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Horse profile

Pull The Chord (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2017) · Last trainer Philip Hobbs · Last owner Brocade Racing
by St Jovite (USA) out of Gold Chord (IRE) (Accordion)
16 runs · 8 courses · from Oct 2014
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Oct 2017 — 3,302 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2017 3 wins · Exeter & Taunton Last raced off OR 130
KTB Profile

Pull The Chord (IRE) is 3 from 16. Hasn't won since Nov 2015. 3 of 9 starts with soft in the ground have ended in wins — 0 from 7 on quicker. All 3 wins have come over 2m1f – 2m4f.

Based on 16 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
Official rating130↓ 5lb off peak
130 120–135

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 111 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Taunton, 2 Mar 2017

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 4 figures · best 111A · median 82
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Soft2109B82—
Good1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3109B55—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 7 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 138A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ludlow, 8 Feb 2017 Official rating 130 at the last run, 6 Oct 2017

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 →

Jumps 14 figures · best 143B · median 124.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Soft6143B128.5—
Good5127B123—
Heavy2137A127—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f9143B128—
2m5f – 3m4127B124.5—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 16 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 16 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
St Jovite (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 6% of 298 runs since Jan 2008 (30 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm2114.8%−1.20 from 1
Good12897%+10 from 6
Good to Soft4212.4%−3.60 from 1
Soft6669.1%+3.12 from 6
Heavy3313%−31 from 2
Standard (AW)800%−6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f400%−6—
1m2f – 1m4f500%−6—
1m5f – 2m8533.5%−2.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f9188.8%+2.83 from 10
2m5f – 3m9366.5%+0.50 from 5
Over 3m2015%−1—

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
Gold Chord (IRE) (Accordion)

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 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 6 2 33% +2.88
Heavy 2 1 50% −0.27
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 11 2 18% −2.12
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +0.73

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Exeter 4 2 50% +0.61
Taunton 3 1 33% +3.00
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Ludlow 2 0 0% −2.00
Ascot 2 0 0% −2.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 10 3 30% +0.61
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Richard Johnson 12 3 25% −1.39
James Best 3 0 0% −3.00
Tom O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 5 0 0% −5.00
2016 6 0 0% −6.00
2015 2 2 100% +6.88
2014 3 1 33% −1.27

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 9 3 33% +1.61
Chase 7 0 0% −7.00

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
06 Oct 17+188d Fontwell RaceBets 'Double Deposit' Handicap Chase Class 2 · 21.5f · Good · 8 ran F/8 — 10-13 130—— Richard Johnson 7/2
01 Apr 17+30d Stratford Bordeaux Undiscovered La Fleur Morange Handicap Chase Class 3 · 22.5f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 14 11-8 131—126A Richard Johnson 5/2F
02 Mar 17+22d Taunton South West Racing Club Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 23f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 2¼ 11-5 132111A127B Richard Johnson 7/4F
08 Feb 17+38d Ludlow Attwood Memorial Trophy Handicap Chase (Qualifier For The Challenger Middle Distance Chase Series Final) Class 3 · 20f · Soft · 13 ran 2/13 9 11-8 131109B138A Richard Johnson 6/1
01 Jan 17+15d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Taunton Beginners' Chase Class 3 · 19f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 4 11-0 13155A129B James Best 7/1
17 Dec 16+73d Ascot Bgc Partners Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19f · Good To Soft · 15 ran F/15 — 11-3 131—— Richard Johnson 8/1
05 Oct 16+174d Ludlow Vera Davies Memorial Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 20f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 2/4 10 11-6 13155C119C Richard Johnson 3/1
14 Apr 16+26d Cheltenham Barbury International Supporting The Ijf Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 24f · Good · 19 ran 6/19 8 11-0 133—115A Tom O'Brien 33/1
19 Mar 16+28d Kempton racinguk.com/hd Kempton Park Silver Plate Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 21f · Good · 17 ran 5/17 12 11-8 134—123A James Best 25/1
20 Feb 16+38d Ascot Les Ambassadeurs Casino Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 19.5f · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 shd 10-12 135—114C James Best 8/1
13 Jan 16+63d Taunton Bathwick Tyres Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19f · Heavy · 10 ran 3/10 3¼ 11-12 135—137A Richard Johnson 13/8F
11 Nov 15+308d Exeter Rgb Building Supplies Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 17f · Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-12 125—143B Richard Johnson 15/8F
07 Jan 15+20d Taunton Bathwick Tyres Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19f · Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-5 120—128B Richard Johnson 5/1
18 Dec 14+25d Exeter Connolly's Red Mills 'Precision Nutrition' Handicap Hurdle (Connolly's Red Mills 'Precision Nutrition' Series Qualifier) Class 3 · 17f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 16 11-3 124—104C Richard Johnson 3/1
23 Nov 14+24d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Bridgwater Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Heavy · 10 ran 1/10 10-12 ——117A Richard Johnson 8/11F
30 Oct 14 Stratford Ebf Stallions 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (qualifier) Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 13 ran 3/13 2¼ 10-12 ——123A Richard Johnson 5/2F

Quick answers

How many races has Pull The Chord (IRE) won?
Pull The Chord (IRE) won 3 of 16 archived starts between 2014 and 2017, a strike rate of 18.8%. Placed 7 times in total (43.8% of starts).
Who trained Pull The Chord (IRE)?
Pull The Chord (IRE) was trained by Philip Hobbs on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 6 October 2017.
Who is Pull The Chord (IRE)'s sire?
Pull The Chord (IRE) is by St Jovite (USA) out of Gold Chord (IRE), whose sire is Accordion.
What going does Pull The Chord (IRE) prefer?
Pull The Chord (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 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 Pull The Chord (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 130, from the run on 6 October 2017. The highest on record is 135.
What is Pull The Chord (IRE)'s sire's record?
St Jovite (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 6% of 298 runs since Jan 2008 (30 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from October 2014. 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.