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Ornithologist (USA)

3yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2011) · Last trainer David O'Meara · Last owner Mike Kirby Andrew Crowther
by Elusive Quality (USA) out of On a Lark (USA) (The Prime Minister)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Sep 2011
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Oct 2011 — 5,491 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2011 · 4th of 15
KTB Profile

Ornithologist (USA) is yet to win from 3 starts. Best effort: 4th of 15 at Redcar (Oct 2011).

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 73A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Redcar, 24 Oct 2011

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 73A · median 66
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good273A60.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f266A57—
6f – 7f1———

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
Elusive Quality (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 3,387 runs since Jan 2008 (333 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 7.9% from 280. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16% from 319.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm25312%−0.3—
Good to Firm5916911.7%−0.6—
Good7209012.5%+0.20 from 2
Good to Soft280227.9%−4.40 from 1
Soft3773810.1%−2.2—
Heavy9177.7%−4.6—
Standard (AW)1,30318814.4%+2.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3195116%+3.7—
6f – 7f1,33316212.2%−0.10 from 1
1m – 1m1f94212112.8%+0.5—
1m2f – 1m4f5405810.7%−1.60 from 2
1m5f – 2m1491912.8%+0.5—
2m1f – 2m4f7534%−8.3—
2m5f – 3m29310.3%−2—

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

Dam
On a Lark (USA) (The Prime Minister)

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
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Daniel Tudhope 2 0 0% −2.00
David Nolan 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 KTB Jockey SP
2011 · 3 runs
24 Oct 11+12d Redcar Book Your Christmas Parties At Redcar Racecourse Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good · 15 ran 4/15 ½ 9-3 73A Daniel Tudhope 8/1
12 Oct 11+18d Nottingham Nottingham's Premier Company DG Taxis 0115 9500 500 Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 5/15 ½ 9-3 66A Daniel Tudhope 100/1
24 Sep 11 Ripon totepool Flexi Betting Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m4f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 1 9-3 48C David Nolan 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Ornithologist won?
Ornithologist (USA) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2011.
Who trained Ornithologist?
Ornithologist (USA) was trained by David O'Meara on the most recent run on record, at Redcar on 24 October 2011.
Who is Ornithologist's sire?
Ornithologist (USA) is by Elusive Quality (USA) out of On a Lark (USA), whose sire is The Prime Minister.
What is Ornithologist's sire's record?
Elusive Quality (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 3,387 runs since Jan 2008 (333 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 7.9% from 280. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16% from 319.

Record shown from September 2011. 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.