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First Impression (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2024) · Last trainer John & Sean Quinn · Last owner Blackburn Fox Mcwilliams Pendelbury
by Make Believe (GB) out of Charmgoer (USA) (Nureyev)
43 runs · 21 courses · from Aug 2019
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Feb 2024 — 990 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2024 · 13th of 13 8 wins · 5 courses New yard Last raced off OR 130
KTB Profile

First Impression won eight of 43 starts with the last success coming at Chester in Aug 2023 in a Class 4 handicap over 1m2f – 1m4f on soft ground off a mark of 82. He also landed three of six starts at Ayr and four of 16 over 1m5f – 2m, all wins gained on turf. His last run, at Musselburgh in Feb 2024, was his first for the yard and came off an official rating of 130. Aged 7 at his last run in Feb 2024 he finished 13 of 13.

Based on 43 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on turf OR at career high
Official rating130At career-high mark
130 80–130

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 116 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chester, 16 Sep 2023

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 13 figures · best 134B · median 108
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft7130A108—
Good4134B118.5—
Soft2109B108—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m13134B108—
Flat 27 figures · best 117A · median 89
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good8117A89.5—
Good to Soft7116A83—
Soft7112A90—
Standard (AW)497A84—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f24117A89.5—
1m – 1m1f290A79—
6f – 7f1———

Of 43 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 40 figures from 43 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 151A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Doncaster, 16 Dec 2023 Official rating 130 at the last jumps run, 3 Feb 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 88B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Chester, 6 Aug 2023 Official rating 87 at the last flat run, 28 Sep 2023

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 15 figures · best 151A · median 130
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft8151A129.5—
Good5139A132—
Soft2132A120—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m15151A130—
Flat 27 figures · best 101A · median 85
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good899A84.5—
Good to Soft7101A85—
Soft7101A88—
Standard (AW)482A67.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f24101A85—
1m – 1m1f291A77—
6f – 7f1———

Of 43 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 42 figures from 43 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
Make Believe (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,598 runs since Jan 2008 (297 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5120%+8.9—
Good to Firm3414312.6%+1.50 from 1
Good8729911.4%+0.32 from 13
Good to Soft4355612.9%+1.84 from 16
Soft6947110.2%−0.92 from 9
Heavy272259.2%−1.9—
Standard (AW)97910410.6%−0.50 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8178.6%−2.5—
6f – 7f8469511.2%+0.10 from 1
1m – 1m1f1,04810710.2%−0.91 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f7869412%+0.94 from 24
1m5f – 2m5347113.3%+2.23 from 16
2m1f – 2m4f230229.6%−1.5—
2m5f – 3m6323.2%−7.9—
Over 3m10110%−1.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Charmgoer (USA) (Nureyev)

10 siblings in the archive, 8 winners — best of them Bajan Gold (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6½f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Listed (Beringoer (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Bajan Gold (IRE)1221m2fClass 5
Tres Froide (FR)3821m–1m2fClass 6
Beringoer (FR)721mListed
Numerologue (FR)1221m–1m4f—
Aloeil (FR)1721m2½f–1m4f—
The Charmer (IRE)1811mClass 6
Passionate Affair (IRE)1311m4fClass 6
Charming Touch (USA)1316½f—
Specialiste (FR)10——
Professionel (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 16 4 25% +0.62
Good 13 2 15% +9.00
Soft 9 2 22% +11.25
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 18 2 11% −10.75
Class 2 10 1 10% −0.50
Class 4 10 4 40% +15.12
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 1 100% +16.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ayr 6 3 50% +23.75
Musselburgh 4 0 0% −4.00
Wetherby 4 2 50% −0.13
Chester 3 1 33% +0.25
York 3 0 0% −3.00
Redcar 3 1 33% +14.00
Pontefract 2 0 0% −2.00
Newcastle (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 2 1 50% +3.00
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Hamilton 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 24 4 17% +9.00
1m5f – 2m 16 3 19% −7.13
1m – 1m1f 2 1 50% +15.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jason Hart 20 4 20% +20.50
Brian Hughes 6 2 33% −2.13
Billy Garritty 4 1 25% +1.00
Craig Nichol 2 0 0% −2.00
Henry Brooke 2 0 0% −2.00
Jonny Peate 1 0 0% −1.00
Rhys Clutterbuck 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Kingscote 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Curtis 1 1 100% +8.50
Paul Mulrennan 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Robinson 1 0 0% −1.00
Robbie Downey 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 10 2 20% −1.75
2022 12 1 8% −8.75
2021 9 1 11% −6.75
2020 8 3 38% +20.12
2019 3 1 33% +14.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 27 5 19% +23.00
Hurdle 16 3 19% −7.13

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
03 Feb 24+49d Musselburgh bet365 Scottish County Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 13/13 8 11-5 13077C99C Craig Nichol 15/2
16 Dec 23+79d Doncaster bet365 Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 2/11 ½ 10-3 127—151A Craig Nichol 33/1
28 Sep 23+12d Pontefract Simon Scrope Dalby Screw-Driver Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7/7 9 9-7 8780C66C Jason Hart 9/1
16 Sep 23+41d Chester Camden Hells Handicap Class 3 · 10.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 1¼ 9-6 87116A87A Jason Hart 4/1F
06 Aug 23+90d Chester Jordan North DJ Set Ladies Day Handicap Class 4 · 10.5f · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 10-4 8277C88B Jason Hart 9/4F
08 May 23+17d Ayr Alice's 70th Birthday Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 2½ 9-11 8276A85A Jason Hart 10/3F
21 Apr 23+35d Ayr Remus Uomo Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 6/15 2¼ 12-0 127108B138A Henry Brooke 18/1
17 Mar 23+32d Newcastle (AW) BetUK Over 40,000 Live Streamed Races Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 4¼ 9-7 8376A65A Jason Hart 20/1
13 Feb 23+11d Catterick Download The Vickers.Bet App Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 15.5f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 11-7 122125B139A Billy Garritty 4/1
02 Feb 23+32d Southwell (AW) BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Apprentice Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Standard · 9 ran 6/9 nk 9-6 8597A70A Jonny Peate 25/1
01 Jan 23+28d Musselburgh Fitzdares Hogmaneigh Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 15.5f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 2¼ 11-4 123109B108A Billy Garritty 4/1
04 Dec 22+21d Huntingdon Fitzdares Loves Fulham Fc Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 3¾ 11-2 123112A134A Billy Garritty 10/3
13 Nov 22+32d Cheltenham Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 13 ran 4/13 nk 10-10 124—124A Billy Garritty 22/1
12 Oct 22+15d Nottingham Watch Irish Racing On RacingTV Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Soft · 9 ran 4/9 4¾ 9-9 85112A90A Jason Hart 13/2
27 Sep 22+12d Ayr Virgin Bet Free Bets For Winners Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 1/12 10-0 80102A94A Jason Hart 9/4F
15 Sep 22+11d Ayr Virgin Bet Kilkerran Cup Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good · 14 ran 4/14 ½ 9-0 81109C84A Jason Hart 9/2
04 Sep 22+105d York Hanson Springs Handicap Class 4 · 10.5f · Good · 15 ran 3/15 ¾ 10-3 8169C97A Jason Hart 10/1
22 May 22+36d York Sky Bet Sunday Series Apprentice Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Good · 18 ran 7/18 2¼ 9-10 8389C88A Rhys Clutterbuck 13/2
16 Apr 22+11d Haydock Challenger Two Mile Hurdle Series Final Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 15.5f · Good · 11 ran 3/11 2 11-2 124102C132A Brian Hughes 15/2
05 Apr 22+50d Pontefract Yorkshire Wonder Horse Search Is On Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Soft · 11 ran 4/11 2¼ 8-7 8497A85A Jason Hart 12/1
14 Feb 22+23d Catterick Happy 50th Dawn Callaghan Love You Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 15.5f · Soft · 7 ran 2/7 4 11-9 125107B132A Brian Hughes 5/2
22 Jan 22+21d Lingfield (AW) Read Katie Walsh On Betway Insider Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Standard · 10 ran 8/10 2¾ 9-10 8592A82A Richard Kingscote 10/1
01 Jan 22+26d Musselburgh Betway Hogmaneigh Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 2½ 10-3 127108B130A Henry Brooke 11/2
06 Dec 21+23d Musselburgh Visit racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran UR/6 — 11-12 127—— Tom O'Brien 5/4F
13 Nov 21+11d Wetherby Racingtv.com/freemonth Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-0 120130A132B Brian Hughes 5/4F
02 Nov 21+24d Redcar Try Racing TV For Free Now Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Soft · 10 ran 2/10 3 9-1 8587A101A Jason Hart 11/1
09 Oct 21+43d York Coral Proud Sponsors Of British Racing Finale Handicap Class 3 · 10.5f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 13/18 9½ 9-6 8855C72C Jason Hart 16/1
27 Aug 21+88d Hamilton Phoenix Utilities Ltd Lanark Silver Bell Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 3¼ 9-6 89117A75A Jason Hart 11/1
31 May 21+17d Redcar Racing TV Zetland Gold Cup Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good · 14 ran 14/14 1¼ 8-9 9099C67A Jason Hart 5/1
14 May 21+8d Hamilton Palmaris Services Braveheart Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 2/6 nk 9-3 89102A84B Jason Hart 7/4F
06 May 21+39d Chester Destination 2 Handicap Class 3 · 10.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 3/14 1½ 9-7 8983C101A Jason Hart 6/1
28 Mar 21+123d Ascot Betfred Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 15.5f · Good · 14 ran 5/14 ¾ 11-7 121134B127A Sam Twiston-Davies 9/1
25 Nov 20+26d Wetherby wetherbyracing.co.uk Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 1/13 10-12 —108B129A Brian Hughes 8/13F
30 Oct 20+16d Wetherby Weatherbys Hamilton Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle (Listed) Class 1 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5/7 nk 10-12 —98A123A Brian Hughes 9/2
14 Oct 20+27d Wetherby wetherbyracing.co.uk Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 nse 10-12 —96A127A Brian Hughes 6/4J
17 Sep 20+17d Ayr Dream Weddings At Western House Hotel Handicap (For the Kilkerran Cup) Class 2 · 10f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 1/12 8-7 8582A85A Ben Curtis 17/2
31 Aug 20+31d Ripon Billy Nevett Memorial Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Soft · 8 ran 2/8 3 9-2 85102A87A Jason Hart 11/2
31 Jul 20+27d Goodwood Tdn Australia Handicap Class 3 · 11f · Good · 9 ran 9/9 6 9-5 8754C70C Jason Hart 25/1
04 Jul 20+16d Haydock Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Soft · 8 ran 7/8 8 9-4 8769C69C Paul Mulrennan 5/1
18 Jun 20+261d Redcar Market Cross Jewellers Stores Now Open Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 9-7 8090C99A Jason Hart 16/1
01 Oct 19+11d Ayr Watch On Racing TV Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 9-5 —90A91A Jason Hart 16/1
20 Sep 19+26d Newcastle (AW) Azure Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 6 ran 3/6 1¾ 9-5 —68A63B Ben Robinson 6/1
25 Aug 19 Beverley EBF Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 7.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5/8 shd 9-4 —84A63A Robbie Downey 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has First Impression (IRE) won?
First Impression (IRE) won 8 of 43 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 18.6%. Placed 20 times in total (46.5% of starts).
Who trained First Impression (IRE)?
First Impression (IRE) was trained by John & Sean Quinn on the most recent run on record, at Musselburgh on 3 February 2024.
Who is First Impression (IRE)'s sire?
First Impression (IRE) is by Make Believe (GB) out of Charmgoer (USA), whose sire is Nureyev.
What going does First Impression (IRE) prefer?
First Impression (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 4 wins from 16 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 First Impression (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 130, from the run on 3 February 2024. That is also the highest on record.
What is First Impression (IRE)'s sire's record?
Make Believe (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,598 runs since Jan 2008 (297 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are First Impression (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Charmgoer (USA), First Impression (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 8 of them winners. Most wins: Bajan Gold (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Beringoer (FR)). The wins came over 6½f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2019. 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.