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Horse profile

Good Time Ahead (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2024) · Last trainer Jim & Suzi Best · Last owner Good Time Ahead Partnership
by Iffraaj (GB) out of Good Time Sue (IRE) (Commander Collins)
63 runs · 24 courses · from May 2016
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Feb 2024 — 972 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2024 · 4th of 6 7 wins · 6 courses Last raced off OR 49
KTB Profile

Good Time Ahead won seven of 63 starts between May 2016 and Nov 2023. Four of those wins came over 1m5f – 2m, including two Class 5 handicaps on good to soft at Fakenham in Nov 2023 and Lingfield in Feb 2023. He also won four times on the all-weather, twice at Southwell. The gelding, aged 10 at his last run in Feb 2024, finished fourth of six at Chelmsford City off an official rating of 49.

Based on 63 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 57lb off peak
Official rating49↓ 57lb off peak
49 49–106

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 77 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Fakenham, 16 Feb 2024

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 41 figures · best 128A · median 92
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)27128A93—
Good to Soft4108C72—
Soft4105C72.5—
Good4103A75—
Good to Firm2114A97—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m18119A84—
1m2f – 1m4f17128A96—
1m – 1m1f5101A92—
6f – 7f1———
Jumps 13 figures · best 127A · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft595A81—
Good4115A99—
Soft377A69—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m799B77—
2m1f – 2m4f6127A97—

Of 56 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 54 figures from 56 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 54B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 22 Feb 2024 Official rating 49 at the last flat run, 22 Feb 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 125A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fakenham, 13 Nov 2023 Official rating 96 at the last jumps run, 16 Feb 2024

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 47 figures · best 84A · median 65
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)2884A67—
Good577A63—
Good to Firm583A53—
Good to Soft466A55.5—
Soft472B55.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m1884A64—
1m2f – 1m4f1782A67—
1m – 1m1f677A65.5—
6f – 7f577A71—
Under 6f1———
Jumps 15 figures · best 125A · median 105
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6125A106—
Good5109B103—
Soft3106A105—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m8125A105.5—
2m1f – 2m4f7119A103—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 62 figures from 62 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 13,951 runs since Jan 2008 (1,089 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 7.6% from 489.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm65812.3%+1.7—
Good to Firm2,19925311.5%+0.91 from 7
Good2,9762949.9%−0.70 from 10
Good to Soft1,46415810.8%+0.22 from 10
Soft1,7391408.1%−2.50 from 7
Heavy489377.6%−30 from 1
Standard (AW)5,01858211.6%+14 from 28
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f84310512.5%+1.90 from 1
6f – 7f5,02554610.9%+0.30 from 6
1m – 1m1f3,81341110.8%+0.21 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f2,6052469.4%−1.22 from 17
1m5f – 2m1,12711510.2%−0.44 from 26
2m1f – 2m4f395369.1%−1.50 from 7
2m5f – 3m123118.9%−1.7—
Over 3m20210%−0.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Good Time Sue (IRE) (Commander Collins)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Teagan Angel (IRE)130——
Abs Akula (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 28 4 14% −2.00
Good to Soft 10 2 20% +25.00
Good 10 0 0% −10.00
Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 7 1 14% +2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 22 5 23% +29.00
Class 4 19 1 5% −10.00
Class 6 18 1 6% −8.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newcastle (AW) 9 1 11% +1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 7 1 14% +3.00
Southwell (AW) 6 2 33% +0.00
Newton Abbot 4 0 0% −4.00
Chester 4 1 25% +5.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Plumpton 3 0 0% −3.00
Fontwell 3 0 0% −3.00
Thirsk 3 0 0% −3.00
Fakenham 2 1 50% +21.00
Lingfield 2 1 50% +10.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Ripon 2 0 0% −2.00
Pontefract 2 0 0% −2.00
Hamilton 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket (July) 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 26 4 15% +20.50
1m2f – 1m4f 17 2 12% −3.50
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m – 1m1f 6 1 17% +4.00
6f – 7f 6 0 0% −6.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Paddy Aspell 11 1 9% −1.00
Jamie Moore 5 0 0% −5.00
Kevin Stott 5 1 20% +5.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 3 0 0% −3.00
Rob Hornby 3 0 0% −3.00
Jamie Gormley 3 2 67% +3.00
Andrew Mullen 3 0 0% −3.00
Aiden Brookes 2 0 0% −2.00
Harry Reed 2 1 50% +21.00
P J McDonald 2 0 0% −2.00
Jimmy Quinn 2 0 0% −2.00
Liam Keniry 1 0 0% −1.00
Morgan Cole 1 0 0% −1.00
Cam Hardie 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam James 1 0 0% −1.00
A P Heskin 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Bellamy 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Cannon 1 1 100% +11.00
Tom Scudamore 1 0 0% −1.00
William Kennedy 1 0 0% −1.00
Finley Marsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Paddy Mathers 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Mitchell 1 1 100% +8.00
Fran Berry 1 0 0% −1.00
Harrison Shaw 1 0 0% −1.00
Keelan Baker 1 0 0% −1.00
Ross Turner 1 0 0% −1.00
Joey Haynes 1 0 0% −1.00
Dougie Costello 1 0 0% −1.00
David Nolan 1 0 0% −1.00
J F Egan 1 0 0% −1.00
Tony Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Garritty 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 59 7 12% +11.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 4 0 0% −4.00
2023 11 2 18% +24.00
2022 4 0 0% −4.00
2019 5 0 0% −5.00
2018 9 1 11% +0.00
2017 19 4 21% +7.00
2016 11 0 0% −11.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 48 5 10% −13.00
Hurdle 15 2 13% +20.00

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
22 Feb 24+6d Chelmsford City (AW) chelmsfordcityracecourse.com Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Standard · 6 ran 4/6 8 9-3 4975B54B Liam Keniry 28/1
16 Feb 24+29d Fakenham Payne Crop Nutrition Ltd Selling Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 3/6 6 12-0 9677A105B Sam Twiston-Davies 11/4
18 Jan 24+7d Chelmsford City (AW) Chelmsford City Racecourse Handicap Class 6 · 13.5f · Standard · 8 ran 7/8 5½ 9-0 5165C48C Morgan Cole 33/1
11 Jan 24+26d Chelmsford City (AW) Ministry Of Sound Concert 31st August Handicap Class 6 · 13.5f · Standard · 9 ran 8/9 1¼ 9-7 5356A54A Rob Hornby 14/1
16 Dec 23+25d Wolverhampton (AW) Find More Big Deals At BetUK Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 16.5f · Standard · 9 ran 4/9 nk 9-4 54101A65A Aiden Brookes 11/2
21 Nov 23+8d Lingfield Favourite Goes 7 Days A Week Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 6/9 14 11-11 9258C87C Harry Reed 11/2
13 Nov 23+26d Fakenham Save Our Sport Sign The Petition Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1/8 11-6 92—125A Harry Reed 22/1
18 Oct 23+146d Kempton (AW) Unibet Zero% Mission Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 8/12 2½ 9-9 5771A60A Rob Hornby 80/1
25 May 23+12d Wolverhampton (AW) Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Class 6 · 16.5f · Standard · 10 ran 10/10 ¾ 9-10 6192C58C Cam Hardie 40/1
13 May 23+8d Lingfield (AW) ARC Supporting Horseback UK Handicap Class 5 · 13f · Standard · 10 ran 10/10 3½ 8-12 6468C58C Sam James 100/1
05 May 23+27d Goodwood William Hill Racing Radio Handicap Class 4 · 14f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 11/11 1¼ 8-10 6669C54C Rob Hornby 33/1
08 Apr 23+9d Newton Abbot William Hill Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 28 11-9 9315C101C A P Heskin 4/1F
30 Mar 23+9d Wolverhampton (AW) BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Standard · 8 ran 3/8 1½ 10-0 6793A75A Aiden Brookes 15/2
21 Mar 23+29d Plumpton Weatherbys Digital Solutions Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 ½ 11-7 9369B106A Tom Bellamy 7/2
20 Feb 23+267d Lingfield At The Races App Market Movers Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 1/12 10-11 8782A125A Tom Cannon 11/1
29 May 22+17d Fontwell Philip And Vanessa's 21st Wedding Anniversary Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17.5f · Good · 8 ran 4/8 4½ 11-1 9199A103A Sam Twiston-Davies 15/2
12 May 22+94d Fontwell Download The At The Races App Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17.5f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 1¾ 11-6 92—94A Sam Twiston-Davies 11/2
07 Feb 22+19d Fontwell Cazoo Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3/10 1½ 10-13 9195A116A Tom Scudamore 40/1
19 Jan 22+889d Plumpton Visit attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8/11 nk 11-7 9569B96A William Kennedy 50/1
14 Aug 19+20d Newton Abbot Jon Hearne Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 6/7 1¼ 10-12 10581A96A Jamie Moore 10/1
25 Jul 19+12d Southwell Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 4 ran 4/4 10 11-0 10678C83B Jamie Moore 11/10F
13 Jul 19+45d Newton Abbot Newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 3/12 3 11-9 106127A119A Jamie Moore 17/2
29 May 19+17d Newton Abbot Congratulations Louis And Danielle Par Inn Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 11 10-12 —115A109B Jamie Moore 4/1
12 May 19+225d Plumpton That Friday-Ad Feeling Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 6 11-2 —99B109A Jamie Moore 10/1
29 Sep 18+15d Chester 1539 Handicap Class 4 · 14.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 9/11 6 9-6 7775A66A Kevin Stott 16/1
14 Sep 18+13d Chester ESL Group Handicap Class 3 · 13.5f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 hd 8-13 7853A72B Kevin Stott 12/1
01 Sep 18+21d Chester Horseradish Handicap Class 4 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 7/7 ½ 9-3 7952A63A Finley Marsh 16/1
11 Aug 18+14d Newmarket (July) Close Brothers Handicap Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 8/8 8 9-4 79108C56C Paddy Mathers 25/1
28 Jul 18+28d Chester Stella Artois Cidre Handicap Class 4 · 13.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 1/9 9-7 7780A83A Jack Mitchell 8/1
30 Jun 18+128d Newcastle (AW) Border Steelwork & Cladding Handicap Class 4 · 12.5f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 12/13 13 9-7 808C67C P J McDonald 15/2
22 Feb 18+20d Southwell (AW) Betway Stayers Handicap Class 4 · 14f · Standard · 8 ran 2/8 nk 9-7 77114B84A Kevin Stott 3/1
02 Feb 18+29d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Handicap Class 4 · 16.5f · Standard · 9 ran 5/9 1¼ 9-2 77119A67A Fran Berry 3/1F
04 Jan 18+14d Newcastle (AW) Betway Handicap Class 4 · 16.5f · Standard · 6 ran 3/6 nk 9-0 77119A76B Harrison Shaw 11/8F
21 Dec 17+10d Southwell (AW) Betway Casino Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 4 8-7 69128A77A Jamie Gormley 5/2F
11 Dec 17+13d Southwell (AW) Betway Casino Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Standard · 9 ran 1/9 8-12 69117A79A Jamie Gormley 6/4F
28 Nov 17+12d Southwell (AW) Betway Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 9 ran 1/9 8-4 65127A79A Jamie Gormley 5/2F
16 Nov 17+17d Southwell (AW) Betway Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 13 ran 3/13 ½ 8-0 65119B73A Keelan Baker 14/1
30 Oct 17+20d Redcar Market Cross Jewellers Handicap Class 4 · 14f · Soft · 9 ran 9/9 ¾ 8-6 6588C52C Jimmy Quinn 28/1
10 Oct 17+11d Newcastle (AW) Ryder Architecture Handicap Class 6 · 12.5f · Standard · 14 ran 1/14 9-1 62100B82A Kevin Stott 9/1
29 Sep 17+21d Newcastle (AW) Fun88 Handicap Class 5 · 12.5f · Standard · 9 ran 9/9 ½ 8-9 6264A45A Andrew Mullen 7/1
08 Sep 17+18d Newcastle (AW) Fastflow Pipeline Services Handicap Class 6 · 12.5f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 nse 9-1 62103B80A Jimmy Quinn 4/1F
21 Aug 17+11d Thirsk thirskraces 'Pirates Family Day' Friday 1st September Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 12f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 ¾ 9-0 60103A67A Kevin Stott 7/2F
10 Aug 17+23d Newcastle (AW) Guthrie Financial Planning Services Ltd Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 2½ 9-1 6091B65A Ross Turner 4/1
18 Jul 17+26d Thirsk Weatherbys Racing Bank Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5/7 2½ 8-4 62114A53A Paddy Aspell 20/1
22 Jun 17+14d Ripon Slingsby Gin Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Good · 4 ran 4/4 3¾ 8-10 6587C46B Paddy Aspell 14/1
08 Jun 17+18d Haydock 188bet.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 11.5f · Soft · 11 ran 6/11 2½ 9-5 67105C59C Paddy Aspell 33/1
21 May 17+68d Ripon Vw Van Centre (west Yorkshire) Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good · 8 ran 8/8 6 8-9 6863C48C Paddy Aspell 18/1
14 Mar 17+13d Wolverhampton (AW) 32red.com Handicap Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran 5/7 1½ 9-6 69101A64A Paddy Aspell 5/1
01 Mar 17+13d Newcastle (AW) 32redsport.com Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 nse 9-4 6796B75A Paddy Aspell 11/2
16 Feb 17+24d Lingfield (AW) 32red Casino Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 6 ran 2/6 hd 9-3 6789A82B Paddy Aspell 3/1
23 Jan 17+14d Wolverhampton (AW) 32Red Casino Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran 1/7 9-5 5993A77A Paddy Aspell 9/1
09 Jan 17+11d Wolverhampton (AW) 10 Free At 32red.com Handicap Class 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 11 ran 3/11 2¼ 9-6 5992A67A Paddy Aspell 12/1
29 Dec 16+13d Southwell (AW) 32Red Casino Nursery Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 4/11 3¼ 9-4 6283A71A Paddy Aspell 33/1
16 Dec 16+60d Newcastle (AW) 32Red.com Nursery Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 4/7 4½ 9-7 6593A59A Paddy Aspell 16/1
17 Oct 16+14d Pontefract Bet toteplacepot At totesport.com Nursery Class 5 · 8f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 2 9-1 6857C47C Joey Haynes 50/1
03 Oct 16+19d Pontefract racinguk.com/British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 10f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 8/9 1 9-5 7156C55C P J McDonald 40/1
14 Sep 16+16d Beverley totequadpot Insure Your Placepot Last Four Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 7.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9/9 2 9-5 73—44A Dougie Costello 12/1
29 Aug 16+20d Newcastle (AW) Vertemam Twitter Blaydon Race Nursery Class 2 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 8/9 3¼ 8-5 75—49A Andrew Mullen 33/1
09 Aug 16+10d Thirsk racinguk.com/hd Maiden Auction Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 3/11 nk 9-2 75—74A Andrew Mullen 5/2F
30 Jul 16+14d Hamilton Highland Spring Water Nursery Class 6 · 6f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 2¼ 9-7 76—77A David Nolan 9/5F
16 Jul 16+25d Newbury Weatherbys Super Sprint Class 2 · 5f · Good To Firm · 23 ran 18/23 nse 8-8 ——50A J F Egan 25/1
21 Jun 16+27d Leicester Osbaston Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 6f · Heavy · 5 ran 3/5 1 9-2 ——71B Tony Hamilton 2/1F
25 May 16 Hamilton Highland Spring Water Mandora Novice Auction Stakes (20,000 Highland Spring Water Series Qualifier) Class 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 2/10 shd 9-1 ——— Jack Garritty 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Good Time Ahead (IRE) won?
Good Time Ahead (IRE) won 7 of 63 archived starts between 2016 and 2024, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 24 times in total (38.1% of starts).
Who trained Good Time Ahead (IRE)?
Good Time Ahead (IRE) was trained by Jim & Suzi Best on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 22 February 2024.
Who is Good Time Ahead (IRE)'s sire?
Good Time Ahead (IRE) is by Iffraaj (GB) out of Good Time Sue (IRE), whose sire is Commander Collins.
What going does Good Time Ahead (IRE) prefer?
Good Time Ahead (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 10 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Good Time Ahead (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 49, from the run on 22 February 2024. The highest on record is 106.
What is Good Time Ahead (IRE)'s sire's record?
Iffraaj (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 13,951 runs since Jan 2008 (1,089 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 7.6% from 489.
Who are Good Time Ahead (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Good Time Sue (IRE), Good Time Ahead (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2016. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.