Noble Ballad (GB)
Noble Ballad (GB) is 1 from 13, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Aug 2017. Last raced off 57, 9lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–13Wins / Runs
- 7.7%Strike rate
- 1 (7.7%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 1.01Fair A/E n=13 · 0.86 incl. margin
- 66Highest OR
- 41dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 85
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 88B | 74 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 83C | 83 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 88B | 74 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 88B | 78.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since Jan 2008 (774 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 189 | 18 | 9.5% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,608 | 218 | 8.4% | −0.2 | — |
| Good | 2,655 | 273 | 10.3% | +1.7 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,233 | 116 | 9.4% | +0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,225 | 91 | 7.4% | −1.2 | — |
| Heavy | 323 | 11 | 3.4% | −5.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4,201 | 337 | 8% | −0.6 | 1 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,484 | 139 | 9.4% | +0.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5,436 | 474 | 8.7% | +0.1 | 1 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,518 | 211 | 8.4% | −0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,618 | 141 | 8.7% | +0.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 728 | 54 | 7.4% | −1.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 420 | 30 | 7.1% | −1.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 193 | 13 | 6.7% | −1.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 37 | 2 | 5.4% | −3.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Haaf A Sixpence (GB) (8 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Haaf A Sixpence (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haaf A Sixpence (GB) | 30 | 8 | 7f–1m | Class 2 |
| Hard To Handel (GB) | 35 | 4 | 7f–1m4f | Class 5 |
| Starlight Serenade (GB) | 12 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 4 |
| Nassuvian Pearl (GB) | 6 | 1 | 6f | Class 6 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | +1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +2.00 |
| Class 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 1 | 11% | +2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Emma Wilkinson | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Graham Lee | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Sean Levey | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fran Berry | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Patrick O'Donnell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| John Fahy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.00 |
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.00 |
| 2016 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Jan 18+16d | Southwell (AW) | Sunbets.co.uk Download The App Claiming Stakes | 5/7 | 2¾ | 8-9 | 57 | 72B | 51A | Miss Emma Wilkinson | 40/1 |
| 14 Jan 18+6d | Southwell (AW) | Sunbets.co.uk Top Price On All Favourites Handicap | 9/9 | nk | 8-8 | 59 | 74B | 43A | Miss Emma Wilkinson | 25/1 |
| 08 Jan 18+20d | Wolverhampton (AW) | sunbets.co.uk Apprentice Handicap (Div 2) | 7/9 | nk | 8-8 | 59 | 85A | 61A | Miss Emma Wilkinson | 8/1 |
| 2017 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Dec 17+33d | Southwell (AW) | Sunbets.co.uk Handicap | 7/10 | nk | 9-5 | 61 | 72A | 64A | Graham Lee | 9/2 |
| 16 Nov 17+23d | Southwell (AW) | Sunbets.co.uk Handicap | 5/14 | 2¾ | 9-1 | 61 | 88B | 78A | Graham Lee | 14/1 |
| 24 Oct 17+57d | Yarmouth | Grosvenor Casino Of Great Yarmouth Handicap (Str) | 10/14 | ¾ | 9-1 | 61 | 83C | 59A | Sean Levey | 10/1 |
| 28 Aug 17+26d | Southwell (AW) | Nottingham Post On Facebook Handicap (Div 2) | 1/13 | 9-2 | 57 | 51B | 87A | Graham Lee | 10/1 | |
| 02 Aug 17+201d | Sandown | Racinguk.com Apprentice Handicap | 8/11 | 1 | 9-2 | 60 | 83B | 47A | Patrick O'Donnell | 8/1 |
| 13 Jan 17+16d | Lingfield (AW) | 32Red.com Handicap (Div 2) | 8/9 | 2¼ | 9-6 | 64 | 74A | 48A | Sean Levey | 6/1 |
| 2016 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Dec 16+48d | Lingfield (AW) | 32Red Casino EBF Nursery | 9/13 | 1 | 9-2 | 66 | 88B | 57A | Richard Kingscote | 8/1 |
| 10 Nov 16+31d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Bet toteexacta At totesport.com Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Div 2) | 6/12 | nse | 9-5 | — | 74A | 75A | John Fahy | 33/1 |
| 10 Oct 16+19d | Salisbury | Bathwick Car & Van Hire Maiden Auction Stakes (Div II) | 6/10 | 2¾ | 8-11 | — | 77A | 52A | Fran Berry | 10/1 |
| 21 Sep 16 | Kempton (AW) | 32Red.com Maiden Stakes (Div 1) | 6/9 | 1½ | 9-5 | — | 46A | 58A | Fran Berry | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Noble Ballad won?
- Noble Ballad (GB) won 1 of 13 archived starts between 2016 and 2018, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 1 time in total (7.7% of starts).
- Who trained Noble Ballad?
- Noble Ballad (GB) was trained by Ralph Beckett on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 30 January 2018.
- Who is Noble Ballad's sire?
- Noble Ballad (GB) is by Royal Applause (GB) out of Melody Maker (GB), whose sire is Diktat.
- What going does Noble Ballad prefer?
- Noble Ballad (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 10 starts (10%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Noble Ballad's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 57, from the run on 30 January 2018. The highest on record is 66.
- What is Noble Ballad's sire's record?
- Royal Applause (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since Jan 2008 (774 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
- Who are Noble Ballad's siblings?
- Out of Melody Maker (GB), Noble Ballad (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Haaf A Sixpence (GB) (8). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Haaf A Sixpence (GB)). The wins came over 6f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.