Highland Hunter (IRE)
Highland Hunter won seven of 23 starts on turf between Jan 2018 and Mar 2024. Four of those wins came over 3m, five on heavy ground. He gained his last success at Newbury in Mar 2024 in a Class 2 handicap chase off a mark of 144, having earlier taken a Class 2 handicap chase at Sandown in Dec 2021 off 145. Aged 11 at his last run in Mar 2024, he finished in the Ultima Handicap Chase at Cheltenham off an official rating of 144.
- 7–23Wins / Runs
- 30.4%Strike rate
- 13 (56.5%)Placed
- +11.70£1 level staken=23 at SP
- 1.83Fair A/E n=23 · 1.58 incl. margin
- 149Highest OR
- 102dAvg 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 115
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 | 7 | 141B | 114 | — |
| Heavy | 6 | 111A | 95 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 141B | 108 | — |
| Good | 2 | 105A | 94 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 8 | 128A | 93 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 141B | 111 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 106A | 94.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 23 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 23 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% of 748 runs since Jan 2008 (65 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 13.4% from 127. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 13.9% from 115. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.5% from 153.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +40 | — |
| Good to Firm | 36 | 2 | 5.6% | −4.4 | — |
| Good | 225 | 22 | 9.8% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 121 | 14 | 11.6% | +1.6 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 227 | 19 | 8.4% | −1.6 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 127 | 17 | 13.4% | +3.4 | 5 from 9 |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +2.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 153 | 10 | 6.5% | −3.5 | 1 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 229 | 21 | 9.2% | −0.8 | 2 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 243 | 27 | 11.1% | +1.1 | 0 from 8 |
| Over 3m | 115 | 16 | 13.9% | +3.9 | 4 from 11 |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Scully's Dream (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scully's Dream (IRE) | 16 | 1 | 2m | — |
| Opportunity Knox (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 9 | 5 | 56% | +13.79 |
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −6.09 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +6.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 2 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +16.91 |
| Class 3 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.62 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +6.08 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.33 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydock | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Aintree | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kelso | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.09 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ayr | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Hexham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.33 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 11 | 4 | 36% | +14.29 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 2 | 67% | +2.08 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Cobden | 6 | 3 | 50% | +8.29 |
| Paddy Brennan | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.00 |
| Derek Fox | 5 | 2 | 40% | +3.08 |
| Lorcan Williams | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tom Broughton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Blair Campbell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.33 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 17 | 6 | 35% | +6.70 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +7.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +6.38 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.09 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 75% | +5.41 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 13 | 3 | 23% | +10.38 |
| Hurdle | 8 | 3 | 38% | −1.01 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
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 Highland Hunter won?
- Highland Hunter (IRE) won 7 of 23 archived starts between 2018 and 2024, a strike rate of 30.4%. Placed 13 times in total (56.5% of starts).
- Who trained Highland Hunter?
- Highland Hunter (IRE) was trained by Fergal O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 12 March 2024.
- Who is Highland Hunter's sire?
- Highland Hunter (IRE) is by Subtle Power (IRE) out of Loughine Sparkle (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
- What going does Highland Hunter prefer?
- Highland Hunter (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 5 wins from 9 starts (55.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Highland Hunter's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 144, from the run on 12 March 2024. The highest on record is 149.
- What is Highland Hunter's sire's record?
- Subtle Power (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 748 runs since Jan 2008 (65 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 13.4% from 127. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 13.9% from 115. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.5% from 153.
- Who are Highland Hunter's siblings?
- Out of Loughine Sparkle (IRE), Highland Hunter (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Scully's Dream (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m. As at Oct 2026.