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Horse profile

Happily Ever After (GB)

8yo mare (at last run, Nov 2008) · Last trainer Henrietta C Knight · Last owner Mrs Jane Pighills
by Contract Law (USA) out of Nibelunga (GB) (Miami Springs)
11 runs · 10 courses · from Jul 2006
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Nov 2008 — 6,561 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2008 · 4th of 12 Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile

Happily Ever After (GB) is yet to win from 11 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 10 at Hexham (Jun 2007). Last raced off 72, 8lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating72↓ 8lb off peak
72 72–80

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 94C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fontwell, 25 Mar 2008 Official rating 72 at the last run, 17 Nov 2008

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 9 figures · best 94C · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good489C77—
Good to Firm386C75—
Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m594A77—
2m1f – 2m4f494C81.5—

Of 11 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 11 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
Contract Law (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 0% of 16 runs since Jan 2008 (4 horses). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm200%00 from 4
Good500%00 from 5
Soft300%00 from 1
Heavy200%00 from 1
Standard (AW)400%0—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%0—
1m – 1m1f100%0—
1m2f – 1m4f100%0—
1m5f – 2m300%00 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f400%00 from 5
2m5f – 3m400%00 from 1
Over 3m100%0—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Nibelunga (GB) (Miami Springs)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Huntingdon 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Messenger 3 0 0% −3.00
Paul Moloney 2 0 0% −2.00
Tjade Collier 1 0 0% −1.00
Mattie Batchelor 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Timmy Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00
Dougie Costello 1 0 0% −1.00
Paddy Aspell 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 6 0 0% −6.00
2007 3 0 0% −3.00
2006 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 6 0 0% −6.00
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2008 · 6 runs
17 Nov 08+22d Leicester Castle Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m4f · Good · 12 ran 4/12 4 10-3 7277A Tjade Collier 10/1
26 Oct 08+12d Towcester Snowy Wootton Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 12 ran 4/12 1½ 10-5 7577A Paul Moloney 8/1
14 Oct 08+203d Huntingdon Bet Now At WBX.com Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Good To Firm · 7 ran F/7 — 10-1 75— Paul Moloney 8/1
25 Mar 08+22d Fontwell Docker Hughes Memorial Mares Only Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1½f · Soft · 9 ran 8/9 hd 10-13 7594C Mattie Batchelor 25/1
03 Mar 08+52d Stratford Margaret Katz Conditional Jockeys' Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m6f · Good · 14 ran BD/14 — 11-5 78— Jack Doyle 9/2F
11 Jan 08+161d Huntingdon Racing UK Mares Only Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 14 ran 6/14 1¼ 10-8 8094A Timmy Murphy 16/1
2007 · 3 runs
03 Aug 07+26d Bangor-on-Dee Chester Races Family Funday Novices' Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 8/12 11 10-2 8075C Tom Messenger 25/1
08 Jul 07+36d Market Rasen Don Noble Bookmaker "Pays Double Result" Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good · 11 ran 6/11 2½ 10-1 —66C Tom Messenger 13/2
02 Jun 07+305d Hexham Film Nova 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 3/10 1¼ 10-2 —86C Tom Messenger 50/1
2006 · 2 runs
01 Aug 06+16d Worcester Ladbrokes Charitable Trust Standard Open NH Flat Class 6 · 2m · Good · 10 ran 5/10 hd 10-6 —89C Dougie Costello 16/1
16 Jul 06 Perth August 1st Commitments Gig Standard NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m½f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 5/9 2½ 10-7 —73C Paddy Aspell 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Happily Ever After won?
Happily Ever After (GB) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2006 and 2008. Placed 1 time in total (9.1% of starts).
Who trained Happily Ever After?
Happily Ever After (GB) was trained by Henrietta C Knight on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 17 November 2008.
Who is Happily Ever After's sire?
Happily Ever After (GB) is by Contract Law (USA) out of Nibelunga (GB), whose sire is Miami Springs.
What is Happily Ever After's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 17 November 2008. The highest on record is 80.
What is Happily Ever After's sire's record?
Contract Law (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 0% of 16 runs since Jan 2008 (4 horses), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.

Record shown from July 2006. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.