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Horse profile

Iron Horse (GB)

13yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2024) · Last trainer Richard Phillips · Last owner The Somedays Here Racing Partnership
by Kayf Tara (GB) out of What A Vintage (IRE) (Un Desperado)
19 runs · 9 courses · from Mar 2017
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 10 Jan 2024 — 1,029 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2024 Won at Uttoxeter Last raced off OR 98
KTB Profile

Iron Horse won one of 19 starts, the success coming in a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft in May 2019. The gelding, by Kayf Tara out of a daughter of Un Desperado, raced on turf throughout his career and reached a highest official rating of 120. He last ran at Doncaster in Jan 2024 off a mark of 98, 22lb below his career-high mark.

Based on 19 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 22lb off peak
Official rating98↓ 22lb off peak
98 96–120

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 123 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Leicester, 1 Dec 2022

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 11 figures · best 129B · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft494C87.5—
Good3129B114—
Good to Soft3123A119—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8129B87.5—
2m5f – 3m2114B104—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 19 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 19 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 119B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leicester, 1 Dec 2022 Official rating 98 at the last run, 10 Jan 2024

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 15 figures · best 127B · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft5126A101—
Good to Soft4127B113—
Heavy3109B104—
Good3126A103—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10127B108—
2m5f – 3m4105C100.5—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 19 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 19 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Kayf Tara (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,755 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1300%−12.6—
Good to Firm5296011.3%−1.3—
Good4,49952511.7%−0.90 from 3
Good to Soft3,05335911.8%−0.81 from 5
Soft3,76049313.1%+0.50 from 8
Heavy1,70827716.2%+3.60 from 3
Standard (AW)1932412.4%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−12.6—
1m – 1m1f2400%−12.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1631811%−1.6—
1m5f – 2m3,97952213.1%+0.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f4,76659312.4%−0.21 from 13
2m5f – 3m3,81747912.5%−0.10 from 5
Over 3m1,00412612.5%−0.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
What A Vintage (IRE) (Un Desperado)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Master Vintage (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Master Vintage (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Master Vintage (GB)2831m7½f–2m4fClass 4
What A Tempest (GB)70——
Vinaigrette (GB)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Soft 5 1 20% −1.75
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 15 1 7% −11.75
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Uttoxeter 5 1 20% −1.75
Chepstow 3 0 0% −3.00
Leicester 3 0 0% −3.00
Doncaster 2 0 0% −2.00
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 13 1 8% −9.75
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Daniel Hiskett 9 1 11% −5.75
Tom Bellamy 7 0 0% −7.00
Adam Wedge 2 0 0% −2.00
Harry Atkins 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 14 1 7% −10.75
None 5 0 0% −5.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 3 0 0% −3.00
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 1 0 0% −1.00
2020 3 0 0% −3.00
2019 5 1 20% −1.75
2018 3 0 0% −3.00
2017 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 12 1 8% −8.75
Chase 6 0 0% −6.00
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
2024 · 1 run
10 Jan 24+45d Doncaster Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 'Hands And Heels' Handicap Hurdle (Conditional And Amateur Jockeys') Class 5 · 3m½f · Good To Soft · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-11 98—— Harry Atkins 40/1
2023 · 3 runs
26 Nov 23+162d Uttoxeter Favourite From The Sun Now Daily Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m4f · Heavy · 8 ran 7/8 37 11-5 96—92C Adam Wedge 11/1
17 Jun 23+90d Uttoxeter Groundshore Cup Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 50 11-6 10159C91C Tom Bellamy 7/1
19 Mar 23+108d Chepstow Cazoo Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m3½f · Soft · 15 ran F/15 — 12-1 101—— Tom Bellamy 16/1
2022 · 2 runs
01 Dec 22+302d Leicester Dale Hall & Hickman Associates Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 6½ 11-2 106123A119B Tom Bellamy 22/1
02 Feb 22+49d Leicester Next Meeting At leicesterraces Thursday 17th February Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-9 110—— Daniel Hiskett 11/1
2021 · 1 run
15 Dec 21+401d Leicester leicesterraces Christmas Meeting 28th December Book Now Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Soft · 10 ran 2/10 4¼ 11-7 11081A126A Tom Bellamy 22/1
2020 · 3 runs
09 Nov 20+247d Chepstow Nicholls Says Seelotmorebusiness Future Champion Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m7½f · Soft · 10 ran 7/10 6 11-12 11394C105C Daniel Hiskett 33/1
07 Mar 20+43d Hereford Visit attheraces.com/cheltenham Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m5f · Soft · 7 ran 5/7 15 11-4 117—96B Daniel Hiskett 8/1
24 Jan 20+57d Doncaster Sky Bet Britain's Most Popular Online Bookmaker Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 5/11 1½ 11-9 12059A107A Daniel Hiskett 8/1
2019 · 5 runs
28 Nov 19+186d Ffos Las West Wales Properties Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m4f · Heavy · 5 ran 2/5 30 11-1 120—104B Daniel Hiskett 4/1
26 May 19+30d Uttoxeter Signal 80's Now On Dab Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 10-13 110119A127B Daniel Hiskett 9/4F
26 Apr 19+38d Chepstow Braceys Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good · 18 ran 2/18 1½ 11-6 106129B126A Daniel Hiskett 16/1
19 Mar 19+27d Taunton Cornish Rock Gin RNLI Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3f · Soft · 14 ran UR/14 — 12-0 106—— Tom Bellamy 14/1
20 Feb 19+67d Ludlow Ludlow Racecourse Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5f · Good · 14 ran 9/14 2½ 11-2 110114B103A Tom Bellamy 33/1
2018 · 3 runs
15 Dec 18+199d Hereford One Day Discount On A George Smith Horsebox Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 16 ran 9/16 19 10-7 —94C91C Daniel Hiskett 25/1
30 May 18+74d Warwick Creating A Design Difference Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5/7 1 10-12 ——98C Tom Bellamy 20/1
17 Mar 18+364d Uttoxeter Betfred Follow Us On Twitter Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Heavy · 7 ran 3/7 11 10-10 —74B109B Daniel Hiskett 25/1
2017 · 1 run
18 Mar 17 Uttoxeter Betfred 'Follow Us On Twitter' Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 3¾ 11-2 —62A101B Adam Wedge 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Iron Horse won?
Iron Horse (GB) won 1 of 19 archived starts between 2017 and 2024, a strike rate of 5.3%. Placed 5 times in total (26.3% of starts).
Who trained Iron Horse?
Iron Horse (GB) was trained by Richard Phillips on the most recent run on record, at Doncaster on 10 January 2024.
Who is Iron Horse's sire?
Iron Horse (GB) is by Kayf Tara (GB) out of What A Vintage (IRE), whose sire is Un Desperado.
What going does Iron Horse prefer?
Iron Horse (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Iron Horse's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 10 January 2024. The highest on record is 120.
What is Iron Horse's sire's record?
Kayf Tara (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,755 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Who are Iron Horse's siblings?
Out of What A Vintage (IRE), Iron Horse (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Master Vintage (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Master Vintage (GB)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2017. 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.