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Horse profile

Grey Rover (GB)

2yo colt (at last run, Oct 2006) · Last trainer Richard Hannon Snr · Last owner The Queen
by Zilzal (USA) out of Island Story (GB) (Shirley Heights)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2006
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Oct 2006 — 7,315 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2006 · 1st of 15 Won last time out Won at Bath Last raced off OR 80
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Sep 2006 and Oct 2006, the last of them as a 2yo colt. Finished 1 of 15 at Bath last time. By Zilzal (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 531 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 80C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Bath, 17 Oct 2006 Official rating 80 at the last run, 17 Oct 2006

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 2 figures · best 80C · median 74.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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
Zilzal (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 531 runs since Jan 2008 (42 horses).

Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 13.1% from 137.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−9.6—
Good to Firm881011.4%+1.8—
Good154138.4%−1.2—
Good to Soft841315.5%+5.91 from 1
Soft90910%+0.4—
Heavy3438.8%−0.8—
Standard (AW)7633.9%−5.70 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f900%−9.6—
6f – 7f3937.7%−1.90 from 1
1m – 1m1f5024%−5.61 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f8933.4%−6.2—
1m5f – 2m1731810.4%+0.8—
2m1f – 2m4f1371813.1%+3.5—
2m5f – 3m29620.7%+11.1—
Over 3m5120%+10.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Island Story (GB) (Shirley Heights)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Fondness (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m5½f–2m7½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Fondness (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Fondness (GB)2122m5½f–2m7½fClass 4

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2006 · 2 runs
17 Oct 06+41d Bath John Smith's No Nonsense/E.B.F. Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 1/15 9-3 8080C Jimmy Fortune 20/1
06 Sep 06 Kempton (AW) E.B.F. Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 6/13 ½ 9-3 —69C Pat Dobbs 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Grey Rover won?
Grey Rover (GB) won 1 of 2 archived starts in 2006, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Grey Rover?
Grey Rover (GB) was trained by Richard Hannon Snr on the most recent run on record, at Bath on 17 October 2006.
Who is Grey Rover's sire?
Grey Rover (GB) is by Zilzal (USA) out of Island Story (GB), whose sire is Shirley Heights.
What is Grey Rover's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 17 October 2006. That is also the highest on record.
What is Grey Rover's sire's record?
Zilzal (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 531 runs since Jan 2008 (42 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 13.1% from 137.
Who are Grey Rover's siblings?
Out of Island Story (GB), Grey Rover (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Fondness (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Fondness (GB)). The wins came over 2m5½f–2m7½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2006. 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.