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Notice To Close (GB)

9yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2023) · Last trainer Seamus Neville · Last owner Mrs S Neville
by Martaline (GB) out of L'ame Soeur (FR) (Saint Preuil)
25 runs · 10 courses · from Apr 2018
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Feb 2023 — 1,354 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2023 · 8th of 12 5 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 124
KTB Profile

Notice To Close won five of 25 starts on turf. All five wins came in heavy or soft conditions with four of them over 2m1f to 3m and the latest at Punchestown in Dec 2022 off an official rating of 119. He recorded two wins from two starts at Clonmel and reached a highest ever mark of 131. His last run, at Punchestown in Feb 2023, saw him finish eighth of 12 off 124.

Based on 25 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
Official rating124↓ 7lb off peak
124 106–131

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 109 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Punchestown, 15 Jan 2023

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 18 figures · best 146B · median 92.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Heavy9109A99—
Soft7146B92—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m9109A99—
Over 3m393C92—
2m1f – 2m4f3106A76—
1m5f – 2m3146B69—

Of 25 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 25 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 130A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Punchestown, 31 Dec 2022 Official rating 124 at the last jumps run, 19 Feb 2023

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 69C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 22 Apr 2019

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 20 figures · best 138A · median 110
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft9138A106—
Heavy9136A117—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m10136A118.5—
1m5f – 2m4138A104.5—
Over 3m3101C100—
2m1f – 2m4f3137A133—
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 25 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 25 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
Martaline (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,347 runs since Aug 2008 (723 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−14.2—
Good to Firm701420%+5.8—
Good1,27318614.6%+0.40 from 1
Good to Soft1,02614914.5%+0.30 from 2
Soft3,13740913%−1.21 from 11
Heavy1,70927215.9%+1.74 from 11
Standard (AW)128129.4%−4.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f300%−14.2—
6f – 7f39615.4%+1.2—
1m – 1m1f1201210%−4.2—
1m2f – 1m4f2692910.8%−3.4—
1m5f – 2m1,52123615.5%+1.31 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f3,52551614.6%+0.41 from 6
2m5f – 3m1,49520413.6%−0.63 from 11
Over 3m3754010.7%−3.50 from 4

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
L'ame Soeur (FR) (Saint Preuil)

4 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Une Par Une (FR)200——
Tiens Le Bon Bout (FR)10——
A Dormir Debout (FR)20——
Coq Du Village (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 11 1 9% −5.00
Heavy 11 4 36% +17.08
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Punchestown 7 1 14% +8.00
Wexford 4 0 0% −4.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Limerick 3 1 33% −0.75
Clonmel 2 2 100% +8.33
Cork 2 1 50% +4.50
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 11 3 27% +12.75
2m1f – 2m4f 6 1 17% −1.67
Over 3m 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 4 1 25% +2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Brian Hayes 9 3 33% +7.83
Mr M J O'Connor 3 0 0% −3.00
J J Slevin 2 1 50% +13.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean O'Keeffe 2 0 0% −2.00
Miss T Quail 1 0 0% −1.00
Gavin Brouder 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Foley 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Deegan 1 0 0% −1.00
B J Foley 1 1 100% +1.25
Keith Donoghue 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr H D Dunne 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 14 4 29% +14.08
None 8 1 13% −2.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 5 1 20% +10.00
2021 6 0 0% −6.00
2020 6 3 50% +7.08
2019 5 1 20% +1.00
2018 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 16 3 19% +9.83
Hurdle 7 2 29% +1.25
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00
NH 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 2 runs
19 Feb 23+35d Punchestown QuinnBet Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (Grade B) 3m4f · Yielding · 12 ran 8/12 3½ 10-1 12492B100A J J Slevin 9/1
15 Jan 23+15d Punchestown Total Event Rental Amateur National (Q.R.) Handicap Chase 2m6½f · Heavy · 10 ran 3/10 4½ 11-12 124109A120A Mr M J O'Connor 5/1
2022 · 5 runs
31 Dec 22+28d Punchestown SP Or Better Guaranteed With Tote Handicap Chase 2m7f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 1/12 11-8 11999A130A J J Slevin 14/1
03 Dec 22+258d Fairyhouse Fairyhouse Ladies Handicap Chase 2m5f · Yielding · 11 ran 4/11 ¾ 11-4 11969A123A Miss T Quail 12/1
20 Mar 22+14d Downpatrick Randox Ulster National Handicap Chase 3m4½f · Good · 15 ran 6/15 45 11-0 12370C99C Brian Hayes 66/1
06 Mar 22+21d Leopardstown TRI Equestrian Handicap Chase (Grade B) 2m5½f · Yielding · 14 ran 12/14 33 10-11 127—96C Darragh O'Keeffe 100/1
13 Feb 22+70d Punchestown Hollywoodbets Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (Grade B) 3m4f · Heavy · 13 ran 10/13 2¾ 10-9 12993C101C Darragh O'Keeffe 80/1
2021 · 6 runs
05 Dec 21+42d Punchestown Hanlon Concrete Handicap Chase 3m1½f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran PU/18 — 11-9 129—— Gavin Brouder 25/1
24 Oct 21+14d Wexford Jim And Kay Whitty Memorial Handicap Chase 2m4f · Heavy · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-5 130—— Jack Foley 6/1
10 Oct 21+163d Limerick www.angloprinters.ie Rated Chase 2m3½f · Soft · 6 ran 3/6 24 10-13 13065C94C Richard Deegan 5/1
30 Apr 21+21d Punchestown EMS Copiers Novice Handicap Chase (Grade A) 2m5f · Yielding · 15 ran 7/15 ¾ 10-3 13186B113A Sean O'Keeffe 33/1
09 Apr 21+68d Wexford Traynor's Of Wexford For Hardware Novice Handicap Chase 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 3/10 2¾ 11-9 12976A137A Sean O'Keeffe 8/1
31 Jan 21+34d Naas Tipper Road Novice Handicap Chase 2m4½f · Heavy · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-9 129—— Brian Hayes 4/1F
2020 · 6 runs
28 Dec 20+25d Limerick Cube Handicap Hurdle 3m · Heavy · 13 ran 1/13 10-12 10699B117B B J Foley 5/4F
03 Dec 20+11d Clonmel ClonmelRaces.ie Novice Handicap Chase 2m2f · Heavy · 7 ran 1/7 11-7 120106A133B Brian Hayes 10/3
22 Nov 20+27d Cork I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Beginners Chase 2m5f · Heavy · 14 ran 1/14 12-0 —85B136A Brian Hayes 11/2
26 Oct 20+225d Wexford Garry Flood Landscaping Beginners Chase 2m · Soft · 11 ran 4/11 7 12-0 ——106C Brian Hayes 66/1
15 Mar 20+74d Limerick Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m6f · Heavy · 13 ran 8/13 7½ 11-11 108109B107A Mr M J O'Connor 10/1
01 Jan 20+38d Fairyhouse Fairyhouse Launches New Brand In 2020 Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 3m · Yielding · 15 ran 5/15 6 11-12 109100B121A Keith Donoghue 10/1
2019 · 5 runs
24 Nov 19+8d Navan Mervyn Gray Construction Handicap Hurdle 2m6f · Soft · 17 ran 11/17 nk 10-11 110102B101A Brian Hayes 14/1
16 Nov 19+16d Punchestown Punchestown For Christmas Present Ideas Handicap Hurdle 3m · Soft · 21 ran PU/21 — 11-11 110—— Brian Hayes 7/1
31 Oct 19+4d Clonmel Cashel Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Soft · 18 ran 1/18 11-12 —146B138A Brian Hayes 5/1
27 Oct 19+188d Wexford Casey Cattle Slats Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Heavy · 9 ran 2/9 28 11-4 —69B103A Brian Hayes 20/1
22 Apr 19+386d Cork Pegus Horse Feed Point-To-Point Flat Race 2m3f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 5/8 37 12-0 ——69C Mr M J O'Connor 9/2
2018 · 1 run
01 Apr 18 Fairyhouse Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper 2m · Soft To Heavy · 17 ran 16/17 9½ 10-13 —46C98C Mr H D Dunne 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Notice To Close won?
Notice To Close (GB) won 5 of 25 archived starts between 2018 and 2023, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 8 times in total (32% of starts).
Who trained Notice To Close?
Notice To Close (GB) was trained by Seamus Neville on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 19 February 2023.
Who is Notice To Close's sire?
Notice To Close (GB) is by Martaline (GB) out of L'ame Soeur (FR), whose sire is Saint Preuil.
What going does Notice To Close prefer?
Notice To Close (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 4 wins from 11 starts (36.4%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Notice To Close's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 124, from the run on 19 February 2023. The highest on record is 131.
What is Notice To Close's sire's record?
Martaline (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,347 runs since Aug 2008 (723 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
Who are Notice To Close's siblings?
Out of L'ame Soeur (FR), Notice To Close (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2018. 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.