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Magical Escape (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2025) · Last trainer Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls · Last owner Surprise Syndicate
by Getaway (GER) out of Chestnut (IRE) (Presenting)
14 runs · 8 courses · from Dec 2022
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Apr 2025 — 561 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 4th of 4 2 wins · Ffos Las & Chepstow Last raced off OR 114
KTB Profile

Magical Escape won two of 14 starts over hurdles on turf, both at Class 4 level over 2m5f – 3m. He took a maiden at Chepstow on soft ground in Apr 2024 and a novices’ hurdle at Ffos Las on good to soft in May 2024. The gelding, aged 7 at his last run in Apr 2025, finished fourth of four at Warwick when prominent in a Class 4 handicap hurdle. He last raced off an official rating of 114, 8lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 14 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically prominent All wins at Class 4 OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating114↓ 8lb off peak
114 114–122

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 123 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chepstow, 1 Apr 2024

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 9 figures · best 123A · median 99
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft495C86—
Good3121C109—
Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3123A109—
Over 3m2121C99.5—
2m1f – 2m4f2113A104—
1m5f – 2m290B86—

Of 14 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 111B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Warwick, 14 Apr 2025 Official rating 114 at the last run, 14 Apr 2025

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 13 figures · best 137A · median 112
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6131A112.5—
Good3126B111—
Soft2129B115—
Heavy2137A123.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m6131A118.5—
2m1f – 2m4f3137A110—
Over 3m2113A112—
1m5f – 2m2120A116—

Of 14 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 · 13 figures from 14 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 from 6 analysed runs since Oct 2024

  • Prominent 5 (83%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (17%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Getaway (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,931 runs since Jan 2008 (1,028 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 23.3% from 133.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1333123.3%+12—
Good3,87150813.1%+1.80 from 3
Good to Soft2,38626311%−0.31 from 6
Soft3,1622919.2%−2.11 from 3
Heavy1,25012610.1%−1.20 from 2
Standard (AW)1281310.2%−1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f400%−11.3—
1m – 1m1f2414.2%−7.1—
1m2f – 1m4f7879%−2.3—
1m5f – 2m3,40037110.9%−0.40 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f4,10246911.4%+0.10 from 3
2m5f – 3m2,70831111.5%+0.22 from 7
Over 3m6157311.9%+0.60 from 2

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Chestnut (IRE) (Presenting)

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.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 6 1 17% +0.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 3 1 33% +2.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 12 2 17% −1.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chepstow 6 1 17% −1.00
Exeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 1 100% +5.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 7 2 29% +4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ciaran Gethings 6 2 33% +5.00
David Bass 5 0 0% −5.00
Tom Bellamy 2 0 0% −2.00
Jonathan Burke 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 10 2 20% +1.00
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 4 0 0% −4.00
2024 6 2 33% +5.00
2023 3 0 0% −3.00
2022 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 8 2 25% +3.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 4 runs
14 Apr 25+27d Warwick eventmasters.co.uk 40th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 25f · Good · 4 ran Sat close up in front until hit 4 out - stayed with front group briefly - dropped out of third place 3 out - soon struggled for pace - faded before 2 out - drifted left approaching last and held on for fourth 4/4 shd 11-12 114121C111B Ciaran Gethings 7/2
18 Mar 25+34d Exeter Think Ireland - Think Thoroughbred Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Good · 4 ran Tracked front pair from outside spot with a left-hand drift over obstacles - urged forward by the 9th - lost touch 3 out and faded 4/4 20 11-11 117109C105C Tom Bellamy 5/1
12 Feb 25+26d Wetherby racingtv.com Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 24f · Soft · 8 ran Sat close to the pace early - dropped away 11th and pressed for effort - eased and withdrawn from contention after the next fence PU/8 — 11-10 116—— Ciaran Gethings 17/2
17 Jan 25+80d Market Rasen Read Nicky Henderson's Weekly Unibet Blog Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Race up with the pace early - dropped away before three out - faded from there to finish sixth 6/10 1½ 12-0 119—111A Ciaran Gethings 4/1
2024 · 6 runs
29 Oct 24+19d Chepstow ColourFence Newport Fencing Guaranteed For 25Yrs Handicap Chase Class 4 · 26f · Good To Soft · 14 ran Settled in the pack - small error at the 5th and momentarily pressed clear of the horse behind - moved up approaching the 11th - hard ridden after the 12th - dropped back nearing the 18th - clumsy at 2 out and detached from the field - kept on to finish 5th 5/14 7½ 12-0 12078B113A Tom Bellamy 9/2J
10 Oct 24+156d Exeter Follow Us On X At BetRhino Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 24f · Good · 5 ran Tracked the pace early - hit the front for a spell 4 out then lost that spot 3 out - stayed in pursuit of the winner from there - stuck on again after the last but never able to get closer 2/5 1¾ 12-0 12099C126B Ciaran Gethings 9/4
07 May 24+36d Ffos Las Best Odds Guaranteed At Yeeehaaa.Bet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 22f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 1/14 11-10 119—131A Ciaran Gethings 5/1
01 Apr 24+68d Chepstow Visit Irish Bloodstock Sales With ITM Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23.5f · Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-8 116123A129B Ciaran Gethings 4/1
24 Jan 24+19d Chepstow Betting.Bet Free Members Club Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 19.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 4/8 9 11-6 122113A110B David Bass 4/1
05 Jan 24+27d Ludlow Luke Watson Memorial 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21f · Soft · 16 ran 8/16 2¼ 11-8 ——101C David Bass 10/3
2023 · 3 runs
09 Dec 23+39d Chepstow Coral Presents 'Big Evs' On YouTube Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 19.5f · Heavy · 13 ran 2/13 2½ 11-2 ——137A David Bass 18/1
31 Oct 23+294d Chepstow Vickers.Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 10/16 3 11-4 —95C109C David Bass 28/1
10 Jan 23+38d Doncaster Good Luck 'Beep Beep Burrow' Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 5/14 2 11-8 —82B120A Jonathan Burke 14/1
2022 · 1 run
03 Dec 22 Chepstow Coral Bet Bundles Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 6/13 9½ 11-2 —90B112A David Bass 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Magical Escape won?
Magical Escape (IRE) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2022 and 2025, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 4 times in total (28.6% of starts).
Who trained Magical Escape?
Magical Escape (IRE) was trained by Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Warwick on 14 April 2025.
Who is Magical Escape's sire?
Magical Escape (IRE) is by Getaway (GER) out of Chestnut (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
What going does Magical Escape prefer?
Magical Escape (IRE) has the best record on soft 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 Magical Escape's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 14 April 2025. The highest on record is 122.
What is Magical Escape's sire's record?
Getaway (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,931 runs since Jan 2008 (1,028 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 23.3% from 133.

Record shown from December 2022. 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.