Horse profile
Game Management (GB)
by Nathaniel (IRE) out of Belle Vale (IRE) (Cape Cross)
23 runs · 12 courses · from Aug 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Catterick & Newcastle (AW)
Ran 22 days ago · 9th of 14
Last raced off OR 48
KTB Profile
Game Management is 2 from 23 with wins at Catterick in a Class 4 juvenile hurdle over 1m5f – 2m on good in Nov 2024 and at Newcastle (AW) in a Class 6 handicap over 1m – 1m1f on standard in Sep 2024. Typically held up, he was prominent when finishing 9 of 14 in a Class 6 handicap at Newcastle (AW) in Sep 2026 off an official rating of 48, 52lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 23 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 52lb off peak
- 2–23Wins / Runs
- 8.7%Strike rate
- 4 (17.4%)Placed
- +13.00£1 level staken=23 at SP
- 1.39Fair A/E n=23 · 1.19 incl. margin
- 100Highest OR
- 52dAvg 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 rating48↓ 52lb off peak
48
48–100
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 80
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 95B | 80 | 2 · 80 / 79.5 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 88C | 83 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 97B | 80 | 1 · — |
| Good | 3 | 75A | 66 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 93A | 74 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 10 | 95B | 81.5 | 1 · — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 82A | 80 | 2 · 80 / 79.5 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 97B | 79.5 | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 87B | 80.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 87B | 80.5 | — |
Of 23 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 23 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 7 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (57%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 3 (43%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 7,057 runs since Jan 2008 (633 horses).
Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.2% from 324.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 21 | 4 | 19% | +7.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 784 | 102 | 13% | +1.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 1,865 | 231 | 12.4% | +0.8 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 1,001 | 114 | 11.4% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,222 | 140 | 11.5% | −0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 403 | 47 | 11.7% | +0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,759 | 183 | 10.4% | −1.2 | 1 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 324 | 20 | 6.2% | −5.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 876 | 78 | 8.9% | −2.7 | 1 from 10 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,494 | 331 | 13.3% | +1.7 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,138 | 252 | 11.8% | +0.2 | 1 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 815 | 91 | 11.2% | −0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 337 | 32 | 9.5% | −2.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 69 | 17 | 24.6% | +13 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Belle Vale (IRE) (Cape Cross)
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pequeno (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | +12.00 |
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | +11.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 6 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +10.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +13.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +14.00 |
| Carlisle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Beverley | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ayr | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Catterick | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 10 | 1 | 10% | +9.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Eaves | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Shane Gray | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Quinlan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin McSweeney | 2 | 1 | 50% | +17.00 |
| Jake Dickson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Nolan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Peter Kavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Elizabeth Gale | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brian Hughes | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| Josephine Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 13 | 1 | 8% | +4.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 9 | 1 | 11% | +10.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +25.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 19 | 1 | 5% | +0.00 |
| Hurdle | 4 | 1 | 25% | +13.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 26+23d | Newcastle (AW) | Esh Stantec Handicap Stakes Handy with the main group early - pressed for effort 3f out - dropped away inside final 2f - finished ninth | 9/14 | nk | 9-0 | 48 | 80C | 52C | Shane Gray | 28/1 |
| 02 Sep 26+23d | Newcastle (AW) | Border Minstrel Pub Apprentice Handicap Stakes Handy early - pressed for effort with 2f left before fading into the final furlong - stayed on at one speed to finish fourth beaten 10 lengths | 4/7 | 4½ | 9-0 | 49 | 79A | 57A | Jake Dickson | 6/1 |
| 10 Aug 26+314d | Ayr | 'Ladbrokes Get More With Racing Bet Builder' Classified Stakes Sat close behind the front group early - pushed along with over 2f left - kept going without finding extra late - finished 4th beaten just under three lengths | 4/10 | nk | 9-9 | 50 | 80A | 67A | David Nolan | 25/1 |
| 30 Sep 25+71d | Sedgefield | Nigel Hawke Raceday Experiences Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Awkward at the opening obstacle - settled towards the back - eased and withdrawn before three out | PU/11 | — | 11-4 | 98 | — | — | Peter Kavanagh | 40/1 |
| 21 Jul 25+16d | Cartmel | Cumbria Grand Hotel Handicap Hurdle Held up in the pack - no progress made - eased and pulled up before 2 out | PU/12 | — | 11-10 | 100 | — | — | Sean Quinlan | 40/1 |
| 05 Jul 25+19d | Carlisle | PricedUp Handicap (Pro-Am Female Jockeys) (Div 2) Settled towards the back of the field - urged forward with over 2f left - drifted right approaching the final furlong and could find no more - finished 7th | 7/9 | 1¼ | 10-9 | 54 | 55A | 57A | Elizabeth Gale | 11/1 |
| 16 Jun 25+17d | Carlisle | PricedUp Pushes Handicap Nudged out early - fought bridle down the back near tail of field - made progress into contention 2f out - soon boxed in for space - pushed along and faded in the closing stages to finish eighth | 8/12 | nk | 8-9 | 56 | 93A | 69A | Joe Fanning | 40/1 |
| 30 May 25+164d | Carlisle | andersonslimited.co.uk Handicap Held up early - dropping away with three furlongs left - no real impression made - finished ninth well beaten | 9/11 | nk | 9-1 | 57 | 69C | 46C | Tom Eaves | 11/1 |
| 17 Dec 24+25d | Catterick | Download The Raceday Ready App Now Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in the pack - moved through before 2 out and pressed for effort late - lost momentum on the run-in to finish third | 3/11 | 4 | 11-7 | — | 74B | 120A | Sean Quinlan | 11/1 |
| 22 Nov 24+22d | Catterick | Scan Your tote Bet With Raceday-Ready Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled midpack early - knocked off stride 5th - close to pace 2 out - pushed through to hit front near final flight and stayed strong to the line for the win | 1/7 | 11-0 | — | 87B | 105B | Brian Hughes | 16/1 | |
| 31 Oct 24+28d | Southwell (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap Tracked the pace early - urged forward with over 2f to go - lost momentum inside the final furlong - eventually finished 5th | 5/7 | 2½ | 8-13 | 58 | 86A | 57A | Tom Eaves | 4/1 |
| 03 Oct 24+13d | Newcastle (AW) | Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap Shared the front spot early - hit the front turning into the final two furlongs - driven when challenged then lost command inside the last - kept going without finding extra to finish 5th | 5/12 | dht | 9-3 | 59 | 83A | 78A | Tom Eaves | 11/2 |
| 20 Sep 24+8d | Ayr | Microtech Group Handicap Settled in the pack - pushed along with 2f left - drifted right approaching the final furlong and unable to close - finished eighth beaten 3¼ lengths | 8/12 | nk | 8-13 | 56 | 39A | 65A | Oisin McSweeney | 16/1 |
| 12 Sep 24+38d | Newcastle (AW) | Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap Handy early - hit front 7f out - lost advantage entering last furlong - rallied to edge back in front at the line | 1/14 | 8-13 | 56 | 95B | 83A | Oisin McSweeney | 18/1 | |
| 05 Aug 24+31d | Ripon | Bowel Cancer Screening Saves Lives Handicap Settled just behind the front group on the rail - urged forward from 3f out - driven but faded inside final 2f - finished fifth | 5/8 | 4 | 9-2 | 58 | 66B | 59A | Tom Eaves | 14/1 |
| 05 Jul 24+13d | Beverley | Jacksons Of Yorkshire Handicap | 8/13 | ½ | 9-9 | 60 | 88C | 64A | Shane Gray | 10/1 |
| 22 Jun 24+39d | Haydock | Fizz Cup Classic Handicap | 5/6 | 4½ | 9-2 | 63 | 81B | 55B | Josephine Gordon | 5/1 |
| 14 May 24+32d | Beverley | All-New All-Electric Lexus RZ Handicap | 6/7 | 1¼ | 9-0 | 66 | 82A | 58A | Tom Eaves | 14/1 |
| 12 Apr 24+125d | Southwell (AW) | Get Emma's Offers At Planetsportbet Handicap | 8/9 | 5 | 9-4 | 70 | 72A | 52A | Tom Eaves | 40/1 |
| 09 Dec 23+73d | Newcastle (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM Nursery | 7/10 | 4½ | 9-6 | 72 | 75A | 61A | Tom Eaves | 14/1 |
| 27 Sep 23+18d | Redcar | British EBF Supports Racing To School Future Stayers Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/6 | shd | 9-7 | — | 84A | 71B | Tom Eaves | 18/1 |
| 09 Sep 23+39d | Thirsk | Personal Touches Retirement EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) | 2/10 | 1½ | 9-7 | — | 75A | 85A | Tom Eaves | 28/1 |
| 01 Aug 23 | Beverley | Keith Walker Never Change Your Mind Memorial EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 6/8 | 1 | 9-7 | — | 97B | 45A | Tom Eaves | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Game Management (GB) won?
- Game Management (GB) won 2 of 23 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 8.7%. Placed 4 times in total (17.4% of starts).
- Who trains Game Management (GB)?
- Game Management (GB) is trained by Lizzie Quinlan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 September 2026.
- Who is Game Management (GB)'s sire?
- Game Management (GB) is by Nathaniel (IRE) out of Belle Vale (IRE), whose sire is Cape Cross.
- What going does Game Management (GB) prefer?
- Game Management (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Game Management (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 48, from the run on 25 September 2026. The highest on record is 100.
- What is Game Management (GB)'s sire's record?
- Nathaniel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 7,057 runs since Jan 2008 (633 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.2% from 324.
- Who are Game Management (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Belle Vale (IRE), Game Management (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.