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Horse profile

Fortified Bay (IRE)

11yo gelding (at last run, May 2023) · Last trainer Jennie Candlish · Last owner Alan Baxter
by Makfi (GB) out of Divergence (USA) (Red Ransom)
27 runs · 18 courses · from Jun 2016
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 May 2023 — 1,267 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2023 · 2nd of 3 6 wins · 5 courses Last raced off OR 117
KTB Profile

Fortified Bay won six of 27 starts on turf between Jun 2016 and Jan 2023. Four of those wins came over 2m5f – 3m, three on soft and one on heavy, while he also won twice at Newcastle. The gelding, aged 11 at his last run in May 2023, finished second of three in a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Perth off an official rating of 117, 15lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 27 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 15lb off peak
Official rating117↓ 15lb off peak
117 117–132

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 130 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newcastle, 28 Jan 2020

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 18 figures · best 147C · median 95.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft9130A99—
Heavy5123B74—
Good290C87.5—
Good to Soft2147C133.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m10147C109.5—
2m1f – 2m4f392B74—
Over 3m3101C74—
1m5f – 2m2101A100—

Of 26 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (6) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 26 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 142B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kelso, 15 Jan 2023 Official rating 117 at the last run, 17 May 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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 21 figures · best 142B · median 118
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft10136B122—
Heavy5142B118—
Good3129A121—
Good to Soft2118B108.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m11142B118—
2m1f – 2m4f4129B122—
Over 3m3118C104—
1m5f – 2m3129A128—

Of 27 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (6).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 27 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
Makfi (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 3,828 runs since Mar 2014 (358 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+3—
Good to Firm3454513%+1.70 from 1
Good7849712.4%+1.12 from 3
Good to Soft5636311.2%−0.10 from 3
Soft683649.4%−1.93 from 14
Heavy2914013.7%+2.41 from 6
Standard (AW)1,15512310.6%−0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f56712.5%+1.2—
6f – 7f88210211.6%+0.3—
1m – 1m1f1,14012210.7%−0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1,11013612.3%+1—
1m5f – 2m4284510.5%−0.81 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f141128.5%−2.81 from 5
2m5f – 3m61914.8%+3.54 from 12
Over 3m1000%−11.30 from 7

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2014 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Divergence (USA) (Red Ransom)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Affaire De Coeur (GB)50——
Absent Minded (GB)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 14 3 21% +32.00
Heavy 6 1 17% +15.00
Good 3 2 67% +14.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 11 3 27% +35.00
Class 4 9 1 11% +12.00
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 3 2 67% +14.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Haydock 4 0 0% −4.00
Newcastle 3 2 67% +17.00
Uttoxeter 3 1 33% +6.00
Perth 2 1 50% +6.00
Bangor-on-Dee 2 0 0% −2.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Kelso 1 1 100% +20.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 1 100% +25.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Cartmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Fakenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 12 4 33% +56.00
Over 3m 7 0 0% −7.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 1 20% +3.00
1m5f – 2m 3 1 33% +5.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sean Quinlan 13 3 23% +29.00
Wayne Hutchinson 5 0 0% −5.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 3 0 0% −3.00
Aidan Coleman 2 1 50% +24.00
Kielan Woods 1 1 100% +7.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Bellamy 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Moloney 1 1 100% +7.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 3 21% +29.00
Visor 8 2 25% +21.00
Cheekpieces 5 1 20% +7.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 5 1 20% +16.00
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 3 1 33% +5.00
2020 4 1 25% +8.00
2019 6 2 33% +29.00
2017 4 0 0% −4.00
2016 3 1 33% +5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 16 4 25% +51.00
Hurdle 9 1 11% +0.00
NH Flat 2 1 50% +6.00

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
2023 · 5 runs
17 May 23+32d Perth Murrayshall Eolas Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m · Good · 3 ran 2/3 9 11-11 11790C111C Sean Quinlan 11/4
15 Apr 23+24d Chepstow DragonBet Backing Welsh Sport Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m7½f · Soft · 7 ran PU/7 — 12-2 122—— Sean Quinlan 28/1
22 Mar 23+50d Haydock Tim Molony Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m4½f · Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-13 124—— Sean Quinlan 18/1
31 Jan 23+16d Newcastle QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m7½f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 33 11-7 125—96C Darragh O'Keeffe 12/1
15 Jan 23+20d Kelso racingtv.com/freetrial Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m5½f · Heavy · 10 ran 1/10 12-2 11799A142B Sean Quinlan 20/1
2022 · 2 runs
26 Dec 22+26d Wetherby William Hill Extra Places Every Day Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-10 122—— Sean Quinlan 40/1
30 Nov 22+571d Haydock Jewson Widnes Veterans' Handicap Chase Class 2 · 3m1½f · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-12 125—— Sean Quinlan 22/1
2021 · 3 runs
08 May 21+70d Haydock Pertemps Network Intermediate Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 2m4½f · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 2 10-13 12951C128B Darragh O'Keeffe 7/2
27 Feb 21+21d Newcastle Vertem-leading The Field Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m4f · Soft · 7 ran 1/7 11-1 12592B129B Kielan Woods 7/1
06 Feb 21+77d Musselburgh bet365 Edinburgh National Handicap Chase Class 2 · 4m1f · Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-0 128—— Sean Quinlan 50/1
2020 · 4 runs
21 Nov 20+20d Haydock My Odds Boost On Betfair Stayers' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m4½f · Heavy · 11 ran 2/11 45 11-7 1308C104C Sean Quinlan 18/1
01 Nov 20+246d Carlisle Cumberland Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m2f · Heavy · 12 ran 4/12 19 11-9 13274C118C Sean Quinlan 40/1
29 Feb 20+32d Doncaster 888sport Grimthorpe Handicap Chase Class 2 · 3m2f · Heavy · 7 ran PU/7 — 10-11 132—— Aidan Coleman 6/1
28 Jan 20+33d Newcastle Watch Sky Sports Racing On Virgin 535 Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m7½f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 11-8 125130A136B Sean Quinlan 11/1
2019 · 6 runs
26 Dec 19+26d Market Rasen Garthwest Packaging Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 2m5½f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 11-5 12043A126B Aidan Coleman 25/1
30 Nov 19+16d Bangor-on-Dee Corbetts Malpas Horse Feed Supplies Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 18 11-1 12241B97B Sam Twiston-Davies 25/1
14 Nov 19+117d Sedgefield MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 3m2½f · Soft · 5 ran 4/5 23 11-7 125101C103C Sean Quinlan 8/1
20 Jul 19+43d Cartmel Join Racing TV Now Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m6f · Soft · 4 ran 2/4 8 10-13 125130C118B Darragh O'Keeffe 9/2
07 Jun 19+20d Uttoxeter Barry Rock Memorial Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7½f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 2/4 34 11-4 125120C99C Sean Quinlan 7/4
18 May 19+721d Uttoxeter Optimum Pay Group Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 11-0 12085A121B Sean Quinlan 8/1
2017 · 4 runs
27 May 17+18d Ffos Las Toteexacta Pick The 1st And 2nd Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m6f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 3/5 3 10-12 128147C118B Wayne Hutchinson EvensF
09 May 17+48d Fakenham Jarrold Ladies Raceday 4th June At Fakenham Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 2m4f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 2/4 6 11-0 130—116C Wayne Hutchinson EvensF
22 Mar 17+38d Warwick Executive Hire Show Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5f · Heavy · 10 ran 2/10 2½ 11-2 —123B132A Wayne Hutchinson 7/2
12 Feb 17+52d Exeter Champions League Betting At 188bet 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m2½f · Soft · 15 ran 3/15 6 11-4 —74B115A Wayne Hutchinson 10/1
2016 · 3 runs
22 Dec 16+40d Bangor-on-Dee Mike Pryde Electricial Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Soft · 18 ran 10/18 3¼ 10-12 —99C86C Wayne Hutchinson 15/8
12 Nov 16+135d Uttoxeter Wainwright Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 12 ran 3/12 1¾ 11-7 —101A128A Tom Bellamy 4/1
30 Jun 16 Perth Scottish Game Fair Starts Tomorrow Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 2m · Good · 11 ran 1/11 10-11 ——129A Paul Moloney 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Fortified Bay won?
Fortified Bay (IRE) won 6 of 27 archived starts between 2016 and 2023, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 11 times in total (40.7% of starts).
Who trained Fortified Bay?
Fortified Bay (IRE) was trained by Jennie Candlish on the most recent run on record, at Perth on 17 May 2023.
Who is Fortified Bay's sire?
Fortified Bay (IRE) is by Makfi (GB) out of Divergence (USA), whose sire is Red Ransom.
What going does Fortified Bay prefer?
Fortified Bay (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Fortified Bay's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 117, from the run on 17 May 2023. The highest on record is 132.
What is Fortified Bay's sire's record?
Makfi (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 3,828 runs since Mar 2014 (358 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Fortified Bay's siblings?
Out of Divergence (USA), Fortified Bay (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 2016. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.