Horse profile
Gnomon (GB)
by Time Test (GB) out of Nirva (IRE) (Verglas)
14 runs · 12 courses · from Oct 2024
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Ascot, Haydock & Exeter
Beaten favourite LTO
Off 175 days · 2nd of 10
Last raced off OR 120
KTB Profile
Gnomon is 4 from 14 with all wins on turf, two of them at Haydock. He won a Class 2 maiden hurdle at Ascot over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground in Mar 2026 off an official rating of 117, having earlier taken two handicaps at Haydock over trips from 1m2f to 2m. The gelding was beaten favourite when second of 10 in a Class 2 handicap hurdle at Sandown in Apr 2026, last raced off his career-high mark of 120. He is usually held up.
Based on 14 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR at career high
- 4–14Wins / Runs
- 28.6%Strike rate
- 10 (71.4%)Placed
- −1.08£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.25Fair A/E n=14 · 1.05 incl. margin
- 120Highest OR
- 42dAvg 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 rating120At career-high mark
120
73–120
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 123
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 123A | 110 | 4 · 123 / 110 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 148A | 115 | 1 · — |
| Soft | 2 | 90B | 89.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 148A | 89 | 3 · 123 / 82 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 119A | 101 | 2 · 119 / 110 |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 103A | 95 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 95A | 87.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 103A | 91 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 121C | 111 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 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 6 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (67%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 2 (33%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 3,093 runs since Jan 2008 (336 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 6% from 318. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.7% from 312.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 3 | 18.8% | +8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 474 | 60 | 12.7% | +1.9 | — |
| Good | 721 | 85 | 11.8% | +1 | 2 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 309 | 30 | 9.7% | −1.1 | 2 from 3 |
| Soft | 318 | 19 | 6% | −4.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 87 | 13 | 14.9% | +4.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,168 | 124 | 10.6% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 91 | 10 | 11% | +0.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,049 | 100 | 9.5% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 902 | 83 | 9.2% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 654 | 85 | 13% | +2.2 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 312 | 46 | 14.7% | +3.9 | 2 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 78 | 9 | 11.5% | +0.7 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +5.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
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
Nirva (IRE) (Verglas)
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Newbolt (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Dialstone (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbolt (IRE) | 15 | 4 | 7f–1m | Class 4 |
| Dialstone (GB) | 4 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 3 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 2 | 33% | −1.43 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 2 | 67% | +5.35 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.43 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +4.75 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.60 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydock | 2 | 2 | 100% | +5.60 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.35 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.43 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Brogan | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.43 |
| Rossa Ryan | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.60 |
| Hector Crouch | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Rodriguez | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Jonathan Burke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Cobden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.43 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 20% | −2.40 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.60 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.43 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.75 |
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 Apr 26+27d | Sandown | bet365 Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled off the pace early - clumsy two out - pressed for effort before the last then blundered there - stayed on well to finish second | 2/10 | 2¼ | 10-5 | 120 | 119A | 133A | Tom Cannon | 7/2F |
| 29 Mar 26+20d | Ascot | Ascot Racecourse Supports Horse Rangers Hampton Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up in the pack - minor interference at the 4th - travelled well to press for the advantage 2 out - moved to the front near home and kept on strongly | 1/4 | 11-7 | 117 | 101C | 133B | Kevin Brogan | 4/7F | |
| 09 Mar 26+73d | Taunton | DragonBet The Roar Before BOG At Cheltenham Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled close to the pace - moved onto the heels of the front group with 3 to go - shared second spot 2 out - pressed the winner up the straight - battled to the line and narrowly missed out | 2/12 | nk | 11-6 | 118 | 123A | 140A | Kevin Brogan | 5/2 |
| 26 Dec 25+16d | Kempton | 'Join Ladbrokes Bet 5 Get 30' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - error at 2nd and hampered 4th - made progress with driving before 2 out - moved into second before the last - stayed on but well beaten by a strong winner | 2/11 | 10 | 11-4 | — | 76B | 138A | Kevin Brogan | 28/1 |
| 10 Dec 25+54d | Hereford | BetWright Bet The Wright Way Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Sat close to front group early - driven up into second on home turn - unable to close on winner in straight - held on for second beaten 6 lengths | 2/11 | 6 | 11-4 | — | 82B | 131A | Kevin Brogan | 4/6F |
| 17 Oct 25+38d | Haydock | CopyBet Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Sat behind the front group early - shifted off the rail and driven on 2f out - up to 3rd inside the final furlong before hitting the front close home - stayed on well to score | 1/8 | 9-6 | 79 | 101A | 91A | Rossa Ryan | 18/5 | |
| 09 Sep 25+4d | Ffos Las | Happy Retirement Ricky Leeson Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled in third off the leaders early - stayed there through the race - pushed along and struggling with over 2f left - drifted left under pressure - held on for third but well beaten at the line | 3/6 | 18 | 9-9 | 73 | 121C | 71C | Hector Crouch | 15/8F |
| 05 Sep 25+16d | Haydock | Betfair Exchange Handicap Handy early - hit front soon after and asked for effort 3f out - stayed on strongly late to score | 1/11 | 10-0 | 73 | 103A | 97A | Callum Rodriguez | 2/1F | |
| 20 Aug 25+29d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Handy early - pushed along in 3rd two out - stayed on strongly inside the final furlong - moved up to 2nd near the line but no match for winner | 2/9 | 12 | 9-13 | — | 95A | 83A | Hector Crouch | 11/2 |
| 22 Jul 25+13d | Lingfield | BetWright Bangers N'Cash Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) Slow to break - settled towards back - made progress from 2f out - drifted left inside final 2f - improved into second close home - kept on to finish second | 2/7 | 2¼ | 10-1 | — | 87A | 91A | Rossa Ryan | 11/2 |
| 09 Jul 25+171d | Kempton (AW) | Darley EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) Held up early - crept into contention approaching final furlongs - lacked the speed to get on terms - finished seventh | 7/12 | 3½ | 10-1 | — | 80A | 77A | Rossa Ryan | 25/1 |
| 19 Jan 25+18d | Windsor | Fitzdares Berkshire Winter Million Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Held up in the pack - nudged for effort approaching 3f out - dropped away tamely to finish eighth | 8/10 | 1½ | 10-9 | — | 89C | 109A | Jonathan Burke | 6/1 |
| 01 Jan 25+71d | Cheltenham | Raceridecheltenham 'Junior' NH Flat Race (Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Listed) (GBB Race) Settled towards the centre of the pack - improved into contention with two furlongs left - lost momentum inside the final 100 yards - finished sixth beaten 7.75 lengths | 6/16 | 1¾ | 11-0 | — | 90B | 123A | Harry Cobden | 7/4F |
| 22 Oct 24 | Exeter | South West '3 Yrs Old' 'Junior' NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Tracked front pair - moved right with 3f remaining - hit the front approaching last - drifted left showing inexperience - drew away easily inside final furlong to score | 1/12 | 11-0 | — | 148A | 141A | Daryl Jacob | 11/4 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Gnomon (GB) won?
- Gnomon (GB) won 4 of 14 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 10 times in total (71.4% of starts).
- Who trains Gnomon (GB)?
- Gnomon (GB) is trained by Toby Lawes, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 April 2026.
- Who is Gnomon (GB)'s sire?
- Gnomon (GB) is by Time Test (GB) out of Nirva (IRE), whose sire is Verglas.
- What going does Gnomon (GB) prefer?
- Gnomon (GB) has the best record on good to soft 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 Gnomon (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 120, from the run on 25 April 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Gnomon (GB)'s sire's record?
- Time Test (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 3,093 runs since Jan 2008 (336 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 6% from 318. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.7% from 312.
- Who are Gnomon (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Nirva (IRE), Gnomon (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Newbolt (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Dialstone (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.