Horse profile
Highwind (FR)
by Zarak (FR) out of Forecaster (GB) (Fastnet Rock)
18 runs · 13 courses · from Dec 2022
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Punchestown & Deauville (FR)
Last run 10 Oct 2026 · 26th of 29
Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile
Typically ridden prominently in 5 of 8 analysed runs — Highwind (FR) is 2 from 18. Hasn't won since Jan 2024. Last raced off 85, 43lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 18 archived runs · run-style from 8 commented runs since Feb 2025 · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
OR ↓ 43lb off peak
- 2–18Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 5 (27.8%)Placed
- −13.80£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 0.83Fair A/E n=18 · 0.67 incl. margin
- 128Highest OR
- 82dAvg 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.
Official rating85↓ 43lb off peak
85
84–128
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 127
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 159C | 97 | 2 · 97 / 88.5 |
| Soft | 2 | 127A | 114.5 | 1 · — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 135C | 126 | 2 · 135 / 126 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 159C | 127 | 3 · 135 / 127 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 117A | 106 | 2 · 117 / 107 |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 88A | 78 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 88A | 78 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 13 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 13 runs · as at 18 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 from 8 analysed runs since Feb 2025
- Prominent 5 (63%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (38%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 15.4% of 1,974 runs since Jan 2008 (327 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 11% from 364. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 21% from 243. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7% from 201.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −15.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 81 | 13 | 16% | +0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 297 | 49 | 16.5% | +1.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 406 | 62 | 15.3% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 551 | 91 | 16.5% | +1.1 | 1 from 7 |
| Heavy | 268 | 48 | 17.9% | +2.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 364 | 40 | 11% | −4.4 | 1 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −15.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 201 | 14 | 7% | −8.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 581 | 97 | 16.7% | +1.3 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 745 | 111 | 14.9% | −0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 243 | 51 | 21% | +5.6 | 1 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 173 | 26 | 15% | −0.4 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 29 | 5 | 17.2% | +1.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −15.4 | — |
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
Forecaster (GB) (Fastnet Rock)
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Of Light (FR) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.50 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.30 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.70 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.30 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelien Lemaitre | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.30 |
| J M Sheridan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean O'Keeffe | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Rachael Blackmore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| W. M. Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brian Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Colin Keane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 11 | 1 | 9% | −8.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.30 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.50 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.30 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 13 | 1 | 8% | −11.30 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 26+24d | Newmarket | Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Mid-pack early - pushed along 3f out but found nothing - allowed to coast home over 1f out finishing 26th | 26/29 | ¾ | 8-9 | 85 | 80C | 76C | W. M. Lordan | 28/1 |
| 16 Sep 26+47d | Clonmel (IRE) | Jerry McDonnell Memorial Tipperary Perpetual Cup Handicap Sat close up early - disputed second at halfway then pushed along entering the straight - dropped to third late and unable to close final furlong and a half | 3/11 | 1 | 9-8 | 84 | 127A | 89A | J M Sheridan | 100/30J |
| 31 Jul 26+35d | Goodwood | Coral Goodwood Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) Handy early behind the pace - pushed along with 4f to run - knocked back and squeezed out 2f out - responded to finish and stayed on final furlong to come home fifth | 5/15 | hd | 8-8 | 85 | 135C | 79A | David Egan | 14/1 |
| 26 Jun 26+33d | Curragh | O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Irish European Breeders Fund Stayers Handicap Settled second early - moved through to challenge for the front 3f out - pressed for effort 2f out - lost place inside final 2f - finished fourth without finding more | 4/11 | 3¼ | 8-13 | 85 | 117A | 82A | Ben Coen | 14/1 |
| 24 May 26+261d | Curragh | CAVALOR Equine Nutrition Handicap Handy early - slipped back around 6f from home - rallied inside final 2f but held finishing effort to finish sixth beaten 6 lengths | 6/24 | ½ | 9-9 | 85 | 97C | 87A | Chris Hayes | 33/1 |
| 05 Sep 25+20d | Down Royal | Grant Thornton Ulster Cesarewitch Handicap Settled midfield early - improved into 6th with 3f to run - pushed along and moved up to challenge 1f out - couldn't threaten leader - held to finish 4th unable to find more late | 4/14 | ¾ | 10-7 | 84 | 159C | 92A | J M Sheridan | 22/1 |
| 16 Aug 25+195d | Tramore | Brennan's Pharmacy Handicap Sat close to the front early - 6th at halfway - dropped to 8th and driven 3f out before fading late | 8/10 | 2 | 10-3 | 86 | 106C | 79C | Sean O'Keeffe | 11/1 |
| 02 Feb 25+264d | Leopardstown | Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle (0-150) (Listed) Held up in the pack - urged into contention passing the 5th where a heavy blunder followed - still struggling for progress in 14th at the second-last - checked severely at the final fence and no threat at the finish | 13/18 | 15 | 10-10 | 128 | 47C | 108C | Brian Hayes | 50/1 |
| 14 May 24+10d | Killarney | FEXCO Handicap | 10/12 | 5½ | 9-13 | 90 | 102C | 84C | Colin Keane | 11/2 |
| 04 May 24+50d | Punchestown | Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle (Grade 1) | 10/10 | 1¾ | 11-0 | 128 | 88A | 116A | Mark Walsh | 28/1 |
| 15 Mar 24+41d | Cheltenham | JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 9/12 | ½ | 11-2 | — | 80C | 122C | Rachael Blackmore | 33/1 |
| 03 Feb 24+19d | Leopardstown | Mccann Fitzgerald Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) | 8/11 | 8½ | 11-0 | — | 78A | 121A | Rachael Blackmore | 11/1 |
| 15 Jan 24+283d | Punchestown | Bet Victor Proud To Support Irish Racing Maiden Hurdle | 1/18 | 11-7 | — | — | 140A | Sean O'Keeffe | 6/4F | |
| 07 Apr 23+29d | Saint-Cloud (FR) | Prix Caracalla (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf) | 3/6 | 1¼ | 9-0 | — | — | — | Aurelien Lemaitre | 47/10 |
| 09 Mar 23+33d | Saint-Cloud (FR) | Prix Gris Perle (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf) | 3/6 | 2 | 9-0 | — | — | — | Aurelien Lemaitre | 7/5F |
| 04 Feb 23+21d | Deauville (FR) | Prix de Fervaques (Maiden) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) | 1/9 | 9-2 | — | — | — | Aurelien Lemaitre | 7/10F | |
| 14 Jan 23+32d | Chantilly (FR) | Prix des Trois Clairieres (Maiden) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) | 2/12 | hd | 9-2 | — | — | — | Aurelien Lemaitre | 6/4F |
| 13 Dec 22 | Chantilly (FR) | Prix de l'Eperon (Conditions) (2yo Colts & Geldings) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) | 2/16 | 1¼ | 8-11 | — | — | — | Aurelien Lemaitre | 61/10 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Highwind (FR) won?
- Highwind (FR) won 2 of 18 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 5 times in total (27.8% of starts).
- Who trains Highwind (FR)?
- Highwind (FR) is trained by W. P. Mullins, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 10 October 2026.
- Who is Highwind (FR)'s sire?
- Highwind (FR) is by Zarak (FR) out of Forecaster (GB), whose sire is Fastnet Rock.
- What going does Highwind (FR) prefer?
- Highwind (FR) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Highwind (FR)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 10 October 2026. The highest on record is 128.
- What is Highwind (FR)'s sire's record?
- Zarak (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.4% of 1,974 runs since Jan 2008 (327 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 11% from 364. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 21% from 243. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7% from 201.
- Who are Highwind (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Forecaster (GB), Highwind (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.