Honest Opinion (GB)
Honest Opinion (GB) is a lightly raced mare with no wins or places from two starts between Apr 2023 and May 2025. By Black Sam Bellamy whose progeny have won 10.3% of 4,680 runs since Jan 2008, she is out of a dam who has produced four winners from eight runners to race, including Monbeg Legend with six wins. Her last run, at Cheltenham in May 2025, was her first for the yard and she finished 6 of 8 in the Class 4 Cheltenham And South West Racing Club Mares Open Hunters Chase on good ground. She raced once at Exeter and once over 2m5f to 3m.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 742dBetween runs (median)
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 66C | 64.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,686 runs since Mar 2008 (466 horses).
Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 112 | 10 | 8.9% | −1.4 | — |
| Good | 1,335 | 113 | 8.5% | −1.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,074 | 98 | 9.1% | −1.2 | — |
| Soft | 1,408 | 168 | 11.9% | +1.6 | — |
| Heavy | 627 | 83 | 13.2% | +2.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 126 | 11 | 8.7% | −1.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −3.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 29 | 2 | 6.9% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 145 | 8 | 5.5% | −4.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,307 | 152 | 11.6% | +1.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,499 | 142 | 9.5% | −0.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,321 | 141 | 10.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 371 | 37 | 10% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Monbeg Legend (GB) (6 wins).
The wins came over 2m4f–3m5f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Monbeg Legend (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monbeg Legend (GB) | 17 | 6 | 2m4f–2m6½f | Class 3 |
| Whydah Gally (GB) | 26 | 4 | 2m4f–3m5f | Class 3 |
| Cleve Cottage (GB) | 23 | 2 | 2m7½f–3m1½f | Class 4 |
| Absolute Jaffa (GB) | 11 | 2 | 2m4f–2m5f | Class 4 |
| Higher Ground (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Twister Mix (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Mad For The Craic (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| The Black Tara (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 02 May 25+742d | Cheltenham | Cheltenham And South West Racing Club Mares' Open Hunters' Chase Settled in 5th early - blundered at the 14th - dropped away and beaten far in finishing 6th | 6/8 | 39 | 11-1 | 63C | 75C | Mr Rian Corcoran | 66/1 |
| 2023 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 23 | Exeter | Totnes And Bridgetown Races Co Ltd Intermediate Hunters' Chase | 9/9 | 5½ | 10-12 | 66C | 70C | Miss Charlotte Summersby | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Honest Opinion won?
- Honest Opinion (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts between 2023 and 2025.
- Who trained Honest Opinion?
- Honest Opinion (GB) was trained by Mrs E Summersby on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 2 May 2025.
- Who is Honest Opinion's sire?
- Honest Opinion (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Reverse Swing (GB), whose sire is Charmer.
- What is Honest Opinion's sire's record?
- Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,686 runs since Mar 2008 (466 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
- Who are Honest Opinion's siblings?
- Out of Reverse Swing (GB), Honest Opinion (GB) has 8 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Monbeg Legend (GB) (6). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Monbeg Legend (GB)). The wins came over 2m4f–3m5f. As at Nov 2026.