Horse profile
Nemean Lion (GER)
by Golden Horn (GB) out of Ninfea (GER) (Selkirk)
25 runs · 15 courses · from Aug 2019
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
8 wins · 7 courses
Last run 24 Jan 2026 · 2nd of 4
Last raced off OR 151
KTB Profile
Nemean Lion won the Star Sports National Spirit Hurdle at Fontwell in Feb 2025, a Grade 2 success. The gelding has eight wins from 25 starts in our archive, including three Grade 2 wins in our archive only. All wins came on turf, four of them over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft or softer. He last ran when second of four in the Unibet Hurdle at Cheltenham in Jan 2026, off an official rating of 151.
Based on 25 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Dec 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
OR at career high
- 8–25Wins / Runs
- 32%Strike rate
- 14 (56%)Placed
- +17.40£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 2.05Fair A/E n=25 · 1.80 incl. margin
- 151Highest OR
- 98dAvg 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 rating151At career-high mark
151
100–151
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 125
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 7 | 125B | 109 | 2 runs · 85 / 69.5 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 145A | 130 | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 3 | 126C | 96 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 145A | 124 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 139A | 111 | 3 runs · 130 / 85 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Flat
Of 19 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 19 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 7 analysed runs since Dec 2024
- Prominent 4 (57%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 2 (29%) · 1 win
- Led 1 (14%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 3,739 runs since Jan 2008 (345 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 9.3% from 162. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.2% from 233.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 3 | 27.3% | +13.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 441 | 69 | 15.6% | +1.8 | — |
| Good | 1,024 | 143 | 14% | +0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 479 | 78 | 16.3% | +2.5 | 5 from 9 |
| Soft | 572 | 72 | 12.6% | −1.2 | 2 from 8 |
| Heavy | 162 | 15 | 9.3% | −4.5 | 1 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,050 | 137 | 13% | −0.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 233 | 19 | 8.2% | −5.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 613 | 60 | 9.8% | −4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,419 | 205 | 14.4% | +0.6 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 977 | 152 | 15.6% | +1.8 | 3 from 11 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 406 | 66 | 16.3% | +2.5 | 4 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 85 | 14 | 16.5% | +2.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Ninfea (GER) (Selkirk)
7 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them No More Bolero (GB) (6 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (No More Bolero (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No More Bolero (GB) | 31 | 6 | 2m–3m1½f | Class 4 |
| Nymphaea (GB) | 19 | 2 | 1m2f–1m6f | Class 6 |
| City Of London (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Scrappetalene (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Moon Is Up (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Nayala (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Night Oasis (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 9 | 5 | 56% | +25.08 |
| Soft | 8 | 2 | 25% | −1.88 |
| Heavy | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.80 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 10 | 3 | 30% | +0.20 |
| Class 2 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +1.50 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.70 |
| Deauville (FR) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Windsor | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.12 |
| Hereford | 2 | 2 | 100% | +15.38 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 11 | 3 | 27% | +10.20 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 4 | 50% | +5.50 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.70 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Patrick | 15 | 7 | 47% | +19.70 |
| Mickael Barzalona | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.70 |
| Conor O'Farrell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mlle Manon Juteau | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 22 | 8 | 36% | +20.40 |
| Tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.12 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 33% | −1.42 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +5.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +12.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.70 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 18 | 7 | 39% | +16.70 |
| Flat | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.70 |
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 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 24 Jan 26+8d | Cheltenham | Unibet Hurdle (Registered As The International Hurdle) (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Went straight to front - controlled unopposed gallop - pressed for effort near the last - lost top spot and slipped to third briefly - fought back close home to retake second | 2/4 | 1½ | 11-10 | 151 | 54C | 146C | Conor O'Farrell | 18/1 |
| 16 Jan 26+48d | Windsor | Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Hurdle (GBB Race) Handy early - hit front 3 out and pushed along - overtaken close to last - unable to find more and edged out in closing strides for 4th | 4/5 | nk | 11-8 | 151 | 85C | 144B | Conor O'Farrell | 15/8F |
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Nov 25+261d | Newcastle | BetMGM Fighting Fifth Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Settled in third - bumped early at the second - urged into contention three out - lost ground and dropped away two out - moved left and found renewed energy before the last then stayed on to finish third | 3/5 | nk | 11-10 | 151 | 130C | 145C | Conor O'Farrell | 40/1 |
| 13 Mar 25+18d | Cheltenham | Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Settled among the pack early - made progress before the 6th - dropped away two out - eased and pulled up before the last | PU/13 | — | 11-10 | 151 | — | — | Richard Patrick | 16/1 |
| 23 Feb 25+37d | Fontwell | Star Sports National Spirit Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Held in 4th early - improved to 3rd and clipped the 6th fence - urged approaching the home bend - over 2 lengths down at the last - battled hard on the run-in to get up in the closing yards | 1/5 | 11-10 | 151 | — | 158B | Richard Patrick | 2/1 | |
| 17 Jan 25+27d | Windsor | Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - still within range of the front group approaching two out - pushed along and made progress before the last - kept going strongly up the straight - got up in the final strides to prevail | 1/5 | 11-8 | 150 | 115C | 152B | Richard Patrick | 85/40F | |
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Dec 24+14d | Hereford | DragonBet, Chicken-Bhuna, Lamb-Bhuna, Prawn-Bhuna Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Up with the pace - jumped untidily at the 4th and 3rd last - moved to the front after 2 out with plenty in hand - drew right away on the home turn - cantered to victory on the run-in | 1/4 | 12-0 | 148 | 111C | 158B | Richard Patrick | 11/8J | |
| 07 Dec 24+240d | Sandown | Betfair Plays Different Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Tracked the front group early - clipped the fourth-last fence - moved up into second two out - outpaced soon after by the winner - stayed on at one speed though scrappy over the final obstacle | 2/6 | 8 | 12-0 | 150 | 94A | 160B | Richard Patrick | 11/2 |
| 11 Apr 24+30d | Aintree | William Hill Aintree Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 7/8 | 27 | 11-10 | 151 | 76C | 120C | Richard Patrick | 14/1 |
| 12 Mar 24+24d | Cheltenham | Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 6/8 | 6½ | 11-10 | 151 | 96A | 134A | Richard Patrick | 12/1 |
| 17 Feb 24+35d | Wincanton | Jennings Bet Kingwell Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | 1/5 | 11-7 | 145 | 126C | 154B | Richard Patrick | 6/5F | |
| 13 Jan 24+55d | Kempton | Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/19 | 1¼ | 11-11 | 140 | 125B | 157A | Richard Patrick | 9/2 |
| 2023 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Nov 23+35d | Cheltenham | Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 5/15 | ½ | 12-0 | 140 | 123B | 145A | Richard Patrick | 6/1 |
| 15 Oct 23+225d | Ffos Las | DragonBet Welsh Champion Hurdle (Limited Handicap) (GBB Race) | 1/10 | 11-4 | 135 | 145A | 151A | Richard Patrick | 3/1J | |
| 04 Mar 23+56d | Kelso | bet365 Premier Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | 1/11 | 11-5 | 131 | 139A | 143A | Richard Patrick | 4/1 | |
| 07 Jan 23+38d | Sandown | Unibet Tolworth Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 3/8 | 1 | 11-8 | 131 | 109A | 148B | Richard Patrick | 18/1 |
| 2022 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Nov 22+15d | Haydock | Jewson Warrington 'Introductory' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/8 | 3¾ | 11-7 | — | 125B | 149A | Richard Patrick | 10/3 |
| 15 Nov 22+25d | Hereford | Cazoo Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/14 | 11-4 | — | 130B | 149A | Richard Patrick | 14/1 | |
| 21 Oct 22+748d | Doncaster | vertem.co.uk Handicap | 5/5 | 37 | 10-2 | 100 | 43C | 78C | Robert Havlin | 12/1 |
| 2020 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Oct 20+30d | Longchamp (FR) | Qatar Prix Chaudenay (3yo) (Grande Course) (Turf) | 2/6 | 2 | 9-2 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 26/5 |
| 03 Sep 20+35d | Longchamp (FR) | Prix du Lac (Handicap) (3yo) (Grande Course) (Turf) | 1/16 | 9-4 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 67/10 | |
| 30 Jul 20+281d | Deauville (FR) | Prix de Victot (Handicap) (3yo) (Round Course) (Turf) | 6/13 | ¾ | 9-4 | — | — | — | Mlle Manon Juteau | 19/1 |
| 2019 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Oct 19+48d | Deauville (FR) | Prix de Kildare (Maiden) (2yo Colts & Geldings) (Round Course) (Turf) | 2/6 | hd | 9-2 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 9/5 |
| 05 Sep 19+30d | Longchamp (FR) | Prix du Conservatoire (Maiden) (2yo Colts & Geldings) (Moyenne Course) (Turf) | 5/10 | ½ | 9-2 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 43/5 |
| 06 Aug 19 | Deauville (FR) | Arqana Prix de Crevecoeur (Maiden) (Unraced 2yo Colts & Geldings) (Round Course) (Turf) | 10/13 | 1½ | 9-2 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 69/10 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Nemean Lion won?
- Nemean Lion (GER) won 8 of 25 archived starts between 2019 and 2026, a strike rate of 32%. Placed 14 times in total (56% of starts).
- Who trains Nemean Lion?
- Nemean Lion (GER) is trained by Kerry Lee, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 January 2026.
- Who is Nemean Lion's sire?
- Nemean Lion (GER) is by Golden Horn (GB) out of Ninfea (GER), whose sire is Selkirk.
- What going does Nemean Lion prefer?
- Nemean Lion (GER) has the best record on good to soft going: 5 wins from 9 starts (55.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Nemean Lion's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 151, from the run on 24 January 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Nemean Lion's sire's record?
- Golden Horn (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 3,739 runs since Jan 2008 (345 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 9.3% from 162. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.2% from 233.
- Who are Nemean Lion's siblings?
- Out of Ninfea (GER), Nemean Lion (GER) has 7 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: No More Bolero (GB) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (No More Bolero (GB)). The wins came over 1m2f–3m1½f. As at Oct 2026.