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Horse profile

Four Steps Back (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2012) · Last trainer Mark Usher · Last owner Mrs D J Hughes
by Royal Academy (USA) out of Runaway Queen (USA) (Runaway Groom)
9 runs · 4 courses · from Sep 2011
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Jun 2012 — 5,266 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2012 · 6th of 6 Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Four Steps Back (GB) is yet to win from 9 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 11 at Kempton (AW) (Jan 2012).

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
Official rating45↓ 5lb off peak
45 45–50

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 52C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 30 Mar 2012 Official rating 45 at the last run, 4 Jun 2012

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 →

Flat 9 figures · best 66A · median 51
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)866A51.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f866A50—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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
Royal Academy (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.1% of 437 runs since Jan 2008 (46 horses).

Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 10.6% from 104.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−7.1—
Good to Firm7633.9%−3.2—
Good10254.9%−2.2—
Good to Soft5147.8%+0.7—
Soft52611.5%+4.40 from 1
Heavy2827.1%0—
Standard (AW)125118.8%+1.70 from 8
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f700%−7.1—
6f – 7f1041110.6%+3.5—
1m – 1m1f991212.1%+5—
1m2f – 1m4f10565.7%−1.40 from 8
1m5f – 2m7422.7%−4.40 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f3900%−7.1—
2m5f – 3m800%−7.1—
Over 3m100%−7.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Runaway Queen (USA) (Runaway Groom)

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
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 8 0 0% −8.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
David Probert 3 0 0% −3.00
Racheal Kneller 2 0 0% −2.00
Liam Keniry 2 0 0% −2.00
Hayley Turner 1 0 0% −1.00
Ian Mongan 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 6 0 0% −6.00
2011 3 0 0% −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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2012 · 6 runs
04 Jun 12+44d Leicester Tigers Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 10 8-12 4532C Racheal Kneller 17/2
21 Apr 12+22d Wolverhampton (AW) 32redpoker.com Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 12 ran 5/12 shd 8-1 4649A Racheal Kneller 25/1
30 Mar 12+16d Wolverhampton (AW) Wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Handicap Class 6 · 1m6f · Standard · 11 ran 10/11 5 8-12 4852C David Probert 16/1
14 Mar 12+27d Kempton (AW) 'Bet Late At Cheltenham' Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 9 ran 6/9 1½ 8-13 5053A Liam Keniry 20/1
16 Feb 12+35d Kempton (AW) 32redbet.com Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 7 ran 6/7 ½ 8-12 5049A Hayley Turner 6/1
12 Jan 12+36d Kempton (AW) 32RedBet.com Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 11 ran 3/11 1¾ 9-1 5066A David Probert 50/1
2011 · 3 runs
07 Dec 11+49d Lingfield (AW) Felbridge Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 7 ran 6/7 6 9-6 —51A David Probert 66/1
19 Oct 11+20d Kempton (AW) Conexion Communications Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m4f · Standard · 9 ran 9/9 11 9-10 —44C Ian Mongan 25/1
29 Sep 11 Kempton (AW) 32RedBet.com Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m4f · Standard · 9 ran 7/9 ½ 9-11 —52A Liam Keniry 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Four Steps Back won?
Four Steps Back (GB) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2011 and 2012. Placed 1 time in total (11.1% of starts).
Who trained Four Steps Back?
Four Steps Back (GB) was trained by Mark Usher on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 4 June 2012.
Who is Four Steps Back's sire?
Four Steps Back (GB) is by Royal Academy (USA) out of Runaway Queen (USA), whose sire is Runaway Groom.
What is Four Steps Back's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 4 June 2012. The highest on record is 50.
What is Four Steps Back's sire's record?
Royal Academy (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.1% of 437 runs since Jan 2008 (46 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 10.6% from 104.

Record shown from September 2011. 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.