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Horse profile

Independent Lady (GER)

5yo mare · Trainer Nicky Henderson · Owner The Garratt Family
by Lord Of England (GER) out of I Think So (GER) (So You Think)
7 runs · 5 courses · from Oct 2025
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Hereford Last run 16 Oct 2026 · 2nd of 10 Last raced off OR 95
KTB Profile

Independent Lady won a Class 5 mares novices handicap hurdle at Hereford in Mar 2026 on good ground off an official rating of 90. The mare has one win and two places from seven starts on turf all at Class 5 with her sole success coming over 2m1f – 2m4f. She usually races prominently. Her last run at Uttoxeter in Oct 2026 saw her finish second of 10 off a mark of 95.

Based on 7 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Oct 2025 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically prominent Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 136 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Uttoxeter, 16 Oct 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 7 figures · best 136A · median 95
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Good to Soft4110B90.53 runs · 110 / 95
Good3136A1193 runs · 136 / 119
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m4136A983 runs · 136 / 110
2m1f – 2m4f3119A953 runs · 119 / 95

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 24 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 119B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hereford, 18 Mar 2026 Official rating 95 at the last run, 16 Oct 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 — 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 →

Jumps 7 figures · best 119B · median 102
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Good to Soft4104A973 runs · 102 / 92
Good3119B1183 runs · 119 / 118
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m4118A1033 runs · 118 / 102
2m1f – 2m4f3119B923 runs · 119 / 92

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 24 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 6 analysed runs since Oct 2025

  • Prominent 4 (67%) · 1 win
  • Mid-division 2 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Lord Of England (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 1,096 runs since Sep 2010 (151 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 17.4% from 109. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.3% from 284. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7% from 142.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm20840%+29.6—
Good243249.9%−0.51 from 3
Good to Soft187168.6%−1.80 from 4
Soft2512811.2%+0.8—
Heavy1091917.4%+7—
Standard (AW)284186.3%−4.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f10220%+9.6—
6f – 7f142107%−3.4—
1m – 1m1f261249.2%−1.2—
1m2f – 1m4f2883110.8%+0.4—
1m5f – 2m2192913.2%+2.80 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f1291410.9%+0.51 from 3
2m5f – 3m40410%−0.4—
Over 3m700%−10.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2010 · as at 7 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
I Think So (GER) (So You Think)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 3 1 33% +1.33

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 4 1 25% +0.33
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Hereford 2 1 50% +2.33
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 1 33% +1.33

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Nico de Boinville 6 1 17% −1.67
Paddy Hanlon 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 5 1 20% −0.67
2025 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 6 1 17% −1.67
NH Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 5 runs
16 Oct 26+193d Uttoxeter We Buy Cars On The Go Handicap Hurdle Race Class 5 · 2m · Good · 10 ran Settled in third early - moved up to hit the front 2 out and built a three length gap - advantage cut and blundered at the last - overtaken soon after on the run-in - tired late but hung on for second 2/10 2½ 11-4 95136A118A Nico de Boinville 8/1
06 Apr 26+19d Hereford Wye Valley Group Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3½f · Good · 6 ran Handy in the early running - pushed along and dropped from second spot before 2 out - soon fell away 4/6 22 11-10 9579C88C Nico de Boinville 4/6F
18 Mar 26+21d Hereford Enjoy Coneleys Fun Fair This March Mares' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3½f · Good · 8 ran Handy early - moved into second before 3 out with a slight mistake - pushed up to challenge the pace after 2 out - hit the front before the last - held on under pressure and found more late to score 1/8 11-10 90119A119B Nico de Boinville 10/3
25 Feb 26+33d Wincanton Happy 18th Birthday James Dunford Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 1m7f · Good To Soft · 18 ran Settled in the pack - closed on the front group before two out - pressed for effort near the last then lost momentum on the run to the line 8/18 3¼ 11-0 —110B102A Nico de Boinville 80/1
23 Jan 26+61d Warwick Best Odds Guarenteed At Betano Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 16 ran Fighting for head early - settled just behind the pace - pressed for effort and dropped away before 2 out - well held at the finish 8/16 15 11-5 —95C92C Nico de Boinville 80/1
2025 · 2 runs
23 Nov 25+23d Windsor Fitzdares Telephone & Text Betting Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 8 ran Stumbled badly at the opening fence - held a midfield position before fading approaching 3 out - driven but couldn't quicken and beaten well into 6th 6/8 4 11-0 —54C81C Nico de Boinville 5/1
31 Oct 25 Uttoxeter QuinnBet NH Flat Race (Conditional And Amateur Jockeys) (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 10 ran Settled around midfield - urged forward with 5f left - kept going without threatening the front - finished fourth 4/10 5½ 10-3 —86A104A Paddy Hanlon 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Independent Lady won?
Independent Lady (GER) won 1 of 7 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 2 times in total (28.6% of starts).
Who trains Independent Lady?
Independent Lady (GER) is trained by Nicky Henderson, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 16 October 2026.
Who is Independent Lady's sire?
Independent Lady (GER) is by Lord Of England (GER) out of I Think So (GER), whose sire is So You Think.
What going does Independent Lady prefer?
Independent Lady (GER) has the best record on good 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 Independent Lady's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 16 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Independent Lady's sire's record?
Lord Of England (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 1,096 runs since Sep 2010 (151 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 17.4% from 109. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.3% from 284. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7% from 142.

Record shown from October 2025. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.