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Horse profile

Police Gazette (USA)

3yo colt · Trainer Donnacha Aidan O'Brien · Owner Joseph Allen Llc
by War Front (USA) out of Akatea (IRE) (Shamardal)
3 runs · 1 course · from Apr 2026
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out Won at Dundalk (AW) Headgear returns LTO Last run 12 Jul 2026 · 1st of 6
KTB Profile

Police Gazette won one of three starts on the all-weather. The War Front colt won the Border Boutique Hire Maiden at Dundalk over 1m2f – 1m4f on standard going in Jul 2026. All three runs came at Dundalk where he has one win from three starts. His last run at Dundalk in Jul 2026 was a win and headgear returned.

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Apr 2026 · updated 8 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 100 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Dundalk (AW), 10 Apr 2026

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 100A · median 97
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)3100A973 runs · 100 / 97
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f297A93.52 runs · 97 / 93.5
1m – 1m1f1——1 run · —

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 84B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 12 Jul 2026

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 84B · median 71
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)384B713 runs · 84 / 71
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f284B77.52 runs · 84 / 77.5
1m – 1m1f1——1 run · —

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 from 3 analysed runs since Apr 2026

  • Led 2 (67%) · 1 win
  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
War Front (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 2,499 runs since Jul 2010 (297 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.8% from 925. Weakest on good going: 10.9% from 533. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 19.3% from 1,010.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm14321.4%+5.7—
Good to Firm4758317.5%+1.8—
Good5335810.9%−4.8—
Good to Soft2283716.2%+0.5—
Soft2813211.4%−4.3—
Heavy43511.6%−4.1—
Standard (AW)92517418.8%+3.11 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1713017.5%+1.8—
6f – 7f1,01019519.3%+3.6—
1m – 1m1f81510512.9%−2.80 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f3825614.7%−11 from 2
1m5f – 2m9455.3%−10.4—
2m1f – 2m4f2414.2%−11.5—
2m5f – 3m300%−15.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2010 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

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

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 1 50% +4.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Gavin Ryan 2 1 50% +4.00
Paddy Harnett 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 1 100% +5.00
None 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheekpieces 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 3 runs
12 Jul 26+47d Dundalk (AW) Border Boutique Hire Maiden 1m2½f · Standard · 6 ran sent straight to the front - three lengths to the good in the final furlong despite being niggled along - found more to the line 1/6 9-8 97A84B Gavin Ryan 5/1
26 May 26+46d Dundalk (AW) Sunday 12th July Ladies Day At Dundalk Stadium Maiden 1m4f · Standard · 10 ran Shared the front spot early - lost command at halfway and settled third - pushed along in the straight - moved up to second late but couldn't close the gap final furlong 3/10 ½ 9-8 90A71A Gavin Ryan 22/1
10 Apr 26 Dundalk (AW) BAR 1 Betting Grand National Extra Places Maiden 1m · Standard · 10 ran Sluggish start - settled at the back and driven up early - urged 3f from home - dropped away to finish ninth 9/10 1¾ 9-3 100A49A Paddy Harnett 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has Police Gazette won?
Police Gazette (USA) won 1 of 3 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 2 times in total (66.7% of starts).
Who trains Police Gazette?
Police Gazette (USA) is trained by Donnacha Aidan O'Brien, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 July 2026.
Who is Police Gazette's sire?
Police Gazette (USA) is by War Front (USA) out of Akatea (IRE), whose sire is Shamardal.
What is Police Gazette's sire's record?
War Front (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 2,499 runs since Jul 2010 (297 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.8% from 925. Weakest on good going: 10.9% from 533. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 19.3% from 1,010.

Record shown from April 2026. 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.