How many races has Hilltop's Surprise won?

Hilltop's Surprise (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2022.

Who trained Hilltop's Surprise?

Hilltop's Surprise (IRE) was trained by James McAuley on the most recent run on record, at Sligo on 3 August 2022.

Who is Hilltop's Surprise's sire?

Hilltop's Surprise (IRE) is by Buratino (IRE) out of Skathi (FR), whose sire is Cape Blanco.

What is Hilltop's Surprise's sire's record?

Buratino (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 1,885 runs since Mar 2020 (118 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.2% from 119.

Who are Hilltop's Surprise's siblings?

Out of Skathi (FR), Hilltop's Surprise (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Horse profile

Hilltop's Surprise (IRE)

2yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2022) · Last trainer James McAuley · Last owner James Mcauley

by Buratino (IRE) out of Skathi (FR) (Cape Blanco)

1 run · 1 course · from Aug 2022

As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 3 Aug 2022 — 1,554 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Aug 2022 · 6th of 6

KTB Profile

Hilltop's Surprise ran once and finished 6 of 6 at Sligo in Aug 2022 in the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden on soft ground over under 6f. The gelding is by Buratino whose progeny have won 141 of 1,882 runs since Jan 2008. His dam produced one sibling that ran and did not win. He was trained by James McAuley.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 2026

0–1Wins / Runs
0%Strike rate
0 (0%)Placed
−1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP

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 →

Flat 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 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 7^C the best of the last 1 rated run · Sligo, 3 Aug 2022

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 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

Buratino (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 1,885 runs since Mar 2020 (118 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 4.2% from 119.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	4	0	0%	−7.5	—
Good to Firm	131	7	5.3%	−2.2	—
Good	511	44	8.6%	+1.1	—
Good to Soft	195	13	6.7%	−0.8	—
Soft	316	24	7.6%	+0.1	0 from 1
Heavy	119	5	4.2%	−3.3	—
Standard (AW)	609	49	8%	+0.5	—

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	144	13	9%	+1.5	0 from 1
6f – 7f	690	55	8%	+0.5	—
1m – 1m1f	379	26	6.9%	−0.6	—
1m2f – 1m4f	287	20	7%	−0.5	—
1m5f – 2m	242	18	7.4%	−0.1	—
2m1f – 2m4f	116	8	6.9%	−0.6	—
2m5f – 3m	26	2	7.7%	+0.2	—
Over 3m	1	0	0%	−7.5	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2020 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Skathi (FR) (Cape Blanco)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Mr Lauda (IRE)	4	0	—	—

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

Form

Date	Course	Race	Pos	Btn	Wgt	Spd	KTB	Jockey	SP
2022 · 1 run
03 Aug 22	Sligo	Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden 5½f · Yielding · 6 ran	6/6	21	8-13	15^C	7^C	Shane Foley	14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Hilltop's Surprise won?: Hilltop's Surprise (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2022.
Who trained Hilltop's Surprise?: Hilltop's Surprise (IRE) was trained by James McAuley on the most recent run on record, at Sligo on 3 August 2022.
Who is Hilltop's Surprise's sire?: Hilltop's Surprise (IRE) is by Buratino (IRE) out of Skathi (FR), whose sire is Cape Blanco.
What is Hilltop's Surprise's sire's record?: Buratino (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 1,885 runs since Mar 2020 (118 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.2% from 119.
Who are Hilltop's Surprise's siblings?: Out of Skathi (FR), Hilltop's Surprise (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.