Quite By Chance (GB)
Quite By Chance (GB) is 5 from 54, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the Byrne Group Handicap Chase at Ascot (Oct 2016). Hasn't won since Oct 2016. Last raced off 113, 34lb below the career-high mark.
- 5–54Wins / Runs
- 9.3%Strike rate
- 22 (40.7%)Placed
- −24.42£1 level staken=54 at SP
- 0.75Fair A/E n=54 · 0.65 incl. margin
- 147Highest OR
- 26dBetween runs (median)longest 352 d
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 117
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 109A | 82 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 117A | 63 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 100A | 86 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 117A | 85 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 109A | 77 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 25 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (5) · did not complete (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 25 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 14.2% of 8,311 runs since Jan 2008 (494 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −7.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 404 | 58 | 14.4% | +0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 3,126 | 462 | 14.8% | +0.6 | 3 from 15 |
| Good to Soft | 1,897 | 259 | 13.7% | −0.5 | 0 from 15 |
| Soft | 1,977 | 260 | 13.2% | −1 | 2 from 13 |
| Heavy | 766 | 118 | 15.4% | +1.2 | 0 from 9 |
| Standard (AW) | 127 | 19 | 15% | +0.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 102 | 16 | 15.7% | +1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,205 | 299 | 13.6% | −0.6 | 1 from 10 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,707 | 381 | 14.1% | −0.1 | 3 from 22 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,499 | 363 | 14.5% | +0.3 | 1 from 16 |
| Over 3m | 791 | 118 | 14.9% | +0.7 | 0 from 5 |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Hopstrings (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Hopstrings (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopstrings (GB) | 18 | 1 | 2m3½f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 15 | 3 | 20% | +1.25 |
| Good to Soft | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.00 |
| Soft | 13 | 2 | 15% | +0.33 |
| Heavy | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 20 | 2 | 10% | −6.67 |
| Class 4 | 11 | 2 | 18% | −3.75 |
| Class 1 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 6 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wincanton | 13 | 3 | 23% | +4.33 |
| Cheltenham | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Ascot | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| Chepstow | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Exeter | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Taunton | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| Uttoxeter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fontwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 22 | 3 | 14% | +0.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 16 | 1 | 6% | −12.75 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.67 |
| Over 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom O'Brien | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.00 |
| Joe Tizzard | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Paul O'Brien | 6 | 2 | 33% | +7.33 |
| Daryl Jacob | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.75 |
| Tom Scudamore | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Mr Michael Legg | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Harry Cobden | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Brendan Powell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Angus Cheleda | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Paddy Brennan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Noel Fehily | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fergus Gillard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jonjo O'Neill Jr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robbie Power | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aidan Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 40 | 5 | 13% | −10.42 |
| Tongue tie | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +9.00 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.42 |
| 2014 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.00 |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 43 | 5 | 12% | −13.42 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| NH Flat | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 Quite By Chance won?
- Quite By Chance (GB) won 5 of 54 archived starts between 2013 and 2021, a strike rate of 9.3%. Placed 22 times in total (40.7% of starts).
- Who trained Quite By Chance?
- Quite By Chance (GB) was trained by S J Sampson on the most recent run on record, at Haydock on 20 February 2021.
- Who is Quite By Chance's sire?
- Quite By Chance (GB) is by Midnight Legend (GB) out of Hop Fair (GB), whose sire is Gildoran.
- What going does Quite By Chance prefer?
- Quite By Chance (GB) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 15 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Quite By Chance's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 113, from the run on 20 February 2021. The highest on record is 147.
- What is Quite By Chance's sire's record?
- Midnight Legend (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 8,311 runs since Jan 2008 (494 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Quite By Chance's siblings?
- Out of Hop Fair (GB), Quite By Chance (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Hopstrings (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Hopstrings (GB)). The wins came over 2m3½f. As at Nov 2026.