Flag Flying (GB)
Flag Flying won the British European Breeders Fund EBF Novice Stakes at Goodwood in Jun 2022 on good ground. The gelding, by Starspangledbanner out of Gavota, has one win and one place from 10 starts overall, all at Class 4 level. He recorded eight of those runs over 6f to 7f, including the win, and is one from four on turf but zero from six on the all-weather. Aged 3 at his last run in Dec 2023, he finished 11 of 12 at Newcastle.
- 1–10Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 1 (10%)Placed
- −7.50£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 1.03Fair A/E n=10 · 0.92 incl. margin
- 90Highest OR
- 61dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 93
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 93A | 83 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 77C | 71.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 116C | 95 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 116C | 77 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,168 runs since Jan 2008 (661 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,191.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,034 | 125 | 12.1% | +1 | — |
| Good | 1,737 | 183 | 10.5% | −0.6 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 772 | 90 | 11.7% | +0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,074 | 122 | 11.4% | +0.3 | — |
| Heavy | 294 | 33 | 11.2% | +0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,232 | 238 | 10.7% | −0.4 | 0 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,191 | 173 | 14.5% | +3.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,568 | 394 | 11% | −0.1 | 1 from 8 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,393 | 137 | 9.8% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 650 | 60 | 9.2% | −1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 269 | 26 | 9.7% | −1.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 84 | 4 | 4.8% | −6.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Pal Joey (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Pal Joey (GB)).
Family form: Clasina (GB) won at Newcastle (AW), 16 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pal Joey (GB) | 18 | 2 | 5f–6f | Class 5 |
| Clasina (GB) | 22 | 2 | 7f | Class 6 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.50 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Pearson | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.50 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.50 |
| Tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.50 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Flag Flying won?
- Flag Flying (GB) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 1 time in total (10% of starts).
- Who trained Flag Flying?
- Flag Flying (GB) was trained by David Loughnane on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 8 December 2023.
- Who is Flag Flying's sire?
- Flag Flying (GB) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Gavota (GB), whose sire is Bated Breath.
- What is Flag Flying's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 70, from the run on 8 December 2023. The highest on record is 90.
- What is Flag Flying's sire's record?
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,168 runs since Jan 2008 (661 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,191.
- Who are Flag Flying's siblings?
- Out of Gavota (GB), Flag Flying (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Pal Joey (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Pal Joey (GB)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.