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News For Pascal (IRE)

11yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2019) · Last trainer Simon West · Last owner Paul Hothersall
by Kutub (IRE) out of Direction (GB) (Lahib)
22 runs · 12 courses · from Dec 2012
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Apr 2019 — 2,741 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2019 · 7th of 8 Last raced off OR 79
KTB Profile

News For Pascal (IRE) is yet to win from 22 starts, though has placed 3 times. Best effort: 2nd of 3 at Catterick (Mar 2019). Last raced off 79, 23lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 22 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 23lb off peak
Official rating79↓ 23lb off peak
79 79–102

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 8 figures · best 142C · median 51.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good7142C51—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m499C61.5—
Over 3m3142C52—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 9 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 92B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Catterick, 26 Feb 2019 Official rating 79 at the last run, 20 Apr 2019

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 22 figures · best 119A · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good13100A90—
Soft5101A97—
Good to Soft2119A104.5—
Heavy290A85.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m895B85—
2m1f – 2m4f7119A97—
1m5f – 2m497C86—
Over 3m395C90—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 22 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
Kutub (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 1,003 runs since Jan 2008 (86 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm431023.3%+14.1—
Good359298.1%−1.10 from 13
Good to Soft154138.4%−0.80 from 2
Soft291258.6%−0.60 from 5
Heavy127129.4%+0.20 from 2
Standard (AW)29310.3%+1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f300%−9.2—
1m – 1m1f2114.8%−4.4—
1m2f – 1m4f82911%+1.8—
1m5f – 2m302247.9%−1.30 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f351349.7%+0.50 from 7
2m5f – 3m2072311.1%+1.90 from 8
Over 3m3712.7%−6.50 from 3

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Direction (GB) (Lahib)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Emerald Pearl (IRE)40——
Be Direct (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 13 0 0% −13.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Downpatrick 6 0 0% −6.00
Catterick 2 0 0% −2.00
Cartmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Sligo 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 8 0 0% −8.00
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
Over 3m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
John Kington 8 0 0% −8.00
Conor Maxwell 5 0 0% −5.00
Mr N McParlan 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr S F Magee 2 0 0% −2.00
Henry Brooke 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Flanagan 1 0 0% −1.00
Dave Crosse 1 0 0% −1.00
Brian Hayes 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 0 0% −11.00
Cheekpieces 8 0 0% −8.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 3 0 0% −3.00
2018 6 0 0% −6.00
2016 3 0 0% −3.00
2015 4 0 0% −4.00
2014 4 0 0% −4.00
2013 1 0 0% −1.00
2012 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 0 0% −13.00
Chase 5 0 0% −5.00
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
20 Apr 19+45d Carlisle Upperby Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 8 ran 7/8 67 10-6 7917C70C John Kington 16/1
06 Mar 19+8d Catterick Be Festivalready With Racing TV Novices' Chase Class 4 · 25f · Good To Soft · 3 ran 2/3 86 10-12 7952C90C John Kington 66/1
26 Feb 19+162d Catterick Happy 80th Birthday John Jarvis Classic Novices' Chase Class 4 · 19f · Good · 4 ran 3/4 6 10-12 7929C92B John Kington 28/1
17 Sep 18+11d Hexham Watch Live Programming On The ATR App Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24f · Good · 11 ran 9/11 28 10-5 8451C70C Henry Brooke 40/1
06 Sep 18+45d Sedgefield 2000 Free Tickets At Residents Day Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 27f · Good · 13 ran 11/13 6 10-12 86142C78C John Kington 40/1
23 Jul 18+58d Cartmel Planet Windows Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 22f · Good · 13 ran 11/13 2¾ 11-0 8772C85C John Kington 16/1
26 May 18+11d Cartmel Boyzone At Cartmel Races Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 25.5f · Good · 4 ran 2/4 14 10-9 8743C95C John Kington 20/1
15 May 18+31d Southwell Horse Racing Betting Odds At bettingodds.com Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 16 10-11 8799C95B John Kington 12/1
14 Apr 18+643d Newcastle Think Differently With Vertem Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 4/10 1¼ 10-13 90—90A John Kington 11/1
10 Jul 16+23d Sligo Martin Reilly Bmw Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 20.5f · Soft · 11 ran 10/11 2¼ 11-8 89—89C Conor Maxwell 16/1
17 Jun 16+42d Down Royal Taste At downroyal Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 13 11-4 92—82A Sean Flanagan 12/1
06 May 16+336d Downpatrick Strictly At Downpatrick Races Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 21.5f · Good · 15 ran 8/15 18 11-12 95—94C Dave Crosse 40/1
05 Jun 15+16d Downpatrick Downpatricks Looking Good Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 22f · Good · 11 ran 10/11 4 11-7 100—93C Conor Maxwell 20/1
20 May 15+12d Sligo Martinstown Opportunity Maiden Hurdle 20f · Yielding · 14 ran 6/14 8½ 11-4 102—97A Brian Hayes 12/1
08 May 15+47d Downpatrick Waltz From A Samba Maiden Hurdle 21.5f · Yielding · 12 ran 5/12 13 10-13 ——85C Mr N McParlan 6/1
22 Mar 15+209d Downpatrick www.downpatrickracecourse.co.uk Maiden Hurdle 18f · Yielding · 10 ran 2/10 6½ 11-1 ——101A Conor Maxwell 20/1
25 Aug 14+26d Downpatrick Fran And Maree Murrin Memorial Cup Maiden Hurdle 23f · Good · 8 ran 7/8 24 11-1 ——81C Conor Maxwell 11/1
30 Jul 14+82d Galway 100,000 Tote Pick6 Guarantee Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 13 ran 13/13 9 11-9 ——90C Conor Maxwell 50/1
09 May 14+18d Downpatrick Congratulations Pineau De Re Flat Race 18f · Good · 9 ran 3/9 2¾ 11-9 ——100A Mr N McParlan 7/1
21 Apr 14+384d Fairyhouse Racing Post Champion Point-to-point Flat Race 18f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 4/13 1½ 11-7 ——119A Mr S F Magee 40/1
02 Apr 13+97d Fairyhouse Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper 16f · Yielding · 17 ran 14/17 12 11-7 ——97C Mr N McParlan 40/1
26 Dec 12 Down Royal Duke Of York (pro/am) Flat Race 16f · Heavy · 12 ran 10/12 16 11-4 ——81C Mr S F Magee 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has News For Pascal (IRE) won?
News For Pascal (IRE) has yet to win, from 22 archived starts between 2012 and 2019. Placed 3 times in total (13.6% of starts).
Who trained News For Pascal (IRE)?
News For Pascal (IRE) was trained by Simon West on the most recent run on record, at Carlisle on 20 April 2019.
Who is News For Pascal (IRE)'s sire?
News For Pascal (IRE) is by Kutub (IRE) out of Direction (GB), whose sire is Lahib.
What is News For Pascal (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 20 April 2019. The highest on record is 102.
What is News For Pascal (IRE)'s sire's record?
Kutub (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 1,003 runs since Jan 2008 (86 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are News For Pascal (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Direction (GB), News For Pascal (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2012. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.