Heading (USA)
Heading (USA) is a lightly raced colt by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Celtic Sea (SAF). His sire’s progeny in the archive have recorded 785 wins from 7,054 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip under 6f. He has two runs on the all-weather both over 6f – 7f on standard going and has one placing. He finished 3 of 11 at Southwell (AW) in Oct 2025 in a Class 5 maiden.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 19dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 113
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 113A | 92 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 113A | 92 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,196 runs since May 2014 (663 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,195.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,034 | 125 | 12.1% | +1 | — |
| Good | 1,737 | 183 | 10.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 777 | 90 | 11.6% | +0.5 | — |
| Soft | 1,079 | 123 | 11.4% | +0.3 | — |
| Heavy | 294 | 33 | 11.2% | +0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,250 | 243 | 10.8% | −0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,195 | 174 | 14.6% | +3.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,582 | 397 | 11.1% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,401 | 139 | 9.9% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 651 | 60 | 9.2% | −1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 270 | 26 | 9.6% | −1.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 84 | 4 | 4.8% | −6.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2014 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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.
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 25+19d | Southwell (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Tracked the front group wide - pressed for effort 2f out and briefly lost touch - rallied strongly in the closing stages to take third | 3/11 | hd | 9-7 | 113A | 88A | Rob Hornby | 20/1 |
| 18 Sep 25 | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Zero% Mission/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Travelled wide early - up with the pace - pushed along inside the final furlong and dropped away | 8/14 | 1 | 9-4 | 71B | 66A | Oisin Murphy | 11/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Heading won?
- Heading (USA) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2025. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Heading?
- Heading (USA) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 7 October 2025.
- Who is Heading's sire?
- Heading (USA) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Celtic Sea (SAF), whose sire is Captain Al.
- What is Heading's sire's record?
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,196 runs since May 2014 (663 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,195.