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Horse profile

Highland Rocker (FR)

3yo colt (at last run, Aug 2021) · Last trainer John & Thady Gosden · Last owner Roy Van Gelder N Wrigley
by Gleneagles (IRE) out of Cay Dancer (GB) (Danehill Dancer)
6 runs · 6 courses · from Nov 2020
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Aug 2021 — 1,893 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2021 · 1st of 4 Won last time out 2 wins · Goodwood & Ripon Last raced off OR 91
KTB Profile

Highland Rocker (FR) is 2 from 6. Won last time out at Goodwood (Class 2). Each win came on a first visit to the course.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 102 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kempton (AW), 18 Nov 2020

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 6 figures · best 102A · median 84.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm288A82.5—
Standard (AW)2102A95—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f588A81—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 88B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Goodwood, 29 Aug 2021 Official rating 91 at the last run, 29 Aug 2021

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 6 figures · best 95A · median 85.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm288B86.5—
Standard (AW)295A88—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f588B85—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,568 runs since Apr 2019 (446 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 17.3% from 283.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11218.2%+6.8—
Good to Firm4976312.7%+1.31 from 2
Good1,16213912%+0.61 from 1
Good to Soft5605710.2%−1.20 from 1
Soft7508811.7%+0.3—
Heavy2834917.3%+5.9—
Standard (AW)1,3051229.3%−2.10 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f141149.9%−1.5—
6f – 7f95510711.2%−0.2—
1m – 1m1f1,20815012.4%+10 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1,29915111.6%+0.22 from 5
1m5f – 2m5926410.8%−0.6—
2m1f – 2m4f239229.2%−2.2—
2m5f – 3m9866.1%−5.3—
Over 3m36616.7%+5.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Cay Dancer (GB) (Danehill Dancer)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Cayman Dancer (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m½f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Cayman Dancer (GB)).

Family form: Cayman Dancer (GB) won at Plumpton, 2 Nov 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Cayman Dancer (GB)1531m2f–2mClass 4
Easy Dancer (GB)811m6fClass 5
Chindwin (GB)811m½fClass 6
Zmile (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +1.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 1 100% +0.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 3 1 33% +0.00
Class 5 3 1 33% −1.50

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Goodwood 1 1 100% +2.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 1 100% +0.50
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 2 40% −0.50
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Robert Havlin 4 2 50% +0.50
Frankie Dettori 1 0 0% −1.00
Nicky Mackay 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 5 2 40% −0.50
2020 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 5 runs
29 Aug 21+51d Goodwood Chichester City Handicap Class 2 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 1/4 9-1 9177C88B Robert Havlin 2/1
09 Jul 21+55d Newmarket bet365 Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 4/10 nk 8-10 9188A85A Robert Havlin 25/1
15 May 21+30d Newbury BetVictor London Gold Cup Handicap Class 2 · 1m2f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 10/10 25 8-11 9148C76C Frankie Dettori 7/1
15 Apr 21+13d Ripon ripon-races.co.uk Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 1m4f · Good · 4 ran 1/4 9-5 —81C86B Robert Havlin 1/2F
02 Apr 21+135d Chelmsford City (AW) Racing Welfare Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 8 ran 2/8 1¼ 8-9 —88A81A Nicky Mackay 8/11F
2020 · 1 run
18 Nov 20 Kempton (AW) Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 1m · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 3/12 nk 9-2 —102A95A Robert Havlin 11/2

Quick answers

How many races has Highland Rocker won?
Highland Rocker (FR) won 2 of 6 archived starts between 2020 and 2021, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 4 times in total (66.7% of starts).
Who trained Highland Rocker?
Highland Rocker (FR) was trained by John & Thady Gosden on the most recent run on record, at Goodwood on 29 August 2021.
Who is Highland Rocker's sire?
Highland Rocker (FR) is by Gleneagles (IRE) out of Cay Dancer (GB), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
What is Highland Rocker's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 29 August 2021. That is also the highest on record.
What is Highland Rocker's sire's record?
Gleneagles (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,568 runs since Apr 2019 (446 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 17.3% from 283.
Who are Highland Rocker's siblings?
Out of Cay Dancer (GB), Highland Rocker (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Cayman Dancer (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Cayman Dancer (GB)). The wins came over 1m½f–2m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2020. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.