Old Guard (GB)
Old Guard (GB) is 9 from 37 in our archive, including 2 wins at Grade 2 level. The biggest win we hold: the StanJames.com International Hurdle at Cheltenham (Dec 2015). Hasn't won since Feb 2018.
- 9–37Wins / Runs
- 24.3%Strike rate
- 18 (48.6%)Placed
- +13.66£1 level staken=37 at SP
- 1.45Fair A/E n=37 · 1.29 incl. margin
- 157Highest OR
- 49dAvg 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 128
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 10 | 162B | 119.5 | — |
| Good | 6 | 151C | 124 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 117B | 102.5 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 121A | 109 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 162B | 112.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 151C | 106 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 140A | 125 | — |
Of 25 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 25 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 9.8% of 2,368 runs since Jan 2008 (226 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 14.5% from 386. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.6% from 349.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 17 | 0 | 0% | −9.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 266 | 27 | 10.2% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 652 | 67 | 10.3% | +0.5 | 3 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 386 | 56 | 14.5% | +4.7 | 3 from 13 |
| Soft | 466 | 34 | 7.3% | −2.5 | 2 from 9 |
| Heavy | 171 | 17 | 9.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 410 | 31 | 7.6% | −2.2 | 1 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 52 | 4 | 7.7% | −2.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 349 | 23 | 6.6% | −3.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 362 | 46 | 12.7% | +2.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 366 | 39 | 10.7% | +0.9 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 525 | 53 | 10.1% | +0.3 | 4 from 13 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 402 | 40 | 10% | +0.2 | 4 from 14 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 273 | 23 | 8.4% | −1.4 | 0 from 7 |
| Over 3m | 39 | 4 | 10.3% | +0.5 | — |
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
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Thistle Bird (GB) (8 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Thistle Bird (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thistle Bird (GB) | 20 | 8 | 1m–1m2f | Group 1 |
| Duran (IRE) | 30 | 4 | 5f–6f | Class 3 |
| Mccreery (GB) | 4 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 3 |
| Don Marco (GB) | 3 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Duke Of Cumberland (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Dolphin (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 13 | 3 | 23% | +8.25 |
| Good | 10 | 3 | 30% | +2.50 |
| Soft | 9 | 2 | 22% | +6.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 26 | 4 | 15% | +0.75 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +12.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.50 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 13 | 3 | 23% | +17.00 |
| Kempton | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Fontwell | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Aintree | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 2 | 100% | +9.50 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.50 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 14 | 4 | 29% | +3.75 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 13 | 4 | 31% | +18.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Cobden | 13 | 4 | 31% | +14.75 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 10 | 2 | 20% | +5.00 |
| Bryony Frost | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.50 |
| Nick Scholfield | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.50 |
| James Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lorcan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| George Baker | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 31 | 9 | 29% | +19.66 |
| Cheekpieces | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2018 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.25 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2 | 20% | −3.50 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.50 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +23.00 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +3.91 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 32 | 7 | 22% | +15.25 |
| Flat | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.09 |
| Chase | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.50 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Old Guard (GB) won?
- Old Guard (GB) won 9 of 37 archived starts between 2014 and 2019, a strike rate of 24.3%. Placed 18 times in total (48.6% of starts).
- Who trained Old Guard (GB)?
- Old Guard (GB) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 24 February 2019.
- Who is Old Guard (GB)'s sire?
- Old Guard (GB) is by Notnowcato (GB) out of Dolma (FR), whose sire is Marchand De Sable.
- What going does Old Guard (GB) prefer?
- Old Guard (GB) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 10 starts (30%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Old Guard (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 154, from the run on 24 February 2019. The highest on record is 157.
- What is Old Guard (GB)'s sire's record?
- Notnowcato (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 2,368 runs since Jan 2008 (226 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14.5% from 386. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.6% from 349.
- Who are Old Guard (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Dolma (FR), Old Guard (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Thistle Bird (GB) (8). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Thistle Bird (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.