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Horse profile

Saffron Creed (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2025) · Last trainer John Mackie · Last owner P Spencer
by Sans Frontieres (IRE) out of Exceedingly Good (IRE) (Exceed And Excel)
1 run · 1 course · from Mar 2025
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Mar 2025 — 578 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2025 · 12th of 13
KTB Profile

Saffron Creed ran once as a 4yo gelding, finishing 12 of 13 at Uttoxeter in Mar 2025 in a Class 5 NH Flat race on good ground over 1m5f to 2m. He was held throughout. By Sans Frontieres, whose progeny in the archive have won 112 of 1,250 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest record on heavy. His dam has produced two winners from five runners to race, the best being First Excel with four wins.

Based on 1 archived run · run-style from 1 commented run since Mar 2025 · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 77C the best of the last 1 rated run · Uttoxeter, 29 Mar 2025

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 1,253 runs since Jan 2008 (155 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 14.1% from 184.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm18211.1%+2.2—
Good419409.5%+0.60 from 1
Good to Soft260218.1%−0.8—
Soft364236.3%−2.6—
Heavy1842614.1%+5.2—
Standard (AW)800%−8.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f200%−8.9—
1m2f – 1m4f5240%+31.1—
1m5f – 2m400307.5%−1.40 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f480398.1%−0.8—
2m5f – 3m3183511%+2.1—
Over 3m48612.5%+3.6—

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
Exceedingly Good (IRE) (Exceed And Excel)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them First Excel (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (First Excel (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
First Excel (GB)5046fClass 6
Trulie Good (GB)1915fClass 6
Excel Mate (GB)70——
Jean Excels (GB)50——
Heerbegood (GB)10——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 1 run
29 Mar 25 Uttoxeter QuinnBet 'Junior' NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Good · 13 ran Held up towards the back - never able to challenge - well held at the finish 12/13 32 11-0 55C77C Jamie Hamilton 80/1

Quick answers

How many races has Saffron Creed won?
Saffron Creed (GB) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2025.
Who trained Saffron Creed?
Saffron Creed (GB) was trained by John Mackie on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 29 March 2025.
Who is Saffron Creed's sire?
Saffron Creed (GB) is by Sans Frontieres (IRE) out of Exceedingly Good (IRE), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
What is Saffron Creed's sire's record?
Sans Frontieres (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 1,253 runs since Jan 2008 (155 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 14.1% from 184.
Who are Saffron Creed's siblings?
Out of Exceedingly Good (IRE), Saffron Creed (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: First Excel (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 6 (First Excel (GB)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2025. 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.