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Horse profile

Highland Trail (IRE)

5yo gelding · Trainer Paul Stafford · Owner Thomas Stafford
1 run · 1 course · from Oct 2026
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 31 Oct 2026 · 11th of 14
KTB Profile

Lightly raced 5yo gelding with 1 start since Oct 2026. Finished 11 of 14 at Down Royal (IRE) last time. By Highland Reel (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,518 runs since Apr 2021.

Based on 1 archived run · run-style from 1 commented run since Oct 2026 · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 6 Nov 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 84C the best of the last 1 rated run · Down Royal (IRE), 31 Oct 2026

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 6 Nov 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · 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 7.2% of 1,518 runs since Apr 2021 (162 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 10.4% from 144.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−7.2—
Good to Firm1441510.4%+3.2—
Good461378%+0.80 from 1
Good to Soft195105.1%−2.1—
Soft270228.1%+0.9—
Heavy6757.5%+0.3—
Standard (AW)379205.3%−1.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1317.7%+0.5—
6f – 7f200105%−2.2—
1m – 1m1f310227.1%−0.1—
1m2f – 1m4f415266.3%−0.9—
1m5f – 2m348308.6%+1.4—
2m1f – 2m4f180147.8%+0.60 from 1
2m5f – 3m46613%+5.8—
Over 3m600%−7.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2021 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Quiet Assassin (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 7½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Quiet Assassin (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Quiet Assassin (IRE)717½fClass 5
Loch Awe (IRE)30——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
31 Oct 26 Down Royal (IRE) SIS, Proud Sponsors Of Irish Racing (Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m1f · Good · 14 ran Settled at back of field - keen early - improved wide over 4f out - patted and urged from 3f out then faded tamely - finished 11th 11/14 14 11-7 76C84C Mr T J Stafford 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Highland Trail won?
Highland Trail (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
Who trains Highland Trail?
Highland Trail (IRE) is trained by Paul Stafford, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 31 October 2026.
Who is Highland Trail's sire?
Highland Trail (IRE) is by Highland Reel (IRE) out of Dutch Rifle (GB), whose sire is Dutch Art.
What is Highland Trail's sire's record?
Highland Reel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,518 runs since Apr 2021 (162 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 10.4% from 144.
Who are Highland Trail's siblings?
Out of Dutch Rifle (GB), Highland Trail (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Quiet Assassin (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Quiet Assassin (IRE)). The wins came over 7½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2026. 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.