Horse profile
Pergamon (FR)
16 runs · 14 courses · from Apr 2024
As at 23 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
6 wins · 6 courses
Last run 17 Oct 2026 · 5th of 6
Last raced off OR 119
KTB Profile
Pergamon is a 6 from 16 gelding with all wins at Class 4 level. Five of those wins came over 1m5f to 2m and one over 2m1f to 2m4f, all on good ground. He won the Whitegates Nursery Northallerton Handicap Hurdle at Sedgefield in Sep 2026 off 115, the Kettle Produce Handicap Hurdle at Perth in Jul 2026 off 113, and three earlier handicaps in 2026. Aged 5 at his last run in Oct 2026, he finished 5 of 6 at Market Rasen off a career-high mark of 119.
Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 15 commented runs since Mar 2025 · updated 23 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Wins on good or faster
All wins at Class 4
OR at career high
- 6–16Wins / Runs
- 37.5%Strike rate
- 6 (37.5%)Placed
- +31.82£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 2.09Fair A/E n=16 · 1.84 incl. margin
- 119Highest OR
- 60dAvg 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.
Official rating119At career-high mark
119
71–119
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 134
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 →
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 23 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 134B | 108 | 5 · 134 / 115 |
| Soft | 2 | 97A | 70.5 | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 23 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 134B | 105 | 4 · 134 / 117.5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 108C | 97 | 2 · 108 / 76 |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 23 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 2 | 82A | 54.5 | 1 · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 23 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 87A | 47 | 1 · — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 runs · as at 23 Oct 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · 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 from 15 analysed runs since Mar 2025
- Mid-division 6 (40%) · 3 wins
- Prominent 5 (33%) · 1 win
- Held up 4 (27%) · 2 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,503 runs since Jan 2008 (875 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 12.3% from 324. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.4% from 267.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,280 | 259 | 20.2% | +2.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,915 | 362 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 6 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 1,020 | 175 | 17.2% | −0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,109 | 162 | 14.6% | −3.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 324 | 40 | 12.3% | −5.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,840 | 347 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 64 | 11 | 17.2% | −0.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,258 | 236 | 18.8% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,973 | 368 | 18.7% | +0.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,878 | 544 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 968 | 151 | 15.6% | −2.4 | 5 from 11 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 267 | 33 | 12.4% | −5.6 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −10.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −18 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Segall (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m1f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Segall (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Segall (IRE) | 9 | 2 | 7f–1m1f | Group 3 |
| Frank Stella (FR) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 6 | 75% | +39.82 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 11 | 6 | 55% | +36.82 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Perth | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +22.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.50 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 11 | 5 | 45% | +34.20 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Shanahan | 6 | 4 | 67% | +25.32 |
| Sean Quinlan | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.50 |
| Jason Hart | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| William Pyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alfie Redman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ross Chapman | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| George Wood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cesar Belmont | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 10 | 4 | 40% | +21.32 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 2 | 50% | +12.50 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 4 | 67% | +25.32 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +7.50 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 9 | 6 | 67% | +38.82 |
| Flat | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Chase | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 26+38d | Market Rasen | Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle Race settled close up early - went to the back before 4th and soon in trouble - veered left 3 out and tailed off - finished 5th | 5/6 | 15 | 11-9 | 119 | 60C | 106C | William Shanahan | 100/30 |
| 09 Sep 26+53d | Sedgefield | Whitegates Nursery Northallerton Handicap Hurdle Race Settled at back early - moved into second spot 4th - clipped a fence 3 out - close up when jumping errant at 2 out - found extra to hit front last - eased down and edged off a true line inside final furlong to score | 1/3 | 11-3 | 115 | 108C | 122C | William Shanahan | 13/8 | |
| 18 Jul 26+16d | Doncaster | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Stakes Tracked the pace early - Sent along and slipped to last approaching 2f out - Soon faded | 3/3 | 9 | 10-1 | 71 | 27C | 65C | William Pyle | 85/40 |
| 02 Jul 26+53d | Perth | Kettle Produce Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack - pushed along after 3 out - closed to share the front before 2 out - a touch untidy at the last but battled on and edged clear close home to score | 1/6 | 11-9 | 113 | 120B | 132B | William Shanahan | 5/2 | |
| 10 May 26+36d | Ludlow | Welsh Guards Association Handicap Hurdle Held a midpack position early - made ground into contention after the 4th from home - drew level with the front-runner 3 out - hit the front but blundered 2 out - kicked away after the last to score comfortably | 1/7 | 11-8 | 109 | 134B | 135A | William Shanahan | 6/5F | |
| 04 Apr 26+141d | Huntingdon | Best Odds Guaranteed At Betano Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - moved through strongly approaching 3 out and hit the front before 2 out - drew away under pressure to the line | 1/8 | 10-11 | 102 | 115B | 143A | William Shanahan | 22/1 | |
| 14 Nov 25+24d | Southwell | Grace And Dotty Country Clothing Handicap Hurdle Settled midfield early - moved into 2nd place after the 6th - lost touch entering home turn - well held at the finish | 6/7 | 8 | 10-12 | 105 | 44C | 97A | William Shanahan | 16/1 |
| 21 Oct 25+46d | Perth | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Settled at the back on the rail - moved up smoothly on the inner rounding home - nudged but found nil from 2 out and finished fifth | 5/9 | 6 | 11-9 | 107 | 97A | 109B | Sean Quinlan | 16/1 |
| 05 Sep 25+48d | Haydock | Betfair HPR Training Series Apprentice Handicap Held a middle position early - pushed along with 3f remaining - stayed on at one gear through the closing stages - finished seventh | 7/11 | 1 | 9-11 | 73 | 87A | 74A | Alfie Redman | 12/1 |
| 19 Jul 25+35d | Doncaster | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Sat just behind the front group - pushed along a furlong out and stayed on into 3rd without extra gear | 3/6 | 3¼ | 10-1 | 74 | 67A | 80B | Jason Hart | 25/1 |
| 14 Jun 25+20d | Hexham | Lisa Bond Celebration Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up in the pack - pushed along and stayed on at one speed before the final flight - finished fourth beaten well over 11 lengths | 4/10 | 3¼ | 11-7 | 107 | 65A | 112A | Sean Quinlan | 11/4 |
| 25 May 25+14d | Kelso | J.A. Wilson Contractors Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Tracked pace early - scratchy 3rd - scratchy again 3 out - hit front 2 out - pushed along and stayed on to win | 1/7 | 11-2 | — | 97B | 125B | Sean Quinlan | 1/2F | |
| 11 May 25+19d | Plumpton | Julie Brown Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Held a midfield position early - made ground into contention 3f out - moved into second on the home bend - hit the front 3 out - lurched sharply right and clipped a runner approaching 2 out - took command after the last and stayed on strongly to score | 1/8 | 10-12 | — | 105B | 126B | Ross Chapman | 14/1 | |
| 22 Apr 25+25d | Thirsk | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Held up in rear - made no impression - well held at finish | 8/10 | ½ | 9-3 | 77 | 82A | 68A | Jason Hart | 28/1 |
| 28 Mar 25+333d | Southwell (AW) | BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap (GBB Plus Race) Settled in second early - shoved up 5f out and gave way rapidly over 2f out - already beaten far out and finished a distant eighth | 8/8 | 60 | 9-7 | 81 | 24C | 65C | George Wood | 11/1 |
| 29 Apr 24 | Chantilly (FR) | Prix de Joinville (Maiden) (Unraced 3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) | 3/7 | nse | 8-10 | — | — | — | Cesar Belmont | 42/10 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Pergamon (FR) won?
- Pergamon (FR) won 6 of 16 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 37.5%. Placed 6 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trains Pergamon (FR)?
- Pergamon (FR) is trained by Jennie Candlish, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 October 2026.
- Who is Pergamon (FR)'s sire?
- Pergamon (FR) is by Frankel (GB) out of Spain Burg (FR), whose sire is Sageburg.
- What going does Pergamon (FR) prefer?
- Pergamon (FR) has the best record on good going: 6 wins from 8 starts (75%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Pergamon (FR)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 119, from the run on 17 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Pergamon (FR)'s sire's record?
- Frankel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,503 runs since Jan 2008 (875 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 12.3% from 324. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.4% from 267.
- Who are Pergamon (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Spain Burg (FR), Pergamon (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Segall (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Segall (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m1f. As at Oct 2026.