Horse profile
Global Skies (GB)
20 runs · 16 courses · from Aug 2023
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Limerick, Clonmel & Haydock
Beaten favourite LTO
Last run 16 Jul 2026 · 5th of 10
Last raced off OR 110
KTB Profile
Global Skies is 3 from 20 on turf with wins at Limerick, Clonmel and Haydock. Two of those came in handicaps over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground in Jun 2026 and Jul 2026, the latter off an official rating of 103. Aged 5 at his last run in Jul 2026, he finished fifth of 10 as the beaten favourite in the Noel C. Duggan Structural Steel 110 Series Final Handicap Hurdle at Killarney, having raced off his career-high mark of 110. He is usually held up.
Based on 20 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR at career high
- 3–20Wins / Runs
- 15%Strike rate
- 6 (30%)Placed
- −8.50£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 1.42Fair A/E n=20 · 1.16 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 33dBetween runs (median)longest 302 d
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 rating110At career-high mark
110
79–110
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 102
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 102A | 92.5 | 3 runs · 102 / 96 |
| Heavy | 3 | 67C | 56 | 3 runs · 67 / 56 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 107B | 92.5 | 5 runs · 107 / 96 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 80C | 67 | 3 runs · 80 / 67 |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 93A | 73 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 127C | 116 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 111A | 96 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 127C | 79 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 93A | 85 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 105C | 85 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 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 11 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 9 (82%) · 2 wins
- Mid-division 2 (18%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 6.5% of 914 runs since Apr 2021 (107 horses).
Strongest on soft going: 11.4% from 132. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 3.2% from 284.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −6.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 131 | 10 | 7.6% | +1.1 | — |
| Good | 212 | 13 | 6.1% | −0.4 | 2 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 108 | 8 | 7.4% | +0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 132 | 15 | 11.4% | +4.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 45 | 4 | 8.9% | +2.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 284 | 9 | 3.2% | −3.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 43 | 2 | 4.7% | −1.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 335 | 21 | 6.3% | −0.2 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 235 | 19 | 8.1% | +1.6 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 145 | 6 | 4.1% | −2.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 83 | 3 | 3.6% | −2.9 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 53 | 6 | 11.3% | +4.8 | 2 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | +4 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −6.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2021 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Balboa (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Balboa (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balboa (GB) | 31 | 2 | 2m–2m4½f | Class 4 |
| Flow River Flow (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| West Hill Rosie (GB) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 2 | 20% | −2.50 |
| Heavy | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonmel | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Nottingham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Gilligan | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Stefano Cherchi | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kieren Buckley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jack Gilligan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ricky Doyle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Donagh Meyler | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J F Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tommie Jakes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Davies | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 16 | 3 | 19% | −4.50 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.50 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 11 | 1 | 9% | −7.00 |
| Hurdle | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Jul 26+14d | Killarney (IRE) | Noel C. Duggan Structural Steel 110 Series Final Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - a lowly 8th after the 4th - made ground before 3 out - improved after 2 out - unable to get involved in 5th before the last where a mistake and had nothing more up the run-in | 5/10 | 7½ | 11-8 | 110 | 102A | 113A | Danny Gilligan | 11/4F |
| 02 Jul 26+27d | Limerick | Joe Walsh Flooring Handicap Hurdle Held up towards back of the pack - still 11th at halfway - closed on the front group after 3 out - driven up into 2nd turning for home - shared the advantage briefly - asked for effort to hit the front close home and stayed on strongly | 1/14 | 11-9 | 103 | 96B | 132A | Danny Gilligan | 2/1F | |
| 05 Jun 26+22d | Clonmel | Bulmers Zero Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back of the pack early - improved into a middling position after the 7th - moved up into contention approaching 3 out - went ahead smoothly with 2f to run - pushed clear before the final fence - stayed on strongly for an untroubled success | 1/16 | 10-11 | 94 | 89B | 122A | Ricky Doyle | 7/2 | |
| 14 May 26+68d | Clonmel | Bet With Tote.ie On Racing & Sports Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) Settled towards back of the field - still 11th after 6th - made progress from 3 out - improved into contention entering straight - slightly awkward jump in second 2 out - unable to challenge for the lead last - stayed on well on run-in but narrowly denied | 2/16 | ¾ | 11-7 | 90 | 107B | 123A | Donagh Meyler | 13/2 |
| 07 Mar 26+58d | Gowran Park | BOYLE Sports Cheltenham Bank Builder Jackpot Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - pushed to keep tabs in 8th after three out - lost touch and dropped away before two out | 8/11 | 8½ | 10-9 | 92 | 67C | 83C | Danny Gilligan | 11/1 |
| 08 Jan 26+33d | Clonmel | Lisronagh Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Settled midfield in the early stages - 6th and driven approaching the straight - unable to close from 2 out - eventually finished 7th | 7/14 | 5½ | 11-10 | 94 | 56C | 104C | Danny Gilligan | 18/1 |
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Dec 25+13d | Navan | Mervyn Gray Construction Maiden Hurdle Held up towards back of field - failed to threaten at any stage - well held at the finish | 15/25 | 2½ | 11-7 | — | 32C | 103C | Kieren Buckley | 100/1 |
| 23 Nov 25+46d | Cork | Join Racing TV Now With A Free Trial Maiden Hurdle Held up towards the back of the pack - unable to make headway from 4 out - well held at the finish | 9/16 | 2¾ | 11-7 | — | 80C | 100C | Kieren Buckley | 50/1 |
| 08 Oct 25+102d | Nottingham | Download The PricedUp App Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Dwelt at the start - settled in the pack - made ground into contention 4f out - pushed along with two to go but couldn't get on terms with the front-runners in the final furlong | 4/14 | 2¾ | 9-13 | 79 | 105C | 89A | J F Egan | 25/1 |
| 28 Jun 25+302d | York | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Mile Handicap Hesitant start - stayed at the back of the field throughout - well held in 8th | 8/12 | 2¾ | 9-9 | 82 | 51A | 77A | Callum Shepherd | 50/1 |
| 2024 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Aug 24+48d | Fontwell | Rapunzel Me Let Your Hair Down Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - improved into contention by the 5th - driven into 4th after 3 out - unable to make further gains from 2 out and held for 4th | 4/6 | 14 | 11-2 | — | 74A | 93B | Jack Quinlan | 2/1 |
| 13 Jul 24+42d | Newmarket | Bet365 Mile Handicap | 7/13 | 1 | 8-7 | 83 | 85C | 84A | Kieran O'Neill | 33/1 |
| 01 Jun 24+21d | Musselburgh | Edinburgh Cup Handicap | 5/8 | shd | 9-8 | 85 | 93A | 91A | Billy Loughnane | 10/1 |
| 11 May 24+16d | Ascot | Carey Group Handicap | 7/8 | ½ | 9-7 | 86 | 65A | 83A | Jack Gilligan | 17/2 |
| 25 Apr 24+180d | Beverley | Alan McGuinness And Robin Lunness Memorial Handicap | 3/7 | 1½ | 9-9 | 86 | 111A | 94A | Jack Gilligan | 10/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Oct 23+17d | Doncaster | William Hill Prospect Stakes (Registered As The Doncaster Stakes) (Listed) | 7/9 | 2½ | 9-3 | 86 | 58C | 63C | Stefano Cherchi | 17/2 |
| 11 Oct 23+12d | Nottingham | Trustatrader Apply Today EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/13 | nk | 9-4 | 86 | 127C | 93A | Tommie Jakes | 5/2F |
| 29 Sep 23+9d | Haydock | Lee Thomas Christy EBF Maiden Stakes (C & G) | 1/8 | 9-2 | — | 81A | 103A | Harry Davies | 3/1 | |
| 20 Sep 23+40d | Yarmouth | EBF Future Stayers Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/12 | 1 | 9-7 | — | 69A | 89A | Stefano Cherchi | 9/1 |
| 11 Aug 23 | Newmarket | Maritime Cargo Services Road Haulage British EBF 'Newcomers' Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) | 4/10 | 1¾ | 9-7 | — | 77A | 87A | Stefano Cherchi | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Global Skies won?
- Global Skies (GB) won 3 of 20 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 15%. Placed 6 times in total (30% of starts).
- Who trains Global Skies?
- Global Skies (GB) is trained by Ross O'Sullivan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 16 July 2026.
- Who is Global Skies's sire?
- Global Skies (GB) is by Mondialiste (IRE) out of Reachforthestars (IRE), whose sire is Sea The Stars.
- What going does Global Skies prefer?
- Global Skies (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Global Skies's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 16 July 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Global Skies's sire's record?
- Mondialiste (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.5% of 914 runs since Apr 2021 (107 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 11.4% from 132. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 3.2% from 284.
- Who are Global Skies's siblings?
- Out of Reachforthestars (IRE), Global Skies (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Balboa (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Balboa (GB)). The wins came over 2m–2m4½f. As at Nov 2026.