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Horse profile

Makes Sense (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2025) · Last trainer Eve Johnson Houghton · Last owner Mcnamee Hewitt Harding And Rice
by Calyx (GB) out of Logique (FR) (Whipper)
7 runs · 5 courses · from Jul 2024
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Jun 2025 — 479 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2025 · 12th of 12 Last raced off OR 67
KTB Profile

Makes Sense is a maiden who has yet to win from seven starts though he has placed twice. His best effort came when second of six at Salisbury in Jul 2024. He raced at trips from 6f to 1m1f on turf and all-weather surfaces, last finishing 12th of 12 in a Class 5 handicap at Ffos Las in Jun 2025 off an official rating of 67, which was 8lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 7 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 87 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Salisbury, 15 Jun 2025

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 →

Flat 7 figures · best 106B · median 70
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm2106B96.5—
Good297B75—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f6106B78.5—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 64A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ffos Las, 29 Jun 2025 Official rating 67 at the last run, 29 Jun 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 →

Flat 7 figures · best 89B · median 65
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm289B76.5—
Good285A72—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f689B69—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 5 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Mid-division 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (20%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Calyx (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 1,486 runs since Jan 2008 (172 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 8.9% from 168. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.9% from 111.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−13.4—
Good to Firm2102511.9%−1.50 from 2
Good3755113.6%+0.20 from 2
Good to Soft168158.9%−4.50 from 1
Soft1852513.5%+0.10 from 1
Heavy631523.8%+10.4—
Standard (AW)4826814.1%+0.70 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f111119.9%−3.5—
6f – 7f75210614.1%+0.70 from 6
1m – 1m1f3605013.9%+0.50 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1982311.6%−1.8—
1m5f – 2m44613.6%+0.2—
2m1f – 2m4f21314.3%+0.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Logique (FR) (Whipper)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Jungle Wise (IRE)20——
Analytics (IRE)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Salisbury 3 0 0% −3.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 6 0 0% −6.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
George Downing 6 0 0% −6.00
Hector Crouch 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 5 0 0% −5.00

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
29 Jun 25+14d Ffos Las Best Odds Guaranteed On dragonbet.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 7.5f · Soft · 12 ran Settled midpack early - pushed along with 2f left - drifted left approaching final furlong - faded quickly to finish 12th 12/12 1 10-0 6770A64A George Downing 40/1
15 Jun 25+226d Salisbury Mercedes-Benz Of Salisbury Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran Slow to break - held up at the back - lost touch from 2f out - dropped away in the closing stages 8/9 1¾ 9-1 7087A64A Hector Crouch 14/1
01 Nov 24+25d Newmarket Munich's Allianz-Grosser Preis Von Bayern Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good · 14 ran settled in the pack - lost touch at halfway - faded steadily from 2f out to finish well held 12/14 shd 10-0 7253C59C George Downing 18/1
07 Oct 24+40d Yarmouth Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 4 ran Sat close to the pace early - moved right around 3f out - driven for effort with 2f left before drifting left inside the final furlong - held station in 3rd late but couldn't close 3/4 4 9-7 7559C65B George Downing 4/1
28 Aug 24+32d Kempton (AW) Unibet Support Safe Gambling Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran Pulled hard early - up with the front group - nudged along and made ground approaching the final furlong - kept on but unable to get to those ahead 4/10 3 9-4 —60A73A George Downing 7/2
27 Jul 24+14d Salisbury Simon & Nerys Dutfield Memorial Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 2/6 1¾ 9-4 —106B89B George Downing 10/11F
13 Jul 24 Salisbury Ajn Steelstock Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 1½ 9-4 —97B85A George Downing 17/2

Quick answers

How many races has Makes Sense (IRE) won?
Makes Sense (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2024 and 2025. Placed 2 times in total (28.6% of starts).
Who trained Makes Sense (IRE)?
Makes Sense (IRE) was trained by Eve Johnson Houghton on the most recent run on record, at Ffos Las on 29 June 2025.
Who is Makes Sense (IRE)'s sire?
Makes Sense (IRE) is by Calyx (GB) out of Logique (FR), whose sire is Whipper.
What is Makes Sense (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 67, from the run on 29 June 2025. The highest on record is 75.
What is Makes Sense (IRE)'s sire's record?
Calyx (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 1,486 runs since Jan 2008 (172 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 8.9% from 168. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.9% from 111.
Who are Makes Sense (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Logique (FR), Makes Sense (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2024. 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.