Sandalwood (FR)
Sandalwood won the Mary Hooper Retiring After 50 Years Maiden Hurdle at Newton Abbot in Jul 2023 at Class 4 level on good ground off an official rating of 96. The gelding aged 6 at his last run in Jul 2023 finished as the beaten favourite in the Kathy Furneaux Remembering Deano's Beeno Handicap Hurdle at the same course off an official rating of 98. He recorded one win from 11 starts on turf with four places overall. All wins came at Class 4.
- 1–11Wins / Runs
- 9.1%Strike rate
- 4 (36.4%)Placed
- −9.33£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 0.54Fair A/E n=11 · 0.47 incl. margin
- 98Highest OR
- 33dBetween runs (median)longest 238 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 124
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 113B | 99 | — |
| Good | 3 | 124A | 105 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 117A | 101 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 117A | 99.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 113B | 95.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 106B | 99 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 11 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 11 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 7,347 runs since Aug 2008 (723 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 70 | 14 | 20% | +5.8 | — |
| Good | 1,273 | 186 | 14.6% | +0.4 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 1,026 | 149 | 14.5% | +0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 3,137 | 409 | 13% | −1.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 1,709 | 272 | 15.9% | +1.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 128 | 12 | 9.4% | −4.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 39 | 6 | 15.4% | +1.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 120 | 12 | 10% | −4.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 269 | 29 | 10.8% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,521 | 236 | 15.5% | +1.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,525 | 516 | 14.6% | +0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,495 | 204 | 13.6% | −0.6 | 1 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 375 | 40 | 10.7% | −3.5 | 0 from 2 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dame Vesta (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Enki Flight (FR) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.33 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −6.33 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Abbot | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.33 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.33 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Cobden | 7 | 1 | 14% | −5.33 |
| Tom Buckley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lorcan Williams | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.33 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.33 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 8 | 1 | 13% | −6.33 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 Sandalwood won?
- Sandalwood (FR) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2021 and 2023, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 4 times in total (36.4% of starts).
- Who trained Sandalwood?
- Sandalwood (FR) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 23 July 2023.
- Who is Sandalwood's sire?
- Sandalwood (FR) is by Martaline (GB) out of Balli Flight (FR), whose sire is Ballingarry.
- What going does Sandalwood prefer?
- Sandalwood (FR) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sandalwood's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 23 July 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Sandalwood's sire's record?
- Martaline (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,347 runs since Aug 2008 (723 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
- Who are Sandalwood's siblings?
- Out of Balli Flight (FR), Sandalwood (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.