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Horse profile

Head High (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2021) · Last trainer Sarah Hollinshead · Last owner Mrs M Moore Sarah Hollinshead
by Mastercraftsman (IRE) out of Elisium (GB) (Proclamation)
18 runs · 11 courses · from Sep 2015
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Aug 2021 — 1,900 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2021 · 4th of 5 Won at Huntingdon Last raced off OR 88
KTB Profile

Head High (IRE) is 1 from 18, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Apr 2017. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 4 on softer). Last raced off 88, 28lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 18 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 28lb off peak
Official rating88↓ 28lb off peak
88 68–116

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 110 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Market Rasen, 20 May 2021

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 11 figures · best 110B · median 82
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good7110B82—
Good to Soft399B70—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m11110B82—
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 13 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 103A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Market Rasen, 20 May 2021 Official rating 88 at the last jumps run, 14 Aug 2021

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 61A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Beverley, 13 Apr 2016 Official rating 68 at the last flat run, 3 Jan 2018

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 →

Jumps 11 figures · best 110A · median 96
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good7107A96—
Good to Soft3105A93—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m11110A96—
Flat 5 figures · best 75A · median 61
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)275A58.5—
Good1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f375A64—
1m2f – 1m4f261A56.5—

Of 18 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 · 16 figures from 18 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
Mastercraftsman (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 11,634 runs since Jan 2008 (842 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2328.7%−1.9—
Good to Firm1,34515611.6%+10 from 3
Good2,97434511.6%+11 from 9
Good to Soft1,53216610.8%+0.20 from 3
Soft1,9691829.2%−1.40 from 1
Heavy6607010.6%0—
Standard (AW)3,1303109.9%−0.70 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f5459.3%−1.3—
6f – 7f1,3841198.6%−2—
1m – 1m1f2,3322179.3%−1.30 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f3,81643811.5%+0.90 from 3
1m5f – 2m2,58728511%+0.41 from 12
2m1f – 2m4f1,08711410.5%−0.1—
2m5f – 3m3264413.5%+2.9—
Over 3m48918.8%+8.2—

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
Elisium (GB) (Proclamation)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Captain Marmalade (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Captain Marmalade (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Captain Marmalade (IRE)4626f–1mClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 9 1 11% −1.50
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 10 1 10% −2.50
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Huntingdon 5 1 20% +2.50
Market Rasen 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Bangor-on-Dee 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 12 1 8% −4.50
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Robert Dunne 6 1 17% +1.50
Andrew Tinkler 2 0 0% −2.00
Shane Gray 2 0 0% −2.00
Graham Lee 2 0 0% −2.00
Chris Ward 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Patrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Duern 1 0 0% −1.00
Mitchell Bastyan 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Moloney 1 0 0% −1.00
Keagan Latham 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 17 1 6% −9.50
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 4 0 0% −4.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00
2018 1 0 0% −1.00
2017 7 1 14% +0.50
2016 3 0 0% −3.00
2015 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 12 1 8% −4.50
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 4 runs
14 Aug 21+48d Market Rasen Racing Tv Conditional Jockeys' Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 5 ran 4/5 9 10-12 8878C96B Chris Ward 66/1
27 Jun 21+38d Uttoxeter Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 11/12 4¼ 11-7 9274C80C Robert Dunne 12/1
20 May 21+38d Market Rasen Market Rasen Annual Badge Holders Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 3 11-2 94110B103A Robert Dunne 66/1
12 Apr 21+162d Huntingdon Racing TV Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 12/13 6 11-4 10057C83C Richard Patrick 40/1
2020 · 1 run
01 Nov 20+1033d Huntingdon Download The MansionBet App Claiming Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 8 ran F/8 — 10-10 100—— Robert Dunne 50/1
2018 · 1 run
03 Jan 18+84d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Handicap Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 2¼ 9-2 6876C42C Jack Duern 100/1
2017 · 7 runs
11 Oct 17+68d Ludlow Uk Forest Products Association Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 7/16 6 11-9 11087B110A Mitchell Bastyan 25/1
04 Aug 17+76d Bangor-on-Dee Bkoncepts Kitchens Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 13 ran 8/13 4 11-13 11294B99A Andrew Tinkler 50/1
20 May 17+47d Bangor-on-Dee Wrexham Lager Export Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7/8 ½ 11-6 11670C84C Robert Dunne 14/1
03 Apr 17+19d Huntingdon Six Places At Aintree At 188Bet Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 10-10 11388B107A Robert Dunne 13/2
15 Mar 17+21d Huntingdon Best Price Mullins Day 2 Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 6/15 nk 10-8 —99B105A Robert Dunne 66/1
22 Feb 17+40d Doncaster BetBright Casino Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 12 10-12 —82B96B Andrew Tinkler 100/1
13 Jan 17+230d Huntingdon Equimark Horseboxes Sport Pro Chatteris Fen Juvenile Hurdle Class 2 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 6/7 1½ 10-12 —44C93C Paul Moloney 100/1
2016 · 3 runs
28 May 16+15d Chester RHS Flower Show Tatton Park Handicap Class 4 · 12.5f · Good · 8 ran 7/8 2¼ 8-10 74—52A Shane Gray 33/1
13 May 16+30d York 7IM Supports Cystic Fibrosis Care Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Good To Firm · 12 ran UR/12 — 9-2 74—— Keagan Latham 33/1
13 Apr 16+165d Beverley Aceodds.com Bet Calculator Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Soft · 8 ran 5/8 shd 9-5 ——61A Graham Lee 9/1
2015 · 2 runs
31 Oct 15+41d Wolverhampton (AW) 32Red.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 9 ran 4/9 hd 9-5 ——75A Shane Gray 14/1
20 Sep 15 Hamilton British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 2/6 7 9-5 ——64B Graham Lee 11/4

Quick answers

How many races has Head High won?
Head High (IRE) won 1 of 18 archived starts between 2015 and 2021, a strike rate of 5.6%. Placed 2 times in total (11.1% of starts).
Who trained Head High?
Head High (IRE) was trained by Sarah Hollinshead on the most recent run on record, at Market Rasen on 14 August 2021.
Who is Head High's sire?
Head High (IRE) is by Mastercraftsman (IRE) out of Elisium (GB), whose sire is Proclamation.
What going does Head High prefer?
Head High (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 9 starts (11.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Head High's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 14 August 2021. The highest on record is 116.
What is Head High's sire's record?
Mastercraftsman (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 11,634 runs since Jan 2008 (842 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Head High's siblings?
Out of Elisium (GB), Head High (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Captain Marmalade (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Captain Marmalade (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2015. 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.