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Sailor's Sovereign (GB)

11yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2012) · Last trainer Julian Smith · Last owner Exors Of The Late Donald Smith
by Sovereign Water (FR) out of Tirley Pop Eye (GB) (Cruise Missile)
23 runs · 10 courses · from Apr 2007
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Jun 2012 — 5,260 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2012 · 4th of 5 Last raced off OR 69
KTB Profile

Sailor's Sovereign (GB) is yet to win from 23 starts, though has placed 4 times. Best effort: 2nd of 4 at Cartmel (Aug 2011). Last raced off 69, 15lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 23 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 15lb off peak
Official rating69↓ 15lb off peak
69 63–84

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 86B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Plumpton, 31 Oct 2011 Official rating 69 at the last run, 11 Jun 2012

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 19 figures · best 93C · median 85
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good793C86—
Soft692C84—
Good to Soft380A79—
Heavy387A85—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Over 3m892C85.5—
2m1f – 2m4f689C79.5—
1m5f – 2m393C90—
2m5f – 3m287A80.5—

Of 23 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 23 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
Sovereign Water (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 292 runs since Jan 2008 (34 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3133.3%+22—
Good to Firm21523.8%+12.5—
Good951111.6%+0.30 from 7
Good to Soft6357.9%−3.40 from 3
Soft7068.6%−2.70 from 9
Heavy40512.5%+1.20 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f400%−11.3—
1m5f – 2m2514%−7.30 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f4836.3%−50 from 7
2m5f – 3m1201512.5%+1.20 from 5
Over 3m951414.7%+3.40 from 8

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

Dam
Tirley Pop Eye (GB) (Cruise Missile)

4 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Fly For Paddy (GB)30——
Crystal Cliche (GB)20——
Tirley Bay (GB)10——
Illusionary Star (GB)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Good 7 0 0% −7.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 4 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Plumpton 6 0 0% −6.00
Towcester 5 0 0% −5.00
Cartmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Chepstow 2 0 0% −2.00
Exeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Over 3m 8 0 0% −8.00
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Gerard Tumelty 10 0 0% −10.00
Wayne Hutchinson 3 0 0% −3.00
Daryl Jacob 3 0 0% −3.00
Paul Moloney 2 0 0% −2.00
Robert Williams 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 1 0 0% −1.00
Anthony Freeman 1 0 0% −1.00
Warren Marston 1 0 0% −1.00
Willie McCarthy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 0 0% −13.00
Cheekpieces 9 0 0% −9.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 1 0 0% −1.00
2011 4 0 0% −4.00
2010 6 0 0% −6.00
2009 4 0 0% −4.00
2008 4 0 0% −4.00
2007 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 16 0 0% −16.00
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2012 · 1 run
11 Jun 12+224d Newton Abbot Sunflower Day Nursery Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m2f · Soft · 5 ran 4/5 1¾ 9-12 6960B Robert Williams 7/2
2011 · 4 runs
31 Oct 11+63d Plumpton Breeders' Cup Live Atr Sky 415 Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m1½f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 12 10-12 6986B Wayne Hutchinson 2/1
29 Aug 11+93d Cartmel Cengiz Sadik Memorial Handicap Chase Class 4 · 3m1½f · Soft · 4 ran 2/4 hd 10-0 6986B Wayne Hutchinson 7/4
28 May 11+125d Cartmel Louis Roederer Intermediate Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m1½f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 ¾ 10-3 6385B Daryl Jacob 4/1
23 Jan 11+40d Towcester oddsanywhere.com Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m½f · Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-3 67— Gerard Tumelty 7/1
2010 · 6 runs
14 Dec 10+29d Folkestone Vote For A P McCoy Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m1f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 8/10 7 10-2 6961A Sam Twiston-Davies 4/1
15 Nov 10+14d Plumpton Don Murch 90th Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 3m1½f · Soft · 4 ran 2/4 2¾ 10-0 6992C Gerard Tumelty 7/4F
01 Nov 10+211d Plumpton Breeders' Cup Live Only On Atr Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m1½f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 nk 10-5 6490B Gerard Tumelty 3/1F
04 Apr 10+21d Plumpton More Live Football Betting At totesport.com Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m1½f · Heavy · 5 ran 4/5 5 10-5 7769C Gerard Tumelty 9/4
14 Mar 10+49d Towcester Pp Business Improvement Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m½f · Good · 14 ran 3/14 8 9-12 6974B Anthony Freeman 11/2
24 Jan 10+43d Towcester Gg.com Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m½f · Heavy · 12 ran 2/12 ½ 10-1 6887A Gerard Tumelty 16/1
2009 · 4 runs
12 Dec 09+20d Lingfield Lingfield Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m · Heavy · 7 ran PU/7 — 9-13 71— Gerard Tumelty 8/1
22 Nov 09+17d Towcester Sis Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m4f · Soft · 9 ran 4/9 4½ 10-2 7275A Gerard Tumelty 14/1
05 Nov 09+232d Towcester ladbrokespoker.com Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 4/10 2¾ 9-11 7280A Gerard Tumelty 66/1
18 Mar 09+105d Chepstow Jenkinsons Caterers 1st Choice For Conferences Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 19 10-3 7971C Daryl Jacob 50/1
2008 · 4 runs
03 Dec 08+12d Plumpton Cenkos Edinburgh Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-10 84— Warren Marston 28/1
21 Nov 08+243d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Taunton Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5½f · Soft · 6 ran F/6 — 10-5 84— Wayne Hutchinson 40/1
23 Mar 08+73d Plumpton totequadpot Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m1f · Soft · 5 ran 5/5 20 10-5 8482C Daryl Jacob 25/1
10 Jan 08+11d Hereford E.B.F./Lindley Catering 'NH' Novices' Hurdle (Qual) (Div 1) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 16 ran 16/16 30 11-6 8289C Paul Moloney 200/1
2007 · 4 runs
30 Dec 07+37d Haydock E.B.F. Bank Of Scotland Corporate NH Novices' Hurdle (Qual) Class 4 · 1m7½f · Heavy · 9 ran 9/9 15 10-9 —85C Gerard Tumelty 100/1
23 Nov 07+16d Exeter Joules Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 9/10 4 10-7 —79C Willie McCarthy 100/1
07 Nov 07+214d Chepstow betdirect.com Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m · Good · 16 ran 9/16 2½ 11-2 —90C Paul Moloney 100/1
07 Apr 07 Haydock sports360.co.uk Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 2) Class 6 · 1m7½f · Good · 16 ran 9/16 ¾ 10-11 —93C Gerard Tumelty 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sailor's Sovereign won?
Sailor's Sovereign (GB) has yet to win, from 23 archived starts between 2007 and 2012. Placed 4 times in total (17.4% of starts).
Who trained Sailor's Sovereign?
Sailor's Sovereign (GB) was trained by Julian Smith on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 11 June 2012.
Who is Sailor's Sovereign's sire?
Sailor's Sovereign (GB) is by Sovereign Water (FR) out of Tirley Pop Eye (GB), whose sire is Cruise Missile.
What is Sailor's Sovereign's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 69, from the run on 11 June 2012. The highest on record is 84.
What is Sailor's Sovereign's sire's record?
Sovereign Water (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 292 runs since Jan 2008 (34 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Sailor's Sovereign's siblings?
Out of Tirley Pop Eye (GB), Sailor's Sovereign (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2007. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.