Horse profile
Handsome Bob (IRE)
4yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2019) · Last trainer Neil King · Last owner K Loads T Andrews And Mrs R Smith
by Most Improved (IRE) out of Beautiful Dreamer (GB) (Red Ransom)
28 runs · 16 courses · from Aug 2017
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Dec 2019 — 2,507 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2019 · 7th of 7
3 wins · Southwell (AW), Ayr & Thirsk
Last raced off OR 64
KTB Profile
Handsome Bob (IRE) is 3 from 28. Hasn't won since Dec 2018. Last raced off 64, 25lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 28 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 25lb off peak
- 3–28Wins / Runs
- 10.7%Strike rate
- 4 (14.3%)Placed
- +34.88£1 level staken=28 at SP
- 1.26Fair A/E n=27 · 1.07 incl. margin
- 89Highest OR
- 31dAvg between runs
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 rating64↓ 25lb off peak
64
57–89
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 103
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 103B | 78 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 85C | 71 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 86C | 80 | — |
| Good | 2 | 83A | 81.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 102A | 48 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 103B | 79 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 86C | 63 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 87A | 80 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 87A | 79.5 | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 83A | 60 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 83A | 60 | — |
Of 28 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 28 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 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 6.7% of 1,100 runs since Jan 2008 (71 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +13.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 92 | 11 | 12% | +5.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 260 | 14 | 5.4% | −1.3 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 116 | 8 | 6.9% | +0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 189 | 14 | 7.4% | +0.7 | 2 from 6 |
| Heavy | 88 | 5 | 5.7% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 349 | 21 | 6% | −0.7 | 1 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 26 | 2 | 7.7% | +1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 231 | 12 | 5.2% | −1.5 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 304 | 18 | 5.9% | −0.8 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 235 | 19 | 8.1% | +1.4 | 2 from 7 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 180 | 15 | 8.3% | +1.6 | 1 from 10 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 89 | 3 | 3.4% | −3.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 31 | 5 | 16.1% | +9.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −6.7 | — |
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
Beautiful Dreamer (GB) (Red Ransom)
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Dreamer (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | +16.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 2 | 33% | +30.88 |
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 16 | 1 | 6% | +18.00 |
| Class 6 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +19.88 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +23.00 |
| Ayr | 3 | 1 | 33% | +31.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Beverley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 1 | 10% | +24.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 2 | 29% | +21.88 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callum Rodriguez | 9 | 3 | 33% | +53.88 |
| Bryony Frost | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Phillip Makin | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| J F Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alex Fielding | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Josh Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rowan Scott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Connor Beasley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Graham Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 9 | 2 | 22% | +51.00 |
| Visor | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.12 |
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2018 | 14 | 3 | 21% | +48.88 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 23 | 3 | 13% | +39.88 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Dec 19+11d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway Selling Stakes | 7/7 | 9 | 9-5 | 64 | 58C | 51C | J F Egan | 28/1 |
| 05 Dec 19+17d | Leicester | Barkby Conditional Jockeys' Selling Hurdle | PU/4 | — | 10-2 | 89 | — | — | Alex Fielding | 33/1 |
| 18 Nov 19+132d | Plumpton | Sky Sports Racing On Virgin 535 Selling Handicap Hurdle | PU/10 | — | 11-1 | 89 | — | — | Bryony Frost | 8/1 |
| 09 Jul 19+15d | Uttoxeter | Signs 2000 Novices' Hurdle | 10/10 | 7 | 10-10 | — | 53C | 77C | Bryony Frost | 50/1 |
| 24 Jun 19+28d | Southwell | Southwell Racecourse Joules Sale 24th July Maiden Hurdle | 9/13 | 10 | 10-11 | — | 60C | 86C | Bryony Frost | 33/1 |
| 27 May 19+72d | Huntingdon | Boongate Kia All Electric Niro Maiden Hurdle | 7/10 | 8 | 10-12 | — | 83A | 87A | Jamie Moore | 28/1 |
| 16 Mar 19+17d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap | 10/11 | 6 | 9-10 | 65 | 68C | 56C | Jason Hart | 40/1 |
| 27 Feb 19+34d | Southwell (AW) | Betway Live Casino Handicap | 5/6 | 17 | 9-0 | 66 | 77C | 50C | Callum Rodriguez | 16/1 |
| 24 Jan 19+35d | Southwell (AW) | Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap | 12/12 | ¾ | 10-0 | 66 | 31C | 61C | Callum Rodriguez | 4/1 |
| 2018 · 14 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Dec 18+70d | Southwell (AW) | betyourway At Betway Handicap | 1/13 | 9-3 | 62 | 103B | 86A | Callum Rodriguez | 25/1 | |
| 11 Oct 18+3d | Ayr | Racecourse Christmas Tribute Nights Handicap | 15/16 | 19 | 9-3 | 63 | 21C | 56C | Callum Rodriguez | 20/1 |
| 08 Oct 18+6d | Pontefract | procurementseminars.co.uk Handicap | 9/12 | ½ | 9-2 | 63 | 81A | 60A | Joe Fanning | 25/1 |
| 02 Oct 18+12d | Ayr | Bet At Racing UK Handicap | 9/9 | 5 | 8-8 | 63 | 86C | 51C | James Sullivan | 10/1 |
| 20 Sep 18+20d | Ayr | Ayrshire Cancer Support Handicap | 1/15 | 8-12 | 61 | 85C | 69A | Callum Rodriguez | 33/1 | |
| 31 Aug 18+10d | Newcastle (AW) | Capital Allowances Handicap | 9/9 | 15 | 9-7 | 60 | 58C | 51C | Luke Morris | 16/1 |
| 21 Aug 18+7d | Hamilton | Racing UK Profits Returned To Racing Handicap (Div 2) | 4/8 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 57 | 79A | 74A | Callum Rodriguez | 3/1 |
| 14 Aug 18+11d | Thirsk | 'Pirates' Family Day At thirskraces Friday 31st August Handicap | 1/7 | 9-2 | 57 | 71A | 64A | Callum Rodriguez | 15/8F | |
| 03 Aug 18+17d | Musselburgh | Follow racing_uk On Twitter Now Handicap | 7/8 | ¾ | 8-13 | 60 | 83A | 49A | Callum Rodriguez | 10/1 |
| 17 Jul 18+7d | Beverley | Racing Again Next Monday Evening Handicap | 6/9 | ½ | 9-7 | 65 | 102A | 67A | Phillip Makin | 8/1 |
| 10 Jul 18+20d | Wolverhampton (AW) | sportingjobs.co.uk Handicap (Div 1) | 6/9 | hd | 9-1 | 65 | 79A | 54A | Phillip Makin | 12/1 |
| 20 Jun 18+21d | Hamilton | Follow hamiltonparkrc On Twitter Handicap (Div 2) | 6/8 | 3½ | 9-7 | 68 | 64A | 56A | Phillip Makin | 11/1 |
| 30 May 18+34d | Ripon | Eura Audit Uk Handicap | 14/14 | 32 | 9-5 | 68 | -6C | 45C | Silvestre De Sousa | 9/2 |
| 26 Apr 18+153d | Beverley | Bygone Beverley Is Next On 7 May Handicap | 9/13 | ½ | 9-0 | 70 | 80C | 62A | Josh Quinn | 12/1 |
| 2017 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 24 Nov 17+6d | Newcastle (AW) | 32Red.com Nursery | 4/6 | 1¾ | 9-6 | 70 | 87A | 64B | Daniel Tudhope | 15/8F |
| 18 Nov 17+18d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 10 Free At 32Red.com Nursery | 3/12 | 1¼ | 8-13 | 70 | 84A | 73A | Callum Rodriguez | 8/1 |
| 31 Oct 17+30d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 10 Free At 32Red.com Novice Stakes | 3/7 | nk | 8-13 | — | 87A | 70A | Rowan Scott | 14/1 |
| 01 Oct 17+39d | Musselburgh | Save The Children Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 4/7 | ½ | 9-2 | — | 77A | 65A | Connor Beasley | 9/1 |
| 23 Aug 17 | Carlisle | EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes (Div 2) | 6/8 | 2 | 9-5 | — | 74A | 63A | Graham Lee | 8/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Handsome Bob won?
- Handsome Bob (IRE) won 3 of 28 archived starts between 2017 and 2019, a strike rate of 10.7%. Placed 4 times in total (14.3% of starts).
- Who trained Handsome Bob?
- Handsome Bob (IRE) was trained by Neil King on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 16 December 2019.
- Who is Handsome Bob's sire?
- Handsome Bob (IRE) is by Most Improved (IRE) out of Beautiful Dreamer (GB), whose sire is Red Ransom.
- What going does Handsome Bob prefer?
- Handsome Bob (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Handsome Bob's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 16 December 2019. The highest on record is 89.
- What is Handsome Bob's sire's record?
- Most Improved (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 1,100 runs since Jan 2008 (71 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Handsome Bob's siblings?
- Out of Beautiful Dreamer (GB), Handsome Bob (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.