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Horse profile

Highlander (GB)

2yo colt (at last run, Oct 2005) · Last trainer Saeed bin Suroor · Last owner Godolphin
by Elusive Quality (USA) out of Highland Ceilidh (IRE) (Scottish Reel II)
1 run · 1 course · from Oct 2005
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Oct 2005 — 7,672 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2005 · 1st of 15 Won last time out Won at Nottingham
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Oct 2005 as a 2yo colt. Finished 1 of 15 at Nottingham last time. By Elusive Quality (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 3,387 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 93C the best of the last 1 rated run · Nottingham, 19 Oct 2005

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 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 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
Elusive Quality (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 3,387 runs since Jan 2008 (333 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 7.9% from 280. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16% from 319.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm25312%−0.3—
Good to Firm5916911.7%−0.6—
Good7209012.5%+0.2—
Good to Soft280227.9%−4.4—
Soft3773810.1%−2.21 from 1
Heavy9177.7%−4.6—
Standard (AW)1,30318814.4%+2.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3195116%+3.7—
6f – 7f1,33316212.2%−0.1—
1m – 1m1f94212112.8%+0.51 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f5405810.7%−1.6—
1m5f – 2m1491912.8%+0.5—
2m1f – 2m4f7534%−8.3—
2m5f – 3m29310.3%−2—

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
Highland Ceilidh (IRE) (Scottish Reel II)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Straw Bear (USA) (6 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Straw Bear (USA)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Straw Bear (USA)2961m7½f–2m1½fGrade 1
Uaintseenothingyet (GB)1512m4f—
Pinamar (GB)60——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
19 Oct 05 Nottingham David Ashley Construction Limited Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 8f · Soft · 15 ran 1/15 9-0 93C Frankie Dettori 5/1

Quick answers

How many races has Highlander (GB) won?
Highlander (GB) won 1 of 1 archived start in 2005, a strike rate of 100%. Placed 1 time in total (100% of starts).
Who trained Highlander (GB)?
Highlander (GB) was trained by Saeed bin Suroor on the most recent run on record, at Nottingham on 19 October 2005.
Who is Highlander (GB)'s sire?
Highlander (GB) is by Elusive Quality (USA) out of Highland Ceilidh (IRE), whose sire is Scottish Reel II.
What is Highlander (GB)'s sire's record?
Elusive Quality (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 3,387 runs since Jan 2008 (333 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 7.9% from 280. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16% from 319.
Who are Highlander (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Highland Ceilidh (IRE), Highlander (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Straw Bear (USA) (6). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Straw Bear (USA)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2005. 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.