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Horse profile

Night Cap (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, May 2006) · Last trainer Tim McCarthy · Last owner Andy Bennett
by Night Shift (USA) out of Classic Design (GB) (Busted)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Feb 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 May 2006 — 7,479 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2006 · 7th of 12
KTB Profile

Night Cap (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts. Best effort: 4th of 13 at Lingfield (AW) (Feb 2005).

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

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 (jumps) 63C the best of the last 1 rated run · Plumpton, 14 May 2006

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 59C the best of the last 1 rated run · Lingfield (AW), 2 Feb 2005 Official rating 45 at the last flat run, 2 Feb 2005

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 3 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 3 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
Night Shift (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 2,176 runs since Jan 2008 (140 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm34411.8%+3.1—
Good to Firm451419.1%+0.40 from 1
Good478469.6%+0.9—
Good to Soft2092210.5%+1.8—
Soft261207.7%−10 from 1
Heavy7322.7%−6—
Standard (AW)670548.1%−0.60 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2592710.4%+1.7—
6f – 7f734587.9%−0.80 from 1
1m – 1m1f471459.6%+0.9—
1m2f – 1m4f297299.8%+1.1—
1m5f – 2m248197.7%−10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f134118.2%−0.50 from 1
2m5f – 3m3200%−8.7—
Over 3m100%−8.7—

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
Classic Design (GB) (Busted)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Coastal Breeze (GB)90——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jim Crowley 1 0 0% −1.00
James Davies 1 0 0% −1.00
J-P Guillambert 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2006 2 0 0% −2.00
2005 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
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
2006 · 2 runs
14 May 06+103d Plumpton Shelleys Hotel Claiming Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Good To Firm · 12 ran 7/12 3 10-12 —63C Jim Crowley 50/1
31 Jan 06+363d Folkestone Westenhanger Railway Station Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m1½f · Soft · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-4 —— James Davies 100/1
2005 · 1 run
02 Feb 05 Lingfield (AW) Banded Stakes Class 7 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 4/13 ¾ 8-5 4559C J-P Guillambert 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Night Cap won?
Night Cap (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2005 and 2006.
Who trained Night Cap?
Night Cap (IRE) was trained by Tim McCarthy on the most recent run on record, at Plumpton on 14 May 2006.
Who is Night Cap's sire?
Night Cap (IRE) is by Night Shift (USA) out of Classic Design (GB), whose sire is Busted.
What is Night Cap's official rating?
Night Cap (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 45.
What is Night Cap's sire's record?
Night Shift (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 2,176 runs since Jan 2008 (140 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Night Cap's siblings?
Out of Classic Design (GB), Night Cap (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 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.