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Horse profile

Only Once (GB)

10yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2005) · Last trainer Howard Johnson · Last owner Group Captain J A Prideaux
by King's Ride (IRE) out of Rambling Gold (GB) (Little Buskins)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Jan 2005
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Mar 2005 — 7,883 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2005 Last raced off OR 110
KTB Profile

Only Once (GB) is yet to win from 4 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 10 at Carlisle (Mar 2005).

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

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

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Of 4 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2) · no runner of known ability in the race — the level cannot be solved (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 4 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
King's Ride (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 75 runs since Jan 2008 (14 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−6.7—
Good to Firm1000%−6.7—
Good1715.9%−0.8—
Good to Soft1300%−6.7—
Soft1915.3%−1.40 from 2
Heavy14321.4%+14.70 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m4125%+18.3—
2m1f – 2m4f12216.7%+10—
2m5f – 3m3700%−6.70 from 2
Over 3m2229.1%+2.40 from 2

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Rambling Gold (GB) (Little Buskins)

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
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Graham Lee 3 0 0% −3.00
Alan Dempsey 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheekpieces 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2005 · 4 runs
28 Mar 05+9d Sedgefield Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Heavy · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-12 110— Graham Lee 3/1
19 Mar 05+9d Newcastle Handicap Chase Class 4 · 23.5f · Heavy · 5 ran 3/5 1¼ 12-0 112— Alan Dempsey 7/2
10 Mar 05+43d Carlisle Handicap Chase Class 4 · 26f · Soft · 10 ran 2/10 10 11-12 110— Graham Lee 10/1
26 Jan 05 Wetherby Handicap Chase Class 3 · 25f · Soft · 5 ran PU/5 — 11-12 113— Graham Lee 5/1

Quick answers

How many races has Only Once won?
Only Once (GB) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2005. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Only Once?
Only Once (GB) was trained by Howard Johnson on the most recent run on record, at Sedgefield on 28 March 2005.
Who is Only Once's sire?
Only Once (GB) is by King's Ride (IRE) out of Rambling Gold (GB), whose sire is Little Buskins.
What is Only Once's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 28 March 2005. The highest on record is 113.
What is Only Once's sire's record?
King's Ride (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 75 runs since Jan 2008 (14 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from January 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.