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Horse profile

Midnight Bella (GB)

5yo mare · Trainer Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith · Owner G R Orchard And C Clarke
by Westerner (GB) out of My Dixie (GB) (High Chaparral)
6 runs · 4 courses · from Nov 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 3 Mar 2026 · 2nd of 12 Last raced off OR 88
KTB Profile

Midnight Bella is a maiden who has shown one placing from six starts on turf. She finished second of 12 in a Class 5 novices handicap hurdle at Newcastle in Mar 2026 when last raced off her career-high mark of 88. The Westerner mare has raced over 1m5f to 2m4f, mainly on soft ground, and is usually held up.

Based on 6 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Nov 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 115 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Wetherby, 26 Nov 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 →

Jumps 6 figures · best 115B · median 97.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft4115B79.54 runs · 115 / 79.5
Good to Soft299B992 runs · 99 / 99
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f499B97.54 runs · 99 / 97.5
1m5f – 2m2115B87.52 runs · 115 / 87.5

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 117A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newcastle, 3 Mar 2026 Official rating 88 at the last run, 3 Mar 2026

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 →

Jumps 6 figures · best 117A · median 96.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft4103A96.54 runs · 103 / 96.5
Good to Soft2117A103.52 runs · 117 / 103.5
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f4117A96.54 runs · 117 / 96.5
1m5f – 2m2100A96.52 runs · 100 / 96.5

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 6 analysed runs since Nov 2025

  • Led 2 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 2 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (17%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (17%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Westerner (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,830 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+2.2—
Good to Firm2342711.5%−0.6—
Good3,40743012.6%+0.5—
Good to Soft2,11025211.9%−0.20 from 2
Soft3,77945212%−0.10 from 4
Heavy2,10525912.3%+0.2—
Standard (AW)188168.5%−3.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f4948.2%−3.9—
1m – 1m1f1241310.5%−1.6—
1m2f – 1m4f267259.4%−2.7—
1m5f – 2m3,36739511.7%−0.40 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f4,28353712.5%+0.40 from 4
2m5f – 3m2,97437512.6%+0.5—
Over 3m7668811.5%−0.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
My Dixie (GB) (High Chaparral)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Three Pikes (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m1f–2m2½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Three Pikes (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Three Pikes (GB)922m1f–2m2½fClass 4

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

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

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newcastle 2 0 0% −2.00
Wetherby 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Peter Kavanagh 5 0 0% −5.00
Danny McMenamin 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2026 · 3 runs
03 Mar 26+14d Newcastle Border Minstrel Sunday Lunch Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran Sent clear early - lost front spot but stayed handy after 4th - back in command after 6th - given a nudge approaching two out - edged clear from there - caught close to the line 2/12 1 11-5 8899B117A Peter Kavanagh 33/1
17 Feb 26+33d Market Rasen Watch On Racing TV EBF Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 9 ran Held up in the pack early - dropped away after 4 out - well beaten by the finish 9/9 17 11-2 —60C93C Peter Kavanagh 200/1
15 Jan 26+20d Newcastle Virgin Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 12 ran Sat close to pace early - dropped back 4th and toiling from 6th - well held from there 6/12 11 11-1 —99C90C Peter Kavanagh 80/1
2025 · 3 runs
26 Dec 25+30d Wetherby Watch William Hill Inside Track Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 14 ran Held up at the back throughout - never troubled the leaders - well held at the finish 11/14 2¾ 11-4 —63C87C Peter Kavanagh 18/1
26 Nov 25+16d Wetherby Wetherby Mares' NH Flat Race (Conditional & Amateur Jockeys) (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran Went straight to front - pressed and lost command inside final 2f - dropped away in last furlong - finished eighth 8/10 1 11-2 —115B100A Peter Kavanagh 12/1
10 Nov 25 Carlisle Nigel Hawke Raceday Experiences Mares' Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 17f · Soft · 12 ran Handy early - pressed for effort with 2f left - dropped away in the closing stages to finish 5th 5/12 3½ 11-2 —96A103A Danny McMenamin 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Midnight Bella won?
Midnight Bella (GB) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2025 and 2026. Placed 1 time in total (16.7% of starts).
Who trains Midnight Bella?
Midnight Bella (GB) is trained by Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 3 March 2026.
Who is Midnight Bella's sire?
Midnight Bella (GB) is by Westerner (GB) out of My Dixie (GB), whose sire is High Chaparral.
What is Midnight Bella's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 3 March 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Midnight Bella's sire's record?
Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,830 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
Who are Midnight Bella's siblings?
Out of My Dixie (GB), Midnight Bella (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Three Pikes (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Three Pikes (GB)). The wins came over 2m1f–2m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2025. 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.