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Horse profile

Great Link (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2017) · Last trainer Lawney Hill · Last owner Alan Hill
by Rail Link (GB) out of THE STRAND (GB) (Gone West)
37 runs · 24 courses · from Apr 2012
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Feb 2017 — 3,533 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2017 · 3rd of 7 6 wins · 6 courses Last raced off OR 97
KTB Profile

Great Link (GB) is 6 from 37. Hasn't won since Jun 2015. 3 of 8 starts on good or faster ground have ended in wins — 2 from 27 on softer. Last raced off 97, 25lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 37 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 25lb off peak
Official rating97↓ 25lb off peak
97 97–122

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 100 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Fakenham, 17 Feb 2017

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 5 figures · best 110C · median 100
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4110C100.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3110C101—
1m5f – 2m2100A84.5—

Of 6 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 105A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fakenham, 17 Feb 2017 Official rating 97 at the last jumps run, 17 Feb 2017

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 86B the best of the last 1 rated run · Wolverhampton (AW), 3 Jan 2014

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 →

Jumps 22 figures · best 136A · median 106
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft10136A107.5—
Soft5110B97—
Good4130B120.5—
Heavy3118B105—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m11136A105—
2m1f – 2m4f11130B110—
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 27 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 27 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 10.5% of 2,918 runs since Jan 2008 (285 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 13.5% from 341. Weakest on heavy going: 7.2% from 237. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.7% from 228.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1119.1%−1.4—
Good to Firm3414613.5%+31 from 1
Good6196510.5%02 from 7
Good to Soft390348.7%−1.81 from 11
Soft573478.2%−2.30 from 11
Heavy237177.2%−3.31 from 5
Standard (AW)7479713%+2.51 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f27311.1%+0.6—
6f – 7f228135.7%−4.8—
1m – 1m1f4294811.2%+0.70 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f93312313.2%+2.71 from 3
1m5f – 2m676679.9%−0.64 from 13
2m1f – 2m4f462378%−2.51 from 17
2m5f – 3m1411510.6%+0.1—
Over 3m2214.5%−60 from 1

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
THE STRAND (GB) (Gone West)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Pausanias (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Listed (Pausanias (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Pausanias (GB)637fListed
Savoy Showgirl (IRE)726f–7fClass 4
Quiddity (IRE)30——
Togoaviking (GB)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 11 1 9% −1.50
Soft 11 0 0% −11.00
Good 7 2 29% −0.30
Heavy 5 1 20% +3.00
Standard (AW) 2 1 50% +0.50
Good to Firm 1 1 100% +1.90

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 16 3 19% +0.20
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 3 5 1 20% +3.00
Class 6 1 1 100% +1.50

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leicester 4 0 0% −4.00
Ayr 3 1 33% +5.00
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Fakenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 2 1 50% +0.20
Ludlow 2 1 50% +2.50
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Saint-Malo 2 1 50% +0.90
Auteuil (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 1 100% +8.50
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 1 100% +1.50
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Enghien (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 17 1 6% −14.80
1m5f – 2m 13 4 31% +11.90
1m2f – 1m4f 3 1 33% −0.50
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Josh Hamer 6 3 50% +16.00
Harry Skelton 3 1 33% −0.80
Lee Edwards 3 0 0% −3.00
Trevor Whelan 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr Joe Hill 2 0 0% −2.00
Ervan Chazelle 2 0 0% −2.00
Antoine Coutier 2 0 0% −2.00
Fergus Gregory 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Wedge 1 0 0% −1.00
Nick Scholfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Thornton 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Dunne 1 0 0% −1.00
Daryl Jacob 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Freddie Mitchell 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor Shoemark 1 0 0% −1.00
Lucy Gardner 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Coumbe 1 1 100% +1.50
David Cottin 1 0 0% −1.00
Mickael Huet 1 1 100% +1.90
Clement Lefebvre 1 0 0% −1.00
Marc Lerner 1 0 0% −1.00
Anthony Crastus 1 0 0% −1.00
Ioritz Mendizabal 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 16 4 25% +8.50
None 11 1 9% −8.80
Blinkers 6 1 17% −3.10
Tongue tie + blinkers 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 4 0 0% −4.00
2016 3 0 0% −3.00
2015 7 1 14% −4.80
2014 10 3 30% +10.00
2013 9 2 22% −1.60
2012 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 19 3 16% −3.60
Chase 12 2 17% −0.30
Flat 6 1 17% −3.50

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
17 Feb 17+18d Fakenham Racing To School Riders' Day Selling Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 8 11-2 97100A105A Mr Joe Hill 8/1
30 Jan 17+18d Plumpton To Have And To Hire Events Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 2¾ 11-10 10269B99A Mr Joe Hill 7/1
12 Jan 17+11d Leicester Dove Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5/7 15 10-13 107101C79C Fergus Gregory 5/1
01 Jan 17+4d Fakenham Cool Roxy Bar For Private Functions Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 23 11-6 113110C97C Adam Wedge 4/1
28 Dec 16+28d Leicester Parsley Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 2/4 13 10-12 11393C112B Nick Scholfield 2/1
30 Nov 16+313d Catterick Go Racing In Yorkshire Winter Festival Handicap Chase Class 4 · 25f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-12 119—— Andrew Thornton 25/1
22 Jan 16+25d Market Rasen Thank You & Farewell Jane Hedley Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 20.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 3/10 6 10-13 115—118B Harry Skelton 15/2
28 Dec 15+23d Leicester Leicestershire Silver Fox Handicap Chase (Qualifier For The Challenger Middle Distance Chase Series) Class 3 · 20f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 8 11-9 122—110B Harry Skelton 11/4F
05 Dec 15+183d Aintree Betfred Goals Galore Handicap Chase (Qualifier For The Challenger Middle Distance Chase Series Final) Class 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 2/6 8 10-13 122—123B Robert Dunne 11/2
05 Jun 15+91d Market Rasen Malton Marquees Handicap Chase Class 4 · 19f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 11-12 115—130B Harry Skelton 6/5F
06 Mar 15+11d Ayr Ashley & Chris Conlan's Marriage Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 5 ran 5/5 35 11-8 119—97C Lee Edwards 11/2
23 Feb 15+34d Ayr Play Casino At BetVictor.com Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 7 ran UR/7 — 11-11 119—— Trevor Whelan 9/1
20 Jan 15+10d Wetherby totepool Medieval Day - Saturday 31st January Handicap Chase Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 7 ran UR/7 — 11-12 119—— Trevor Whelan 11/2
10 Jan 15+24d Warwick Betfred 'January Sale' Handicap Chase (For The Edward Courage Cup) Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 16 10-10 119—83C Daryl Jacob 9/2
17 Dec 14+48d Ludlow Alfa Aggregate Products Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3/10 ½ 11-8 119—119B Trevor Whelan 33/1
30 Oct 14+140d Stratford Retro Rebel Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Class 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7/8 2¼ 11-8 120—102C Lee Edwards 3/1
12 Jun 14+5d Uttoxeter Media Resources Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 11 ran PU/11 — 12-0 110—— Josh Hamer 9/2
07 Jun 14+33d Worcester John Burke Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-7 110—136A Josh Hamer 17/2
05 May 14+22d Kempton kempton.co.uk Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 15 ran 6/15 1 11-6 112—118A Mr Freddie Mitchell 12/1
13 Apr 14+31d Stratford Collect Totepool Winnings At Betfred Shops Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 nk 11-0 113—101A Conor Shoemark 18/1
13 Mar 14+6d Towcester 32Red Tomb Raider Slot Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 4/5 8 11-6 114—108B Lee Edwards 11/2
07 Mar 14+15d Sandown Annington Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle (Military Amateur Riders) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 5/7 11 12-3 114—97B Lucy Gardner 11/4F
20 Feb 14+48d Ayr Iain Watt Haulage Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran 1/5 9-12 112—105B Josh Hamer 7/1
03 Jan 14+30d Wolverhampton (AW) Coral App Download From The App Store Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 5 ran 1/5 9-6 ——86B Mark Coumbe 6/4F
04 Dec 13+16d Ludlow Fingers & Forks Catering Novices' Claiming Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 11-3 112—123A Josh Hamer 7/2
18 Nov 13+34d Leicester Burton Overy Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 5/12 7 11-0 115—107A Josh Hamer 33/1
15 Oct 13+20d Huntingdon 32red Casino Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 12 ran 8/12 6 11-0 ——99C Josh Hamer 50/1
25 Sep 13+72d Enghien (FR) Prix Taffetas (Hurdle) (Claimer) (4yo) (Turf) 18f · Very Soft · 13 ran 5/13 nk 10-12 ——— David Cottin 3/1F
15 Jul 13+37d Saint-Malo Prx R B Chesne (Claiming Hurdle) (Turf) 16.5f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 1/4 10-10 ——— Mickael Huet 19/10F
08 Jun 13+33d Saint-Malo Prix DEnghein (Hurdle) 16.5f · Soft · 4 ran 2/4 10 11-0 ——— Clement Lefebvre 21/1
06 May 13+37d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix D'Andresy (Claimer) (4yo+) (Turf) 9f · Good · 11 ran 10/11 5 8-8 ——— Marc Lerner 28/1
30 Mar 13+27d Auteuil (FR) Prix Romantisme (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 17.5f · Very Soft · 13 ran 10/13 20 10-8 ——— Ervan Chazelle 8/1
03 Mar 13+157d Auteuil (FR) Prix Rohan (Prix RMC) (Hurdle) () (4yo+ Unraced over hurdles and fences) (Turf) 18f · Heavy · 13 ran 3/13 20 10-3 ——— Ervan Chazelle 54/1
27 Sep 12+34d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix Fast Fox (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf) 10f · Soft · 9 ran 6/9 2 9-2 ——— Anthony Crastus 31/1
24 Aug 12+122d Deauville (FR) Prix de la Melletiere (Prix du Journal le Pays d'Auge) (Maiden) (3yo) (Young Jockeys & Apprentices) 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 3/16 1 8-10 ——— Antoine Coutier 14/1
24 Apr 12+9d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix De Suresnes () (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 9f · Very Soft · 5 ran 5/5 10 9-2 ——— Ioritz Mendizabal 10/1
15 Apr 12 Longchamp (FR) Prix Juigne (Maiden) (Unraced 3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 10f · Good To Soft · 14 ran —/14 8-8 ——— Antoine Coutier 47/1

Quick answers

How many races has Great Link (GB) won?
Great Link (GB) won 6 of 37 archived starts between 2012 and 2017, a strike rate of 16.2%. Placed 11 times in total (29.7% of starts).
Who trained Great Link (GB)?
Great Link (GB) was trained by Lawney Hill on the most recent run on record, at Fakenham on 17 February 2017.
Who is Great Link (GB)'s sire?
Great Link (GB) is by Rail Link (GB) out of THE STRAND (GB), whose sire is Gone West.
What going does Great Link (GB) prefer?
Great Link (GB) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Great Link (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 17 February 2017. The highest on record is 122.
What is Great Link (GB)'s sire's record?
Rail Link (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 2,918 runs since Jan 2008 (285 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 13.5% from 341. Weakest on heavy going: 7.2% from 237. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.7% from 228.
Who are Great Link (GB)'s siblings?
Out of THE STRAND (GB), Great Link (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Pausanias (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Listed (Pausanias (GB)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2012. 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.