Horse profile
Flier (GB)
6yo mare (at last run, Aug 2025) · Last trainer Mrs Denise Foster · Last owner Richard Wilmot Smith Exors Of The Late Paul Darling
by Cable Bay (IRE) out of Compose (GB) (Anabaa)
28 runs · 8 courses · from Apr 2022
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Aug 2025 — 433 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2025 · 4th of 16
2 wins · Gowran Park & Dundalk (AW)
Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile
Flier won two handicaps from 28 starts, one at Gowran Park over 1m – 1m1f on good ground off 56 in Jul 2025 and one at Dundalk over 1m2f – 1m4f on standard going off 52 in Mar 2025. She has one win from seven runs at Gowran Park and one win from seven runs at Dundalk. Typically held up, she finished fourth of 16 at Gowran Park in Aug 2025 off an official rating of 60, 25lb below her highest ever mark. Aged 6 at her last run in Aug 2025.
Based on 28 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs since Dec 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 25lb off peak
- 2–28Wins / Runs
- 7.1%Strike rate
- 8 (28.6%)Placed
- −13.00£1 level staken=28 at SP
- 1.54Fair A/E n=28 · 1.16 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 45dAvg 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 rating60↓ 25lb off peak
60
48–85
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 109
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 109C | 86.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 109B | 87 | — |
| Good | 5 | 96C | 80 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 109B | 87 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 8 | 96C | 77.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 91C | 76 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 2 | 59C | 45.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 68B | 59 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 68B | 51 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 28 figures from 28 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 from 10 analysed runs since Dec 2024
- Held up 6 (60%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 2 (20%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (10%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (10%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 3,712 runs since Jan 2008 (243 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.9% from 641. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 290.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 2 | 13.3% | +3.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 629 | 77 | 12.2% | +2.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 815 | 84 | 10.3% | +0.4 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 330 | 26 | 7.9% | −2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 354 | 37 | 10.5% | +0.6 | 0 from 10 |
| Heavy | 100 | 9 | 9% | −0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,469 | 132 | 9% | −0.9 | 1 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 641 | 89 | 13.9% | +4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,891 | 174 | 9.2% | −0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 779 | 79 | 10.1% | +0.2 | 1 from 8 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 290 | 16 | 5.5% | −4.4 | 1 from 11 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 79 | 7 | 8.9% | −1 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 30 | 2 | 6.7% | −3.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
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
Compose (GB) (Anabaa)
9 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Cockney Sparrow (GB) (8 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–2m6½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Cockney Sparrow (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cockney Sparrow (GB) | 21 | 8 | 1m2f–2m½f | Listed |
| Dino Mite (GB) | 12 | 4 | 1m4f–2m3f | Class 4 |
| Cockney Wren (GB) | 8 | 2 | 2m½f | Class 4 |
| Reillys Daughter (GB) | 21 | 1 | 2m | Class 6 |
| Damoso (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 2m6½f | — |
| Colleen Bawn (FR) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Polkaface (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Minnie The Moocher (GB) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Sarbola (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.50 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gowran Park | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| Navan | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 1 | 9% | −3.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 8 | 1 | 13% | −0.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Carroll | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.50 |
| Gary Halpin | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Mark Enright | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Robbie Colgan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Danny Gilligan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| James Ryan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Patrick McGettigan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| E Walsh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 21 | 2 | 10% | −6.00 |
| None | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +6.00 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 23 | 2 | 9% | −8.00 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Aug 25+18d | Gowran Park | Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle August 30th Handicap (0-60) Went to front early - dropped to 4th by halfway then 3rd early in straight - driven approaching final furlong but couldn't threaten - stayed on same gear to finish 4th | 4/16 | 2 | 9-9 | 60 | 74C | 81A | Patrick McGettigan | 11/2 |
| 26 Jul 25+16d | Gowran Park | Racing TV Apprentice Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) Sat second early - asked for effort with 2f left before hitting front a furlong out - powered clear to the line | 1/13 | 9-9 | 56 | 92C | 83A | Patrick McGettigan | 13/2 | |
| 10 Jul 25+21d | Leopardstown | Irish Champions Festival Handicap (0-60) Held up towards the back of the pack - driven with 3f left - little response with a furlong to run - finished with some late progress through the field but always outpaced | 10/20 | nse | 9-12 | 56 | 80C | 75A | Ben Coen | 15/2 |
| 19 Jun 25+54d | Leopardstown | Jerry Fish Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) Settled with the field early - slipped back to 9th by halfway - made ground into the last furlong - finishing well to take second - denied by a narrow margin | 2/17 | ½ | 9-9 | 52 | 96C | 96A | Gary Carroll | 9/1 |
| 26 Apr 25+29d | Navan | Arkle Bar Handicap Held up towards the back - urged in vain approaching 2f out - unable to find more late and well held | 14/19 | 1¾ | 8-13 | 55 | 76C | 57C | Gary Carroll | 9/1 |
| 28 Mar 25+28d | Dundalk (AW) | Friday Fixtures Until 11th April Handicap (0-60) Held up towards the back of the pack - urged into contention in 11th with 2f left - found extra pace to move second 1f out - hit the front inside the last and drove on strongly | 1/13 | 9-10 | 52 | 86B | 78A | Gary Carroll | 13/2 | |
| 28 Feb 25+16d | Dundalk (AW) | Put The Fun In Fundraising At Dundalk Handicap (47-70) Held up towards the back - still ninth with 2f left despite urging - unable to close the gap - well held in 7th | 7/13 | 3½ | 9-3 | 54 | 87B | 68A | Robbie Colgan | 11/1 |
| 12 Feb 25+20d | Dundalk (AW) | Floodlit Fridays At Dundalk Handicap (47-65) Held up towards the back - urged into contention entering the straight - 8th and driven approaching final furlong - stayed on strongly to close best of all in 5th | 5/14 | ½ | 9-6 | 54 | 109B | 71A | Gary Carroll | 40/1 |
| 23 Jan 25+38d | Gowran Park | Langtons Kilkenny Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up early - remained towards back of field - well held at finish | 12/16 | 5½ | 10-13 | 85 | 32C | 84C | Danny Gilligan | 40/1 |
| 16 Dec 24+221d | Naas | Gener8 Engineering Mares Maiden Hurdle Settled midfield - pressed for effort into the straight - unable to close - well held in 11th | 11/20 | 3½ | 11-7 | — | 51C | 86C | Darragh O'Keeffe | 150/1 |
| 09 May 24+23d | Tipperary | Hotel Minella Mares Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) | 5/14 | 8½ | 10-13 | — | 68B | 93A | E Walsh | 28/1 |
| 16 Apr 24+24d | Naas | Mulvaney Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle | 8/19 | ½ | 11-0 | — | 50C | 87C | Danny Gilligan | 80/1 |
| 23 Mar 24+64d | Navan | Mongey Communications Maiden Hurdle | 9/16 | 5 | 11-5 | — | 59C | 92C | E Walsh | 80/1 |
| 19 Jan 24+37d | Dundalk (AW) | View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 6/14 | ½ | 9-10 | 55 | 107B | 72A | Gary Halpin | 17/2 |
| 13 Dec 23+26d | Dundalk (AW) | Happy Christmas From All At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 2/13 | 1¾ | 8-13 | 53 | 95B | 71A | James Ryan | 16/1 |
| 17 Nov 23+30d | Dundalk (AW) | Bar One Racing 'Price Boosts Across All Channels' Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 7/14 | ¾ | 9-6 | 55 | 70B | 68A | James Ryan | 18/1 |
| 18 Oct 23+14d | Navan | Pimlico Racing Happy Retirement Zoffany Bay Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 5/20 | 3 | 9-4 | 53 | 109C | 64A | Gary Halpin | 8/1 |
| 04 Oct 23+32d | Navan | Yellow Furze Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 2/20 | 2 | 9-1 | 50 | 91C | 83A | Gary Halpin | 11/1 |
| 02 Sep 23+49d | Navan | Gormanlough Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 6/17 | ½ | 9-0 | 50 | 87C | 65A | James Ryan | 7/1 |
| 15 Jul 23+53d | Navan | Navan Racing Festival November 18th & 19th Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 2/17 | ¾ | 9-2 | 48 | 86C | 79A | Gary Halpin | 16/1 |
| 23 May 23+209d | Gowran Park | Membership At Gowran Park Golf Club Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 10/13 | 1½ | 9-3 | 50 | 72C | 55A | Mark Enright | 28/1 |
| 26 Oct 22+13d | Curragh | Bet Responsibly At Novibet Handicap (47-65) | 10/29 | hd | 9-2 | 53 | 76C | 70A | Robbie Colgan | 22/1 |
| 13 Oct 22+14d | Curragh | Hollywoodbets Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap (47-65) | 4/20 | ½ | 9-4 | 54 | 91C | 76A | Robbie Colgan | 80/1 |
| 29 Sep 22+45d | Bellewstown | Bluegrass Horse Feeds Handicap (47-65) | 11/15 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 59 | 64C | 50A | Danny Gilligan | 40/1 |
| 15 Aug 22+83d | Dundalk (AW) | Bar One Racing 50 Euro Free Bet Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 14/14 | 1 | 9-6 | 63 | 66C | 48C | Wayne Lordan | 22/1 |
| 24 May 22+13d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden | 9/13 | ¾ | 9-3 | — | 73C | 47C | Mark Enright | 150/1 |
| 11 May 22+28d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden | 7/16 | 2½ | 9-3 | — | 80C | 62A | Mark Enright | 50/1 |
| 13 Apr 22 | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Fillies Maiden | 9/16 | 3½ | 9-3 | — | 75C | 56A | Mark Enright | 125/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Flier (GB) won?
- Flier (GB) won 2 of 28 archived starts between 2022 and 2025, a strike rate of 7.1%. Placed 8 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trained Flier (GB)?
- Flier (GB) was trained by Mrs Denise Foster on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 13 August 2025.
- Who is Flier (GB)'s sire?
- Flier (GB) is by Cable Bay (IRE) out of Compose (GB), whose sire is Anabaa.
- What going does Flier (GB) prefer?
- Flier (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Flier (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 13 August 2025. The highest on record is 85.
- What is Flier (GB)'s sire's record?
- Cable Bay (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 3,712 runs since Jan 2008 (243 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.9% from 641. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 290.
- Who are Flier (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Compose (GB), Flier (GB) has 9 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Cockney Sparrow (GB) (8). Highest grade won: Listed (Cockney Sparrow (GB)). The wins came over 1m2f–2m6½f. As at Oct 2026.