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Horse profile

Rocky Bender (IRE)

11yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2016) · Last trainer Venetia Williams · Last owner Miss V M Williams
by Saddlers' Hall (IRE) out of Silver Spirit (IRE) (Parliament I)
29 runs · 15 courses · from Dec 2012
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Dec 2016 — 3,597 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2016 · 5th of 9 3 wins · Huntingdon, Exeter & Bangor-on-Dee Last raced off OR 114
KTB Profile

Rocky Bender (IRE) is 3 from 29. Hasn't won since Mar 2016.

Based on 29 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
Official rating114↓ 5lb off peak
114 99–119

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 38 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Bangor-on-Dee, 22 Dec 2016

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 111C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Huntingdon, 6 Mar 2016 Official rating 114 at the last run, 22 Dec 2016

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 23 figures · best 129B · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft10111C97.5—
Heavy7129B117—
Good4115B98.5—
Good to Soft2114B105—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m15129B111—
Over 3m7114B94—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 29 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (6).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 29 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
Saddlers' Hall (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 4,861 runs since Jan 2008 (460 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm59610.2%+2.5—
Good to Firm482408.3%+0.6—
Good1,3511148.4%+0.70 from 5
Good to Soft693547.8%+0.10 from 3
Soft1,317916.9%−0.81 from 12
Heavy940707.4%−0.32 from 9
Standard (AW)1915.3%−2.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−7.7—
1m – 1m1f200%−7.7—
1m2f – 1m4f2414.2%−3.5—
1m5f – 2m1,059777.3%−0.4—
2m1f – 2m4f1,7231136.6%−1.10 from 2
2m5f – 3m1,5971469.1%+1.42 from 16
Over 3m455398.6%+0.91 from 11

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Silver Spirit (IRE) (Parliament I)

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
Soft 12 1 8% −7.50
Heavy 9 2 22% +8.00
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 20 1 5% −5.00
Class 3 8 2 25% −1.50
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Exeter 5 1 20% +10.00
Wincanton 4 0 0% −4.00
Bangor-on-Dee 3 1 33% −1.00
Lingfield 3 0 0% −3.00
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 2 0 0% −2.00
Taunton 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 1 100% +3.50
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 16 2 13% +1.00
Over 3m 11 1 9% −6.50
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Aidan Coleman 11 0 0% −11.00
Liam Treadwell 7 1 14% −5.00
Charlie Deutsch 3 1 33% +1.50
Callum Whillans 3 0 0% −3.00
Tom O'Brien 2 1 50% +13.00
Robert Dunne 1 0 0% −1.00
Harry Challoner 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Thomas 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 22 3 14% −0.50
Blinkers 6 0 0% −6.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2016 8 2 25% +11.50
2015 4 0 0% −4.00
2014 8 1 13% −6.00
2013 8 0 0% −8.00
2012 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 22 3 14% −0.50
Hurdle 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
2016 · 8 runs
22 Dec 16+23d Bangor-on-Dee Equine Lens Handicap Chase Class 4 · 29.5f · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 4½ 11-3 11438B104B Charlie Deutsch 25/1
29 Nov 16+208d Lingfield Happy 3rd Birthday Jenson Roe Veterans' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Soft · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-4 117—— Robert Dunne 12/1
05 May 16+30d Uttoxeter uttoxeterwit Handicap Chase Class 4 · 26f · Good To Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-12 118—— Liam Treadwell 25/1
05 Apr 16+23d Newton Abbot Sis Handicap Chase Class 3 · 26f · Soft · 5 ran 3/5 52 11-7 119—94C Tom O'Brien 11/1
13 Mar 16+7d Warwick Whites - Free Skips For Metal Handicap Chase Class 3 · 29f · Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-5 116—— Charlie Deutsch 16/1
06 Mar 16+45d Huntingdon racinguk.com/hd Cambridgeshire National Handicap Chase Class 3 · 30.5f · Soft · 4 ran 1/4 11-3 116—111C Charlie Deutsch 7/2
21 Jan 16+20d Wincanton Higos Insurance Services Somerset National Handicap Chase Class 3 · 26.5f · Soft · 14 ran 4/14 17 10-10 117—94B Callum Whillans 20/1
01 Jan 16+38d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24f · Heavy · 9 ran 1/9 11-7 105—129B Tom O'Brien 14/1
2015 · 4 runs
24 Nov 15+243d Lingfield Bet And Watch At titanbet.co.uk Intermediate Handicap Chase Class 3 · 23.5f · Heavy · 7 ran F/7 — 10-3 105—— Aidan Coleman 5/1
26 Mar 15+48d Newbury Amazing Sri Lanka Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Class 4 · 26f · Good · 6 ran UR/6 — 10-5 106—— Callum Whillans 10/1
06 Feb 15+36d Bangor-on-Dee Betfair Price Rush Handicap Chase Class 4 · 29.5f · Soft · 10 ran 6/10 2¾ 11-0 108—87B Liam Treadwell 11/2
01 Jan 15+20d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Bridgwater Handicap Chase (Jockey Club Grassroots Jumps Series Qualifier) Class 4 · 24f · Soft · 10 ran 4/10 14 11-12 110—104B Liam Treadwell 9/2
2014 · 8 runs
12 Dec 14+7d Bangor-on-Dee Proactive Personnel Handicap Chase Class 3 · 24f · Heavy · 4 ran 1/4 10-6 105—114C Liam Treadwell EvensF
05 Dec 14+226d Sandown John Tyndall Memorial Future Stars Chase (Intermediate) (Listed) Class 1 · 24f · Soft · 4 ran 2/4 11 10-9 105—111B Liam Treadwell 40/1
23 Apr 14+21d Southwell Bet Toteplacepot With Totepool Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 25.5f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 19 11-8 105—91C Liam Treadwell 5/1
02 Apr 14+9d Wincanton Red & Yella Mickey Bowley Memorial Handicap Chase Class 4 · 25f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 2¼ 10-10 99—114B Aidan Coleman 10/1
24 Mar 14+16d Taunton Bathwick Tyres Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 23f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 nk 11-2 99—115B Aidan Coleman 9/1
08 Mar 14+27d Chepstow Back Of The Net At Betvictor.com Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 23.5f · Soft · 10 ran 6/10 25 10-13 104—96C Callum Whillans 17/2
09 Feb 14+27d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Barnstaple Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Heavy · 8 ran 2/8 19 11-9 102—116A Aidan Coleman 5/2J
13 Jan 14+24d Plumpton Follow Timeform1948 On Twitter Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 25f · Heavy · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-2 105—— Aidan Coleman 13/2
2013 · 8 runs
20 Dec 13+26d Uttoxeter Bank's Bitter Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24f · Heavy · 10 ran 3/10 5 11-12 108—122A Liam Treadwell 15/2
24 Nov 13+31d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Plymouth Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Good · 15 ran 6/15 5 11-5 108—106A Aidan Coleman 14/1
24 Oct 13+184d Ludlow Thoroughbred Breeders Association Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 27 11-3 110—89C Aidan Coleman 10/1
23 Apr 13+9d Newton Abbot Newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 6/11 27 11-12 110—96C Aidan Coleman 8/1
14 Apr 13+46d Wincanton Bathwick Tyres Yeovil Novices' Chase Class 4 · 21f · Heavy · 4 ran 2/4 ½ 10-12 110—117B Aidan Coleman 6/4
27 Feb 13+17d Lingfield Hever Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Heavy · 8 ran 3/8 nk 11-4 102—121A Aidan Coleman 12/1
10 Feb 13+36d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Bridgwater Novices' Chase (Sunday 5k Bonus Race) Class 3 · 19f · Heavy · 8 ran 6/8 5 10-9 ——92C Harry Challoner 40/1
05 Jan 13+23d Wincanton Bathwick Tyres Bridgwater Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 21.5f · Soft · 12 ran 7/12 11 11-6 ——94C Sam Thomas 20/1
2012 · 1 run
13 Dec 12 Taunton Setsquare Recruitment Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Soft · 13 ran 7/13 11 10-12 ——99A Aidan Coleman 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Rocky Bender won?
Rocky Bender (IRE) won 3 of 29 archived starts between 2012 and 2016, a strike rate of 10.3%. Placed 8 times in total (27.6% of starts).
Who trained Rocky Bender?
Rocky Bender (IRE) was trained by Venetia Williams on the most recent run on record, at Bangor-on-Dee on 22 December 2016.
Who is Rocky Bender's sire?
Rocky Bender (IRE) is by Saddlers' Hall (IRE) out of Silver Spirit (IRE), whose sire is Parliament I.
What going does Rocky Bender prefer?
Rocky Bender (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Rocky Bender's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 22 December 2016. The highest on record is 119.
What is Rocky Bender's sire's record?
Saddlers' Hall (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 4,861 runs since Jan 2008 (460 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from December 2012. 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.