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Horse profile

Karakorum Highway (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2006) · Last trainer Adrian McGuinness · Last owner Total Recall Racing Club
by Rakaposhi King (GB) out of Garvenish (GB) (Balinger)
10 runs · 9 courses · from Apr 2005
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Oct 2006 — 7,320 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2006 · 1st of 10 Won last time out Won at Ludlow Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile

Karakorum Highway (GB) is 1 from 10, the win coming at Class 5 level. Won last time out at Ludlow (Class 5). The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 4 on softer). Last raced off a career-high mark of 85.

Based on 10 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5 OR at career high
Official rating85At career-high mark
85 78–85

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 81C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Clonmel, 6 Sep 2006 Official rating 85 at the last run, 12 Oct 2006

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 8 figures · best 87C · median 75
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Firm387C81—
Soft385C63—
Good to Firm286C77.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m787C69—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 10 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: no runner of known ability in the race — the level cannot be solved (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 10 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
Rakaposhi King (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 561 runs since Jan 2008 (56 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 5.9% from 118.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−8.90 from 3
Good to Firm74912.2%+3.31 from 3
Good1842111.4%+2.5—
Good to Soft11276.3%−2.6—
Soft11875.9%−30 from 4
Heavy6968.7%−0.2—
Standard (AW)100%−8.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f300%−8.9—
1m5f – 2m1391410.1%+1.21 from 9
2m1f – 2m4f194178.8%−0.10 from 1
2m5f – 3m175126.9%−2—
Over 3m50714%+5.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Garvenish (GB) (Balinger)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Algarve (GB)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 3 1 33% +3.00
Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 2 1 50% +4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Ludlow 1 1 100% +5.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 9 1 11% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mark Walsh 3 0 0% −3.00
Jason Maguire 2 1 50% +4.00
A E Lynch 1 0 0% −1.00
Adrian Lane 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr A T Duff 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J J Codd 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J T Keeling 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Blinkers 4 1 25% +2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2006 9 1 11% −3.00
2005 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 7 1 14% −1.00
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2006 · 9 runs
12 Oct 06+22d Ludlow Welcome Back To Ludlow Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 1/10 10-10 85— Jason Maguire 5/1
20 Sep 06+14d Perth Lord Cochrane's Birthday Claiming Hurdle Class 5 · 16.5f · Soft · 8 ran 5/8 5 11-0 79— Jason Maguire 15/2
06 Sep 06+15d Clonmel Equine Warehouse Handicap Hurdle (74-95) 20f · Firm · 16 ran 3/16 5 10-4 7881C A E Lynch 16/1
22 Aug 06+60d Sligo Londis Supermarkets Handicap Hurdle (74-95) 16f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 12/16 14 10-9 8158C Mark Walsh 20/1
23 Jun 06+5d Down Royal Asidua Maiden Hurdle 16f · Firm · 20 ran 14/20 ½ 11-0 8166C Mark Walsh 33/1
18 Jun 06+6d Fairyhouse Summer BBQ Nights At Fairyhouse Maiden Hurdle 16f · Firm · 19 ran 10/19 2 11-11 —87C Mark Walsh 20/1
12 Jun 06+10d Roscommon Connolly's Red Mills Horse Cubes Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 10/17 2½ 11-9 —69C Adrian Lane 16/1
02 Jun 06+27d Tramore Tramore Racecourse Supporters Flat Race 16f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 5/12 11 11-6 —86C Mr A T Duff 14/1
06 May 06+388d Kilbeggan Www.kilbegganraces.com (Pro-Am) Flat Race 16f · Yielding · 15 ran 11/15 shd 12-0 —85C Mr J J Codd 20/1
2005 · 1 run
13 Apr 05 Fairyhouse Black Bull INH Flat Race 16f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran 18/25 1 11-0 —63C Mr J T Keeling 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Karakorum Highway won?
Karakorum Highway (GB) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2005 and 2006, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 2 times in total (20% of starts).
Who trained Karakorum Highway?
Karakorum Highway (GB) was trained by Adrian McGuinness on the most recent run on record, at Ludlow on 12 October 2006.
Who is Karakorum Highway's sire?
Karakorum Highway (GB) is by Rakaposhi King (GB) out of Garvenish (GB), whose sire is Balinger.
What going does Karakorum Highway prefer?
Karakorum Highway (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 Karakorum Highway's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 12 October 2006. That is also the highest on record.
What is Karakorum Highway's sire's record?
Rakaposhi King (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 561 runs since Jan 2008 (56 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 5.9% from 118.
Who are Karakorum Highway's siblings?
Out of Garvenish (GB), Karakorum Highway (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.