard early - made the running - blundered 1st - lost the lead before 4 out and fell back to last - beaten for pace from 3 out - well held in 4th 4/4 13 11-10 12691C117B James Best 85/40
23 Jan 26+35d Warwick Betano Backing British Racing Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 5 ran Went clear before the 1st - overtaken after 3 out and slipped further back before 2 out - weakened approaching the last to finish 4th 4/5 5½ 11-8 12857C118B Ciaran Gethings 15/8F
19 Dec 25+30d Ascot Howden Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 17f · Soft · 4 ran Drifted left early under a strong pull - went clear in front - matched by rival before the 8th - urged along and slipped to the back approaching 2 out where mistake made - soon lost touch and beaten home 4/4 9½ 11-9 12845C120B Ciaran Gethings 6/5F
19 Nov 25+28d Warwick Warwick Supports Our Farmers Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 3 ran Fluent over the fences - led throughout - moving most smoothly 2 out before asked for effort - asserted on the run-in to win 1/3 11-5 12156C143C Ciaran Gethings 7/4
22 Oct 25+184d Worcester Richard Davis Memorial Beginners' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20f · Good · 5 ran Raced up eagerly early and moved to front - opened daylight before 2nd - two lengths to the good at 10th - challenged and lost command 2 out - pushed along soon after - still in contention approaching last - weakened quickly after that to finish fourth 4/5 3¼ 11-5 122112C122B Ciaran Gethings 14/1
21 Apr 25+71d Plumpton Southern Cranes Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 20.5f · Good · 10 ran Went straight to front - lost command 2 out - pushed along and lost place off home turn - well held at finish 6/10 5 11-11 123—114A Ciaran Gethings 6/1
09 Feb 25+58d Exeter TrustATrader Approved And Reviewed Trades People EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran Set the pace early - lost the front two out and pushed along to fight back - regained a slim advantage at the last - drifted left but held on gamely to the line 1/6 11-10 120111A140B David Noonan 4/1
13 Dec 24+13d Bangor-on-Dee Neo Business Finance Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 7 ran Set the pace throughout - pushed along before 2 out with daylight to spare - hit last and appeared vulnerable on run-in - kept enough in hand to see it out for the win 1/7 11-7 117117B143B Brian Hughes 1/2F
30 Nov 24+208d Newbury Coral Racing Club Intermediate Handicap Hurdle (Registered As The Gerry Feilden) (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran Pulling hard early - up with the pace and hit the front at the 3rd - lost command 3 out - dropped away before 2 out and beaten 14 lengths in 9th 9/13 ¾ 10-5 120117B119A David Noonan 11/1
06 May 24+47d Kempton Kempton Park Working With The Community Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 2¾ 11-4 124108B125B David Noonan 7/4
20 Mar 24+53d Market Rasen Easter Sunday & Centenary Celebration Raceday Junior 'National Hunt' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-0 124135A129B David Noonan 4/11F
27 Jan 24+81d Cheltenham Jcb Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Finesse) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 17f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 4/7 ½ 11-0 —100A131A David Noonan 25/1
07 Nov 23 Warwick TrustATrader trustatrader.com Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 2¾ 11-0 —91B136A David Noonan 11/2

Quick answers

How many races has Excelero (FR) won?
Excelero (FR) won 4 of 13 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 30.8%. Placed 5 times in total (38.5% of starts).
Who trains Excelero (FR)?
Excelero (FR) is trained by Jane Williams, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 March 2026.
Who is Excelero (FR)'s sire?
Excelero (FR) is by Castle Du Berlais (FR) out of Si St Eloi (FR), whose sire is Limnos.
What going does Excelero (FR) prefer?
Excelero (FR) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 5 starts (60%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Excelero (FR)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 126, from the run on 6 March 2026. The highest on record is 128.
What is Excelero (FR)'s sire's record?
Castle Du Berlais (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.8% of 506 runs since Jan 2008 (105 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.9% from 160.
Who are Excelero (FR)'s siblings?
Out of Si St Eloi (FR), Excelero (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Elegantemente (FR) (1). Highest grade won: Listed (Kapeloi (FR)). The wins came over 2m½f–2m6f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2023. 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.