Horse profile
Fern Hill (IRE)
by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Water Rock (GB) (El Conquistador)
36 runs · 16 courses · from Feb 2020
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · Huntingdon, Uttoxeter & Wetherby
Last run 16 Oct 2026 · 7th of 8
Last raced off OR 110
KTB Profile
Fern Hill is a gelding who has won five of 36 starts on turf. Four of those wins came over 2m5f – 3m, including two in Class 4 handicaps on good ground at Uttoxeter in Oct 2025 and Huntingdon in Nov 2025. He also won twice at Wetherby. His last run, at Uttoxeter in Oct 2026, was a 7 of 8 finish off an official rating of 110.
Based on 36 archived runs · run-style from 14 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
OR ↓ 30lb off peak
- 5–36Wins / Runs
- 13.9%Strike rate
- 14 (38.9%)Placed
- −13.88£1 level staken=36 at SP
- 1.15Fair A/E n=36 · 1.01 incl. margin
- 140Highest OR
- 70dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating110↓ 30lb off peak
110
104–140
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 86
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 29 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 11 | 134A | 82 | 3 runs · 86 / 59 |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 105B | 72 | 1 run · — |
| Good | 6 | 119A | 95.5 | 3 runs · 93 / 87 |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 29 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 17 | 123A | 82 | 5 runs · 93 / 86 |
| Over 3m | 5 | 102B | 90 | 2 runs · 90 / 74.5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 134A | 119 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 105B | 86 | — |
Of 36 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (5) · did not complete (4).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 27 figures from 36 runs · as at 24 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 14 analysed runs since Nov 2024
- Prominent 11 (79%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (14%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (7%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,491 runs since Jan 2008 (533 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 50 | 6 | 12% | +1.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 646 | 79 | 12.2% | +1.7 | — |
| Good | 2,074 | 240 | 11.6% | +1.1 | 2 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 1,139 | 111 | 9.7% | −0.8 | 0 from 9 |
| Soft | 1,712 | 154 | 9% | −1.5 | 3 from 17 |
| Heavy | 649 | 65 | 10% | −0.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,220 | 132 | 10.8% | +0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 192 | 34 | 17.7% | +7.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 691 | 60 | 8.7% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,214 | 125 | 10.3% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,248 | 127 | 10.2% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,812 | 182 | 10% | −0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,552 | 171 | 11% | +0.5 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 646 | 66 | 10.2% | −0.3 | 4 from 22 |
| Over 3m | 136 | 22 | 16.2% | +5.7 | 0 from 7 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Water Rock (GB) (El Conquistador)
10 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Ted's Friend (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Ted's Friend (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted's Friend (IRE) | 26 | 3 | 2m1f–2m7f | Class 4 |
| Flow Away (IRE) | 11 | 2 | 2m–2m½f | Class 4 |
| Aliandy (IRE) | 24 | 1 | 2m4½f | Class 4 |
| Wolf Hall (IRE) | 12 | 1 | 2m | — |
| Prince Rhinegold (IRE) | 22 | 1 | 2m½f | Class 4 |
| Kickham (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Brave Move (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
| Scilly Isles (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Lusey Rocks (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Full Contact (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 17 | 3 | 18% | −0.88 |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good | 7 | 2 | 29% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 20 | 4 | 20% | −6.38 |
| Class 3 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −0.50 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttoxeter | 8 | 2 | 25% | +4.25 |
| Chepstow | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Wetherby | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.62 |
| Fakenham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kempton | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Huntingdon | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.25 |
| Market Rasen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 22 | 4 | 18% | −4.88 |
| Over 3m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Quinlan | 24 | 4 | 17% | −6.88 |
| Kielan Woods | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Dylan Johnston | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ciaran Gethings | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr Charlie Case | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Stan Sheppard | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Harry Bannister | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 26 | 5 | 19% | −3.88 |
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.50 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.62 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 30 | 3 | 10% | −15.50 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 2 | 40% | +2.62 |
| NH Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Oct 26+198d | Uttoxeter | Insurance Connections Best Bet Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race) up with the front group early - pushed along before 3 out - folded tamely 2 out to finish 7th | 7/8 | 11 | 12-0 | 110 | 59C | 101C | Jack Quinlan | 3/1J |
| 01 Apr 26+17d | Southwell | Book The Bistro At Southwell Racecourse Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Handy early - hit front at 15th - driven and put in front before 3 out - dropped back into third after 2 out and held on for 3rd | 3/5 | 3 | 12-0 | 110 | 93C | 119B | Jack Quinlan | 10/3 |
| 15 Mar 26+24d | Chepstow | Celebrating Tricia And Pauls Wedding Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Sat close up early - shared second spot behind the front-runner - surged into command after 4 out - driven on approaching 2 out - overtaken at the last - battled hard but faded on the run-in | 2/11 | 1 | 11-11 | 105 | 86A | 132B | Jack Quinlan | 22/1 |
| 19 Feb 26+29d | Huntingdon | Travel Incentive For British Buyers Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled just off the pace early - pushed along after 3 out - dropped away from 2 out - finished 4th | 4/5 | 20 | 11-2 | 107 | — | 101B | Jack Quinlan | 12/1 |
| 21 Jan 26+31d | Catterick | Racing To School Conditional Jockeys' Veterans' Handicap Chase Settled handy early - not the cleanest jumper and erred again 12th - pressed for effort with 3 to jump - form fell away after finishing 5th | 5/5 | 1¼ | 11-5 | 109 | 90C | 109B | Dylan Johnston | 7/1 |
| 2025 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Dec 25+15d | Fakenham | Sky Bet Club Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Sat up with the pace but scratchy over 4th - moved left and made progress - hit the front after 5th - opened a big gap with winner from 15th - roused after 3 out - beaten before 2 out - faded to finish second | 2/6 | 26 | 12-0 | 110 | 59A | 115B | Ciaran Gethings | 9/1 |
| 06 Dec 25+25d | Wetherby | Book William Hill Christmas Meeting Online Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Tracked front pack early - dropped back after 5 out - faded rapidly before 3 out - finished 5th | 5/9 | 7½ | 11-7 | 110 | 53B | 97B | Mr Charlie Case | 6/1 |
| 11 Nov 25+25d | Huntingdon | Racing Blogger Veterans' Handicap Chase Sat close behind the pace early - pushed up to challenge four out - hit the front before two out - pulled clear after the last - kept finding more to the line for an easy win | 1/4 | 11-6 | 107 | 87C | 122B | Jack Quinlan | 5/4F | |
| 17 Oct 25+164d | Uttoxeter | quinnbet.com Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled just off pace for much of the way - hit the front before 3 out - kept finding under pressure to score | 1/5 | 11-2 | 104 | 100C | 116B | Jack Quinlan | 11/4 | |
| 06 May 25+38d | Fakenham | Norfolk National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held a forward spot early - tracking the front group - hit the third-last awkwardly and flattened out approaching the line - dropped from 4th late to finish 5th | 5/8 | ½ | 11-0 | 106 | 98B | 108B | Jack Quinlan | 10/1 |
| 29 Mar 25+25d | Uttoxeter | Abode Estate Agents Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Sat behind front group - driven approaching turn and up to 3rd 3 out - stayed on at unchanged effort to finish 3rd | 3/11 | 4 | 11-7 | 108 | — | 115B | Jack Quinlan | 18/1 |
| 04 Mar 25+25d | Market Rasen | 100% Racing TV Profits Back To Racing Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - made progress from the 14th before fading under pressure 2 out - unable to hold position and dropped to 4th near the finish | 4/7 | shd | 12-0 | 110 | 72A | 121B | Dylan Johnston | 11/1 |
| 07 Feb 25+47d | Bangor-on-Dee | Corbett Sports North Wales National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - blundered 4 out then lost ground 3 out - eased out of contention before the second-last | PU/14 | — | 11-6 | 112 | — | — | Jack Quinlan | 16/1 |
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Dec 24+30d | Fakenham | Sky Bet Club Stayers' Handicap Chase Held up near the back - nudged forward from 18th - made ground to 3rd approaching 3 out - hit the front after 2 out - passed at the last - stayed on under pressure on the run-in but went down by a short head | 2/8 | shd | 12-0 | 110 | 102B | 126B | Jack Quinlan | 8/1 |
| 22 Nov 24+202d | Chepstow | Rebecca Faulkners 40th Birthday Bash Handicap Chase Tracked front pair down the inner - driven into 3rd before 5 out then dropped away before 3 out - eased back to 5th near the line | 5/13 | nk | 12-0 | 112 | 82B | 124A | Jack Quinlan | 12/1 |
| 04 May 24+34d | Uttoxeter | Adept GRP Cabinets Handicap Chase | 5/8 | 2½ | 11-10 | 117 | 82A | 116A | Harry Bannister | 9/2 |
| 31 Mar 24+29d | Market Rasen | Rase Veterinary Centre Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase | 7/7 | 7½ | 11-10 | 121 | 72C | 106C | Mr Charlie Case | 11/1 |
| 02 Mar 24+16d | Newbury | Betvictor Non-runner-no-bet At Cheltenham Seniors' Handicap Hurdle | 6/6 | 9 | 11-9 | 125 | — | 112B | Jack Quinlan | 8/1 |
| 15 Feb 24+25d | Sandown | Spectra Group Alanbrooke Handicap Chase | PU/9 | — | 12-0 | 130 | — | — | Jack Quinlan | 14/1 |
| 21 Jan 24+43d | Lingfield | Fitzdares Surrey National Handicap Chase | PU/12 | — | 12-0 | 132 | — | — | Jack Quinlan | 10/1 |
| 2023 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Dec 23+229d | Chepstow | Coral Welsh Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 3/10 | ¾ | 10-7 | 133 | 92C | 125B | Jack Quinlan | 9/1 |
| 24 Apr 23+37d | Kempton | racingtv.com Handicap Chase | 4/7 | nk | 12-0 | 135 | 49A | 125B | Jack Quinlan | 9/2 |
| 18 Mar 23+49d | Uttoxeter | Extra Furlong With Trinity Create Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 4/10 | 17 | 12-0 | 137 | 57C | 115C | Stan Sheppard | 20/1 |
| 28 Jan 23+32d | Cheltenham | Timeform Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | PU/11 | — | 11-12 | 140 | — | — | Jack Quinlan | 18/1 |
| 2022 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 22+37d | Kempton | Ladbrokes Play '1-2-Free' On Football Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 9/14 | 1¼ | 11-9 | 140 | 85B | 118A | Jack Quinlan | 11/1 |
| 20 Nov 22+26d | Uttoxeter | M.I.P. Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 1/8 | 11-3 | 133 | — | 145A | Jack Quinlan | 15/2 | |
| 25 Oct 22+217d | Chepstow | Inscapes Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 2/6 | 6½ | 11-10 | 134 | 119A | 139B | Jack Quinlan | 11/2 |
| 22 Mar 22+31d | Wetherby | Every Race Live On Racing TV Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 2/3 | 1¼ | 11-6 | 134 | 72C | 133C | Jack Quinlan | 15/8 |
| 19 Feb 22+52d | Ascot | Bateaux London Reynoldstown Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | 5/6 | 42 | 11-0 | 136 | 51C | 112C | Jack Quinlan | 13/2 |
| 2021 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Dec 21+22d | Newbury | MansionBet Proud To Support British Racing Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 2/7 | 3¼ | 11-2 | 136 | 79A | 127B | Stan Sheppard | 11/4J |
| 07 Dec 21+311d | Uttoxeter | Grehan Consulting Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 2/7 | nk | 10-11 | 130 | 134A | 141B | Jack Quinlan | 18/1 |
| 30 Jan 21+56d | Doncaster | Albert Bartlett River Don Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | PU/12 | — | 10-12 | 130 | — | — | Kielan Woods | 9/1 |
| 2020 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 05 Dec 20+21d | Wetherby | racingtv.com Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/11 | 11-4 | 120 | 123A | 132A | Jack Quinlan | 13/8 | |
| 14 Nov 20+29d | Wetherby | Sixt Car Hire Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/9 | 10-12 | — | 113A | 127A | Kielan Woods | 4/1 | |
| 16 Oct 20+252d | Uttoxeter | British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Div 1) | 3/12 | 8 | 10-12 | — | 105B | 118A | Kielan Woods | 40/1 |
| 07 Feb 20 | Kempton | Follow racingtv On Twitter Maiden Open NH Flat Race (Div 1) | 7/9 | 1½ | 11-4 | — | 67A | 109A | Ciaran Gethings | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Fern Hill won?
- Fern Hill (IRE) won 5 of 36 archived starts between 2020 and 2026, a strike rate of 13.9%. Placed 14 times in total (38.9% of starts).
- Who trains Fern Hill?
- Fern Hill (IRE) is trained by Ben Case, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 16 October 2026.
- Who is Fern Hill's sire?
- Fern Hill (IRE) is by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Water Rock (GB), whose sire is El Conquistador.
- What going does Fern Hill prefer?
- Fern Hill (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Fern Hill's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 16 October 2026. The highest on record is 140.
- What is Fern Hill's sire's record?
- Dylan Thomas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,491 runs since Jan 2008 (533 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
- Who are Fern Hill's siblings?
- Out of Water Rock (GB), Fern Hill (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Ted's Friend (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Ted's Friend (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m7f. As at Oct 2026.