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Horse profile

High Esteem (GB)

2yo colt (at last run, Aug 2025) · Last trainer Archie Watson · Last owner D J Deer
by Al Kazeem (GB) out of Exceptionelle (GB) (Exceed And Excel)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Aug 2025
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Aug 2025 — 428 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2025 · 4th of 7
KTB Profile

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.

Based on 2 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Aug 2025 · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 104 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Chepstow, 19 Aug 2025

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 2 figures · best 104B · median 79.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good2104B79.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f2104B79.5—

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 55A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Chepstow, 19 Aug 2025

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. What this means →

Flat 2 figures · best 55A · median 54.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good255A54.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f255A54.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

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.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11218.2%+7.4—
Good to Firm2233113.9%+3.1—
Good3103611.6%+0.80 from 2
Good to Soft1271814.2%+3.4—
Soft1371813.1%+2.3—
Heavy3925.1%−5.7—
Standard (AW)415297%−3.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f40820%+9.2—
6f – 7f5246011.5%+0.70 from 2
1m – 1m1f2653011.3%+0.5—
1m2f – 1m4f268249%−1.8—
1m5f – 2m1251411.2%+0.4—
2m1f – 2m4f3300%−10.8—
2m5f – 3m700%−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

Dam
Exceptionelle (GB) (Exceed And Excel)

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)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Rhossili Down (GB)916fClass 5
Exuding (GB)816fClass 5
Run To My Side (GB)70——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
19 Aug 25+14d Chepstow BetWright Bangers N'Cash / EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Good · 7 ran 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 104B55A William Cox 50/1
05 Aug 25 Ffos Las South Wales Medical Event Cover EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7.5f · Good · 8 ran Sluggish start - trailed throughout - never a factor - finished well held 7/8 7 9-7 55B54A 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.

Record shown from August 2025. 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.