Making Headway (IRE)
Making Headway won two of his six starts over hurdles between Oct 2023 and Apr 2024. Both wins came on heavy ground, at Carlisle in a Class 4 novices hurdle over 2m1f – 2m4f in Oct 2023 and at Newbury in a Class 3 novices hurdle over 1m5f – 2m in Feb 2024. He raced off a mark of 128 when finishing 15 of 19 in the Class 1 William Hill Handicap Hurdle at Aintree in Apr 2024, his first time in headgear. The gelding, by Malinas out of a daughter of Old Vic, reached a highest official rating of 131.
- 2–6Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 4 (66.7%)Placed
- −0.88£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 2.21Fair A/E n=6 · 1.79 incl. margin
- 131Highest OR
- 35dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 123
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 123A | 110 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 88A | 78 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 159A | 116.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 88A | 83 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.1% of 3,947 runs since Jan 2008 (419 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 37 | 6 | 16.2% | +2.1 | — |
| Good | 1,185 | 169 | 14.3% | +0.2 | — |
| Good to Soft | 918 | 141 | 15.4% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,237 | 166 | 13.4% | −0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 534 | 74 | 13.9% | −0.2 | 2 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 34 | 1 | 2.9% | −11.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −14.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | −5.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 50 | 5 | 10% | −4.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,099 | 152 | 13.8% | −0.3 | 1 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,369 | 182 | 13.3% | −0.8 | 1 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,083 | 177 | 16.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 332 | 41 | 12.3% | −1.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.12 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aintree | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.12 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.50 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Apr 24+34d | Aintree | William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 15/19 | 1½ | 10-11 | 128 | 78C | 118C | Henry Brooke | 13/2 |
| 09 Mar 24+28d | Sandown | Betfair Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 4/16 | 3¾ | 11-4 | 129 | 110B | 144A | Henry Brooke | 8/1 |
| 10 Feb 24+46d | Newbury | Betfair Racing Podcasts Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/13 | 11-8 | 129 | 68B | 135A | Henry Brooke | 6/4F | |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 23+31d | Aintree | William Hill Formby Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Formerly Registered As The Tolworth Hurdle) (GBB Race) | 4/9 | ½ | 11-8 | 131 | 123A | 132B | Henry Brooke | 33/1 |
| 25 Nov 23+37d | Haydock | Betfair Racing Podcasts Newton Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | 2/9 | 1¼ | 11-2 | — | 159A | 150A | Henry Brooke | 16/1 |
| 19 Oct 23 | Carlisle | Daily Charged Up Offers At Rhino.Bet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 1/9 | 11-0 | — | 88A | 129B | Henry Brooke | 13/8F | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Making Headway won?
- Making Headway (IRE) won 2 of 6 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 4 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trained Making Headway?
- Making Headway (IRE) was trained by Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 12 April 2024.
- Who is Making Headway's sire?
- Making Headway (IRE) is by Malinas (GER) out of Times Like These (IRE), whose sire is Old Vic.
- What is Making Headway's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 128, from the run on 12 April 2024. The highest on record is 131.
- What is Making Headway's sire's record?
- Malinas (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.1% of 3,947 runs since Jan 2008 (419 horses), Flat and jumps together.