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Hilltop Duchess (IRE)

6yo mare · Trainer S Curling · Owner S Curling
by Kingston Hill (GB) out of Shocona (IRE) (Oscar Schindler)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Sep 2025
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 8 Jan 2026 · 10th of 17
KTB Profile

Hilltop Duchess is a Kingston Hill mare who is yet to win from three starts on turf. She has raced once at each of Clonmel, Navan and Listowel, and has been unplaced on heavy and soft ground over trips from 1m5f to 3m. Her last run, at Clonmel in Jan 2026, saw her finish 10 of 17 in the Kilsheelan Mares Maiden Hurdle.

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Sep 2025 · updated 1 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 20 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Navan, 16 Nov 2025

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 3 figures · best 64C · median 58
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Heavy264C422 runs · 64 / 42
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 run · —
1m5f – 2m1——1 run · —
2m5f – 3m1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 92C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Clonmel, 8 Jan 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 3 figures · best 92C · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Heavy292C912 runs · 92 / 91
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 run · —
1m5f – 2m1——1 run · —
2m5f – 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 from 3 analysed runs since Sep 2025

  • Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 1,647 runs since Apr 2019 (204 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 5.4% from 168.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm32618.8%+9.7—
Good5515910.7%+1.6—
Good to Soft412389.2%+0.1—
Soft383318.1%−10 from 1
Heavy16895.4%−3.70 from 2
Standard (AW)10176.9%−2.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f500%−9.1—
6f – 7f4137.3%−1.8—
1m – 1m1f4312.3%−6.8—
1m2f – 1m4f9966.1%−3—
1m5f – 2m5135410.5%+1.40 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f580549.3%+0.20 from 1
2m5f – 3m304237.6%−1.50 from 1
Over 3m62914.5%+5.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Shocona (IRE) (Oscar Schindler)

7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Western General (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–3m½f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Shantreusse (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Western General (IRE)2151m7½f–2m2½fClass 2
Shantreusse (IRE)2032m–3mGrade 3
Henry's Joy (IRE)2722m4f–2m4½fClass 2
Juniper Hill (IRE)1522m7½f–3m½f—
Reilly's Pocket (IRE)10——
Stealing Kisses (IRE)70——
Shocona's Joy (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 1 0 0% −1.00
2025 2 0 0% −2.00

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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
08 Jan 26+53d Clonmel Kilsheelan Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m1f · Heavy · 17 ran Settled in the pack - unable to find more from three out - well held at finish 10/17 4¼ 10-13 64C92C Phillip Enright 16/1
2025 · 2 runs
16 Nov 25+56d Navan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 22 ran Held up towards the back of the pack - made no headway from three out - well beaten in 13th 13/22 shd 11-7 20B90A Phillip Enright 125/1
21 Sep 25 Listowel Dairygold Maiden Hurdle 2m6f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran Held up towards the back - still 8th after 7 furlongs - lost touch before 2 out and dropped away to finish last 8/10 3¼ 11-5 58C90C Phillip Enright 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Hilltop Duchess won?
Hilltop Duchess (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2025 and 2026.
Who trains Hilltop Duchess?
Hilltop Duchess (IRE) is trained by S Curling, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 8 January 2026.
Who is Hilltop Duchess's sire?
Hilltop Duchess (IRE) is by Kingston Hill (GB) out of Shocona (IRE), whose sire is Oscar Schindler.
What is Hilltop Duchess's sire's record?
Kingston Hill (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 1,647 runs since Apr 2019 (204 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 5.4% from 168.
Who are Hilltop Duchess's siblings?
Out of Shocona (IRE), Hilltop Duchess (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Western General (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Shantreusse (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2025. 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.