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Horse profile

Knock On Wood (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2024) · Last trainer D Summersby · Last owner The Woodpecker Syndicate
by Gatewood (GB) out of Sheasan (IRE) (Accordion)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2024
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 10 Oct 2024 — 755 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2024 · 6th of 7 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Knock On Wood is a lightly raced gelding with no wins or places from two starts between Sep 2024 and Oct 2024, both over 2m1f – 2m4f on turf. He finished 6 of 7 at Exeter in Oct 2024 in a Class 4 novices hurdle on good ground, his first time in headgear. By Gatewood, whose progeny have won 7 of 104 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 94C the best of the last 1 rated run · Exeter, 10 Oct 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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 6.6% of 106 runs since Feb 2022 (19 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good3000%−6.60 from 1
Good to Soft2528%+1.4—
Soft40410%+3.40 from 1
Heavy1119.1%+2.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m3525.7%−0.9—
2m1f – 2m4f4948.2%+1.60 from 2
2m5f – 3m2015%−1.6—
Over 3m200%−6.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2022 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Sheasan (IRE) (Accordion)

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.

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 2 runs
10 Oct 24+13d Exeter Jumps Is Back With Rhino.Bet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m2½f · Good · 7 ran Went straight to front - had company by the 3rd then lost command - driven approaching the 5th and soon toiling - lost touch from 3 out - well beaten and finished last of the group at the finish 6/7 32 11-2 70C94C Bryan Carver 200/1
27 Sep 24 Worcester Caremark Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4f · Soft · 10 ran Settled midfield early - needed encouragement and dropped rearward after the 4th - well beaten in 7th before being pulled up approaching 3 out PU/10 — 11-4 —— Bryan Carver 150/1

Quick answers

How many races has Knock On Wood won?
Knock On Wood (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2024.
Who trained Knock On Wood?
Knock On Wood (IRE) was trained by D Summersby on the most recent run on record, at Exeter on 10 October 2024.
Who is Knock On Wood's sire?
Knock On Wood (IRE) is by Gatewood (GB) out of Sheasan (IRE), whose sire is Accordion.
What is Knock On Wood's sire's record?
Gatewood (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.6% of 106 runs since Feb 2022 (19 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from September 2024. 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.