Matters Most (GB)
Matters Most is a gelding with two wins from 14 starts on turf, both at Class 4 level. He won the Byerley Stud British EBF Novice Stakes at Salisbury over under 6f on good to soft in May 2023 and a 6f-7f handicap at Windsor on good two months later off a mark of 85. His last run, at Happy Valley in Sep 2026, was his first for C S Shum and saw him finish fourth of 12 in the Wan Chai Handicap. He has raced at 11 different courses.
- 2–14Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 6 (42.9%)Placed
- −5.30£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.26Fair A/E n=11 · 1.10 incl. margin
- 95Highest OR
- 95dAvg 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 130
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 109B | 101 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 117A | 95.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 130A | 102 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 45A | 42.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 130A | 103 | — |
| Under 6f | 4 | 94A | 82.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 1,546 runs since Jan 2008 (151 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 225 | 16 | 7.1% | −2.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 316 | 29 | 9.2% | −0.7 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 127 | 9 | 7.1% | −2.8 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 169 | 17 | 10.1% | +0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 54 | 5 | 9.3% | −0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 652 | 77 | 11.8% | +1.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 118 | 10 | 8.5% | −1.4 | 1 from 4 |
| 6f – 7f | 750 | 69 | 9.2% | −0.7 | 1 from 10 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 403 | 46 | 11.4% | +1.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 200 | 18 | 9% | −0.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 63 | 10 | 15.9% | +6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Haymaker (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Haymaker (GB)).
Family form: Topwarrior (GB) finished 3rd of 12 at Doncaster, 23 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haymaker (GB) | 34 | 5 | 5f–7f | Class 3 |
| Topwarrior (GB) | 16 | 2 | 6f | Class 3 |
| Motorious (GB) | 7 | 2 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Black Orchid (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +2.70 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Valley (HK) | 2 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Windsor | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sha Tin (HK) | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 10 | 1 | 10% | −3.50 |
| Under 6f | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.80 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossa Ryan | 8 | 2 | 25% | −2.30 |
| Ellis Wong | 2 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Hector Crouch | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lyle Hewitson | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Ben Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 2 | 17% | −5.30 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −1.30 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Matters Most won?
- Matters Most (GB) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 6 times in total (42.9% of starts).
- Who trains Matters Most?
- Matters Most (GB) is trained by C S Shum, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 September 2026.
- Who is Matters Most's sire?
- Matters Most (GB) is by Advertise (GB) out of Squash (GB), whose sire is Pastoral Pursuits.
- What going does Matters Most prefer?
- Matters Most (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Matters Most's official rating?
- Matters Most (GB)'s highest official rating on record is 95.
- What is Matters Most's sire's record?
- Advertise (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 1,546 runs since Jan 2008 (151 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Matters Most's siblings?
- Out of Squash (GB), Matters Most (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Haymaker (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Haymaker (GB)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.