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Horse profile

Flare Star (GB)

2yo colt (at last run, Jul 2020) · Last trainer John Mackie · Last owner David Ward
by Exceed and Excel (AUS) out of Starbound (IRE) (Captain Rio)
1 run · 1 course · from Jul 2020
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Jul 2020 — 2,284 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2020 · 8th of 13
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Jul 2020 as a 2yo colt. Finished 8 of 13 at York last time. By Exceed and Excel (AUS), whose progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,025 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 21 Oct 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 →

Flat 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 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 74A the best of the last 1 rated run · York, 19 Jul 2020

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 →

Flat 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 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
Exceed and Excel (AUS)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,025 runs since Jan 2008 (1,161 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1984120.7%+8.8—
Good to Firm3,25139912.3%+0.4—
Good3,14632810.4%−1.50 from 1
Good to Soft1,3101309.9%−2—
Soft1,194947.9%−4—
Heavy273259.2%−2.7—
Standard (AW)6,65388213.3%+1.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3,86052113.5%+1.6—
6f – 7f8,00495011.9%00 from 1
1m – 1m1f2,75228910.5%−1.4—
1m2f – 1m4f1,02510210%−1.9—
1m5f – 2m273269.5%−2.4—
2m1f – 2m4f102109.8%−2.1—
2m5f – 3m9111.1%−0.8—

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
Starbound (IRE) (Captain Rio)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Dramatic Exit (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Dramatic Exit (GB)111m—
King Citric (GB)90——
Clancy (GB)30——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
19 Jul 20 York Read Nick Luck's Blog At news.williamhill.com EBF Novice Median Auction Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good · 13 ran 8/13 1¼ 9-2 58C74A Royston Ffrench 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Flare Star (GB) won?
Flare Star (GB) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2020.
Who trained Flare Star (GB)?
Flare Star (GB) was trained by John Mackie on the most recent run on record, at York on 19 July 2020.
Who is Flare Star (GB)'s sire?
Flare Star (GB) is by Exceed and Excel (AUS) out of Starbound (IRE), whose sire is Captain Rio.
What is Flare Star (GB)'s sire's record?
Exceed and Excel (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,025 runs since Jan 2008 (1,161 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
Who are Flare Star (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Starbound (IRE), Flare Star (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Dramatic Exit (GB) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2020. 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.