Horse profile
Northbound (IRE)
by Fast Company (IRE) out of Natalisa (IRE) (Green Desert)
43 runs · 19 courses · from Jun 2020
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Jun 2025 — 485 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2025 · 3rd of 13
5 wins · 4 courses
Last raced off OR 63
KTB Profile
Northbound is a gelding who won five of 43 starts between Jun 2020 and Apr 2025. Four of those wins came on the all-weather, all in handicaps, with two at 1m – 1m1f on Standard going and two at 6f – 7f on Standard going. He also won once on turf at under 6f on good ground at Windsor in Jun 2020. Typically held up, he finished 3 of 13 at Wolverhampton in Jun 2025 off an official rating of 63, 17lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 43 archived runs · run-style from 9 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 17lb off peak
- 5–43Wins / Runs
- 11.6%Strike rate
- 13 (30.2%)Placed
- +10.75£1 level staken=43 at SP
- 1.13Fair A/E n=43 · 0.95 incl. margin
- 80Highest OR
- 44dAvg 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.
Official rating63↓ 17lb off peak
63
52–80
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 106
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 20 | 99B | 90.5 | — |
| Good | 11 | 99C | 90 | — |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 106B | 84 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 77C | 70 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 74A | 67.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 31 | 99B | 84 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 9 | 106B | 89 | — |
| Under 6f | 2 | 90A | 59 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 42 figures from 42 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 from 9 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 4 (44%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (22%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 2 (22%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (11%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 7,591 runs since Jan 2008 (492 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 12.7% from 557. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | +3.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 944 | 73 | 7.7% | −1.7 | 0 from 6 |
| Good | 1,657 | 155 | 9.4% | 0 | 1 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 936 | 90 | 9.6% | +0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,389 | 165 | 11.9% | +2.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 557 | 71 | 12.7% | +3.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,083 | 155 | 7.4% | −2 | 4 from 20 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 684 | 67 | 9.8% | +0.4 | 1 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 2,773 | 232 | 8.4% | −1 | 2 from 31 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,691 | 153 | 9% | −0.4 | 2 from 9 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,216 | 137 | 11.3% | +1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 777 | 76 | 9.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 328 | 32 | 9.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 109 | 14 | 12.8% | +3.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 13 | 1 | 7.7% | −1.7 | — |
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
Natalisa (IRE) (Green Desert)
5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Blue Empress (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Blue Empress (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Empress (IRE) | 21 | 1 | 7f | Class 6 |
| Baaqy (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Desert Illusion (IRE) | 16 | 0 | — | — |
| King Tout (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Acromatic (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 20 | 4 | 20% | +28.75 |
| Good | 11 | 1 | 9% | −6.00 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 19 | 3 | 16% | +20.75 |
| Class 5 | 18 | 2 | 11% | −4.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.25 |
| Thirsk | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 6 | 1 | 17% | +11.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 5 | 2 | 40% | +23.00 |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ayr | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Vichy (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 31 | 2 | 6% | −18.25 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 9 | 2 | 22% | +27.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sexton | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Paul Hanagan | 7 | 1 | 14% | +2.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.25 |
| Callum Shepherd | 4 | 1 | 25% | +15.00 |
| Jason Hart | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Nicola Currie | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Cian Horgan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| James Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Miss Rosie Howarth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rowan Scott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Nolan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joanna Mason | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lewis Edmunds | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harrison Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ioritz Mendizabal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 40 | 5 | 13% | +13.75 |
| Visor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +27.00 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +2.00 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.25 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 25+19d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Highbet Bet 10 Get 30 Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Held up towards the back - wide and pushed along entering the home turn - made progress inside the last two furlongs - kept on through the final furlong - edged out for second close home | 3/13 | shd | 10-7 | 63 | 81B | 89A | Miss Rosie Howarth | 12/1 |
| 04 Jun 25+22d | Ripon | Energy Oasis Your Net Zero Partner Handicap Tracked front group early - pressed for effort with 2f left - lost ground final furlong - finished well held in 10th | 10/13 | 1¼ | 9-3 | 64 | 75C | 68A | Rowan Scott | 22/1 |
| 13 May 25+16d | Beverley | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Wide in the pack early - improved into contention 2f out - lost ground inside final furlong - finished 7th beaten 3.5 lengths | 7/12 | nk | 8-12 | 64 | 106B | 73A | Cian Horgan | 14/1 |
| 27 Apr 25+8d | Wetherby | Book Tickets Online At wetherbyracing.co.uk Handicap Tracked pace in a forward spot - driven to challenge close home before halfway through the second furlong from home - urged on with a furlong left - fought hard in the closing stages but denied by the narrowest of margins in second | 2/8 | shd | 9-11 | 62 | 69A | 80A | David Nolan | 9/4F |
| 19 Apr 25+17d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Weekend Winners On Sky Sports Racing Apprentice Handicap Settled at back early - made effortless progress wide 2f out - pushed to the front inside final furlong - drifted left in space and won going away | 1/12 | 9-2 | 54 | 88A | 92A | Cian Horgan | 16/1 | |
| 02 Apr 25+21d | Southwell (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) Held up midway through the field - urged forward with over 2f remaining - stayed the course without extra dash inside the final furlong - finished sixth beaten 2 lengths | 6/10 | ½ | 9-9 | 55 | 69A | 74A | Callum Shepherd | 10/3 |
| 12 Mar 25+26d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap Sat close to pace early - pushed to front approaching final furlong before giving way inside it - dropped away rapidly to finish eighth | 8/12 | ½ | 9-9 | 56 | 81A | 68A | Callum Shepherd | 16/1 |
| 14 Feb 25+7d | Southwell (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) Sprang forward smartly - sat behind the front group then angled right to make progress a furlong out - stayed on at one level to finish fourth | 4/10 | 1¾ | 9-10 | 52 | 79A | 81A | Joanna Mason | 10/3 |
| 07 Feb 25+185d | Southwell (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap (Div 1) Set the pace early - dropped to second before pushing back in front inside final two furlongs - kept finding under pressure to score | 1/9 | 9-6 | 52 | 89A | 74A | Callum Shepherd | 18/1 | |
| 06 Aug 24+120d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Racing Value At bet365 Handicap Sat behind the front group - driven approaching 2f out then found little room with 1f left - stayed on same rate to finish sixth | 6/13 | nk | 9-11 | 53 | 95B | 74A | Callum Shepherd | 11/1 |
| 08 Apr 24+49d | Newcastle (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App 'Confined' Handicap (Div 1) | 5/12 | ½ | 9-8 | 54 | 90A | 72A | Ryan Sexton | 8/1 |
| 19 Feb 24+11d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap | 6/11 | 1 | 9-8 | 54 | 91A | 68A | Ryan Sexton | 15/2 |
| 08 Feb 24+10d | Newcastle (AW) | Stay Golden With Betmgm Safer Gambling Handicap | 3/10 | ½ | 9-3 | 54 | 96B | 77A | Ryan Sexton | 22/1 |
| 29 Jan 24+125d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap | 6/12 | nk | 9-8 | 54 | 95A | 73A | Ryan Sexton | 40/1 |
| 26 Sep 23+26d | Newcastle (AW) | QuinnBet Quarterback Handicap | 7/12 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 56 | 95A | 59A | Ryan Sexton | 17/2 |
| 31 Aug 23+16d | Carlisle | racingtv.com Handicap | 6/9 | nk | 8-12 | 57 | 94B | 64A | Ryan Sexton | 15/2 |
| 15 Aug 23+74d | Newcastle (AW) | At The Races App Form Study Handicap | 7/13 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 57 | 99B | 64A | Ryan Sexton | 15/2 |
| 02 Jun 23+17d | Carlisle | Kingmoor Handicap | 2/8 | 2 | 9-1 | 57 | 99A | 84A | Paul Hanagan | 7/1 |
| 16 May 23+28d | Wetherby | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap | 4/11 | ½ | 8-11 | 58 | 91A | 70A | Lewis Edmunds | 15/2 |
| 18 Apr 23+14d | Southwell (AW) | Jigsaw Sports Branding Handicap | 9/12 | 1½ | 9-7 | 58 | 76A | 65A | Paul Hanagan | 5/2F |
| 04 Apr 23+189d | Southwell (AW) | Spreadex Sports In-play Racing Betting Handicap | 1/9 | 8-9 | 56 | 94A | 75A | Paul Hanagan | 8/1 | |
| 27 Sep 22+15d | Ayr | Download The Virgin Bet App Handicap (Div 1) | 4/13 | ½ | 9-5 | 56 | 77C | 72A | Paul Hanagan | 11/2 |
| 12 Sep 22+24d | Thirsk | Happy 25th Anniversary Lee And Kerry Handicap (Div 2) | 2/10 | 2¼ | 8-9 | 56 | 74A | 73A | Paul Hanagan | 17/2 |
| 19 Aug 22+16d | Newcastle (AW) | Join The Bet Club At Vickers.Bet Handicap | 8/10 | 1¼ | 8-9 | 56 | 61A | 56A | Paul Hanagan | 9/4F |
| 03 Aug 22+35d | Newcastle (AW) | Download The QuinnBet App Handicap (Div 2) | 1/10 | 9-4 | 53 | 84A | 82A | Paul Mulrennan | 11/4J | |
| 29 Jun 22+25d | Thirsk | Celebrating Racing's Workforce Handicap | 3/15 | ¾ | 8-13 | 53 | 99C | 82A | Paul Hanagan | 8/1 |
| 04 Jun 22+18d | Musselburgh | Old Mout Berries And Cherries 0% Handicap | 5/10 | 4 | 9-4 | 55 | 83A | 69A | Paul Mulrennan | 9/2 |
| 17 May 22+22d | Wolverhampton (AW) | At The Races App Form Study Handicap | 9/12 | 1½ | 8-11 | 58 | 95A | 58A | Harrison Shaw | 16/1 |
| 25 Apr 22+185d | Thirsk | bettingsites.ltd.uk For Analysis & Reviews Handicap | 12/15 | nk | 9-2 | 60 | 82C | 66A | Paul Mulrennan | 8/1 |
| 22 Oct 21+17d | Newcastle (AW) | MansionBet Proud Partners Of The AWC Handicap | 7/11 | ½ | 9-2 | 62 | 92A | 66A | Paul Mulrennan | 15/2 |
| 05 Oct 21+39d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Handicap (Div 1) | 5/11 | nk | 9-2 | 63 | 98A | 73A | Richard Kingscote | 9/2 |
| 27 Aug 21+14d | Thirsk | Watch On Racing Tv Handicap | 4/12 | nk | 9-1 | 64 | 97A | 75A | Paul Mulrennan | 5/1 |
| 13 Aug 21+44d | Thirsk | JW 4x4 Northallerton Handicap | 3/10 | ¾ | 8-11 | 65 | 91A | 75A | Tom Eaves | 11/1 |
| 30 Jun 21+17d | Thirsk | Lord Harrison Trophy Handicap | 3/16 | ¾ | 9-0 | 65 | 92C | 82A | Paul Mulrennan | 28/1 |
| 13 Jun 21+22d | Doncaster | Follow At The Races On Twitter Handicap | 5/9 | hd | 9-6 | 69 | 76A | 67A | Jason Hart | 17/2 |
| 22 May 21+14d | Haydock | Casumo Proud Sponsors Of Reading FC Handicap | 8/9 | 7½ | 9-0 | 73 | 5C | 51C | Jason Hart | 12/1 |
| 08 May 21+223d | Thirsk | Jw 4x4 Northallerton Handicap | 9/14 | ½ | 8-13 | 76 | 61C | 65A | Jason Hart | 20/1 |
| 27 Sep 20+9d | Chester | Restaurant 1539 Nursery | 7/9 | 2¼ | 9-2 | 78 | 75A | 62A | James Doyle | 15/2 |
| 18 Sep 20+57d | Ayr | EBF Nursery | 7/10 | ¾ | 9-3 | 80 | 63A | 77A | Nicola Currie | 25/1 |
| 23 Jul 20+18d | Vichy (FR) | Prix des Reves d'Or - Jacques Bouchara () (2yo) (Turf) | 7/9 | 1½ | 9-1 | — | — | — | Ioritz Mendizabal | 19/5 |
| 05 Jul 20+19d | Sandown | Coral Beaten By A Length Freebet Dragon Stakes (Listed) | 7/8 | 1¾ | 9-2 | — | 28A | 72A | Nicola Currie | 18/1 |
| 16 Jun 20+12d | Windsor | British Stallion Studs Ebf Jealott's Hill Novice Median Auction Stakes | 1/10 | 9-5 | — | 90A | 91A | Nicola Currie | 4/1F | |
| 04 Jun 20 | Newmarket | Betway Maiden Stakes (Div 2) | 8/11 | nk | 9-5 | — | 63A | 61A | James Doyle | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Northbound (IRE) won?
- Northbound (IRE) won 5 of 43 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 11.6%. Placed 13 times in total (30.2% of starts).
- Who trained Northbound (IRE)?
- Northbound (IRE) was trained by Roger Fell on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 23 June 2025.
- Who is Northbound (IRE)'s sire?
- Northbound (IRE) is by Fast Company (IRE) out of Natalisa (IRE), whose sire is Green Desert.
- What going does Northbound (IRE) prefer?
- Northbound (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 4 wins from 20 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Northbound (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 63, from the run on 23 June 2025. The highest on record is 80.
- What is Northbound (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Fast Company (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 7,591 runs since Jan 2008 (492 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 12.7% from 557. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
- Who are Northbound (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Natalisa (IRE), Northbound (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Blue Empress (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Blue Empress (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.