Kingston James (IRE)
Kingston James won three of nine starts on turf between Mar 2024 and Apr 2025. He gained his biggest success in the Class 2 Racing Post Go North Sea Pigeon Hurdle Series Final at Musselburgh over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft in Mar 2025 off a mark of 111. The gelding also won a Class 4 novices hurdle at Hexham over 1m5f – 2m on good in Oct 2024 and a Class 5 bumper at Ayr over 1m5f – 2m on good in Mar 2024. He finished second of 12 as beaten favourite at Ayr in Apr 2025 when last raced off his career-high mark of 120.
- 3–9Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 5 (55.6%)Placed
- +6.33£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.57Fair A/E n=9 · 1.36 incl. margin
- 120Highest OR
- 50dAvg between runs
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 128
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 128A | 109.5 | — |
| Good | 4 | 121A | 114.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 128A | 120 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 121A | 97 | — |
Of 9 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 9 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 from 6 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 3 (50%) · 2 wins
- Led 2 (33%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (17%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 1,638 runs since Jan 2008 (203 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 5.4% from 166.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 32 | 6 | 18.8% | +9.7 | — |
| Good | 548 | 59 | 10.8% | +1.7 | 2 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 408 | 37 | 9.1% | 0 | 1 from 5 |
| Soft | 383 | 31 | 8.1% | −1 | — |
| Heavy | 166 | 9 | 5.4% | −3.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 101 | 7 | 6.9% | −2.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 41 | 3 | 7.3% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 43 | 1 | 2.3% | −6.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 99 | 6 | 6.1% | −3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 512 | 54 | 10.5% | +1.4 | 2 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 576 | 53 | 9.2% | +0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 301 | 23 | 7.6% | −1.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 61 | 9 | 14.8% | +5.7 | — |
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
7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Theo (IRE) (10 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Theo (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theo (IRE) | 45 | 10 | 2m–2m4f | Class 2 |
| Westbury (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 2m | Class 5 |
| Captain Lob (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 2m | — |
| O'grady's Boy (IRE) | 20 | 0 | — | — |
| Kind Offer (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Gill's Supreme (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Crystal Box (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.50 |
| Good | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.83 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.17 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.50 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 2 | 33% | +0.83 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Wadge | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.83 |
| Alan Doyle | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.50 |
| Jack Power | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Derek Fox | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 7 | 3 | 43% | +8.33 |
| Hood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.50 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +0.83 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 7 | 2 | 29% | +3.33 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 1 | 50% | +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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Apr 25+21d | Ayr | Slater Menswear Handicap Hurdle Front early - edged out approaching 2 out - forged back up alongside the winner on the run-in - faded inside the final 110 yards to finish second | 2/12 | 2¼ | 11-3 | 120 | 128A | 145A | Jack Power | 4/1F |
| 21 Mar 25+20d | Musselburgh | Racing Post Go North Sea Pigeon Hurdle Series Final (Handicap Hurdle) (GBB Race) Sat close to pace early - moved to front 3 out - opened daylight before final fence - stayed on strongly to score | 1/12 | 11-9 | 111 | 121A | 134A | Alan Doyle | 15/2 | |
| 01 Mar 25+64d | Doncaster | Virgin Bet Handicap Hurdle Tucked in on the rail early - travelling nicely three furlongs out but pressed on and lost touch - couldn't find more inside the final 100 yards | 8/10 | shd | 11-3 | 112 | — | 118A | Alan Doyle | 6/1 |
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 24+29d | Wetherby | William Hill More Top Prices Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Went straight to the front - challenged close home but held the advantage - overtaken and could not match the winner's finishing speed on the run to the line | 2/9 | 3½ | 11-2 | 113 | 98A | 140A | Alan Doyle | 5/4F |
| 28 Nov 24+34d | Musselburgh | Join Racing TV Now Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled at the back early on eager to go faster - slipped further back into last swinging into the straight - still trailing with three furlongs left and beaten into 4th | 4/4 | 8½ | 11-7 | — | 71C | 113B | Derek Fox | 10/3 |
| 25 Oct 24+21d | Cheltenham | Alastair Down Press Room Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Tracked pace-setter early - stayed with front group past the 4th - lost ground approaching 2 out - well held at the finish | 5/8 | 22 | 11-5 | — | 97C | 111C | Patrick Wadge | 7/1 |
| 04 Oct 24+149d | Hexham | Greenhead Hotel 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Sat close up early - moved through smoothly after second-last - hit front in style before the final fence - asked for effort up the straight and soon put daylight between - kept up the pressure to the line for a comfortable win | 1/7 | 10-11 | — | 109A | 142A | Patrick Wadge | 5/6F | |
| 08 May 24+60d | Kelso | Racing Post Go North Jodami Series Final Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 4/10 | 1 | 11-6 | — | 121A | 133A | Patrick Wadge | 4/1 |
| 09 Mar 24 | Ayr | Virgin Bet Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 1/8 | 11-1 | — | 120A | 122A | Patrick Wadge | 4/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Kingston James won?
- Kingston James (IRE) won 3 of 9 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 5 times in total (55.6% of starts).
- Who trained Kingston James?
- Kingston James (IRE) was trained by Lucinda Russell on the most recent run on record, at Ayr on 11 April 2025.
- Who is Kingston James's sire?
- Kingston James (IRE) is by Kingston Hill (GB) out of Jemima Jay (IRE), whose sire is Supreme Leader.
- What going does Kingston James prefer?
- Kingston James (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Kingston James's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 120, from the run on 11 April 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Kingston James's sire's record?
- Kingston Hill (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 1,638 runs since Jan 2008 (203 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 5.4% from 166.
- Who are Kingston James's siblings?
- Out of Jemima Jay (IRE), Kingston James (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Theo (IRE) (10). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Theo (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.