High Esteem (GB)
High Esteem is a lightly raced colt who ran twice in Aug 2025 without placing. He finished 4 of 7 at Chepstow in a Class 5 maiden on good ground over 6f to 7f, which remains his best effort. By Al Kazeem, whose progeny in the archive have won 135 of 1,255 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest record on good to soft. His dam has produced two winners from three runners to date, including Rhossili Down.
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- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
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KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 104
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 104B | 79.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 104B | 79.5 | — |
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 10.8% of 1,262 runs since Jan 2008 (88 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 14.2% from 127. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7% from 415.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | +7.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 223 | 31 | 13.9% | +3.1 | — |
| Good | 310 | 36 | 11.6% | +0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 127 | 18 | 14.2% | +3.4 | — |
| Soft | 137 | 18 | 13.1% | +2.3 | — |
| Heavy | 39 | 2 | 5.1% | −5.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 415 | 29 | 7% | −3.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 40 | 8 | 20% | +9.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 524 | 60 | 11.5% | +0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 265 | 30 | 11.3% | +0.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 268 | 24 | 9% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 125 | 14 | 11.2% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 33 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Rhossili Down (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 6f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Rhossili Down (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhossili Down (GB) | 9 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Exuding (GB) | 8 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Run To My Side (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 25+14d | Chepstow | BetWright Bangers N'Cash / EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled among the pack early - urged forward approaching 3f out and improved into contention with 2f left - gave up third spot inside the final furlong then dropped away close home | 4/7 | 4 | 9-7 | 104B | 55A | William Cox | 50/1 |
| 05 Aug 25 | Ffos Las | South Wales Medical Event Cover EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Sluggish start - trailed throughout - never a factor - finished well held | 7/8 | 7 | 9-7 | 55B | 54A | Hollie Doyle | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has High Esteem (GB) won?
- High Esteem (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trained High Esteem (GB)?
- High Esteem (GB) was trained by Archie Watson on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 19 August 2025.
- Who is High Esteem (GB)'s sire?
- High Esteem (GB) is by Al Kazeem (GB) out of Exceptionelle (GB), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
- What is High Esteem (GB)'s sire's record?
- Al Kazeem (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 1,262 runs since Jan 2008 (88 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14.2% from 127. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7% from 415.
- Who are High Esteem (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Exceptionelle (GB), High Esteem (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Rhossili Down (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Rhossili Down (GB)). The wins came over 6f. As at Oct 2026.