Horse profile
Headmaster (GB)
by Dubawi (IRE) out of One Master (GB) (Fastnet Rock)
15 runs · 12 courses · from May 2025
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Curragh, Newbury & Haydock
Ran yesterday · 10th of 12
Last raced off OR 84
KTB Profile
Typically ridden with patience — held up in 10 of 11 analysed runs — Headmaster (GB) is 3 from 15. Each win came on a first visit to the course. All 3 wins have come over 6f – 7f. Last raced off 84, 10lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 15 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 10lb off peak
- 3–15Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 6 (40%)Placed
- +6.90£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 1.17Fair A/E n=15 · 0.93 incl. margin
- 94Highest OR
- 36dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating84↓ 10lb off peak
84
83–94
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 99
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 103C | 70 | 3 · 103 / 65 |
| Good | 4 | 114C | 90 | 3 · 114 / 94 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 93A | 88 | 2 · 93 / 90.5 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 99A | 95.5 | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 11 | 114C | 86 | 8 · 114 / 91 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 92A | 79 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
Of 15 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 15 runs · as at 18 Oct 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · 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 from 11 analysed runs
- Held up 10 (91%) · 3 wins
- Prominent 1 (9%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,929 runs since Jan 2008 (1,520 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 48 | 11 | 22.9% | +4.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,323 | 477 | 20.5% | +2.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 3,165 | 563 | 17.8% | −0.6 | 2 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 1,740 | 309 | 17.8% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,899 | 326 | 17.2% | −1.2 | 1 from 4 |
| Heavy | 589 | 102 | 17.3% | −1.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,163 | 585 | 18.5% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 429 | 42 | 9.8% | −8.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,117 | 580 | 18.6% | +0.2 | 3 from 12 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,848 | 724 | 18.8% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,829 | 768 | 20.1% | +1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,205 | 188 | 15.6% | −2.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 331 | 48 | 14.5% | −3.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 138 | 19 | 13.8% | −4.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 32 | 6 | 18.8% | +0.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
One Master (GB) (Fastnet Rock)
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 4 | 2 | 50% | +12.40 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.60 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh (IRE) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.40 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 3 | 25% | +9.90 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Reese Holohan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mirai Iwata | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Rodriguez | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.40 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 9 | 2 | 22% | +11.50 |
| None | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.60 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +7.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −0.10 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 26+20d | Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | BAR 1 Betting 'Supporting Irish Racing' Handicap | 10/12 | ½ | 9-8 | 84 | 99A | 80A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 7/1 |
| 26 Sep 26+13d | Curragh (IRE) | Izuzu Ireland Handicap Handy early - dropped back approaching 2f out and driven along - faded inside final furlong to finish 10th | 10/10 | hd | 8-9 | 87 | 63A | 70A | Reese Holohan | 11/2 |
| 13 Sep 26+35d | Curragh (IRE) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Held up in the pack - urged forward with 2f left then asked for effort - stayed on same gait through final furlong to finish 12th | 12/24 | nk | 8-12 | 89 | 65C | 94A | J M Sheridan | 20/1 |
| 09 Aug 26+22d | Curragh (IRE) | Sheehy Motors Volkswagen Handicap Settled towards the back - nudged for effort inside final two furlongs - stayed on same speed through closing stages - unable to threaten leading group - finished tenth | 10/12 | nse | 9-9 | 93 | 93A | 84A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 9/2 |
| 18 Jul 26+34d | Curragh (IRE) | Liverpool FC Foundation Scurry Handicap sluggish to find a rhythm - at the back throughout and not once competitive - isolated after 2f - driven over 2f out and soon under continued pressure with nothing more | 17/20 | shd | 9-6 | 94 | 88C | 74A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 7/1 |
| 14 Jun 26+22d | Cork | Mallow Handicap (Premier Handicap) Sat behind front group early - 6th at halfway - asked for effort 2f out and stayed on to move into 2nd close home - unable to threaten winner | 2/15 | 1¾ | 9-0 | 91 | 114C | 100A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 5/1J |
| 23 May 26+26d | Curragh | Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Habitat Handicap (Premier Handicap) Held up towards the back - stuck for space approaching the furlong marker before finding a gap and moving through the pack inside the final 100 yards - finished strongly to get up right on the line | 1/22 | 9-1 | 86 | 94C | 100A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 14/1 | |
| 27 Apr 26+185d | Naas | Colm White Bookmaker Handicap Held up early - driven to improve into 8th before gaining ground to 4th inside the last two furlongs - unable to find more late and held for 7th | 7/12 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 87 | 86A | 84A | Chris Hayes | 12/1 |
| 24 Oct 25+23d | Newbury | Saturday Super Boost At BetVictor Handicap Held up early - made steady progress from over 2f out - driven and found a path past rivals inside the final furlong - up into 3rd with a furlong left - finished strongly to hit the front in the last 100 yards - got up close home to score | 1/13 | 9-0 | 83 | 103C | 108A | Tom Marquand | 9/2 | |
| 01 Oct 25+32d | Kempton (AW) | Industry Leading In-Play Markets At Unibet Handicap Settled behind the front pair - stayed wide and moved into second with 6f left - hit the front 2f out - overtaken with a furlong to run - lost touch in the closing stages to finish 8th | 8/12 | ¾ | 9-11 | 85 | 92A | 84A | Tom Marquand | 10/3 |
| 30 Aug 25+28d | Sandown | Download The BetMGM App Handicap Held eager position just behind front group early - shifted wide and urged forward approaching 2f out - dropped away rapidly under pressure inside final furlong - finished tenth well beaten | 10/11 | hd | 9-1 | 87 | 75A | 67A | Tom Marquand | 3/1 |
| 02 Aug 25+15d | Goodwood | Whispering Angel Handicap Settled close to the pace - went wide entering the straight - nudged into contention 2f out before fading - lost ground fast in the last furlong - trailed home in last place | 16/16 | 1½ | 8-7 | 88 | 71C | 62A | Mirai Iwata | 85/40F |
| 18 Jul 25+18d | Haydock | Every Race Live On Racing TV Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled just behind the pace - hit the front with a furlong left then edged away approaching the line - won without any real pressure | 1/9 | 9-7 | — | 86A | 98A | Callum Rodriguez | 2/5F | |
| 30 Jun 25+32d | Windsor | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Marginal advantage from the start - pushed along with 2f left - overtaken close home - held for second by a short margin | 2/11 | nk | 9-6 | — | 66A | 99A | Tom Marquand | 5/4J |
| 29 May 25 | Lingfield | Nicholls & Clarke 150th Year Anniversary Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Towards the rear against the near rail - eased away from the fence after 4f and moved up to sit behind the front group - advanced to 2nd inside the final furlong - kept on but runner-up beaten three-quarters of a length | 2/8 | ¾ | 9-4 | — | — | 95A | Cieren Fallon | 13/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Headmaster (GB) won?
- Headmaster (GB) won 3 of 15 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 6 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trains Headmaster (GB)?
- Headmaster (GB) is trained by Edward Lynam, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 16 October 2026.
- Who is Headmaster (GB)'s sire?
- Headmaster (GB) is by Dubawi (IRE) out of One Master (GB), whose sire is Fastnet Rock.
- What going does Headmaster (GB) prefer?
- Headmaster (GB) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Headmaster (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 84, from the run on 16 October 2026. The highest on record is 94.
- What is Headmaster (GB)'s sire's record?
- Dubawi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,929 runs since Jan 2008 (1,520 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.