Horse profile
Rioja Alta (IRE)
by Australia (GB) out of Pavement (IRE) (Pivotal)
21 runs · 15 courses · from Jul 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Cartmel & Sedgefield
Last run 27 May 2026 · 4th of 9
Last raced off OR 102
KTB Profile
Rioja Alta is a gelding who has two wins from 21 starts on turf, both at Class 5 in handicaps. He won at Sedgefield over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft in Feb 2025 off 91 and at Cartmel over 2m5f – 3m on soft in Jul 2025 off 100. He has raced 15 times at different courses and last ran when fourth of nine in a Class 4 handicap at Cartmel in May 2026 off an official rating of 102.
Based on 21 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs since Dec 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins at Class 5
- 2–21Wins / Runs
- 9.5%Strike rate
- 10 (47.6%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 0.98Fair A/E n=21 · 0.83 incl. margin
- 105Highest OR
- 52dAvg 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 rating102↓ 3lb off peak
102
68–105
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 118
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 123A | 114 | 2 runs · 123 / 118.5 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 142A | 125.5 | 2 runs · 118 / 104 |
| Good | 2 | 106B | 102.5 | 2 runs · 106 / 102.5 |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 142A | 116 | 4 runs · 118 / 110 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 133A | 98 | 1 run · — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 2 | 89A | 84.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 77A | 71 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 89A | 77 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 95A | 70.5 | — |
Of 21 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 21 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 from 10 analysed runs since Dec 2024
- Led 3 (30%) · 1 win
- Prominent 3 (30%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (30%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 5,648 runs since Jan 2008 (563 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | +11.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 664 | 81 | 12.2% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,505 | 165 | 11% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 659 | 67 | 10.2% | −1 | 1 from 6 |
| Soft | 960 | 121 | 12.6% | +1.4 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 324 | 29 | 9% | −2.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,522 | 164 | 10.8% | −0.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 33 | 2 | 6.1% | −5.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 643 | 63 | 9.8% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,243 | 136 | 10.9% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,086 | 266 | 12.8% | +1.6 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,170 | 129 | 11% | −0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 354 | 26 | 7.3% | −3.9 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 108 | 7 | 6.5% | −4.7 | 1 from 6 |
| Over 3m | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | −2.1 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Pavement (IRE) (Pivotal)
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenomeno (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | +9.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Class 5 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +12.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherby | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cartmel | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Catterick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conor O'Farrell | 7 | 1 | 14% | +8.00 |
| Brian Hughes | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Miss Becky Smith | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Garritty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aiden Brookes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 10 | 2 | 20% | +10.00 |
| None | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +13.00 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 14 | 2 | 14% | +6.00 |
| Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 May 26+35d | Cartmel | Traffic Management Handicap Hurdle Settled in the leading half of the pack early - moved into third after the 6th before slipping back 2 out under pressure - stayed on at one gait to finish fourth | 4/9 | 3 | 10-11 | 102 | 106B | 108A | Conor O'Farrell | 11/2 |
| 22 Apr 26+36d | Perth | Equine Products Best Turned Out Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Went straight to front - overtaken before 3rd - tracked front group after 4th - dropped back 8th - given a nudge after 9th - hesitant 3 out - unable to close before 2 out | 5/10 | 3¼ | 12-0 | 103 | 99A | 121A | Miss Becky Smith | 11/2 |
| 17 Mar 26+46d | Wetherby | racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle Sat close to front - hit the front before 2 out but blundered and lost that spot - stayed on same tempo to finish third | 3/10 | 2½ | 10-11 | 103 | 118B | 119A | Conor O'Farrell | 14/1 |
| 30 Jan 26+65d | Catterick | Bet At Racing TV Handicap Hurdle Held a spot mid-pack out wide early - urged forward to reach the front group after the 10th - lost ground 2f out - found a bit more before the last and pressed the top two on the run-in - faded near the finish to take third | 3/8 | 2 | 11-10 | 104 | 123A | 116B | Brian Hughes | 7/1 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Nov 25+19d | Wetherby | wetherbyracing.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack - pressed for effort three out - unable to quicken - finished sixth beaten well over eight lengths | 6/7 | 2¾ | 12-0 | 105 | 114B | 111A | Brian Hughes | 18/1 |
| 07 Nov 25+109d | Hexham | Unibet More Extra Places Handicap Hurdle Tracked the pack early - dropped back around the 5th before rallying after three out - hit the second-last then dropped away to finish seventh | 7/12 | 11 | 11-6 | 105 | 90C | 100C | Brian Hughes | 8/1 |
| 21 Jul 25+54d | Cartmel | Cartmel Handicap Hurdle Raced eagerly early - sat close to pace before pushed along after final fence - stayed on to hit front inside final 110yds | 1/10 | 12-0 | 100 | 119A | 134A | Brian Hughes | 4/1 | |
| 28 May 25+74d | Cartmel | Traffic Management Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Tracked the pace - scratchy over the 6th - squeezed for space 2 out - moved up to second before the last - held no threat to winner and edged out of the frame near the finish | 3/10 | ½ | 10-7 | 99 | 142A | 119A | Brian Hughes | 15/2 |
| 15 Mar 25+38d | Newcastle | Guinness At Rio's Handicap Hurdle Set the early gallop - clouted the third-last and needed urging soon after - overtaken approaching the final marker - stayed on at a steady effort to the line | 2/8 | 6 | 12-0 | 99 | 133A | 114B | Brian Hughes | 4/1 |
| 05 Feb 25+13d | Sedgefield | Vickers.Bet Independent Family Owned Bookmaker Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Set the pace from the off - kicked away rounding the home bend - stumbled two out but stretched the advantage on the run to the line - untroubled success | 1/10 | 11-5 | 91 | — | 122A | Conor O'Farrell | 14/1 | |
| 23 Jan 25+47d | Wetherby | William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle Towards the back of the pack - untidy at the 8th and always struggling - out of contention from 3 out and finished a distant 9th | 9/16 | ¾ | 11-8 | 94 | 92C | 93C | Conor O'Farrell | 33/1 |
| 2024 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Dec 24+177d | Wetherby | William Hill Christmas Meeting Up Next Handicap Hurdle Settled off the pace in the pack - jumped awkwardly 3rd - lost touch before 3 out - eventually finished 7th | 7/8 | 8 | 10-4 | 96 | — | 80A | Conor O'Farrell | 22/1 |
| 13 Jun 24+40d | Musselburgh | James Jones Sawmill Handicap | 4/4 | 79 | 9-9 | 68 | 46C | 61C | Billy Garritty | 5/1 |
| 04 May 24+58d | Thirsk | Best Odds Guaranteed At Vickers.Bet Everyday Handicap | 5/8 | 3¼ | 8-13 | 70 | 95A | 67A | Aiden Brookes | 17/2 |
| 07 Mar 24+24d | Carlisle | Watch Racing Tv Now Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/12 | 11 | 10-9 | — | 104B | 111A | Conor O'Farrell | 7/1 |
| 12 Feb 24+118d | Catterick | Download The Raceday Ready App Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/8 | 1½ | 10-8 | — | 83C | 108A | Conor O'Farrell | 14/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Oct 23+17d | Gowran Park | Racing Again November 11th Handicap | 4/13 | 1¾ | 9-1 | 72 | 80C | 71A | Gary Carroll | 4/1J |
| 30 Sep 23+26d | Killarney | Tote, Never Beaten By Sp Apprentice Handicap | 3/9 | 3 | 9-9 | 72 | 89A | 83A | Robert Whearty | 5/1C |
| 04 Sep 23+5d | Roscommon | Racing Here Again On September 25th, 2023 Maiden | 3/10 | 2¾ | 9-8 | — | 77A | 68A | Gary Carroll | 15/2 |
| 30 Aug 23+41d | Cork | Newmarket Maiden | 4/12 | ½ | 9-8 | — | 77A | 71A | Gary Carroll | 12/1 |
| 20 Jul 23 | Leopardstown | Clayton Hotel Leopardstown Maiden | 6/17 | shd | 9-8 | — | 65C | 65A | Gary Carroll | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Rioja Alta won?
- Rioja Alta (IRE) won 2 of 21 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.5%. Placed 10 times in total (47.6% of starts).
- Who trains Rioja Alta?
- Rioja Alta (IRE) is trained by Micky Hammond, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 27 May 2026.
- Who is Rioja Alta's sire?
- Rioja Alta (IRE) is by Australia (GB) out of Pavement (IRE), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does Rioja Alta prefer?
- Rioja Alta (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Rioja Alta's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 27 May 2026. The highest on record is 105.
- What is Rioja Alta's sire's record?
- Australia (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 5,648 runs since Jan 2008 (563 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
- Who are Rioja Alta's siblings?
- Out of Pavement (IRE), Rioja Alta (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.