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Horse profile

Opportune (GER)

10yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2005) · Last trainer Mark Brisbourne · Last owner The Ox Hill Flyers
by Shirley Heights (GB) out of On The Tiles (IRE) (Thatch)
3 runs · 2 courses · from May 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Jul 2005 — 7,783 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2005 · 6th of 7 Last raced off OR 55
KTB Profile

Opportune (GER) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 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

Best recent KTB Rating 39C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Warwick, 15 Jul 2005 Official rating 55 at the last run, 15 Jul 2005

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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 39C · median 32
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm339C32—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m239C33.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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
Shirley Heights (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 0% of 3 runs since Feb 2008 (2 horses). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good100%0—
Good to Soft100%0—
Heavy100%0—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
2m1f – 2m4f200%0—
2m5f – 3m100%0—

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

Dam
On The Tiles (IRE) (Thatch)

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

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Warwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sam Hitchcott 1 0 0% −1.00
Tolley Dean 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Swarbrick 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 · 3 runs
15 Jul 05+27d Warwick Ocean View Properties Handicap Class 5 · 1m7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 6/7 22 8-9 5539C Sam Hitchcott 9/1
18 Jun 05+22d Warwick Totesport.com Handicap Class 5 · 1m7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 10/12 ½ 7-9 5628C Tolley Dean 40/1
27 May 05 Pontefract Red Lion, Jackson Bridge, Chancy Handicap Class 5 · 1m4f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 24 8-11 5832C Ben Swarbrick 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Opportune won?
Opportune (GER) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2005.
Who trained Opportune?
Opportune (GER) was trained by Mark Brisbourne on the most recent run on record, at Warwick on 15 July 2005.
Who is Opportune's sire?
Opportune (GER) is by Shirley Heights (GB) out of On The Tiles (IRE), whose sire is Thatch.
What is Opportune's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 55, from the run on 15 July 2005. The highest on record is 58.
What is Opportune's sire's record?
Shirley Heights (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 0% of 3 runs since Feb 2008 (2 horses), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.

Record shown from May 2005. 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.