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Nightboat To Cairo (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2022) · Last trainer Richard Spencer · Last owner Phil Philip Aidan Cunningham
3 runs · 3 courses · from Feb 2022
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Dec 2022 — 1,434 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2022
KTB Profile

Nightboat To Cairo is a gelding by Soldier of Fortune out of a Bob Back mare. He ran three times between Feb 2022 and Dec 2022 without winning or placing. All three starts came on turf at different courses and over trips between 1m5f and 2m4f on good to soft, good and soft ground. His last run, in a Class 4 novices hurdle at Market Rasen in Dec 2022, produced no placed effort.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 141 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Huntingdon, 18 Apr 2022

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 2 figures · best 141A · median 116
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2141A116—

Of 3 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 3 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 102A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Huntingdon, 18 Apr 2022

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 2 figures · best 102A · median 95.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2102A95.5—

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

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,877 runs since May 2013 (684 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+88.7—
Good to Firm801620%+8.7—
Good1,54318912.2%+0.90 from 1
Good to Soft1,23813611%−0.30 from 1
Soft1,89921411.3%00 from 1
Heavy7808611%−0.3—
Standard (AW)336226.5%−4.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f300%−11.3—
6f – 7f71811.3%0—
1m – 1m1f24983.2%−8.1—
1m2f – 1m4f4936413%+1.7—
1m5f – 2m1,58319312.2%+0.90 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1,99420310.2%−1.10 from 1
2m5f – 3m1,24215512.5%+1.2—
Over 3m2423313.6%+2.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2013 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Bobbina (IRE) (Bob Back)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Duce Bigalow (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 3m.

Family form: Duce Bigalow (IRE) finished 2nd of 21 at Cork (IRE), 1 Nov 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Duce Bigalow (IRE)1513m—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sean Bowen 1 0 0% −1.00
Niall Houlihan 1 0 0% −1.00
James Bowen 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
Hurdle 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 3 runs
01 Dec 22+227d Market Rasen Racing TV Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-0 —— Sean Bowen 66/1
18 Apr 22+57d Huntingdon Racing TV Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m · Good · 7 ran 5/7 5 10-12 141A102A Niall Houlihan 14/1
20 Feb 22 Newbury Lodge Hotel At Newbury Racecourse Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m½f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 9 11-5 91C89C James Bowen 5/1

Quick answers

How many races has Nightboat To Cairo won?
Nightboat To Cairo (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2022.
Who trained Nightboat To Cairo?
Nightboat To Cairo (IRE) was trained by Richard Spencer on the most recent run on record, at Market Rasen on 1 December 2022.
Who is Nightboat To Cairo's sire?
Nightboat To Cairo (IRE) is by Soldier of Fortune (IRE) out of Bobbina (IRE), whose sire is Bob Back.
What is Nightboat To Cairo's sire's record?
Soldier of Fortune (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,877 runs since May 2013 (684 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
Who are Nightboat To Cairo's siblings?
Out of Bobbina (IRE), Nightboat To Cairo (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Duce Bigalow (IRE) (1). The wins came over 3m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2022. 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.