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Horse profile

Golden Samba (GB)

4yo filly · Trainer Tina Jackson · Owner Howard Thompson
by Nathaniel (IRE) out of Gold Ribbon (GB) (Golden Horn)
13 runs · 11 courses · from Apr 2025
As at 3 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 27 Oct 2026 · 10th of 12 Last raced off OR 43
KTB Profile

Golden Samba is a maiden who has run 13 times without a win and has placed twice. Her best effort came when third of 10 at Lingfield in May 2026. The filly, by Nathaniel out of a Golden Horn mare, has raced on turf and all-weather without success and usually races held up. She finished 10th of 12 at Catterick in a Class 6 handicap in Oct 2026, last raced off OR 43.

Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 13 commented runs since Apr 2025 · updated 3 Nov 2026
Official rating43↓ 2lb off peak
43 43–45

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 93 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Beverley, 16 Sep 2026

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 13 figures · best 112B · median 71
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 3 Nov 2025
Good5112B934 runs · 112 / 98.5
Soft480A62.52 runs · 55 / 50
Standard (AW)389A472 runs · 89 / 68
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 3 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m6112B84.55 runs · 112 / 89
1m2f – 1m4f471A62.52 runs · 71 / 63
1m – 1m1f293A61.51 run · —
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Nov 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 55A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Beverley, 16 Sep 2026 Official rating 43 at the last run, 27 Oct 2026

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 13 figures · best 63A · median 46
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 3 Nov 2025
Good563A424 runs · 63 / 48.5
Soft455A482 runs · 55 / 51
Standard (AW)349A382 runs · 49 / 43.5
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 3 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m663A485 runs · 63 / 47
1m2f – 1m4f455A42.52 runs · 55 / 47.5
1m – 1m1f255A421 run · —
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Nov 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 13 analysed runs since Apr 2025

  • Held up 5 (38%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 4 (31%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 2 (15%) · 0 wins
  • Led 2 (15%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Nathaniel (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,101 runs since Apr 2016 (639 horses).

Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.4% from 326.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm21419%+7.3—
Good to Firm78410213%+1.30 from 1
Good1,87023312.5%+0.80 from 5
Good to Soft1,00811411.3%−0.4—
Soft1,24614311.5%−0.20 from 4
Heavy4094912%+0.3—
Standard (AW)1,76318410.4%−1.30 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f400%−11.7—
6f – 7f326216.4%−5.3—
1m – 1m1f883798.9%−2.80 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f2,50733413.3%+1.60 from 4
1m5f – 2m2,14625211.7%00 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f8289411.4%−0.30 from 1
2m5f – 3m338329.5%−2.2—
Over 3m691724.6%+12.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 2 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Gold Ribbon (GB) (Golden Horn)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Pangbourne (GB)120——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Beverley 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00
1m2f – 1m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Olivia Tubb 3 0 0% −3.00
Joanna Mason 2 0 0% −2.00
William Cox 2 0 0% −2.00
Ryan Kavanagh 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Kiely-Marshall 1 0 0% −1.00
Billy Garritty 1 0 0% −1.00
Silvestre De Sousa 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean D Bowen 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 9 0 0% −9.00
2025 4 0 0% −4.00

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
2026 · 9 runs
27 Oct 26+35d Catterick Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Stakes Class 6 · 2m · Soft · 12 ran mid-pack and out wide - lost touch over 2f out - tired badly over 1f out to finish 10th 10/12 ¾ 9-1 4345C47C Joanna Mason 22/1
22 Sep 26+6d Beverley Churchill Tyres Apprentice Handicap Stakes Class 6 · 1m2f · Good · 12 ran Settled in the pack - pushed along and lost touch 3f out - well held at the finish 10/12 ¾ 9-2 4471A40A Tom Kiely-Marshall 10/1
16 Sep 26+16d Beverley Hurn Handicap Stakes (Div I) Class 6 · 1m½f · Good · 10 ran Held up towards the back - shifted across approaching final furlong - found a bit of extra pace under pressure - lost momentum close home to finish 7th 7/10 nk 9-1 4493A55A Billy Garritty 20/1
31 Aug 26+63d Ripon Napoleons Casino And Restaurant Leeds Classified Stakes (Div II) Class 6 · 1m2f · Soft · 10 ran Took a strong hold early - up with the front group - under pressure and dropped back over 1f out - kept on without troubling those ahead 4/10 6½ 9-9 4455A55A Joanna Mason 11/1
29 Jun 26+21d Kempton (AW) Bet 20 Get 20 With Unibet Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Standard To Slow · 7 ran Went straight to the front - lost command 4f from home - driven to keep up before dropping away - well held at the finish 6/7 35 8-10 4547C38C Silvestre De Sousa 9/2
08 Jun 26+21d Pontefract Tony Bethell Memorial Handicap Class 6 · 2m1f · Good · 12 ran Sent forward early to dictate - opened a big advantage six furlongs out - given a squeeze with four to run - lost the advantage two out and dropped away rapidly for seventh 7/12 4½ 7-13 45104C42C Olivia Tubb 11/1
18 May 26+15d Lingfield Visit Sri Lanka Handicap Class 6 · 2m½f · Good · 10 ran Set the pace early - opened a big advantage 3f out - pushed along 2f out - overtaken inside the final furlong - dropped to third close to the line 3/10 hd 8-3 45112B63A Olivia Tubb 12/1
03 May 26+27d Salisbury Fitzdares Handicap Class 6 · 1m6f · Good To Firm · 5 ran Tracked the pace early - urged forward 4f out then slipped to the back over 3f from home - stayed on inside final furlong to finish fourth 4/5 ½ 7-13 4594C46B Olivia Tubb 9/1
06 Apr 26+215d Wolverhampton (AW) Free Race Replays On attheraces.com Handicap Class 6 · 1m6f · Standard · 10 ran Settled towards the back - urged forward with two furlongs left - unable to close before the finish 8/10 1½ 8-9 4589A49A Sean D Bowen 28/1
2025 · 4 runs
03 Sep 25+66d Bath Bath Holiday Rentals Handicap Class 6 · 1m6f · Soft · 8 ran Held up towards the back - pressed for effort 4f out and made ground wide 2f out - stayed on at one tempo late to finish third 3/8 3¼ 8-9 4580A49A William Cox 50/1
29 Jun 25+30d Ffos Las Pricing By Real Bookmakers At dragonbet.co.uk Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 1m2f · Soft · 6 ran Went forward from a wide berth to hit the front early - lost command before the 1f marker but stayed in contention - lost place approaching 3f out - toiled home well beaten in 6th 6/6 10 8-12 —70C45C William Cox 250/1
30 May 25+32d Chepstow Pricing By Real Bookmakers At DragonBet Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 1m2f · Good · 12 ran Poor start and bumped leaving the gate - stuck at the back - well held throughout - finished 10th 10/12 nk 8-6 —43C39C Ryan Kavanagh 300/1
28 Apr 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Enjoy Summer Racing At Wolverhampton Racecourse Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 1m1½f · Standard · 8 ran Held up rear of field - drifted markedly right approaching straight - always struggling and well beaten home 7/8 30 8-10 —30C29C Ryan Kavanagh 150/1

Quick answers

How many races has Golden Samba won?
Golden Samba (GB) has yet to win, from 13 archived starts between 2025 and 2026. Placed 2 times in total (15.4% of starts).
Who trains Golden Samba?
Golden Samba (GB) is trained by Tina Jackson, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 27 October 2026.
Who is Golden Samba's sire?
Golden Samba (GB) is by Nathaniel (IRE) out of Gold Ribbon (GB), whose sire is Golden Horn.
What is Golden Samba's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 43, from the run on 27 October 2026. The highest on record is 45.
What is Golden Samba's sire's record?
Nathaniel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,101 runs since Apr 2016 (639 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.4% from 326.
Who are Golden Samba's siblings?
Out of Gold Ribbon (GB), Golden Samba (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2025. 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.