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Flying Pirate (IRE)

2yo gelding · Trainer Eve Johnson Houghton · Owner J Allison G C Stevens
by Blackbeard (IRE) out of Karakatsie (USA) (Karakontie)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Jun 2026
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Haydock & Salisbury Last run 18 Sep 2026 · 4th of 9 Last raced off OR 91
KTB Profile

Flying Pirate won both starts over 6f – 7f on soft ground, at Salisbury in Jun 2026 and at Haydock in Sep 2026. The gelding has two wins from four runs on turf, all at trips between 6f and 1m1f. He led when finishing fourth of nine in a Class 2 conditions stakes at Newbury in Sep 2026, racing off an official rating of 91, his highest mark.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Jun 2026 · updated 25 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 93 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newbury, 18 Sep 2026

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 4 figures · best 99A · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft299A932 runs · 99 / 93
Good1——1 run · —
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
6f – 7f399A873 runs · 99 / 87
1m – 1m1f1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 100B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Haydock, 3 Sep 2026 Official rating 91 at the last run, 18 Sep 2026

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 4 figures · best 100B · median 93.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft2100B992 runs · 100 / 99
Good1——1 run · —
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
6f – 7f3100B983 runs · 100 / 98
1m – 1m1f1——1 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 from 4 analysed runs since Jun 2026

  • Prominent 2 (50%) · 1 win
  • Mid-division 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (25%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Blackbeard (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 15.3% of 170 runs since Jan 2008 (50 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm43511.6%−3.70 from 1
Good51713.7%−1.60 from 1
Good to Soft26519.2%+3.9—
Soft26726.9%+11.62 from 2
Heavy500%−15.3—
Standard (AW)19210.5%−4.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f34514.7%−0.6—
6f – 7f1222016.4%+1.12 from 3
1m – 1m1f1317.7%−7.60 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f100%−15.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Karakatsie (USA) (Karakontie)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 2 100% +5.25
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +1.25
Class 5 1 1 100% +4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Salisbury 2 1 50% +3.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 1 100% +1.25

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 3 2 67% +4.25
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 2 1 50% +0.25
None 2 1 50% +3.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 4 runs
18 Sep 26+15d Newbury Haynes Hanson & Clark Conditions Stakes Class 2 · 8f · Good · 9 ran mid-pack early - angled left to find room and pushed up to challenge in front approaching 2f out - hit the front briefly inside the final furlong - overtaken soon after - faded to finish fourth 4/9 nk 9-2 9193A86A Charles Bishop 14/1
03 Sep 26+65d Haydock Jackie Harbridge In Loving Memory Restricted Novice Stakes (For Horses In Bands B, C And D) (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 7 ran Missed the break left - third early and moving smoothly - up with the pace and challenging 3f out - struck the front 2f out - pulled away inside the final furlong - won with plenty in hand 1/7 9-8 8587A100B Charles Bishop 5/4F
30 Jun 26+21d Salisbury Juddmonte EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 · 6f · Good To Firm · 11 ran Settled behind the front group early - moved wide and asked for effort 2f out - kept up the same rhythm under pressure inside the final furlong - finished third 3/11 ½ 9-8 —77A89A Charles Bishop 9/4
09 Jun 26 Salisbury Clive Cox Racing EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 11 ran Sat close behind the front group - urged into third with a furlong to go and drifted left showing inexperience - finished full of running to get up in the last strides 1/11 9-4 —99A98A Charles Bishop 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Flying Pirate won?
Flying Pirate (IRE) won 2 of 4 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 3 times in total (75% of starts).
Who trains Flying Pirate?
Flying Pirate (IRE) is trained by Eve Johnson Houghton, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 18 September 2026.
Who is Flying Pirate's sire?
Flying Pirate (IRE) is by Blackbeard (IRE) out of Karakatsie (USA), whose sire is Karakontie.
What is Flying Pirate's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 18 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Flying Pirate's sire's record?
Blackbeard (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.3% of 170 runs since Jan 2008 (50 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from June 2026. 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.