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Horse profile

My Best Buddy (GB)

11yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2007) · Last trainer G T H Bailey · Last owner Mrs Cyndy Aldridge
by Vital Season (GB) out of Trade Only (GB) (Andrea Mantegna)
5 runs · 3 courses · from May 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Mar 2007 — 7,161 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2007 · 2nd of 7 Won at Towcester
KTB Profile

My Best Buddy (GB) is 1 from 5, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Apr 2006.

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 6

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 95C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Towcester, 15 May 2006

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 4 figures · best 145C · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good2145C119—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m295C94—
1m5f – 2m1———
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no runner of known ability in the race — the level cannot be solved (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 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
Vital Season (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 20% of 5 runs since May 2005 (1 horse). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm100%−200 from 1
Good2150%+301 from 2
Good to Soft100%−200 from 1
Heavy100%−200 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m100%−200 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f11100%+801 from 1
2m5f – 3m200%−200 from 2
Over 3m100%−200 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2005 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Trade Only (GB) (Andrea Mantegna)

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
Good 2 1 50% +1.25
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 3 1 33% +0.25
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Towcester 3 1 33% +0.25
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 1 100% +2.25
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr R Cope 3 1 33% +0.25
Mr R J Barrett 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 2 0 0% −2.00
2006 2 1 50% +1.25
2005 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 KTB Jockey SP
2007 · 2 runs
28 Mar 07+19d Towcester gg.com Tipzone Grafton Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 2m5½f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 12 11-9 93C Mr R J Barrett 9/2
09 Mar 07+298d Leicester Thrusters Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 2m · Heavy · 5 ran 2/5 nk 11-9 86C Mr R J Barrett 8/11F
2006 · 2 runs
15 May 06+20d Towcester Volkswagen Touareg Gentleman's Championship Hunters' Chase Class 3 · 3m½f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 5/16 8 12-1 95C Mr R Cope 8/1
25 Apr 06+350d Towcester Meslyn Maiden Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 2m4f · Good · 10 ran 1/10 11-11 145C Mr R Cope 9/4
2005 · 1 run
10 May 05 Huntingdon Honeybell Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 3m6½f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 4/14 2½ 11-11 — Mr R Cope 9/1

Quick answers

How many races has My Best Buddy won?
My Best Buddy (GB) won 1 of 5 archived starts between 2005 and 2007, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 3 times in total (60% of starts).
Who trained My Best Buddy?
My Best Buddy (GB) was trained by G T H Bailey on the most recent run on record, at Towcester on 28 March 2007.
Who is My Best Buddy's sire?
My Best Buddy (GB) is by Vital Season (GB) out of Trade Only (GB), whose sire is Andrea Mantegna.
What is My Best Buddy's sire's record?
Vital Season (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 20% of 5 runs since May 2005 (1 horse), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.

Record shown from May 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.