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Horse profile

Opportunist (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2021) · Last trainer Scott Dixon · Last owner Scott Dixon Racing Partnership
by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Argent du Bois (USA) (Silver Hawk)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Dec 2019
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Jan 2021 — 2,101 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2021 · 8th of 8 New yard Last raced off OR 63
KTB Profile

Opportunist (GB) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 86 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 3 Feb 2020

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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 86A · median 70
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)386A70—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f270A49—
1m – 1m1f1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 64A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield (AW), 11 Dec 2019 Official rating 63 at the last run, 19 Jan 2021

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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 64A · median 54
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)364A54—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f264A59—
1m – 1m1f1———

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
Cape Cross (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1412215.6%+2.3—
Good to Firm2,36735314.9%+1.6—
Good2,86638213.3%0—
Good to Soft1,3781359.8%−3.5—
Soft1,61817210.6%−2.7—
Heavy477408.4%−4.9—
Standard (AW)3,90558815.1%+1.80 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2453112.7%−0.6—
6f – 7f2,81735712.7%−0.6—
1m – 1m1f3,29245513.8%+0.50 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f3,81254414.3%+10 from 2
1m5f – 2m1,69922413.2%−0.1—
2m1f – 2m4f629619.7%−3.6—
2m5f – 3m230187.8%−5.5—
Over 3m30310%−3.3—

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

Dam
Argent du Bois (USA) (Silver Hawk)

7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Brando (GB) (9 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m6f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Brando (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Brando (GB)5395f–6½fGroup 1
Sant Elena (GB)1026fClass 4
Grayswood (GB)2121m5f–1m6fClass 6
Centime (GB)711m2fClass 5
Woodland Faery (GB)311m—
Border Guard (GB)50——
Silver Bark (GB)10——

Record by conditions

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ben Curtis 2 0 0% −2.00
Jonathan Fisher 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 1 0 0% −1.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00
2019 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
19 Jan 21+351d Southwell (AW) Betway Novice Stakes Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 40 9-0 6328C54C Jonathan Fisher 66/1
03 Feb 20+54d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Novice Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 9 ran 6/9 3¾ 9-5 —86A53A Ben Curtis 9/2
11 Dec 19 Lingfield (AW) Betway Novice Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 10 ran 5/10 3½ 9-3 —70A64A Ben Curtis 5/2

Quick answers

How many races has Opportunist (GB) won?
Opportunist (GB) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2019 and 2021.
Who trained Opportunist (GB)?
Opportunist (GB) was trained by Scott Dixon on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 19 January 2021.
Who is Opportunist (GB)'s sire?
Opportunist (GB) is by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Argent du Bois (USA), whose sire is Silver Hawk.
What is Opportunist (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 63, from the run on 19 January 2021. That is also the highest on record.
What is Opportunist (GB)'s sire's record?
Cape Cross (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
Who are Opportunist (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Argent du Bois (USA), Opportunist (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Brando (GB) (9). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Brando (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m6f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2019. 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.