High Counsel (IRE)
High Counsel won eight of 55 starts between Jun 2014 and Mar 2023. Four of those wins came at Warwick and two at Southwell, with five of the eight over 2m5f – 3m and three over 3m. He gained his last success in the Cazoo Handicap Chase at Southwell in Jul 2022 off a mark of 81. The gelding, who reached a highest ever mark of 120, last ran at Southwell in Mar 2023 off 87.
- 8–55Wins / Runs
- 14.5%Strike rate
- 15 (27.3%)Placed
- −2.17£1 level staken=55 at SP
- 1.55Fair A/E n=55 · 1.35 incl. margin
- 120Highest OR
- 59dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 90
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 16 | 113A | 75.5 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 104A | 75 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 100B | 74.5 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 76B | 37.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 16 | 109A | 74 | — |
| Over 3m | 12 | 113A | 78.5 | — |
Of 45 runs looked at, 17 have no figure: did not complete (8) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (8) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 28 figures from 45 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.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,050 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 62 | 13 | 21% | +10 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,240 | 171 | 13.8% | +2.8 | 1 from 4 |
| Good | 7,022 | 840 | 12% | +1 | 4 from 25 |
| Good to Soft | 3,503 | 321 | 9.2% | −1.8 | 0 from 11 |
| Soft | 5,327 | 545 | 10.2% | −0.8 | 2 from 10 |
| Heavy | 2,760 | 274 | 9.9% | −1.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 136 | 33 | 24.3% | +13.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,727 | 517 | 10.9% | −0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,697 | 722 | 10.8% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6,537 | 742 | 11.4% | +0.4 | 5 from 30 |
| Over 3m | 2,018 | 210 | 10.4% | −0.6 | 3 from 22 |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Mauna Kea (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m5½f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Mauna Kea (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauna Kea (IRE) | 30 | 2 | 2m5½f–3m | Class 5 |
| Gryllus (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Moorechurch Lady (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Holldelia (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 25 | 4 | 16% | −5.17 |
| Good to Soft | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Soft | 10 | 2 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Heavy | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +13.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 24 | 3 | 13% | −8.00 |
| Class 4 | 20 | 4 | 20% | −0.17 |
| Class 3 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | 10 | 4 | 40% | +11.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Southwell | 6 | 2 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Stratford | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Hereford | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Worcester | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cartmel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Market Rasen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Towcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 30 | 5 | 17% | +7.00 |
| Over 3m | 22 | 3 | 14% | −6.17 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Thorne | 15 | 4 | 27% | +5.50 |
| Sean Bowen | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| Brendan Powell | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Kevin Brogan | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Nick Slatter | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Alex Edwards | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Jack Doyle | 3 | 1 | 33% | +14.00 |
| Tabitha Worsley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Miss Immy Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Connor Brace | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Adam Wedge | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Scudamore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Jack Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Shoemark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bridget Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 21 | 4 | 19% | −0.67 |
| Blinkers | 19 | 3 | 16% | −3.50 |
| None | 14 | 1 | 7% | +3.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 | 20% | +1.00 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.50 |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −0.50 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +3.50 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +14.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 48 | 7 | 15% | −12.17 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 1 | 14% | +10.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has High Counsel won?
- High Counsel (IRE) won 8 of 55 archived starts between 2014 and 2023, a strike rate of 14.5%. Placed 15 times in total (27.3% of starts).
- Who trained High Counsel?
- High Counsel (IRE) was trained by Gary Hanmer on the most recent run on record, at Southwell on 20 March 2023.
- Who is High Counsel's sire?
- High Counsel (IRE) is by Presenting (GB) out of The Bench (IRE), whose sire is Leading Counsel.
- What going does High Counsel prefer?
- High Counsel (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is High Counsel's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 20 March 2023. The highest on record is 120.
- What is High Counsel's sire's record?
- Presenting (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,050 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
- Who are High Counsel's siblings?
- Out of The Bench (IRE), High Counsel (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Mauna Kea (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Mauna Kea (IRE)). The wins came over 2m5½f–3m. As at Oct 2026.