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Horse profile

Old Habits (IRE)

5yo gelding · Trainer Olly Murphy · Owner Mrs Diana L Whateley Mcneill Stone Families
by Malinas (GER) out of Cooldaniel (IRE) (Robin Des Champs)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Dec 2025
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Southwell Beaten favourite LTO Last run 15 Oct 2026 · 3rd of 9
KTB Profile

Old Habits is 1 from 3 on turf with a win at Class 5 level and has placed on all three starts. The gelding won the attheraces.com/marketmover NH Flat Race at Southwell over 1m5f – 2m on good to soft in Dec 2025. He finished third of nine from mid division in the Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Maiden Hurdle Race at Perth in Oct 2026 when beaten favourite. All runs have come over 1m5f – 2m.

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Dec 2025 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 144 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Southwell, 2 Dec 2025

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 3 figures · best 144B · median 100
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft1——1 run · —
Heavy1——1 run · —
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m3144B1003 runs · 144 / 100

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 23 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 138A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ayr, 18 Apr 2026

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 3 figures · best 138A · median 134
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft1——1 run · —
Heavy1——1 run · —
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m3138A1343 runs · 138 / 134

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 23 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 3 analysed runs since Dec 2025

  • Held up 2 (67%) · 1 win
  • Mid-division 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Malinas (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.1% of 3,951 runs since Apr 2010 (419 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−14.1—
Good to Firm37616.2%+2.1—
Good1,18716914.2%+0.1—
Good to Soft91914115.3%+1.21 from 1
Soft1,23716613.4%−0.70 from 1
Heavy5357514%−0.10 from 1
Standard (AW)3412.9%−11.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−14.1—
1m – 1m1f1218.3%−5.8—
1m2f – 1m4f50510%−4.1—
1m5f – 2m1,10215313.9%−0.21 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f1,36918213.3%−0.8—
2m5f – 3m1,08417716.3%+2.2—
Over 3m3324112.3%−1.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2010 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Cooldaniel (IRE) (Robin Des Champs)

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
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 1 100% +2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 1 100% +2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sean Bowen 2 0 0% −2.00
Lewis Saunders 1 1 100% +2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 2 0 0% −2.00
2025 1 1 100% +2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 2 1 50% +1.00
Hurdle 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 2 runs
15 Oct 26+180d Perth Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 9 ran In mid-pack early - wide on the bend and gained ground on the front pair before 2 out - towards the nearer rail at the last - stayed on to snatch third late 3/9 3 11-4 72A134B Sean Bowen 11/8F
18 Apr 26+137d Ayr Golf Inn Prestwick Luxury Accommodation Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 2 · 2m · Heavy · 9 ran Settled at the back early - pushed along and made progress into contention 2f out - moved up to second inside the final 110yds - stayed on but couldn't get to the winner 2/9 1¾ 11-7 100A138A Sean Bowen 4/1
2025 · 1 run
02 Dec 25 Southwell attheraces.com/marketmover NH Flat Race (Conditional/Amateurs) (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 9 ran Settled towards the back early - began to make ground steadily from four out - urged into contention approaching two furlongs out - hit the front a furlong out and drew away comfortably to score 1/9 10-11 144B130A Lewis Saunders 2/1F

Quick answers

How many races has Old Habits won?
Old Habits (IRE) won 1 of 3 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 3 times in total (100% of starts).
Who trains Old Habits?
Old Habits (IRE) is trained by Olly Murphy, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 15 October 2026.
Who is Old Habits's sire?
Old Habits (IRE) is by Malinas (GER) out of Cooldaniel (IRE), whose sire is Robin Des Champs.
What is Old Habits's sire's record?
Malinas (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.1% of 3,951 runs since Apr 2010 (419 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from December 2025. 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.