Horse profile
Gwennie May Star (FR)
by Masterstroke (USA) out of Grande Symphonie (FR) (Poliglote)
19 runs · 12 courses · from Mar 2024
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Warwick, Bangor-on-Dee & Newcastle
Last run 25 May 2026 · 7th of 9
Last raced off OR 115
KTB Profile
Gwennie May Star is a gelding who has won four of 19 starts on turf, all in handicaps. He gained two of those wins at Warwick over 3m, on good to soft and on soft, and the other two came at Bangor-on-Dee and Newcastle over 2m1f – 2m4f on good and good to soft. He usually races held up. His last run, at Cartmel in May 2026, was off a mark of 115, when he finished seventh of nine.
Based on 19 archived runs · run-style from 17 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR at career high
- 4–19Wins / Runs
- 21.1%Strike rate
- 5 (26.3%)Placed
- +10.66£1 level staken=19 at SP
- 1.53Fair A/E n=19 · 1.32 incl. margin
- 115Highest OR
- 34dBetween runs (median)longest 111 d
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 rating115At career-high mark
115
94–115
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 147
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 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 134A | 100 | 3 runs · 112 / 93 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 147A | 102 | 2 runs · 147 / 131.5 |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 134A | 102 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 113B | 76 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 156B | 129.5 | 4 runs · 156 / 129.5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 116A | 103.5 | 2 runs · 116 / 103.5 |
Of 19 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 19 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 17 analysed runs since Sep 2024
- Held up 9 (53%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 5 (29%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 3 (18%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 844 runs since Aug 2017 (138 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 6% from 200.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +6.9 | — |
| Good | 151 | 19 | 12.6% | +2.8 | 1 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 136 | 16 | 11.8% | +2 | 2 from 8 |
| Soft | 278 | 32 | 11.5% | +1.7 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 200 | 12 | 6% | −3.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 73 | 3 | 4.1% | −5.7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 31 | 5 | 16.1% | +6.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 86 | 10 | 11.6% | +1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 197 | 17 | 8.6% | −1.2 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 381 | 35 | 9.2% | −0.6 | 2 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 124 | 12 | 9.7% | −0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 14 | 4 | 28.6% | +18.8 | 2 from 5 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2017 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Grande Symphonie (FR) (Poliglote)
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Opera Light (FR) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m1f–2m3½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Opera Light (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opera Light (FR) | 5 | 2 | 2m1f–2m3½f | Listed |
| Luwdvig (FR) | 11 | 1 | 2m3½f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 1 | 11% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 2 | 25% | +9.33 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 10 | 3 | 30% | +6.66 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor-on-Dee | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.00 |
| Warwick | 3 | 2 | 67% | +5.66 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 2 | 33% | +15.00 |
| Over 3m | 5 | 2 | 40% | +3.66 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skelton | 6 | 1 | 17% | +7.00 |
| Tristan Durrell | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| Sean Bowen | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Lewis Saunders | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| David Noonan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Tudor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Toby McCain-Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Charlie Todd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fergus Gillard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 2 | 17% | +5.33 |
| Cheekpieces | 6 | 2 | 33% | +6.33 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.67 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +17.33 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 15 | 4 | 27% | +14.66 |
| Chase | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 May 26+31d | Cartmel | RF Miller & Co Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Handy early - shown the whip after 9th and still close to pace 2 out - dropped away before last | 7/9 | 15 | 11-0 | 115 | 93C | 105C | David Noonan | 25/1 |
| 24 Apr 26+34d | Perth | Perth Racecourse Racing & Events Handicap Hurdle Held a middle position early - jumped awkwardly and remained handy into the closing stages - stayed on well to move into fourth up the run-in | 4/12 | ½ | 11-0 | 115 | 112A | 130A | Jack Tudor | 22/1 |
| 21 Mar 26+35d | Bangor-on-Dee | Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Settled at the back early - pushed along before 3 out and met that one flat-footed - unbalanced 2 out - improved into third approaching last but couldn't quicken with the front pair | 3/6 | 5½ | 11-2 | 115 | 91A | 119B | Toby McCain-Mitchell | 11/2 |
| 14 Feb 26+22d | Haydock | Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up at the rear - lost touch in third from last - fell away and was pulled up after the 7th | PU/13 | — | 10-3 | 115 | — | — | Sean Bowen | 11/2 |
| 23 Jan 26+34d | Warwick | Betano Boosted Odds Every UK Race Handicap Hurdle Settled mid-pack - urged forward before the second-last then closing in nearing the final flight - hit the front and stayed on strongly to score | 1/9 | 11-3 | 109 | 147A | 123A | Sean Bowen | 10/3 | |
| 2025 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Dec 25+31d | Haydock | Betfred Merry Christmas Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - stumbled at the 9th - urged into contention 10th - lost touch with leading group before 3 out - stayed on at one gear finishing 4th | 4/9 | 3 | 10-2 | 109 | 116A | 109A | Lewis Saunders | 4/1 |
| 19 Nov 25+75d | Warwick | Denis O'Connell Memorial Handicap Hurdle Settled at back early - pushed along before 9th - made progress before 2 out but hit that one awkwardly - finished strongly to snatch it right on the line | 1/9 | 10-13 | 107 | 156B | 113A | Lewis Saunders | 10/3 | |
| 05 Sep 25+107d | Bangor-on-Dee | Breeze Capital Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held a spot among the leading group early - fenced untidily with mistakes all through - urged on and dropped away at the 10th - under pressure from the 11th and toiling from 3 out - fell well behind after the last | 5/5 | 4¼ | 11-1 | 107 | 97C | 97B | Charlie Todd | 11/2 |
| 21 May 25+30d | Warwick | Logicor Saumur Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Up with the pace - moved to the front after the 7th - blundered and relinquished the advantage at the 9th - pecked on touching down at the 12th and slipped back to 3rd - fell away to the rear 5 out - recovered to 3rd before the following fence - struggled for toe rounding into the straight - no hope between the final two and allowed to coast home | 3/4 | 11 | 12-0 | 108 | 54C | 110B | Harry Skelton | 3/1 |
| 21 Apr 25+9d | Plumpton | Cappagh Browne Utilities Ltd Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Sat close to pace on rail - driven to keep tempo before quickly losing ground 3 out - eased and pulled up before 2 out | PU/8 | — | 10-10 | 108 | — | — | Tristan Durrell | 5/2F |
| 12 Apr 25+52d | Bangor-on-Dee | Pentraeth Subaru Handicap Hurdle Up with the front group - moved to the front before 2 out with plenty in hand - pressed after 2 out and pulled well ahead - struck the last but kept on under hands and heels to extend the advantage | 1/10 | 11-2 | 101 | 134A | 131A | Tristan Durrell | 7/1 | |
| 19 Feb 25+34d | Doncaster | LiveScore Bet Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back - jumped awkwardly 6th and driven approaching 3 out - unable to make headway thereafter finishing 5th | 5/8 | 2½ | 11-7 | 102 | 103B | 107A | Harry Skelton | 3/1 |
| 16 Jan 25+26d | Newcastle | Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back and wide - made progress before the 6th - lost ground into the last turn - fought back from 3 out - hit the front on the run-in - drifted left but kept finding under pressure | 1/11 | 11-3 | 94 | 102A | 122A | Harry Skelton | 12/1 | |
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Dec 24+38d | Hereford | Accasion Marquees Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - dropped away and urged on 4 out - soon well off the leaders - finished last of the field | 11/15 | ½ | 11-10 | 97 | 45C | 94C | Tristan Durrell | 22/1 |
| 13 Nov 24+20d | Bangor-on-Dee | Field & Falcon Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Held up rear of field - hampered when another runner came down two out - promoted into 6th - moved up again into 5th at the last - held on for a distant 5th | 5/10 | 31 | 11-0 | — | 58C | 97C | Harry Skelton | 40/1 |
| 24 Oct 24+27d | Ludlow | Gary Slater Memorial Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up at the back throughout - never a factor - well held at the finish | 8/12 | nse | 10-12 | — | 76A | 97A | Tristan Durrell | 16/1 |
| 27 Sep 24+111d | Worcester | Caremark Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Jumping errors near the back - dropping out of contention in 7th - eased and pulled up before 3 out | PU/10 | — | 11-1 | — | — | — | Harry Skelton | 9/2 |
| 08 Jun 24+77d | Bangor-on-Dee | Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 3/11 | 5½ | 10-11 | — | 112C | 112A | Harry Skelton | EvensF |
| 23 Mar 24 | Newbury | Goffs UK Spring Sale Bumper (Open NH Flat Race) (GBB Race) | 9/20 | 1 | 10-10 | — | 113B | 122A | Fergus Gillard | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Gwennie May Star won?
- Gwennie May Star (FR) won 4 of 19 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 21.1%. Placed 5 times in total (26.3% of starts).
- Who trains Gwennie May Star?
- Gwennie May Star (FR) is trained by Christian Williams, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 May 2026.
- Who is Gwennie May Star's sire?
- Gwennie May Star (FR) is by Masterstroke (USA) out of Grande Symphonie (FR), whose sire is Poliglote.
- What going does Gwennie May Star prefer?
- Gwennie May Star (FR) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Gwennie May Star's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 115, from the run on 25 May 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Gwennie May Star's sire's record?
- Masterstroke (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 844 runs since Aug 2017 (138 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 6% from 200.
- Who are Gwennie May Star's siblings?
- Out of Grande Symphonie (FR), Gwennie May Star (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Opera Light (FR) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Opera Light (FR)). The wins came over 2m1f–2m3½f. As at Nov 2026.