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Horse profile

Head For The Hills (GB)

12yo gelding (at last run, May 2005) · Last trainer Niall Saville · Last owner D S Bowring
by Scottish Reel (IRE) out of Merry Cherry (GB) (Deep Run)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Feb 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 May 2005 — 7,845 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2005
KTB Profile

Head For The Hills (GB) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

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 66C the best of the last 1 rated run · Wetherby, 5 Feb 2005

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 3 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 · 1 figure from 3 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
Scottish Reel (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 0% of 8 runs since Feb 2005 (4 horses). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good400%00 from 1
Good to Soft300%00 from 1
Soft100%00 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
2m5f – 3m100%00 from 1
Over 3m700%00 from 2

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2005 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Merry Cherry (GB) (Deep Run)

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

The wins came over 2m7½f–3m2f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Cherry Gold (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Cherry Gold (GB)422m7½f–3m2fClass 3

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

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 KTB Jockey SP
2005 · 3 runs
13 May 05+78d Aintree Northern Building Design Associates Novices' Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 3m1f · Good · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-7 — Mr N S Saville 14/1
24 Feb 05+19d Haydock Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 2m6f · Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-12 — Mr N S Saville 25/1
05 Feb 05 Wetherby Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 3m1f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 5/17 2 10-10 66C Mr N S Saville 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Head For The Hills won?
Head For The Hills (GB) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2005.
Who trained Head For The Hills?
Head For The Hills (GB) was trained by Niall Saville on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 13 May 2005.
Who is Head For The Hills's sire?
Head For The Hills (GB) is by Scottish Reel (IRE) out of Merry Cherry (GB), whose sire is Deep Run.
What is Head For The Hills's sire's record?
Scottish Reel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 0% of 8 runs since Feb 2005 (4 horses), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.
Who are Head For The Hills's siblings?
Out of Merry Cherry (GB), Head For The Hills (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Cherry Gold (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Cherry Gold (GB)). The wins came over 2m7½f–3m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2005. 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.