Honest Desire (GB)
Honest Desire won his only race from five starts in a Class 4 nursery at Kempton over 6f-7f on standard AW in Dec 2023. The Frankel gelding, who raced off a mark of 78 at his last run, had shown placed form on two of his previous outings. All three AW starts came at Kempton where he recorded his sole success. He never raced on turf after his first two starts on good ground.
- 1–5Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 2 (40%)Placed
- −2.38£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.96Fair A/E n=5 · 0.82 incl. margin
- 78Highest OR
- 15dBetween runs (median)
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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 102
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 102A | 81 | — |
| Good | 2 | 74A | 71.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 102A | 78 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,531 runs since May 2016 (880 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.2% from 270.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,280 | 259 | 20.2% | +2.2 | — |
| Good | 1,915 | 362 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,022 | 175 | 17.1% | −0.9 | — |
| Soft | 1,118 | 163 | 14.6% | −3.4 | — |
| Heavy | 329 | 42 | 12.8% | −5.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,852 | 350 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 65 | 11 | 16.9% | −1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,265 | 236 | 18.7% | +0.7 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,982 | 372 | 18.8% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,882 | 546 | 18.9% | +0.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 972 | 151 | 15.5% | −2.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 270 | 33 | 12.2% | −5.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −10.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −18 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2016 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Troia (GB) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Listed (Troia (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troia (GB) | 7 | 3 | 6f–1m | Listed |
| Accademia (GB) | 8 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 5 |
| Dark Desire (GB) | 5 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Nawras (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.38 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.38 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| James Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.38 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Dec 23+28d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Nursery | 1/7 | 9-2 | 78 | 102A | 93A | William Buick | 13/8F | |
| 08 Nov 23+35d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Nursery | 6/12 | ¾ | 9-8 | 78 | 81A | 79A | James Doyle | 2/1F |
| 04 Oct 23+14d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 2/12 | 1 | 9-7 | — | 75A | 94A | William Buick | 3/1J |
| 20 Sep 23+15d | Yarmouth | EBF Future Stayers Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/12 | nk | 9-7 | — | 69A | 88A | Harry Davies | 17/2 |
| 05 Sep 23 | Goodwood | British EBF 40th Anniversary Peter Willett Future Stayers' Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/9 | 1½ | 9-7 | — | 74A | 78A | William Buick | 11/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Honest Desire won?
- Honest Desire (GB) won 1 of 5 archived starts in 2023, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 2 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trained Honest Desire?
- Honest Desire (GB) was trained by Charlie Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 6 December 2023.
- Who is Honest Desire's sire?
- Honest Desire (GB) is by Frankel (GB) out of Umniyah (IRE), whose sire is Shamardal.
- What going does Honest Desire prefer?
- Honest Desire (GB) 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 Honest Desire's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 6 December 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Honest Desire's sire's record?
- Frankel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,531 runs since May 2016 (880 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.2% from 270.
- Who are Honest Desire's siblings?
- Out of Umniyah (IRE), Honest Desire (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Troia (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Listed (Troia (GB)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Nov 2026.