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Masterful Act (USA)

10yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2017) · Last trainer John Balding · Last owner Timms Timms Mccabe
by Pleasantly Perfect (USA) out of Catnip (USA) (Flying Paster)
46 runs · 19 courses · from Aug 2009
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Dec 2017 — 3,211 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2017 · 11th of 12 9 wins · Southwell (AW), Huntingdon & Wolverhampton (AW) Last raced off OR 59
KTB Profile

Masterful Act (USA) is 9 from 46. Hasn't won since Dec 2015. 7 of 13 starts at Southwell (AW) have ended in wins. Last raced off 59, 61lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 46 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 61lb off peak
Official rating59↓ 61lb off peak
59 59–120

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 47 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Newcastle (AW), 19 May 2017

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.

Flat 6 figures · best 89C · median 63.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)689C63.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f489C64—
1m5f – 2m1———
1m – 1m1f1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 60C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 29 Dec 2017 Official rating 59 at the last flat run, 29 Dec 2017

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 113B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Stratford, 19 Jul 2015 Official rating 118 at the last jumps run, 19 Jul 2015

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.

Flat 31 figures · best 101B · median 70
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)26101B71.5—
Good276A70.5—
Soft268C58.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m1498A72.5—
1m2f – 1m4f12101B69—
1m – 1m1f377A58—
6f – 7f252A50.5—
Jumps 13 figures · best 145A · median 103
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good7125B103—
Good to Soft3120A101—
Standard (AW)2145A141—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7125B101—
1m5f – 2m5145A121—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 46 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 44 figures from 46 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
Pleasantly Perfect (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 137 runs since Jan 2008 (12 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+86.9—
Good to Firm7114.3%+1.20 from 1
Good40410%−3.11 from 10
Good to Soft1218.3%−4.80 from 4
Soft2000%−13.10 from 3
Heavy500%−13.1—
Standard (AW)521121.2%+8.18 from 28
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−13.1—
6f – 7f1616.3%−6.80 from 2
1m – 1m1f28310.7%−2.40 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f35514.3%+1.23 from 12
1m5f – 2m27622.2%+9.15 from 19
2m1f – 2m4f20210%−3.11 from 9
2m5f – 3m9111.1%−20 from 1
Over 3m100%−13.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Catnip (USA) (Flying Paster)

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
Standard (AW) 28 8 29% +2.02
Good 10 1 10% −7.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 13 3 23% −2.75
Class 5 12 3 25% +0.67
Class 2 9 1 11% −5.50
Class 3 7 1 14% −2.50
Class 6 5 1 20% −2.90

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Southwell (AW) 13 7 54% +11.02
Wolverhampton (AW) 6 1 17% +0.00
Newcastle (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Doncaster 3 0 0% −3.00
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Huntingdon 2 1 50% +1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 19 5 26% +0.92
1m2f – 1m4f 12 3 25% −1.90
2m1f – 2m4f 9 1 11% −6.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Queally 5 2 40% +3.00
Graham Lee 5 1 20% +0.00
Bridget Andrews 4 1 25% −1.00
Ben Curtis 3 0 0% −3.00
Andrew Mullen 2 0 0% −2.00
Sam James 2 1 50% +0.10
Jason Maguire 2 1 50% +0.25
Joe Fanning 2 1 50% −0.33
James Reveley 2 0 0% −2.00
Tony Culhane 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Eaves 1 0 0% −1.00
Daniel Tudhope 1 0 0% −1.00
Harry Skelton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ryan Mahon 1 0 0% −1.00
Ian Popham 1 0 0% −1.00
Billy Cray 1 0 0% −1.00
Jason Hart 1 1 100% +4.00
William Twiston-Davies 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Matthew Barber 1 0 0% −1.00
John Fahy 1 0 0% −1.00
Tadhg O'Shea 1 0 0% −1.00
Martin Harley 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr E D Linehan 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Mitchell 1 1 100% +5.00
Marc Halford 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Winston 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Thomas 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 37 8 22% −6.98
Tongue tie 7 1 14% −4.00
Tongue tie + visor 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 6 0 0% −6.00
2016 1 0 0% −1.00
2015 8 2 25% −2.90
2014 8 2 25% +0.00
2013 12 4 33% +1.92
2012 2 0 0% −2.00
2011 3 0 0% −3.00
2010 2 1 50% +4.00
2009 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 31 7 23% −3.23
Hurdle 12 1 8% −9.00
NH Flat 2 1 50% +0.25
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00

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 Dec 17+25d Southwell (AW) Betway Handicap Class 6 · 11f · Standard · 12 ran 11/12 16 9-8 5936C60C Tom Eaves 14/1
04 Dec 17+199d Southwell (AW) Betway Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 7 ran 6/7 3¼ 9-1 6489C52C Andrew Mullen 20/1
19 May 17+35d Newcastle (AW) O'Brien Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 8 8-7 6547A46A Andrew Mullen 100/1
14 Apr 17+21d Newcastle (AW) Betway Insider Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 11 8-7 6981C50C Ben Curtis 66/1
24 Mar 17+29d Newcastle (AW) Betway Stayers' Handicap Class 5 · 16.5f · Standard · 6 ran 6/6 24 9-12 7577C60C Ben Curtis 20/1
23 Feb 17+419d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Handicap Class 4 · 9.5f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 32 9-0 7850C45C Ben Curtis 66/1
01 Jan 16+17d Southwell (AW) coral.co.uk Best Odds Guaranteed On Racing Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 7 ran 2/7 1 8-13 86—86A Sam James 2/1F
15 Dec 15+10d Southwell (AW) Coral App Download From The App Store Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 11f · Standard · 6 ran 1/6 9-1 89—77B Sam James 11/10F
05 Dec 15+139d Wolverhampton (AW) 32Red.com Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Standard · 8 ran 7/8 7 9-6 92—73C Daniel Tudhope 40/1
19 Jul 15+38d Stratford Shakespeare Media Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 18.5f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 2¼ 11-1 118—113B Bridget Andrews 5/2
11 Jun 15+32d Uttoxeter Lisa Oldham Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-10 118—— Harry Skelton 7/1
10 May 15+53d Plumpton Speedcut Contractors Racing Excellence Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Final Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 20.5f · Good · 7 ran 7/7 38 10-13 120—87C Bridget Andrews 5/2F
18 Mar 15+7d Haydock ApolloBet Mobile Games Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 1½ 9-11 105—101B Bridget Andrews 10/11F
11 Mar 15+63d Huntingdon 32RedSport.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 10 ran 1/10 11-5 105—125B Bridget Andrews 2/1F
07 Jan 15+12d Ludlow 1871 Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 5 10-3 105—94B Ryan Mahon 7/2
26 Dec 14+49d Market Rasen Malton Marquees Cover Whatever The Weather Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 4½ 11-12 100—120A Ian Popham 7/2
07 Nov 14+61d Wolverhampton (AW) 32Red Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Standard · 9 ran 8/9 7 10-0 97—74C Tom Queally 40/1
07 Sep 14+142d York Castles UK Educational And Residential Furniture Handicap Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 11/12 6 9-9 83—65C Billy Cray 33/1
18 Apr 14+50d Lingfield (AW) 32Red Casino All-Weather Marathon Championships Conditions Stakes Class 2 · 16f · Standard · 14 ran 14/14 10 9-5 99—72C Tom Queally 33/1
27 Feb 14+10d Southwell (AW) Coral.co.uk Best Odds Guaranteed On Racing Handicap Class 2 · 11f · Standard · 7 ran 4/7 2 9-10 99—92A Tom Queally 9/4F
17 Feb 14+18d Southwell (AW) totepool.com 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race Class 3 · 16f · Standard · 6 ran 2/6 3½ 11-8 ——137B Jason Maguire 2/7F
30 Jan 14+29d Southwell (AW) Coral Mobile Just Three Clicks To Bet Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Standard · 7 ran 1/7 9-12 91—101B Tom Queally 5/2
01 Jan 14+42d Southwell (AW) Coral App Download From The App Store Handicap Class 3 · 11f · Standard · 7 ran 1/7 9-9 88—101A Tom Queally 7/2
20 Nov 13+15d Kempton (AW) Betdaq - The Sports Betting Exchange Handicap Class 2 · 16f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 73 9-13 90—68C Joe Fanning 8/1
05 Nov 13+10d Southwell (AW) 32Red Handicap Class 4 · 16.5f · Standard · 7 ran 1/7 9-9 83—98A Jason Hart 4/1
26 Oct 13+58d Wolverhampton (AW) 32red Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 11 9-3 84—70C William Twiston-Davies 20/1
29 Aug 13+62d Stratford Squire Osbaldeston Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 21 11-7 100—103A Mr Matthew Barber 13/8F
28 Jun 13+34d Doncaster Mg Law Education & Social Care Law Handicap Class 4 · 14.5f · Good · 9 ran 8/9 8 9-3 78—65C John Fahy 20/1
25 May 13+42d Chester Bloom Gin Handicap Class 3 · 13.5f · Good · 10 ran 9/10 ¾ 9-0 81—76A Tadhg O'Shea 25/1
13 Apr 13+16d Kempton (AW) Betfred 'The Bonus King' Queen's Prize Handicap Class 2 · 16f · Standard · 11 ran 6/11 ½ 9-3 87—80A Martin Harley 14/1
28 Mar 13+6d Southwell (AW) 32Red 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race Class 4 · 16f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 1/8 11-0 ——145A Jason Maguire 5/4F
22 Mar 13+9d Doncaster William Hill No 1 Downloaded Betting App Doncaster Shield (Conditions Stakes) Class 2 · 12f · Soft · 5 ran 5/5 4½ 9-0 76—68C Graham Lee 10/1
13 Mar 13+8d Southwell (AW) Compare Free Bets With Bookmakers.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Standard · 5 ran 1/5 9-9 65—94B Joe Fanning 4/6F
05 Mar 13+20d Southwell (AW) 32Red Casino Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Standard · 7 ran 1/7 9-2 65—89A Graham Lee 4/1
13 Feb 13+65d Southwell (AW) Pick Today's Winners At bookmakers.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 5 ran 3/5 6 9-2 67—70B Graham Lee 7/1
10 Dec 12+54d Musselburgh Weatherbys Printing Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran PU/15 — 10-6 105—— James Reveley 50/1
17 Oct 12+555d Wetherby Wetherby Racecourse & Conference Centre Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 7/10 hd 10-12 110—95C James Reveley 28/1
11 Apr 11+26d Hexham Thornton - Firkin Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 20f · Good · 10 ran 3/10 10 10-7 ——86B Graham Lee 13/8
16 Mar 11+12d Huntingdon Bet On The Cheltenham Festival Totejackpot Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 14 ran 2/14 6 10-7 ——121A Graham Lee 7/2
04 Mar 11+98d Doncaster coral.co.uk Green Tick Win More Every Race Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran 7/12 6 9-13 ——102A Mr E D Linehan 16/1
26 Nov 10+44d Wolverhampton (AW) Stay At The Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 14f · Standard · 11 ran 1/11 9-3 67—71A Jack Mitchell 5/1
13 Oct 10+385d Lingfield (AW) tagworldwide.com Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 13 ran 10/13 1½ 9-7 70—62A Tony Culhane 40/1
23 Sep 09+12d Kempton (AW) Kia Soul, Safe Bet Nursery Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 9/13 hd 9-2 73—58A Marc Halford 20/1
11 Sep 09+22d Wolverhampton (AW) William Hill 0800 444040 - Get 25 Free Bet Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 10 ran 3/10 1¼ 9-3 73—77A Tony Culhane 50/1
20 Aug 09+19d Lingfield (AW) Buy A Racing Post Yearling Bonus Candidate Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 6/7 4 9-3 ——52A Robert Winston 50/1
01 Aug 09 Lingfield toteswinger Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 7.5f · Soft · 14 ran 9/14 15 9-3 ——49C Richard Thomas 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Masterful Act (USA) won?
Masterful Act (USA) won 9 of 46 archived starts between 2009 and 2017, a strike rate of 19.6%. Placed 17 times in total (37% of starts).
Who trained Masterful Act (USA)?
Masterful Act (USA) was trained by John Balding on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 29 December 2017.
Who is Masterful Act (USA)'s sire?
Masterful Act (USA) is by Pleasantly Perfect (USA) out of Catnip (USA), whose sire is Flying Paster.
What going does Masterful Act (USA) prefer?
Masterful Act (USA) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 8 wins from 28 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Masterful Act (USA)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 59, from the run on 29 December 2017. The highest on record is 120.
What is Masterful Act (USA)'s sire's record?
Pleasantly Perfect (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 137 runs since Jan 2008 (12 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from August 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.