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Horse profile

Hilltown (IRE)

8yo gelding · Trainer Seamus Mullins · Owner S Mullins Racing Club
by Battle Of Marengo (IRE) out of California Rose (GB) (Oratorio)
24 runs · 10 courses · from Mar 2022
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Plumpton Headgear returns LTO Last run 6 Apr 2026 Last raced off OR 69
KTB Profile

Hilltown is a gelding with two wins from 24 starts on turf, both at Class 5 level over 3m. He won the Gordon And Angela Ashdown Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase at Plumpton in Apr 2024 on good ground off 73 and the Tie The Knot Wedding Catering Handicap Hurdle at the same course in Apr 2023 on soft ground off 87. He has ten runs at Plumpton for both wins. His last run, at Plumpton in Apr 2026, was off an official rating of 69 and headgear returned.

Based on 24 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since Dec 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 5 OR ↓ 24lb off peak
Official rating69↓ 24lb off peak
69 69–93

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 71 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Fontwell, 11 Jan 2026

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 15 figures · best 141A · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good6141A116—
Good to Soft4104B62.51 run · —
Soft378C771 run · —
Heavy271A69.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Over 3m7141A781 run · —
2m1f – 2m4f377C611 run · —
1m5f – 2m3115A104—
2m5f – 3m289A78.5—

Of 24 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: did not complete (5) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 24 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 102B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Plumpton, 1 Apr 2024 Official rating 69 at the last run, 6 Apr 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 17 figures · best 114B · median 95
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good6112A104—
Good to Soft5101B951 run · —
Soft4114B951 run · —
Heavy287B85.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Over 3m8114B1031 run · —
2m1f – 2m4f3101C951 run · —
2m5f – 3m392C87—
1m5f – 2m3112A101—

Of 24 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (7).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 24 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 5 analysed runs since Dec 2025

  • Held up 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (20%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Battle Of Marengo (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 957 runs since Jan 2008 (89 horses).

Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 12.6% from 199.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm56712.5%+5.1—
Good247176.9%−0.51 from 8
Good to Soft14374.9%−2.50 from 8
Soft257197.4%01 from 6
Heavy118108.5%+1.10 from 2
Standard (AW)135118.1%+0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f9111.1%+3.7—
6f – 7f8733.4%−4—
1m – 1m1f9766.2%−1.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1992512.6%+5.2—
1m5f – 2m225167.1%−0.30 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f229146.1%−1.30 from 5
2m5f – 3m9033.3%−4.10 from 4
Over 3m21314.3%+6.92 from 12

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
California Rose (GB) (Oratorio)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Elle Est Rose (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 1 13% −5.12
Good to Soft 8 0 0% −8.00
Soft 6 1 17% −1.67
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 21 2 10% −13.79
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Plumpton 10 2 20% −2.79
Fontwell 4 0 0% −4.00
Wincanton 2 0 0% −2.00
Exeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Over 3m 12 2 17% −4.79
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Micheal Nolan 10 1 10% −5.67
Daniel Sansom 3 0 0% −3.00
Bradley Harris 3 1 33% −0.12
Ellis Collier 2 0 0% −2.00
Benjamin Macey 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Smith 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss Daisy Warden 1 0 0% −1.00
James Best 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Jones 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Paddy Barlow 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 20 2 10% −12.79
Cheekpieces 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 3 0 0% −3.00
2024 4 1 25% −1.12
2023 10 1 10% −5.67
2022 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 12 1 8% −7.67
Chase 10 1 10% −7.12
NH Flat 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 3 runs
06 Apr 26+28d Plumpton BetGoodwin Download The App Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 25f · Good · 6 ran Held up at the back - alternating between comfortable and under pressure - lost touch four out and eased to a halt PU/6 — 10-2 69—— Benjamin Macey 14/1
09 Mar 26+57d Plumpton DragonBet The Roar Before Cheltenham Dragonboosts Handicap Chase Class 5 · 25.5f · Good To Soft · 5 ran Sat close to the front pack early - pushed along and dropped away after the 14th - pulled up before two out PU/5 — 9-13 73—— Ben Smith 9/2
11 Jan 26+26d Fontwell tigerbet.co.uk Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 26f · Soft · 11 ran Set the early pace before yielding it briefly - back in front approaching the 3rd - pressed and driven along 3 out - overtaken 2 out with nothing left to give - flattened out and lost touch from the last 5/11 ¾ 9-11 7471B74A Ellis Collier 28/1
2025 · 3 runs
16 Dec 25+15d Wincanton PricedUp.Bet Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 25f · Soft · 10 ran Held up at back of field - dropped away and eased out of contention before 4 out PU/10 — 10-4 76—— Ellis Collier 25/1
01 Dec 25+14d Plumpton Extech Cloud Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 20f · Good To Soft · 5 ran Settled just off the pace early - driven approaching 10th then slipped away from the pack 3 out - finished well adrift in 3rd 3/5 62 11-0 8042C77C Daniel Sansom 14/1
17 Nov 25+575d Plumpton BPL Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Good · 9 ran Pulled up shortly after the start PU/9 — 9-10 80—— Miss Daisy Warden 10/1
2024 · 4 runs
21 Apr 24+20d Stratford Racecourse Streams On Racing TV Extra Handicap Chase Class 5 · 27.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran UR/10 — 10-8 83—— Bradley Harris 2/1F
01 Apr 24+21d Plumpton Gordon And Angela Ashdown Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 25.5f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 9-13 7359A102B Bradley Harris 15/8F
11 Mar 24+65d Plumpton cheltenhamfestival.com Handicap Chase Class 5 · 25.5f · Soft · 7 ran 2/7 9½ 10-1 73—89B Bradley Harris 6/4F
06 Jan 24+26d Wincanton Virgin Bet Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 25f · Heavy · 6 ran 3/6 22 10-4 7671A84B Micheal Nolan 7/2
2023 · 10 runs
11 Dec 23+22d Lingfield Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Chase Class 5 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran PU/12 — 10-4 81—— James Best 9/1
19 Nov 23+13d Fontwell BetGoodwin Supports UK Racing Handicap Chase Class 5 · 21.5f · Heavy · 5 ran 3/5 12 10-11 8368C87B Micheal Nolan 9/4
06 Nov 23+30d Plumpton Roger And Jenny Farrant Diamond Wedding Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7/11 1 11-0 8661A95A Micheal Nolan 6/1
07 Oct 23+132d Fontwell Download The Vickers.bet.app Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 26f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 16 10-10 87117A104A Daniel Sansom 13/2
28 May 23+27d Uttoxeter Alan Mayne 80th Birthday Celebration Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 23.5f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 20 10-10 8889A84B Daniel Sansom 3/1
01 May 23+21d Warwick Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 25f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 1 11-4 88141A105A Micheal Nolan 4/1J
10 Apr 23+42d Plumpton Tie The Knot Wedding Catering Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 25f · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 11-1 8778C114B Micheal Nolan 10/3F
27 Feb 23+29d Plumpton Coral Racing Club Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 25f · Good · 13 ran 4/13 1½ 11-3 89123B104A Micheal Nolan 12/1
29 Jan 23+27d Fontwell Cazoo Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 10/13 43 11-3 93—92C Micheal Nolan 25/1
02 Jan 23+31d Plumpton Free Bet Nose Losers At BetGoodwin EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20.5f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 7 11-4 —77C101C Micheal Nolan 40/1
2022 · 4 runs
02 Dec 22+36d Exeter British Stallion Studs EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 6/17 2¼ 11-0 —64B95A Micheal Nolan 80/1
27 Oct 22+192d Worcester FBC Manby Bowdler Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-2 ——— Micheal Nolan 50/1
18 Apr 22+27d Chepstow Happy Retirement Dan Fortt Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 5½ 10-8 —115A112A Ben Jones 13/2
22 Mar 22 Exeter Exeter Supports Point-To-Point Maiden NH Flat Race (Amateur Jockeys) (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 2/6 17 10-9 —104B101B Mr Paddy Barlow 9/2

Quick answers

How many races has Hilltown won?
Hilltown (IRE) won 2 of 24 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 6 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trains Hilltown?
Hilltown (IRE) is trained by Seamus Mullins, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 April 2026.
Who is Hilltown's sire?
Hilltown (IRE) is by Battle Of Marengo (IRE) out of California Rose (GB), whose sire is Oratorio.
What going does Hilltown prefer?
Hilltown (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Hilltown's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 69, from the run on 6 April 2026. The highest on record is 93.
What is Hilltown's sire's record?
Battle Of Marengo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 957 runs since Jan 2008 (89 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 12.6% from 199.
Who are Hilltown's siblings?
Out of California Rose (GB), Hilltown (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2022. 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.