Higher Ground (GB)
Higher Ground ran four times between Sep 2022 and Dec 2022 without winning and placed once. His best effort came when third of 10 at Worcester in Sep 2022. The gelding, by Black Sam Bellamy out of a Charmer mare, raced on turf over trips from 1m5f to 2m4f on good and soft ground and last ran off an official rating of 97 at Warwick in Dec 2022.
- 0–4Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (25%)Placed
- −4.00£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 97Highest OR
- 33dAvg between runs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 4 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 4 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 10.3% of 4,683 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses).
Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 112 | 10 | 8.9% | −1.4 | — |
| Good | 1,334 | 113 | 8.5% | −1.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,072 | 98 | 9.1% | −1.2 | — |
| Soft | 1,408 | 168 | 11.9% | +1.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 627 | 83 | 13.2% | +2.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 126 | 11 | 8.7% | −1.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −3.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 29 | 2 | 6.9% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 145 | 8 | 5.5% | −4.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,307 | 152 | 11.6% | +1.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,499 | 142 | 9.5% | −0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,319 | 141 | 10.7% | +0.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 370 | 37 | 10% | −0.3 | — |
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
8 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Monbeg Legend (GB) (6 wins).
The wins came over 2m4f–3m5f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Monbeg Legend (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monbeg Legend (GB) | 17 | 6 | 2m4f–2m6½f | Class 3 |
| Whydah Gally (GB) | 26 | 4 | 2m4f–3m5f | Class 3 |
| Cleve Cottage (GB) | 23 | 2 | 2m7½f–3m1½f | Class 4 |
| Absolute Jaffa (GB) | 11 | 2 | 2m4f–2m5f | Class 4 |
| Twister Mix (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Mad For The Craic (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| The Black Tara (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Honest Opinion (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Nailor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tom Bellamy | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Dec 22+52d | Warwick | Poundland Novices' Handicap Hurdle | PU/14 | — | 11-11 | 97 | — | — | Tom Bellamy | 8/1 |
| 09 Nov 22+13d | Bangor-on-Dee | Peter Rosselli 90th Birthday Celebration Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 8/13 | 4 | 10-11 | — | 49C | 98C | Jordan Nailor | 22/1 |
| 27 Oct 22+34d | Stratford | British Stallion Studs EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | UR/13 | — | 10-11 | — | — | — | Jordan Nailor | 10/1 |
| 23 Sep 22 | Worcester | Cazoo Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/10 | 13 | 11-1 | — | 90A | 110A | Jordan Nailor | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Higher Ground won?
- Higher Ground (GB) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2022. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Higher Ground?
- Higher Ground (GB) was trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies on the most recent run on record, at Warwick on 31 December 2022.
- Who is Higher Ground's sire?
- Higher Ground (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Reverse Swing (GB), whose sire is Charmer.
- What is Higher Ground's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 31 December 2022. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Higher Ground's sire's record?
- Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,683 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
- Who are Higher Ground's siblings?
- Out of Reverse Swing (GB), Higher Ground (GB) has 8 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Monbeg Legend (GB) (6). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Monbeg Legend (GB)). The wins came over 2m4f–3m5f. As at Oct 2026.