Horse profile
Musical Soldier (IRE)
by Soldier's Call (GB) out of Harmonic Note (GB) (Nayef)
17 runs · 10 courses · from Jun 2025
As at 9 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Lingfield (AW), Lingfield & Wolverhampton (AW)
Last run 9 Sep 2026 · 2nd of 14
Last raced off OR 67
KTB Profile
Typically ridden prominently in 12 of 17 analysed runs — Musical Soldier (IRE) is 4 from 17, all wins coming at Class 6 level. All 4 wins have come over 6f – 7f. Last raced off a career-high mark of 67.
Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 17 commented runs since Jun 2025 · updated 9 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
All wins at Class 6
OR at career high
- 4–17Wins / Runs
- 23.5%Strike rate
- 9 (52.9%)Placed
- +3.25£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 1.43Fair A/E n=17 · 1.21 incl. margin
- 67Highest OR
- 12dBetween runs (median)longest 188 d
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.
Official rating67At career-high mark
67
50–67
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 120
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 9 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 117B | 87.5 | 10 runs · 117 / 87.5 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 120A | 95 | 3 runs · 120 / 115 |
| Good | 2 | 83A | 78.5 | 2 runs · 83 / 78.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 9 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 120A | 95 | 11 runs · 120 / 100 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 92C | 72.5 | 4 runs · 92 / 72.5 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 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 from 17 analysed runs since Jun 2025
- Prominent 12 (71%) · 4 wins
- Held up 3 (18%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (12%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,130 runs since Mar 2023 (218 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 13.5% from 200. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4% from 248.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 335 | 32 | 9.6% | +0.5 | 1 from 5 |
| Good | 581 | 49 | 8.4% | −0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 200 | 27 | 13.5% | +4.4 | — |
| Soft | 273 | 22 | 8.1% | −1 | — |
| Heavy | 80 | 7 | 8.8% | −0.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 649 | 56 | 8.6% | −0.5 | 3 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 711 | 81 | 11.4% | +2.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,030 | 91 | 8.8% | −0.3 | 4 from 13 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 248 | 10 | 4% | −5.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 79 | 7 | 8.9% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 41 | 4 | 9.8% | +0.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 19 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2023 · as at 9 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Harmonic Note (GB) (Nayef)
5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Ben Hur (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m5f–2m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Hur (IRE) | 10 | 2 | 1m5f–2m | — |
| Helen Of Albany (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Pay Scale (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Desert Chorus (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Singers Star (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 3 | 30% | +6.25 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 13 | 4 | 31% | +7.25 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 4 | 2 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 4 | 31% | +7.25 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Loughnane | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| Sean D Bowen | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Charles Bishop | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Libby Swallow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Trevor Whelan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jack Callan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Callum Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.50 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nicola Currie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.50 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.25 |
| Hood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 4 | 29% | +6.25 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 14 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Sep 26+8d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Stakes Tracked the front group early - driven approaching 2f out and kept on to fight for the runner-up spot - edged out in the closing yards for second | 2/14 | 1 | 9-5 | 67 | 100B | 76A | Billy Loughnane | 7/2 |
| 01 Sep 26+7d | Lingfield (AW) | Mo's Mile Handicap Stakes Went straight to front - lost that spot by a whisker after 1f - urged forward with 2f remaining - regained command a furlong out - driven when overtaken close home then held on without finding more | 2/5 | 1 | 9-11 | 61 | 92C | 75B | Sean D Bowen | 11/8F |
| 25 Aug 26+24d | Lingfield (AW) | Follow @AtTheRaces On X Handicap Stakes Settled just behind pacesetter early - pushed along with two furlongs left - edged closer and hit front approaching final furlong - powered away to win going away | 1/8 | 9-5 | 61 | 117B | 79A | Billy Loughnane | 9/4J | |
| 01 Aug 26+11d | Lingfield | Core Group Handicap Stakes Sat close up early - hit the front two furlongs out and pressed for effort - overtaken inside the last but rallied - regained the advantage close home to prevail | 1/7 | 9-9 | 60 | 120A | 74A | Sean D Bowen | 3/1 | |
| 21 Jul 26+7d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Book To Stay - Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap Stakes (Div II) disputed second early - needed urging in pursuit of the front-runner with 2f left - quickened nicely and went in front inside the final 110 yards - asserted in the closing strides | 1/9 | 9-1 | 55 | 107A | 80A | Jack Callan | 5/2 | |
| 14 Jul 26+6d | Leicester | Evening Racing @leicesterraces Wednesday 22nd July Handicap Stakes raced up with the pace before going on 2f out - stayed on over 1f out - edged right as the margin shrank inside the final 110yds - passed close home | 2/6 | nk | 9-9 | 55 | 95A | 74B | Charles Bishop | 100/30 |
| 08 Jul 26+25d | Chepstow | bet365 Handicap up with the front runners and sent to the front 2f out - maintained a steady gallop before being passed entering final 110yds - narrowly denied towards finish | 2/6 | ½ | 9-4 | 55 | 115B | 60B | Charles Bishop | 11/1 |
| 13 Jun 26+11d | Bath | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Handicap Sat close to the front group early - urged forward before fading two furlongs out - well held at the finish | 12/14 | ½ | 8-7 | 56 | 74C | 33A | Libby Swallow | 20/1 |
| 02 Jun 26+12d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Cavani Classic Style Handicap (Div 2) Set the pace early - driven approaching final two furlongs then again inside the last - lost the lead close home and held for second | 2/8 | 2 | 9-5 | 55 | 83A | 61A | Billy Loughnane | 5/6F |
| 21 May 26+16d | Catterick | Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap Sat close to front group early - pushed along beyond the furlong marker - stayed on same speed to finish 5th beaten 3 lengths | 5/11 | nse | 9-9 | 55 | 83A | 68A | Callum Rodriguez | 5/2F |
| 05 May 26+42d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap Handy early - hit the front before 1f - driven out approaching 2f from home and stayed on strongly to win | 1/10 | 8-13 | 50 | 104B | 68A | Hollie Doyle | 17/2 | |
| 24 Mar 26+55d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Daily Profit Boosts At betmgm.co.uk Handicap (Div 1) Handy early - sat close to pace until 3f out - asked for effort 2 out - lost ground final furlong and faded finishing seventh | 7/9 | nk | 9-6 | 52 | 59A | 51A | David Egan | 9/2 |
| 28 Jan 26+21d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap Sat close to the pace early - asked for effort and dropped back inside final 2f - faded from there to finish 6th | 6/7 | 4¼ | 9-0 | 56 | 71A | 42A | Nicola Currie | 5/1 |
| 07 Jan 26+23d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's Supportboosts Handicap Settled at the back early - urged forward with over two furlongs left - drifted left entering the final furlong - stayed on but couldn't get to the front runners close home finishing 5th beaten 3.5L | 5/11 | ½ | 8-9 | 58 | 70A | 52A | Libby Swallow | 28/1 |
| 2025 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Dec 25+188d | Lingfield (AW) | Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Held up at back - driven approaching final 2f - found nothing under pressure - finished well held in 5th | 5/5 | 3½ | 9-7 | — | 63C | 43C | Kieran Shoemark | 50/1 |
| 10 Jun 25+8d | Salisbury | Clive Cox Racing British EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Checked and eased across early - held up towards the back of the field - never a factor - finished well beaten in 11th | 11/12 | 2 | 9-2 | — | 68A | 56A | Trevor Whelan | 33/1 |
| 02 Jun 25 | Windsor | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Slow to settle early - never involved with the pace - trailed at the back throughout - well held at the finish | 13/13 | 5½ | 9-7 | — | 47C | 46C | Trevor Whelan | 10/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Musical Soldier won?
- Musical Soldier (IRE) won 4 of 17 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 23.5%. Placed 9 times in total (52.9% of starts).
- Who trains Musical Soldier?
- Musical Soldier (IRE) is trained by Ollie Sangster, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 September 2026.
- Who is Musical Soldier's sire?
- Musical Soldier (IRE) is by Soldier's Call (GB) out of Harmonic Note (GB), whose sire is Nayef.
- What going does Musical Soldier prefer?
- Musical Soldier (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 3 wins from 10 starts (30%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Musical Soldier's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 67, from the run on 9 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Musical Soldier's sire's record?
- Soldier's Call (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,130 runs since Mar 2023 (218 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 13.5% from 200. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4% from 248.
- Who are Musical Soldier's siblings?
- Out of Harmonic Note (GB), Musical Soldier (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Ben Hur (IRE) (2). The wins came over 1m5f–2m. As at Nov 2026.