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Horse profile

Marsh Warbler (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2012) · Last trainer Brian Ellison · Last owner Dan Gilbert Kristian Strangeway
by Barathea (IRE) out of Echo River (USA) (Irish River)
21 runs · 16 courses · from Jun 2009
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Mar 2012 — 5,321 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2012 · 9th of 9 6 wins · 6 courses Last raced off OR 77
KTB Profile

Marsh Warbler (GB) is 6 from 21, including a Grade 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Coral Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle at Chepstow (Jan 2011). Hasn't won since Oct 2011. 4 of 9 starts with soft in the ground have ended in wins — 1 from 9 on quicker. Last raced off 77, 74lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 74lb off peak
Official rating77↓ 74lb off peak
77 70–151

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 98A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 24 Oct 2011 Official rating 77 at the last flat run, 27 Mar 2012

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 142B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Haydock, 21 Jan 2012 Official rating 149 at the last jumps run, 15 Feb 2012

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 11 figures · best 98A · median 72
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good482A66.5—
Standard (AW)398A58—
Good to Firm387B75—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f475B60.5—
1m2f – 1m4f398A85—
6f – 7f387B82—
1m5f – 2m1———
Jumps 10 figures · best 143A · median 133.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft5143A139—
Good to Soft2133B122—
Good2134A120.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m8143A136.5—
2m1f – 2m4f2114C112.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Barathea (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 4,143 runs since Jan 2008 (315 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm4948.2%−0.3—
Good to Firm620426.8%−1.71 from 3
Good1,015959.4%+0.90 from 6
Good to Soft5386011.2%+2.70 from 2
Soft706588.2%−0.33 from 5
Heavy253228.7%+0.21 from 2
Standard (AW)962727.5%−11 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f53917%+8.5—
6f – 7f774678.7%+0.21 from 3
1m – 1m1f840597%−1.50 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f972889.1%+0.62 from 3
1m5f – 2m894778.6%+0.12 from 9
2m1f – 2m4f435429.7%+1.21 from 2
2m5f – 3m14385.6%−2.9—
Over 3m3239.4%+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
Echo River (USA) (Irish River)

10 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them My Manekineko (GB) (9 wins).

The wins came over 7f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (River Dawn (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
My Manekineko (GB)12591m–3mClass 6
Ravi River (IRE)8297f–2m1fClass 4
Ten Ten Twenty (IRE)4367f–2m4½fClass 4
River Dawn (GB)2367f–1mClass 3
Jackson's Bay (IRE)90——
Echos Of Motivator (GB)190——
My Cherry Blossom (GB)90——
Karta (IRE)30——
Water For Life (GB)170——
Frenchfort Legend (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 5 3 60% +8.34
Standard (AW) 3 1 33% −0.25
Good to Firm 3 1 33% −0.62
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 1 50% +1.25

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 6 2 33% −1.66
Class 1 5 1 20% +4.00
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 4 2 50% +1.13
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 6 1 1 100% +2.25

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Goodwood 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell (AW) 2 1 50% +0.75
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Ascot 2 0 0% −2.00
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 1 100% +8.00
Sedgefield 1 1 100% +0.22
Bangor-on-Dee 1 1 100% +2.12
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 1 100% +2.25
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 1 100% +1.38

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 9 2 22% +3.12
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 2 67% +3.00
6f – 7f 3 1 33% −0.62
2m1f – 2m4f 2 1 50% −0.78

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Fearghal Davis 5 3 60% +8.34
Barry McHugh 2 1 50% +0.75
Martin Lane 2 0 0% −2.00
Frankie Dettori 2 0 0% −2.00
Barry Keniry 1 0 0% −1.00
Aidan Coleman 1 0 0% −1.00
Lucy Alexander 1 0 0% −1.00
James Best 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny Cook 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 1 100% +2.25
Toby Atkinson 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Mullen 1 0 0% −1.00
Royston Ffrench 1 0 0% −1.00
Greg Fairley 1 1 100% +1.38

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 4 0 0% −4.00
2011 5 2 40% +6.75
2010 9 3 33% −1.41
2009 3 1 33% −0.62

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 11 3 27% −2.62
Hurdle 10 3 30% +3.34

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
27 Mar 12+41d Southwell (AW) Football Scores On Your Mobile At Footballscores.com Handicap Class 3 · 14f · Standard · 9 ran 9/9 10 9-0 7758C Barry McHugh 9/2
15 Feb 12+25d Kelso BetVictor Morebattle Hurdle Class 2 · 18f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 6/6 18 11-6 149111C Barry Keniry 7/1
21 Jan 12+20d Haydock StanJames.com Champion Hurdle Trial (Grade 2) Class 1 · 16f · Heavy · 4 ran 3/4 ½ 11-8 149142B Aidan Coleman 11/4
01 Jan 12+15d Musselburgh Hogmaneigh Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 15.5f · Good · 11 ran 7/11 ½ 11-7 150134A Lucy Alexander 13/2
17 Dec 11+28d Ascot Ladbroke (Listed Handicap Hurdle) Class 1 · 15.5f · Soft · 16 ran 5/16 1 10-8 148139A James Best 20/1
19 Nov 11+26d Haydock Betfair Hurdle Class 2 · 16f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 2/5 8 11-6 148133B Danny Cook 9/1
24 Oct 11+223d Southwell (AW) Sis Live Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 10 ran 1/10 9-10 7098A Barry McHugh 7/4F
15 Mar 11+66d Cheltenham Stan James Supreme Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 15 ran 11/15 7 10-13 151107C Fearghal Davis 22/1
08 Jan 11+46d Chepstow Coral Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) Class 1 · 16f · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 11-0 139143A Fearghal Davis 8/1
23 Nov 10+13d Sedgefield Durham And Cleveland CIU Juvenile Hurdle (John Wade Hurdle Series Qualifier) Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 11-2 139114C Fearghal Davis 2/9F
10 Nov 10+3d Bangor-on-Dee Coral Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 10-9 —141A Fearghal Davis 85/40
07 Nov 10+33d Market Rasen Market Rasen Racecourse Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 13 ran 3/13 nse 10-9 —118A Fearghal Davis 3/1
05 Oct 10+10d Leicester ladbrokes.com Stoat Selling Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Heavy · 7 ran 1/7 8-11 7085A Tom Queally 9/4
25 Sep 10+23d Wolverhampton (AW) Tican 10th Anniversary Celebration Handicap Class 5 · 8.5f · Standard To Fast · 13 ran 8/13 1½ 9-0 7358A Martin Lane 7/1
02 Sep 10+21d Epsom Downs Reigate Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 1½ 9-7 7572A Toby Atkinson 11/2
12 Aug 10+40d Goodwood Tanqueray Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Good · 6 ran 6/6 ½ 9-1 7860B Martin Lane 7/1
03 Jul 10+45d Beverley C.G.I. Handicap Class 4 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 4/6 1¼ 9-7 8075B Andrew Mullen 10/1
19 May 10+292d Goodwood M-Real Handicap Class 4 · 9f · Good · 9 ran 8/9 ½ 9-3 8361A Frankie Dettori 9/1
31 Jul 09+45d Goodwood RSA Nursery Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good · 17 ran 9/17 1 9-1 8582A Royston Ffrench 14/1
16 Jun 09+7d Ascot Coventry Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 · 6f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 13/13 9 9-1 8567C Frankie Dettori 16/1
09 Jun 09 Redcar Commitments Performing Here On 29th August Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 9-3 —87B Greg Fairley 11/8

Quick answers

How many races has Marsh Warbler (GB) won?
Marsh Warbler (GB) won 6 of 21 archived starts between 2009 and 2012, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 8 times in total (38.1% of starts).
Who trained Marsh Warbler (GB)?
Marsh Warbler (GB) was trained by Brian Ellison on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 27 March 2012.
Who is Marsh Warbler (GB)'s sire?
Marsh Warbler (GB) is by Barathea (IRE) out of Echo River (USA), whose sire is Irish River.
What going does Marsh Warbler (GB) prefer?
Marsh Warbler (GB) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 5 starts (60%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Marsh Warbler (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 77, from the run on 27 March 2012. The highest on record is 151.
What is Marsh Warbler (GB)'s sire's record?
Barathea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 4,143 runs since Jan 2008 (315 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Marsh Warbler (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Echo River (USA), Marsh Warbler (GB) has 10 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: My Manekineko (GB) (9). Highest grade won: Class 3 (River Dawn (GB)). The wins came over 7f–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2009. 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.