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Horse profile

Lord Fortescue (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2024) · Last trainer Gary Rutherford · Last owner Mrs D A Whitaker And Ben Normile
by Jack Hobbs (GB) out of Primrose Time (GB) (Alflora)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Apr 2024
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Dec 2024 — 703 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2024 · 8th of 8 New yard
KTB Profile

Lord Fortescue is a lightly raced gelding with two starts between Apr 2024 and Dec 2024, both on soft turf, and no wins or places. By Jack Hobbs, whose progeny in the archive have won 109 of 1,056 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip of 2m5f – 3m, out of a dam who has produced two winners from four runners to race including Fortescue Wood with three wins. His last run, at Carlisle in Dec 2024, was his first for the yard and he finished 8 of 8 in the Class 5 Final Fixture 15th December Open NH Flat Race.

Based on 2 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Dec 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 2 figures · best 88C · median 34.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft288C34.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 82C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Carlisle, 1 Dec 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 2 figures · best 82C · median 77.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft282C77.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures 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 10.3% of 1,084 runs since Jun 2021 (204 horses).

Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 18% from 122.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm28517.9%+7.6—
Good4545111.2%+0.9—
Good to Soft287289.8%−0.5—
Soft208178.2%−2.10 from 2
Heavy47817%+6.7—
Standard (AW)6035%−5.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f400%−10.3—
1m – 1m1f1100%−10.3—
1m2f – 1m4f4624.3%−6—
1m5f – 2m569498.6%−1.70 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f3233811.8%+1.50 from 1
2m5f – 3m1222218%+7.7—
Over 3m9111.1%+0.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2021 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Fortescue Wood (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Fortescue Wood (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Fortescue Wood (IRE)832mClass 3
Lewa House (GB)3212m4fClass 5
Midnight Kate (IRE)50——
Born To Sparkle (GB)50——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 2 runs
01 Dec 24+219d Carlisle Final Fixture 15th December Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Soft · 8 ran Settled close to the pace early - dropped away weakening before halfway - well beaten from then to the finish 8/8 94 11-2 -19C82C Bruce Lynn 200/1
26 Apr 24 Perth AK Bets Big Prices Big Limits Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 13 ran 13/13 11 10-4 88C73C Edward Austin 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Lord Fortescue won?
Lord Fortescue (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2024.
Who trained Lord Fortescue?
Lord Fortescue (GB) was trained by Gary Rutherford on the most recent run on record, at Carlisle on 1 December 2024.
Who is Lord Fortescue's sire?
Lord Fortescue (GB) is by Jack Hobbs (GB) out of Primrose Time (GB), whose sire is Alflora.
What is Lord Fortescue's sire's record?
Jack Hobbs (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 1,084 runs since Jun 2021 (204 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 18% from 122.
Who are Lord Fortescue's siblings?
Out of Primrose Time (GB), Lord Fortescue (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Fortescue Wood (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Fortescue Wood (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 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.