Horse profile
His Finest Hour (GB)
by Churchill (IRE) out of Jadwiga (GB) (Pivotal)
16 runs · 11 courses · from Sep 2024
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Newbury & Wolverhampton (AW)
Last run 23 Sep 2026 · 12th of 12
Last raced off OR 68
KTB Profile
His Finest Hour is 2 from 16 with both wins at Class 5 level, one at Newbury over 1m2f – 1m4f on good to firm and one at Wolverhampton (AW) over 1m – 1m1f on standard. The gelding, by Churchill out of a Pivotal mare, usually races prominently. He last ran at Redcar in Sep 2026, finishing 12 of 12 off an official rating of 68.
Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 16 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
All wins at Class 5
- 2–16Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 6 (37.5%)Placed
- +1.00£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 1.05Fair A/E n=16 · 0.91 incl. margin
- 74Highest OR
- 18dBetween runs (median)longest 284 d
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 rating68↓ 6lb off peak
68
68–74
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 99
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 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 119A | 93 | — |
| Good | 4 | 105C | 96 | 4 runs · 105 / 96 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 108C | 104 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 88A | 85.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 12 | 119A | 93 | 4 runs · 105 / 83 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 99A | 95 | 1 run · — |
Of 16 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 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 16 analysed runs since Sep 2024
- Prominent 12 (75%) · 2 wins
- Led 2 (13%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (13%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,851 runs since Apr 2021 (462 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 648 | 79 | 12.2% | +1.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Good | 1,386 | 166 | 12% | +1 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 538 | 51 | 9.5% | −1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 724 | 63 | 8.7% | −2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 227 | 20 | 8.8% | −2.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,319 | 153 | 11.6% | +0.6 | 1 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 148 | 17 | 11.5% | +0.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,313 | 148 | 11.3% | +0.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,129 | 119 | 10.5% | −0.5 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,307 | 139 | 10.6% | −0.4 | 1 from 13 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 656 | 81 | 12.3% | +1.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 253 | 28 | 11.1% | +0.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 45 | 1 | 2.2% | −8.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2021 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Jadwiga (GB) (Pivotal)
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Autumn Leaves (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Silks Pass (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Leaves (GB) | 13 | 2 | 7f–1m2f | Class 5 |
| Silks Pass (GB) | 15 | 2 | 5f–7f | Class 4 |
| Mums Hope (GB) | 10 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Paroled (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.50 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.50 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 5 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +11.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.50 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 13 | 1 | 8% | −3.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Kingscote | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.50 |
| Joanna Mason | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.50 |
| Warren Fentiman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tyrese Cameron | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kaiya Fraser | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Probert | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.50 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Sep 26+12d | Redcar | Weatherbys & Birdie Calendars Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) Sat handy behind the front group - pressed for effort with 3f left - gave way inside the final furlong - eventually well beaten in 12th | 12/12 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 68 | 93A | 57A | Joanna Mason | 11/1 |
| 11 Sep 26+10d | Doncaster | Pertemps Network Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) Held handy position early - pressed for effort then faded 2f out - well held at finish | 15/17 | nk | 9-7 | 71 | 61C | 57A | Joanna Mason | 14/1 |
| 01 Sep 26+17d | Ripon | Napoleons Casino And Restaurant Leeds Apprentice Handicap Stakes Settled in behind early pace - nudged into contention approaching final 2f - unable to find more from 1f out and finished fifth | 5/7 | 1¼ | 9-12 | 71 | 73A | 77A | Warren Fentiman | 5/2F |
| 15 Aug 26+12d | Ripon | William Hill World Free From MND Handicap Stakes Sped clear early - lost front spot after a furlong - tracked the pace in second - regained command 2f out - pushed along when overtaken 1f out and unable to trouble winner inside final 110yds | 2/10 | 3¾ | 9-2 | 71 | 99A | 95A | Joanna Mason | 22/1 |
| 03 Aug 26+284d | Ripon | North Yorkshire Ice Cream Championship 2026 Handicap Stakes Sat close up early - urged into contention before 2f out and edged in front - overtaken close home - unable to find more finished third | 3/5 | 2½ | 9-5 | 73 | 105C | 77B | Clifford Lee | 12/1 |
| 2025 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Oct 25+39d | Southwell (AW) | Midnite Are Upping The Betting Game Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Tracked the front group early - pressed forward inside the final furlong and kept responding - edged out in a tight finish | 2/12 | shd | 9-0 | 71 | 119A | 91A | Paul Mulrennan | 10/1 |
| 14 Sep 25+35d | Doncaster | I Love Julie Parkes Handicap (GBBPlus Race) (Div 1) Tracked the front group early - driven approaching 3f out and briefly moved into second 2f out - dropped back with a furlong left - weakened to finish sixth | 6/11 | 1½ | 9-10 | 72 | 88A | 79A | Billy Loughnane | 13/2 |
| 10 Aug 25+10d | Haydock | Enter ITV7 For Free Apprentice Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Tracked the pace group on the rail - roused into contention 3f out - pushed along with 2f left - hit the front a furlong out - overtaken close home and held for second | 2/8 | 3½ | 9-4 | 72 | 97A | 78A | Tyrese Cameron | 5/1 |
| 31 Jul 25+13d | Epsom Downs | Sporting Times Sri Lanka Apprentice Handicap Settled among the front group early - still up there passing the 3f marker - pushed into second inside the final furlong - stayed on but held by winner close home finishing runner-up | 2/5 | 4 | 9-10 | 74 | 83C | 85B | Kaiya Fraser | 11/8F |
| 18 Jul 25+15d | Newbury | Pump Technology Services Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Hit the front early - sat close to pace before pushed alongside with a furlong left - lost momentum in the closing stages to finish 4th | 4/5 | 1 | 9-6 | 74 | 108C | 77B | Hollie Doyle | 9/2 |
| 03 Jul 25+19d | Newbury | Grosvenor Sport Cash Back Everday Handicap Settled just behind the front group - urged into contention and holding second two out - kept responding under pressure - hit the front inside the final furlong to score | 1/7 | 9-12 | 71 | 104B | 86A | Hollie Doyle | 17/2 | |
| 14 Jun 25+18d | Chester | Summer Saturday On 28th June Handicap Sat close to pace on rail - dropped away swiftly with 3f left - soon well held | PU/10 | — | 9-5 | 71 | — | — | Richard Kingscote | 16/1 |
| 27 May 25+166d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Settled towards the back early - made no impression through the race - finished well beaten in 11th | 11/13 | 1 | 9-6 | 73 | 95B | 67A | Richard Kingscote | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Dec 24+54d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Sky Bet For The Fans Handicap Fretting before the off - slow to break and settled at the tail - unable to challenge and finished eighth | 8/9 | ½ | 9-6 | 74 | 93A | 68A | Richard Kingscote | 5/1 |
| 19 Oct 24+39d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled handy early - asked for effort to hit front 2f out - challenged strongly inside final furlong - kept finding under pressure to edge clear at the finish | 1/7 | 9-5 | — | 86A | 84B | Richard Kingscote | 13/2 | |
| 10 Sep 24 | Lingfield (AW) | Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Handy in the pack early - pushed for effort with 3f left - unable to find more and dropped away inside the final furlong | 3/5 | 6 | 9-7 | — | 88C | 62B | David Probert | 9/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has His Finest Hour won?
- His Finest Hour (GB) won 2 of 16 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 6 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trains His Finest Hour?
- His Finest Hour (GB) is trained by Tina Jackson, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 23 September 2026.
- Who is His Finest Hour's sire?
- His Finest Hour (GB) is by Churchill (IRE) out of Jadwiga (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does His Finest Hour prefer?
- His Finest Hour (GB) has the best record on good to firm 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 His Finest Hour's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 68, from the run on 23 September 2026. The highest on record is 74.
- What is His Finest Hour's sire's record?
- Churchill (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,851 runs since Apr 2021 (462 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are His Finest Hour's siblings?
- Out of Jadwiga (GB), His Finest Hour (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Autumn Leaves (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Silks Pass (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.