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Horse profile

Noble Bull (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2013) · Last trainer Charles Hills · Last owner John C Grant Ray Harper
by Papal Bull (GB) out of Fernlawn Hope (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)
11 runs · 9 courses · from Jun 2012
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Jul 2013 — 4,867 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2013 · 4th of 8 Won at Brighton Last raced off OR 74
KTB Profile

Noble Bull (IRE) is 1 from 11, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Aug 2012. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 3 on softer).

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5
Official rating74↓ 2lb off peak
74 74–76

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 77A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Windsor, 8 Jul 2013 Official rating 74 at the last run, 8 Jul 2013

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 →

Flat 11 figures · best 87A · median 69
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm487A80.5—
Good485B71.5—
Good to Soft266A66—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f584A69—
1m – 1m1f385B77—
6f – 7f387A66—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 7.4% of 1,584 runs since May 2012 (131 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 3.5% from 172. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 3.3% from 122.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−7.4—
Good to Firm121108.3%+0.90 from 4
Good540356.5%−0.91 from 4
Good to Soft17263.5%−3.90 from 2
Soft397399.8%+2.40 from 1
Heavy145149.7%+2.3—
Standard (AW)208136.3%−1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1000%−7.4—
6f – 7f12243.3%−4.10 from 3
1m – 1m1f206136.3%−1.11 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f254166.3%−1.10 from 5
1m5f – 2m434286.5%−0.9—
2m1f – 2m4f366369.8%+2.4—
2m5f – 3m1581610.1%+2.7—
Over 3m34411.8%+4.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2012 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Fernlawn Hope (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 4 1 25% −0.75
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 1 20% −1.75
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00
Sandown 2 0 0% −2.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Brighton 1 1 100% +2.25
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m – 1m1f 3 1 33% +0.25
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Darryll Holland 3 1 33% +0.25
James McDonald 2 0 0% −2.00
Robert Winston 2 0 0% −2.00
Steve Drowne 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke Morris 1 0 0% −1.00
Ryan Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael Hills 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 1 14% −3.75
Blinkers 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2013 6 0 0% −6.00
2012 5 1 20% −1.75

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
2013 · 6 runs
08 Jul 13+24d Windsor Download Coral Mobile From The App Store Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4/8 ¾ 8-11 7477A Steve Drowne 14/1
14 Jun 13+10d Sandown Beck Handicap Class 4 · 1m2f · Good · 11 ran 6/11 1½ 9-3 7669A James McDonald 20/1
04 Jun 13+12d Ripon Weatherbys Bank Handicap Class 4 · 1m2f · Good · 9 ran 5/9 2½ 9-6 7669A James McDonald 4/1
23 May 13+15d Sandown XL Group Whitsun Handicap Class 3 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 2/7 2½ 8-7 7484A Luke Morris 33/1
08 May 13+16d Chester Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Handicap Class 3 · 1m4½f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 4½ 9-3 7563A Ryan Moore 9/2
22 Apr 13+234d Pontefract Pontefract's Got Talent Night On 7th June Handicap Class 4 · 1m4f · Good · 4 ran 2/4 8 9-4 7574B Robert Winston 6/1
2012 · 5 runs
31 Aug 12+22d Salisbury Bathwick Tyres Nursery Class 5 · 1m · Good To Soft · 10 ran 6/10 shd 9-7 7566A Darryll Holland 11/2
09 Aug 12+19d Brighton Freddie Frost And The Dream Deals Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Good · 4 ran 1/4 9-0 7585B Darryll Holland 9/4
21 Jul 12+21d Haydock 32 Bonus At 32Red.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 4/7 6 9-3 —66A Robert Winston 11/2
30 Jun 12+19d Newmarket Grand Hotel Lienz Tyrol Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 2/14 6 9-3 —87A Darryll Holland 66/1
11 Jun 12 Windsor E.B.F. Coolmore Alfred Noble Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 13 ran 12/13 1¾ 9-3 —49C Michael Hills 9/1

Quick answers

How many races has Noble Bull won?
Noble Bull (IRE) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2012 and 2013, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 3 times in total (27.3% of starts).
Who trained Noble Bull?
Noble Bull (IRE) was trained by Charles Hills on the most recent run on record, at Windsor on 8 July 2013.
Who is Noble Bull's sire?
Noble Bull (IRE) is by Papal Bull (GB) out of Fernlawn Hope (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
What going does Noble Bull prefer?
Noble Bull (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Noble Bull's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 8 July 2013. The highest on record is 76.
What is Noble Bull's sire's record?
Papal Bull (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 1,584 runs since May 2012 (131 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 3.5% from 172. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 3.3% from 122.

Record shown from June 2012. 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.