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Horse profile

Necker (FR)

7yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2008) · Last trainer Mark Hoad · Last owner Terry Locke
by Useful (FR) out of Babouche (FR) (Pure Flight)
12 runs · 10 courses · from Oct 2006
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Oct 2008 — 6,601 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2008 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 73
KTB Profile

Necker (FR) is yet to win from 12 starts. Best effort: 4th of 6 at Fontwell (Mar 2008). Last raced off 73, 22lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 22lb off peak
Official rating73↓ 22lb off peak
73 73–95

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 (flat) 35C the best of the last 1 rated run · Lingfield (AW), 7 Jun 2008

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 61C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fontwell, 16 Mar 2008 Official rating 73 at the last jumps run, 8 Oct 2008

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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Jumps 7 figures · best 88C · median 74
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Heavy261C58—
Good288C72—
Soft284C79—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m488C77.5—
2m1f – 2m4f384C61—

Of 12 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 12 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
Useful (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 346 runs since Jan 2008 (34 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm3313%−4.50 from 1
Good126129.5%+20 from 3
Good to Soft7434.1%−3.40 from 1
Soft63711.1%+3.60 from 2
Heavy4436.8%−0.70 from 3
Standard (AW)600%−7.50 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f100%−7.5—
1m2f – 1m4f8337.5%+300 from 1
1m5f – 2m5758.8%+1.30 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f12175.8%−1.70 from 5
2m5f – 3m12986.2%−1.3—
Over 3m30310%+2.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Babouche (FR) (Pure Flight)

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 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield 2 0 0% −2.00
Taunton 2 0 0% −2.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Colin Bolger 4 0 0% −4.00
Wayne Hutchinson 3 0 0% −3.00
Dominic Elsworth 2 0 0% −2.00
Charlie Studd 1 0 0% −1.00
Ross Atkinson 1 0 0% −1.00
Willie McCarthy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 0 0% −11.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 4 0 0% −4.00
2007 6 0 0% −6.00
2006 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 9 0 0% −9.00
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
Flat 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2008 · 4 runs
08 Oct 08+123d Towcester Watling Street Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3f · Good · 16 ran PU/16 — 10-7 73— Charlie Studd 200/1
07 Jun 08+75d Lingfield (AW) Premier Pensions Management Acturial Selling Stakes (AW) Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 4½ 9-8 —35C Ross Atkinson 66/1
24 Mar 08+8d Plumpton Cloud 9 Fitness Centre Selling Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m1f · Heavy · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-8 80— Colin Bolger 10/1
16 Mar 08+92d Fontwell bet365 Best Guaranteed Odds On Every Race Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m1½f · Heavy · 6 ran 4/6 70 10-13 8061C Colin Bolger 12/1
2007 · 6 runs
15 Dec 07+17d Lingfield Play Golf At Lingfield Park Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4½f · Heavy · 10 ran 7/10 23 9-13 8555C Colin Bolger 33/1
28 Nov 07+191d Lingfield Book Online For Discounted Prices Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Good · 9 ran 6/9 12 10-1 8856C Colin Bolger 33/1
21 May 07+29d Newton Abbot Winning Post Restaurant Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Firm · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-10 95— Wayne Hutchinson 17/2
22 Apr 07+41d Wincanton Bathwick Tyres Taunton Handicap Chase Class 3 · 1m7½f · Firm · 7 ran UR/7 — 10-3 95— Dominic Elsworth 17/2
12 Mar 07+41d Taunton Greyhound Inn At Staple Fitzpaine Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 7 10-13 —74C Willie McCarthy 12/1
30 Jan 07+53d Taunton Orchard Restaurant Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 2m2f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 1¾ 11-5 —84C Dominic Elsworth 50/1
2006 · 2 runs
08 Dec 06+50d Southwell Book Tickets On Line Maiden Chase Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 8 ran 5/8 10 11-4 —81C Wayne Hutchinson 16/1
19 Oct 06 Haydock Manson Insurance Group Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 1m7½f · Good · 15 ran 7/15 1 10-12 —88C Wayne Hutchinson 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Necker won?
Necker (FR) has yet to win, from 12 archived starts between 2006 and 2008.
Who trained Necker?
Necker (FR) was trained by Mark Hoad on the most recent run on record, at Towcester on 8 October 2008.
Who is Necker's sire?
Necker (FR) is by Useful (FR) out of Babouche (FR), whose sire is Pure Flight.
What is Necker's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 73, from the run on 8 October 2008. The highest on record is 95.
What is Necker's sire's record?
Useful (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 346 runs since Jan 2008 (34 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from October 2006. 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.