Horse profile
Knight Templar (GB)
by Haafhd (GB) out of Jewelled (GB) (Fantastic Light)
27 runs · 19 courses · from Jul 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out
7 wins · 6 courses
First-time headgear LTO
Last run 9 Oct 2026 · 1st of 15
Last raced off OR 109
KTB Profile
Knight Templar is a gelding who has won seven of 27 starts. Six of those wins came at 1m5f – 2m, three on good to soft and two on the AW. He won last time out at Chepstow in Oct 2026 in a Class 4 handicap hurdle, having been prominent, and that success came off an official rating of 109. He has raced from marks as high as 113.
Based on 27 archived runs · run-style from 20 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
- 7–27Wins / Runs
- 25.9%Strike rate
- 12 (44.4%)Placed
- +33.50£1 level staken=27 at SP
- 1.99Fair A/E n=27 · 1.73 incl. margin
- 113Highest OR
- 45dAvg 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.
Official rating109↓ 4lb off peak
109
62–113
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 109
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 85B | 85 | 2 runs · 85 / 85 |
| Soft | 3 | 87B | 79 | 1 run · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 108A | 85 | 4 runs · 108 / 86 |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 115A | 80 | 5 runs · 115 / 93 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 109B | 89 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 2 | 123C | 116.5 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 93A | 90 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 123C | 93 | 6 runs · 123 / 106.5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 110B | 88 | 1 run · — |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 81C | 69.5 | — |
Of 27 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 27 runs · as at 17 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 20 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 11 (55%) · 4 wins
- Held up 5 (25%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 4 (20%) · 3 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Haafhd (GB)
Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 4,750 runs since Jan 2008 (305 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 56 | 6 | 10.7% | −0.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 798 | 88 | 11% | +0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 1,095 | 126 | 11.5% | +0.6 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 615 | 67 | 10.9% | 0 | 3 from 7 |
| Soft | 591 | 58 | 9.8% | −1.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 172 | 20 | 11.6% | +0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,423 | 155 | 10.9% | 0 | 2 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 125 | 11 | 8.8% | −2.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,160 | 133 | 11.5% | +0.6 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,142 | 119 | 10.4% | −0.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,222 | 134 | 11% | +0.1 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 720 | 74 | 10.3% | −0.6 | 6 from 17 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 276 | 29 | 10.5% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 69 | 8 | 11.6% | +0.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 36 | 12 | 33.3% | +22.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Jewelled (GB) (Fantastic Light)
6 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Whispering Song (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Whispering Song (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Song (GB) | 6 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Grand Harbour (GB) | 17 | 0 | — | — |
| Cherry Amber (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Melo Pearl (GB) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
| Jonathans Girl (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Edens Lawn (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 2 | 20% | +10.50 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 3 | 43% | +19.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 15 | 2 | 13% | +3.00 |
| Class 5 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +21.00 |
| Class 6 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 5 | 2 | 40% | +15.50 |
| Chepstow | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.50 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 17 | 6 | 35% | +36.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Morris | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Sean Houlihan | 3 | 2 | 67% | +15.00 |
| David Probert | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| Ciaran Gethings | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Jones | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Rob Hornby | 2 | 1 | 50% | +13.00 |
| Jack Gilligan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jonathan Burke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Shane Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Darragh Keenan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 26 | 6 | 23% | +23.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 3 | 33% | +14.50 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 44% | +28.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 18 | 4 | 22% | +16.00 |
| Hurdle | 9 | 3 | 33% | +17.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Oct 26+40d | Chepstow | Dragonbet Daily Dragonboosts Handicap Hurdle Race Going easily in the pack - close up 3 out - cruised alongside the front one 2 out - asked for effort and went in front at the last with a right-handed leap - stayed on and edged right to the line - won with something in hand | 1/15 | 11-13 | 109 | 85B | 149A | Sean Houlihan | 10/1 | |
| 30 Aug 26+20d | Goodwood | City Of Chichester Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) Sat close to the pace - pushed along 2f out - soon dropped away - finished well held in 8th | 8/9 | 8½ | 9-1 | 75 | 123C | 58C | David Probert | 28/1 |
| 10 Aug 26+17d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Stakes (London Stayers' Series Qualifier) (GBBPlus Race) Held up towards the back of the pack - pushed along and gave way 3f out - eventually well held in 10th | 10/12 | 11 | 9-7 | 76 | 93C | 66C | David Probert | 33/1 |
| 24 Jul 26+121d | Sandown | Close Brothers Premium Finance Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) Settled towards the back - made headway from 4f out - in pursuit of the winner over 2f out - under pressure and drifted right a furlong out - unable to get past inside the final furlong despite finishing strongly | 2/6 | 1½ | 9-6 | 76 | 109B | 79B | David Probert | 12/1 |
| 25 Mar 26+16d | Kempton (AW) | Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Sat just behind the pace - pressed for effort 2f out and moved into third - disputed the advantage entering the last furlong - hit the front briefly - overhauled close home and denied by narrow margin | 2/5 | ½ | 9-8 | 75 | 104C | 81B | Hector Crouch | 11/8F |
| 09 Mar 26+17d | Taunton | DragonBet The Roar Before Cheltenham Infernoboosts Handicap Hurdle Handy early behind the pace - hit the front two furlongs out - pushed along after the last - edged clear late to prevail | 1/10 | 11-11 | 107 | 108A | 127A | Sean Houlihan | 6/1 | |
| 20 Feb 26+20d | Southwell (AW) | Tipping Tom On SBK Bet Feed Handicap Settled behind front pair - moved up to disputed second after 3f - driven forward approaching 2f out to hit the front briefly - drifted right soon after - overtaken inside final furlong - stayed on to finish second | 2/11 | 1¾ | 9-8 | 75 | 85A | 85A | Luke Morris | 12/1 |
| 31 Jan 26+10d | Lingfield (AW) | Midnite Ain't Your Grandad's Bookie Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Held up towards the back - made ground wide of rivals with three furlongs left - eased into the pace inside the final two furlongs then dropped away steadily to finish eighth | 8/9 | 2½ | 9-4 | 75 | 76A | 69A | Hector Crouch | 3/1F |
| 21 Jan 26+25d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Settled in the pack - pushed along with two furlongs left and moved through to hit the front inside the final furlong - stayed on to win | 1/8 | 9-7 | 72 | 115A | 82A | Hector Crouch | 9/2 | |
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 25+22d | Chepstow | Coral 'Daily Rewards Shaker' Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - pushed along with 3f left - edged forward late but never a threat - finished fifth beaten well clear of contention | 5/13 | 6 | 11-8 | 109 | — | 123A | Sean Bowen | 9/2 |
| 05 Dec 25+12d | Sandown | Betfair Racing Podcasts 'Four Years Old' Handicap Hurdle Settled just off the pace early - made progress by the 5th - pushed along before fading approaching 2 out - eventually finished 5th | 5/9 | 3½ | 11-4 | 110 | 87B | 113A | Jonathan Burke | 12/1 |
| 23 Nov 25+30d | Exeter | Marley Comms Full Signal Sprint 'Four Years Old' Handicap Hurdle Settled at the rear early - made ground through the pack after 3 out - pushed into the advantage after 2 out before being overtaken at the last - battled on to finish third | 3/7 | ¾ | 11-9 | 110 | 85B | 128A | Sean Houlihan | 16/1 |
| 24 Oct 25+282d | Cheltenham | William Hill Each Way Extra Handicap Hurdle Blundered at 1st - held up towards the back - pulled up | PU/20 | — | 10-2 | 110 | — | — | Ciaran Gethings | 100/1 |
| 15 Jan 25+19d | Newbury | Grosvenor Sport New Customers Double Odds Handicap Hurdle Handy early behind the front group - lost ground after a mistake before fading into mid-pack by the second - toiling from three out and finished well beaten | 8/11 | 2¼ | 10-8 | 113 | 79C | 92C | Ciaran Gethings | 13/2 |
| 2024 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 24+19d | Kempton | Ladbrokes Best Odds Guaranteed On Racing 'Introductory' Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Handy early - close to the pace after the 2nd - shared the front two out before going on approaching the last - kept finding more to hold sway on the run-in | 1/7 | 11-0 | — | 63B | 121A | Ben Jones | 15/2 | |
| 08 Dec 24+33d | Huntingdon | TrustATrader Fully Vetted Tradespeople Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Held second spot from the off - green and drifting right at the obstacles - driven approaching the final fence - stayed on but couldn't reel in the winner | 2/3 | 1¼ | 11-2 | — | 58C | 109C | Ben Jones | 7/2 |
| 05 Nov 24+25d | Newcastle (AW) | Free Bets With BetUK Bet Club Handicap Sat close to the front group early - pressed forward under 2f out but drifted right - unable to threaten the winner in the closing stages - gave up second near the line | 3/4 | hd | 8-12 | 74 | 80C | 69B | Rob Hornby | 11/8F |
| 11 Oct 24+35d | Kempton (AW) | Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Sat close to the pace - drifted a touch right entering the final two furlongs - found room and made ground a furlong out - rallied strongly to hit the front right on the line | 1/7 | 9-7 | 72 | 67A | 71A | Rob Hornby | 14/1 | |
| 06 Sep 24+31d | Haydock | Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap Settled behind the front group early - squeezed for space around 5f out - found room to make progress between rivals 3f out - urged forward soon after - shifted to the right 2f out - drew alongside the front-runner inside the final furlong - hit the front approaching the line - stayed on strongly to win comfortably | 1/11 | 8-12 | 66 | 93A | 72A | Tom Marquand | 11/2 | |
| 06 Aug 24+38d | Ffos Las | South Wales Medical Event Cover Handicap Settled in the pack early - pushed along with two furlongs left - closed on the front-runner turning into the straight - powered home to get up right at the post | 1/8 | 9-6 | 62 | 110B | 69A | Kieran Shoemark | 6/1 | |
| 29 Jun 24+29d | Lingfield (AW) | Get Raceday Ready Handicap (AWT) | 8/9 | 8½ | 9-2 | 63 | — | 47C | Jack Gilligan | 5/6F |
| 31 May 24+17d | Chepstow | Trade Centre Wales Handicap | 2/8 | 5½ | 9-10 | 63 | 87A | 76A | Jack Gilligan | 6/4F |
| 14 May 24+257d | Beverley | All-New All-Electric Lexus RZ Handicap | 2/7 | shd | 8-10 | 62 | 89A | 66A | Luke Morris | 11/2 |
| 2023 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Aug 23+15d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Ire-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 11/16 | nse | 9-7 | — | 71B | 62A | Shane Kelly | 200/1 |
| 16 Aug 23+7d | Yarmouth | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 9/10 | 13 | 9-7 | — | 60C | 50C | Darragh Keenan | 125/1 |
| 09 Aug 23+23d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 10/11 | ¾ | 9-7 | — | 68A | 57A | Luke Morris | 66/1 |
| 17 Jul 23 | Windsor | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 8/13 | 1¼ | 9-4 | — | 81C | 54A | Luke Morris | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Knight Templar won?
- Knight Templar (GB) won 7 of 27 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 25.9%. Placed 12 times in total (44.4% of starts).
- Who trains Knight Templar?
- Knight Templar (GB) is trained by Robert Stephens, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 October 2026.
- Who is Knight Templar's sire?
- Knight Templar (GB) is by Haafhd (GB) out of Jewelled (GB), whose sire is Fantastic Light.
- What going does Knight Templar prefer?
- Knight Templar (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 7 starts (42.9%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Knight Templar's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 109, from the run on 9 October 2026. The highest on record is 113.
- What is Knight Templar's sire's record?
- Haafhd (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 4,750 runs since Jan 2008 (305 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Knight Templar's siblings?
- Out of Jewelled (GB), Knight Templar (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Whispering Song (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Whispering Song (GB)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.