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Horse profile

Open Hearted (GB)

10yo gelding (at last run, May 2017) · Last trainer Dan Skelton · Last owner Craig Buckingham
by Generous (IRE) out of Romantic Dream (GB) (Bustino)
24 runs · 14 courses · from Nov 2011
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 May 2017 — 3,438 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2017 · 2nd of 4 8 wins · 7 courses Beaten favourite LTO Last raced off OR 124
KTB Profile

Open Hearted (GB) is 8 from 24. Hasn't won since Mar 2017. Last raced off 124, 21lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 24 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 21lb off peak
Official rating124↓ 21lb off peak
124 120–145

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 73 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Wetherby, 31 Mar 2017

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.

Jumps 3 figures · best 84C · median 73
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m273A69.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 6 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 · 3 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 132B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell, 16 May 2017 Official rating 124 at the last run, 16 May 2017

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.

Jumps 20 figures · best 145B · median 126
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Soft9145B123—
Good7142B128—
Good to Soft4143A132—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f9143A131—
2m5f – 3m9145B125—
1m5f – 2m2128A122.5—

Of 24 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 · 20 figures from 24 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
Generous (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 3,332 runs since Jan 2008 (251 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm9111.1%+0.4—
Good to Firm3353410.1%−0.6—
Good1,1511149.9%−0.82 from 7
Good to Soft5667112.5%+1.84 from 7
Soft7407610.3%−0.42 from 10
Heavy2763512.7%+2—
Standard (AW)255249.4%−1.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2328.7%−2—
1m – 1m1f7211.4%−9.3—
1m2f – 1m4f285258.8%−1.9—
1m5f – 2m1,10113212%+1.31 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f1,01811711.5%+0.83 from 9
2m5f – 3m663578.6%−2.14 from 12
Over 3m1702112.4%+1.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Romantic Dream (GB) (Bustino)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Close Touch (GB) (5 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–2m5½f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Close Touch (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Close Touch (GB)1151m7½f–2m4fGrade 3
Take To Heart (GB)1132m4f–2m5½fClass 4
Keen On (GB)522m–2m4½fClass 4
Midsummer Magic (GB)712mClass 5
Hamilton's Fantasy (GB)30——
Wishing Wind (GB)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 10 2 20% −4.00
Good 7 2 29% +0.60
Good to Soft 7 4 57% +9.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 7 2 29% +1.50
Class 4 5 4 80% +9.67
Class 2 5 1 20% −0.67
Class 6 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 2 1 50% +0.10
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton 4 1 25% +0.33
Fakenham 3 2 67% +5.50
Newbury 3 0 0% −3.00
Wetherby 2 1 50% +2.50
Warwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Bangor-on-Dee 2 1 50% +1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 1 100% +0.67
Doncaster 1 1 100% +4.50
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 1 100% +1.10

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 12 4 33% +4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 9 3 33% +2.50
1m5f – 2m 3 1 33% −0.90

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Andrew Tinkler 5 3 60% +5.17
Harry Skelton 4 2 50% +6.00
Barry Geraghty 4 1 25% +0.33
Mr Samuel Davies-Thomas 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr Jack Andrews 2 0 0% −2.00
Jeremiah McGrath 2 1 50% +1.00
A P McCoy 2 1 50% +0.10
Bridget Andrews 1 0 0% −1.00
Nico de Boinville 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 6 43% +5.60
Tongue tie 7 1 14% −1.50
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 3 1 33% +1.50

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 6 1 17% −1.50
2015 6 1 17% −0.50
2014 1 0 0% −1.00
2013 5 2 40% +2.33
2012 3 2 67% +1.67
2011 3 2 67% +4.60

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 15 3 20% −2.00
Hurdle 8 4 50% +6.50
NH Flat 1 1 100% +1.10

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
16 May 17+29d Southwell South Notts Hunt Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 20.5f · Good · 4 ran 2/4 3½ 12-1 12484C132B Mr Samuel Davies-Thomas 10/11F
17 Apr 17+17d Fakenham David Keith Memorial Handicap Chase Class 3 · 24f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 8 11-5 124—123B Mr Samuel Davies-Thomas 5/2
31 Mar 17+19d Wetherby Watch Racing Uk In Glorious Hd Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-12 12073A127B Harry Skelton 7/2
12 Mar 17+36d Warwick 188bet Air Wedding Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 20f · Soft · 5 ran 5/5 1¾ 11-13 125—103B Mr Jack Andrews 8/1
04 Feb 17+9d Wetherby Smurfit Kappa Inspirepac Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 24f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 20 11-11 13066A115B Mr Jack Andrews 8/1
26 Jan 17+396d Warwick 188Bet Willoughby De Broke Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 24f · Soft · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-13 140—— Mr Samuel Davies-Thomas 8/1
27 Dec 15+30d Kempton William Hill Handicap Chase Class 2 · 24f · Good To Soft · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-7 145—— Bridget Andrews 25/1
27 Nov 15+42d Newbury Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (Series Qualifier) Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 12 ran 11/12 13 11-12 142—124C Harry Skelton 14/1
16 Oct 15+15d Fakenham October Handicap Chase Class 3 · 24f · Good · 5 ran 1/5 11-10 138—142B Harry Skelton 9/2
01 Oct 15+237d Bangor-on-Dee Barringtons Cleaning Ltd Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20.5f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 10 11-12 138—131B Harry Skelton 3/1
06 Feb 15+27d Kempton Watch On Racing UK App Handicap Chase Class 3 · 24f · Good To Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-11 138—— Barry Geraghty 5/1
10 Jan 15+23d Kempton William Hill - Bet On The Move Handicap Chase Class 2 · 24f · Soft · 9 ran 3/9 16 11-11 139—125B Barry Geraghty 7/2F
18 Dec 14+355d Exeter Kingsteignton Motors Graduation Chase Class 2 · 17.5f · Soft · 3 ran 3/3 1¼ 11-0 140—123C Andrew Tinkler 10/3
28 Dec 13+15d Newbury Betfred 'Racing's Biggest Supporter' Novices' Chase (For The Hallowe'en Trophy) Class 3 · 18.5f · Soft · 4 ran 2/4 21 11-7 145—123B Andrew Tinkler 15/8
13 Dec 13+253d Bangor-on-Dee Christmas Novices' Chase Class 4 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 1/5 11-0 133—132B Andrew Tinkler 2/1
04 Apr 13+19d Aintree Silver Cross Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Class 1 · 24.5f · Good · 21 ran 14/21 1¼ 11-5 145—119A Nico de Boinville 16/1
16 Mar 13+59d Kempton 32red Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 21f · Soft · 7 ran 1/7 11-12 135—145B Barry Geraghty 10/3
16 Jan 13+306d Newbury Betfred Double Delight Novices' Chase Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 12 11-0 ——117B Barry Geraghty 11/2
16 Mar 12+28d Cheltenham Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 20.5f · Good · 24 ran 14/24 hd 11-0 136—107A Jeremiah McGrath 9/1
17 Feb 12+17d Fakenham European Breeders' Fund 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Qualifier) Class 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 1/12 11-7 129—143A Jeremiah McGrath 2/1F
31 Jan 12+33d Folkestone JJ Taxis Folkestone Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 22.5f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 11-13 ——133A Andrew Tinkler 4/6F
29 Dec 11+29d Doncaster Crownhotel-bawtry.com Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 1/15 11-0 ——132A Andrew Tinkler 9/2
30 Nov 11+20d Uttoxeter Dapple Grey 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 16 ran F/16 — 10-12 ——— A P McCoy 3/1
10 Nov 11 Ludlow Welshpool Branch Bluefin Insurance Solutions Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 11-2 ——128A A P McCoy 11/10F

Quick answers

How many races has Open Hearted (GB) won?
Open Hearted (GB) won 8 of 24 archived starts between 2011 and 2017, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 11 times in total (45.8% of starts).
Who trained Open Hearted (GB)?
Open Hearted (GB) was trained by Dan Skelton on the most recent run on record, at Southwell on 16 May 2017.
Who is Open Hearted (GB)'s sire?
Open Hearted (GB) is by Generous (IRE) out of Romantic Dream (GB), whose sire is Bustino.
What going does Open Hearted (GB) prefer?
Open Hearted (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 4 wins from 7 starts (57.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Open Hearted (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 124, from the run on 16 May 2017. The highest on record is 145.
What is Open Hearted (GB)'s sire's record?
Generous (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 3,332 runs since Jan 2008 (251 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Open Hearted (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Romantic Dream (GB), Open Hearted (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Close Touch (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Close Touch (GB)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m5½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2011. 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.