Horse profile
Naval Ensign (IRE)
by Golden Horde (IRE) out of Stylos Ecossais (GB) (Aqlaam)
18 runs · 11 courses · from Oct 2024
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Lingfield (AW)
Last run 27 Sep 2026 · 9th of 10
Last raced off OR 57
KTB Profile
Naval Ensign is 1 from 18, the win coming at Class 6 level in a handicap at Lingfield over 6f to 7f on standard going in Jan 2026. The filly is held up, having been ridden with patience in seven of her 11 analysed runs. All eight all-weather starts have produced that sole success while she remains 0 from 10 on turf. Aged 4 at her last run in Sep 2026 she finished 9 of 10 at Ffos Las off an official rating of 57, which was 10lb below her highest ever mark.
Based on 18 archived runs · run-style from 18 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Won on AW, 0 on turf
Win at Class 6
OR ↓ 10lb off peak
- 1–18Wins / Runs
- 5.6%Strike rate
- 2 (11.1%)Placed
- −11.50£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 0.70Fair A/E n=18 · 0.58 incl. margin
- 67Highest OR
- 42dAvg 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.
Official rating57↓ 10lb off peak
57
57–67
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 88
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 98A | 83 | 6 runs · 98 / 86.5 |
| Soft | 3 | 95C | 73 | 1 run · — |
| Good | 3 | 109C | 86 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 103A | 82.5 | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 103A | 81.5 | 5 runs · 98 / 85 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 88A | 80 | 4 runs · 88 / 80 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 109C | 85.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 runs · as at 5 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 18 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Held up 9 (50%) · 1 win
- Prominent 4 (22%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 4 (22%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (6%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 300 runs since Jan 2008 (61 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −8 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +8.7 | — |
| Good | 43 | 2 | 4.7% | −3.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 57 | 7 | 12.3% | +4.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 67 | 4 | 6% | −2 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 23 | 1 | 4.3% | −3.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 103 | 9 | 8.7% | +0.7 | 1 from 8 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | −1.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 154 | 14 | 9.1% | +1.1 | 1 from 12 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 95 | 4 | 4.2% | −3.8 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 29 | 4 | 13.8% | +5.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +6.3 | — |
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
Stylos Ecossais (GB) (Aqlaam)
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Soldier Lions (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 5f–5½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Soldier Lions (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier Lions (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 5½f | Class 5 |
| Takana (IRE) | 20 | 1 | 5f | — |
| Araka Li (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Charity Gain (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.50 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −4.50 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield (AW) | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.50 |
| Bath | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 1 | 8% | −5.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Colgan | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ben Ffrench Davis | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Dylan Hogan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Nathan Crosse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| George Wood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 13 | 1 | 8% | −6.50 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.50 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2024 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Sep 26+88d | Ffos Las | Bridge, For All Family Occasions Handicap Stakes (Div II) Held up rear from the off - never a factor - well held at the finish | 9/10 | 16 | 9-3 | 57 | 23C | 46C | Ben Ffrench Davis | 80/1 |
| 01 Jul 26+18d | Bath | MJ Church Handicap Held up early - never a factor - came home well beaten in 6th | 6/7 | 6 | 8-9 | 59 | 74C | 38C | Ben Ffrench Davis | 50/1 |
| 13 Jun 26+133d | Bath | Best Football Betting Offers At freebets.com Handicap (Div 1) Held up at the back - made steady headway before 2f out - hampered for room and eased right then left approaching the furlong marker - pushed along in fourth but unable to close and held for 4th | 4/11 | 1¾ | 9-4 | 60 | 86A | 74A | Ben Ffrench Davis | 66/1 |
| 31 Jan 26+24d | Lingfield (AW) | Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Held up towards the back - driven approaching 2f out - kept battling to the line - well held in 8th | 8/12 | hd | 9-5 | 61 | 88A | 70A | Hector Crouch | 33/1 |
| 07 Jan 26+4d | Lingfield (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap Settled at back of field early - pushed along under pressure but couldn't quicken with a furlong left - stayed on same pace to finish fifth beaten just over eight lengths | 5/7 | 2¼ | 10-0 | 59 | 80A | 62A | Cieren Fallon | 15/8J |
| 03 Jan 26+17d | Lingfield (AW) | Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap (Div 2) Settled towards the back early - still with much to accomplish and boxed in approaching the final furlong - once found space asked for effort and flew home - got up in the last strides to win | 1/9 | 9-9 | 59 | 95A | 74A | Cieren Fallon | 11/2 | |
| 2025 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Dec 25+22d | Lingfield (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap Up with the leaders early - nudged for effort 2f out - drifted right a furlong out - lost ground in the closing stages before staying on to finish 6th | 6/9 | nk | 9-9 | 60 | 98A | 65A | George Wood | 6/1 |
| 25 Nov 25+27d | Lingfield (AW) | Free Digital Racecard At Raceday-Ready.Com Handicap Settled in the pack - made progress before being hampered and denied a run inside the final furlong - not persevered with in the closing stages | 10/12 | 1 | 9-7 | 61 | 72A | 67A | Cieren Fallon | 10/1 |
| 29 Oct 25+13d | Kempton (AW) | 'He 'Will' Nag No More' Handicap Settled midfield early - urged forward approaching final 2f - stayed on without gaining ground - finished seventh | 7/12 | nk | 9-9 | 62 | 85A | 72A | Kieran Shoemark | 11/1 |
| 16 Oct 25+28d | Southwell (AW) | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap Settled towards back of the pack early - made progress into contention with 2f left - pushed along and drifted left approaching the final furlong - stayed on at one tempo to finish 4th | 4/11 | dht | 9-7 | 63 | 81A | 70A | Dylan Hogan | 11/2 |
| 18 Sep 25+10d | Yarmouth | White Swan Fishermans Fortune Handicap Held up early away from the rail - settled midfield - improved into contention around 2f out - hit the front with a furlong left - overtaken close home - stayed on at one gait to finish second | 2/10 | 2 | 9-9 | 63 | 103A | 85A | Rossa Ryan | 9/2 |
| 08 Sep 25+31d | Lingfield (AW) | Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap (Div 2) Sluggish getaway and eased across to the left - held up towards the tail - drifted left and made minor late progress but always struggling to land a blow | 5/9 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 63 | 77A | 65A | Dylan Hogan | 17/2 |
| 08 Aug 25+16d | Tipperary | Junction Gastro Bar & Guesthouse Handicap Slow into stride - settled towards the back of the pack - dropped away before halfway - unable to make headway late and finished well held | 13/15 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 66 | 109C | 58A | Robbie Colgan | 18/1 |
| 23 Jul 25+40d | Naas | NFP Handicap Shared the front spot early - pushed along with 2f left before losing the advantage 1 1/2f out - dropped away to finish 10th | 10/16 | hd | 8-10 | 67 | 95C | 72A | Nathan Crosse | 25/1 |
| 13 Jun 25+9d | Cork | Ryan's Cleaning Handicap Sat behind the pace - midfield turning in - asked for effort with 2f left - stayed on late to take 6th | 6/15 | 1½ | 8-10 | 67 | 62C | 78A | Nathan Crosse | 18/1 |
| 04 Jun 25+42d | Curragh | Spar Shop At The Curragh Maiden Handy in the early stages - pushed along and slipped to 5th with 2f left - unable to threaten the front - finished 8th | 8/18 | 1½ | 9-3 | — | 68C | 72A | Robbie Colgan | 40/1 |
| 23 Apr 25+188d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park Golf Club Maiden Settled midfield early - pressed for effort in 8th with 2f left but unable to close - finished well held in 9th | 9/16 | ½ | 9-3 | — | 82C | 62A | Robbie Colgan | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 17 Oct 24 | Curragh | Irish European Breeders Fund Median Sires Series Maiden Sat close to pace on the stands flank - dropped away with a furlong and a half left - stayed on late but never a threat - finished sixth | 6/21 | nk | 8-11 | — | 73C | 78A | Robbie Colgan | 11/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Naval Ensign won?
- Naval Ensign (IRE) won 1 of 18 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 5.6%. Placed 2 times in total (11.1% of starts).
- Who trains Naval Ensign?
- Naval Ensign (IRE) is trained by Nikki Evans, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 27 September 2026.
- Who is Naval Ensign's sire?
- Naval Ensign (IRE) is by Golden Horde (IRE) out of Stylos Ecossais (GB), whose sire is Aqlaam.
- What going does Naval Ensign prefer?
- Naval Ensign (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Naval Ensign's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 57, from the run on 27 September 2026. The highest on record is 67.
- What is Naval Ensign's sire's record?
- Golden Horde (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 300 runs since Jan 2008 (61 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Naval Ensign's siblings?
- Out of Stylos Ecossais (GB), Naval Ensign (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Soldier Lions (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Soldier Lions (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–5½f. As at Oct 2026.