Optical High (GB)
Optical High (GB) is 1 from 25, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Dec 2015. Last raced off 80, 14lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–25Wins / Runs
- 4%Strike rate
- 5 (20%)Placed
- −20.67£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 0.59Fair A/E n=25 · 0.52 incl. margin
- 94Highest OR
- 65dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 →
Of 6 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 6.6% of 560 runs since Jan 2008 (48 horses).
Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.9% from 132. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.2% from 158.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −6.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 48 | 1 | 2.1% | −4.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 192 | 10 | 5.2% | −1.4 | 0 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 134 | 10 | 7.5% | +0.9 | 0 from 8 |
| Soft | 95 | 10 | 10.5% | +3.9 | 0 from 6 |
| Heavy | 55 | 6 | 10.9% | +4.3 | 1 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 33 | 0 | 0% | −6.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −6.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −6.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 38 | 1 | 2.6% | −4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 178 | 8 | 4.5% | −2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 158 | 5 | 3.2% | −3.4 | 0 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 132 | 17 | 12.9% | +6.3 | 1 from 6 |
| Over 3m | 42 | 6 | 14.3% | +7.7 | 0 from 6 |
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
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Good | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 17 | 1 | 6% | −12.67 |
| Class 4 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgefield | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Southwell | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Catterick | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wetherby | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hexham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.67 |
| Over 3m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen McCarthy | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.67 |
| Jonathan England | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Sean Quinlan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ryan Mania | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Josh Wall | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aled Beech | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Savage | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Cowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Cook | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 21 | 1 | 5% | −16.67 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.67 |
| 2013 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 21 | 1 | 5% | −16.67 |
| Chase | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| NH Flat | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Optical High (GB) won?
- Optical High (GB) won 1 of 25 archived starts between 2013 and 2017, a strike rate of 4%. Placed 5 times in total (20% of starts).
- Who trained Optical High (GB)?
- Optical High (GB) was trained by Tony Forbes on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 7 June 2017.
- Who is Optical High (GB)'s sire?
- Optical High (GB) is by Rainbow High (GB) out of Forsweets (GB), whose sire is Forzando.
- What going does Optical High (GB) prefer?
- Optical High (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Optical High (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 7 June 2017. The highest on record is 94.
- What is Optical High (GB)'s sire's record?
- Rainbow High (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.6% of 560 runs since Jan 2008 (48 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.9% from 132. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.2% from 158.