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Horse profile

Headline Act (GB)

2yo filly (at last run, Aug 2017) · Last trainer Archie Watson · Last owner Saxon Thoroughbreds
by Helmet (AUS) out of Accede (GB) (Acclamation)
4 runs · 4 courses · from May 2017
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Aug 2017 — 3,346 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2017 · 5th of 9 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 51
KTB Profile

Headline Act (GB) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 56 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 15 Aug 2017

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.

Flat 4 figures · best 71C · median 56
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)256A55—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
6f – 7f371C56—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 46A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield, 26 Jul 2017 Official rating 51 at the last run, 15 Aug 2017

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.

Flat 4 figures · best 47A · median 45.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)247A46—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
6f – 7f347A46—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 4,850 runs since Jan 2008 (351 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 12.8% from 148.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm27725.9%+16.5—
Good to Firm7398511.5%+2.10 from 1
Good931788.4%−1—
Good to Soft501428.4%−10 from 1
Soft568447.7%−1.7—
Heavy1481912.8%+3.4—
Standard (AW)1,9361809.3%−0.10 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f224177.6%−1.8—
6f – 7f1,4441369.4%00 from 3
1m – 1m1f1,2721199.4%00 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1,0731069.9%+0.5—
1m5f – 2m557509%−0.4—
2m1f – 2m4f206209.7%+0.3—
2m5f – 3m6569.2%−0.2—
Over 3m9111.1%+1.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Accede (GB) (Acclamation)

9 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Miss Van Gogh (GB) (5 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Miss Van Gogh (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Miss Van Gogh (GB)2757f–1m½fClass 3
Harvey Dent (GB)1431m–1m2fClass 4
Twilight Dancer (GB)2237fClass 5
Poster Girl (GB)916fClass 4
Darkest Red (GB)1411m4fClass 5
Russian Remarque (GB)120——
Swan Serenade (GB)90——
Warm Praise (GB)40——
Als Dawn (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Edward Greatrex 2 0 0% −2.00
Jack Mitchell 1 0 0% −1.00
Oisin Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheekpieces 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
15 Aug 17+20d Chelmsford City (AW) PRB Estates Ltd Nursery Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 5/9 2¼ 8-9 5156A45A Edward Greatrex 5/1
26 Jul 17+37d Lingfield Read Silvestre De Sousa At 188bet Novice Auction Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 7/14 1 8-8 —71C46A Edward Greatrex 33/1
19 Jun 17+19d Nottingham Royal Ascot Betting At 188Bet Fillies' Novice Auction Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9/12 1½ 9-0 —56B43A Jack Mitchell 11/1
31 May 17 Kempton (AW) Follow racing_uk On Twitter Fillies' Novice Auction Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 6/11 2 8-13 —54A47A Oisin Murphy 11/4F

Quick answers

How many races has Headline Act (GB) won?
Headline Act (GB) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2017.
Who trained Headline Act (GB)?
Headline Act (GB) was trained by Archie Watson on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 15 August 2017.
Who is Headline Act (GB)'s sire?
Headline Act (GB) is by Helmet (AUS) out of Accede (GB), whose sire is Acclamation.
What is Headline Act (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 51, from the run on 15 August 2017. That is also the highest on record.
What is Headline Act (GB)'s sire's record?
Helmet (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 4,850 runs since Jan 2008 (351 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 12.8% from 148.
Who are Headline Act (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Accede (GB), Headline Act (GB) has 9 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Miss Van Gogh (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Miss Van Gogh (GB)). The wins came over 6f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2017. 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.