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Horse profile

Factor Five (USA)

3yo gelding · Trainer Paul Nolan · Owner Paul Nolan
by Vekoma (USA) out of Striking Bella (USA) (Smart Strike (CAN))
1 run · 1 course · from Nov 2026
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 3 Nov 2026 · 12th of 13
KTB Profile

Lightly raced 3yo gelding with 1 start since Nov 2026. Finished 12 of 13 at Fairyhouse (IRE) last time.

Based on 1 archived run · run-style from 1 commented run since Nov 2026 · updated 13 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 11 Nov 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 73C the best of the last 1 rated run · Fairyhouse (IRE), 3 Nov 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 — 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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 11 Nov 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Vekoma (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 42.9% of 7 runs since May 2026 (5 horses). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3133.3%−9.6—
Good to Soft100%−42.90 from 1
Standard (AW)3266.7%+23.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f4250%+7.1—
1m2f – 1m4f2150%+7.1—
1m5f – 2m100%−42.90 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2026 · as at 12 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Striking Bella (USA) (Smart Strike (CAN))

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
03 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Winter Festival 28th & 29th November 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good To Yielding · 13 ran settled at back of field early - under pressure before 3 out and found nothing more - dropped right away to finish 12th and a long way last 12/13 59 10-9 -34C73C Eoin Staples 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Factor Five won?
Factor Five (USA) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
Who trains Factor Five?
Factor Five (USA) is trained by Paul Nolan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 3 November 2026.
Who is Factor Five's sire?
Factor Five (USA) is by Vekoma (USA) out of Striking Bella (USA), whose sire is Smart Strike (CAN).
What is Factor Five's sire's record?
Vekoma (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 42.9% of 7 runs since May 2026 (5 horses), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.

Record shown from November 2026. 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.