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Horse profile

Self Employed (GB)

7yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2014) · Last trainer Garry Woodward · Last owner J Pownall
by Sakhee (USA) out of Twilight Sonnet (GB) (Exit To Nowhere)
20 runs · 7 courses · from Jul 2010
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Jul 2014 — 4,478 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2014 · 2nd of 5 3 wins · Doncaster, Kempton (AW) & Thirsk Last raced off OR 76
KTB Profile

Self Employed (GB) is 3 from 20. Hasn't won since Jun 2014. All 3 wins have come over 1m – 1m1f. Last raced off a career-high mark of 76.

Based on 20 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating76At career-high mark
76 63–76

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 91B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Nottingham, 18 Jul 2014 Official rating 76 at the last run, 18 Jul 2014

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 →

Flat 20 figures · best 94A · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good689A86.5—
Good to Firm591B74—
Standard (AW)487A79—
Good to Soft394A93—
Soft273A68.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f1394A82—
6f – 7f591A88—
1m2f – 1m4f273C68.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 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
Sakhee (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,981 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 611. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.2% from 139.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm34411.8%+0.7—
Good to Firm6018113.5%+2.40 from 5
Good98612813%+1.91 from 6
Good to Soft4795611.7%+0.61 from 3
Soft611487.9%−3.20 from 2
Heavy197178.6%−2.5—
Standard (AW)1,0731069.9%−1.21 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f731115.1%+4—
6f – 7f5656912.2%+1.10 from 5
1m – 1m1f7117710.8%−0.33 from 13
1m2f – 1m4f1,0681039.6%−1.50 from 2
1m5f – 2m1,00111411.4%+0.3—
2m1f – 2m4f4115513.4%+2.3—
2m5f – 3m139107.2%−3.9—
Over 3m1317.7%−3.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Twilight Sonnet (GB) (Exit To Nowhere)

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

The wins came over 1m–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Stansonnit (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Stansonnit (GB)1021m–1m4fClass 5
Dubai Sonnet (GB)412m1fClass 6
Ding Dang Do (GB)50——
Princeofthedesert (GB)170——
Bobby Jane (GB)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 1 17% +7.00
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 4 1 25% −0.50
Good to Soft 3 1 33% +0.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 7 1 14% +6.00
Class 5 6 1 17% −3.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 3 1 33% +0.50
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Doncaster 7 1 14% +6.00
Nottingham 4 0 0% −4.00
Kempton (AW) 3 1 33% +0.50
Thirsk 3 1 33% +0.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 13 3 23% +6.50
6f – 7f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Luke Morris 4 1 25% +9.00
Micky Fenton 4 1 25% −1.00
Robert Winston 3 0 0% −3.00
Graham Lee 3 1 33% +0.50
Connor Beasley 2 0 0% −2.00
Miss Serena Brotherton 1 0 0% −1.00
Carl Llewellyn 1 0 0% −1.00
William Carson 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Hanagan 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2014 8 2 25% +8.50
2013 6 0 0% −6.00
2012 3 1 33% +0.00
2011 1 0 0% −1.00
2010 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
18 Jul 14+14d Nottingham Compliance Surveys Online H&s Training Handicap Class 4 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 2/5 shd 9-6 7691B Robert Winston 3/1
04 Jul 14+6d Doncaster Kathleen Snell Worldpay Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 2/10 2 8-11 7591A Connor Beasley 12/1
28 Jun 14+13d Doncaster AFI Group Handicap (Rnd) Class 3 · 8f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 nk 8-8 7574A Luke Morris 13/2
15 Jun 14+25d Doncaster RAF Benevolent Fund Handicap (Rnd) Class 4 · 8f · Good · 14 ran 1/14 8-11 7088A Luke Morris 12/1
21 May 14+12d Kempton (AW) Betdaq No Premium Charge Handicap (London Mile Series Qualifier) Class 4 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran 4/10 hd 8-7 7076A Luke Morris 16/1
09 May 14+72d Nottingham 32Red.com Handicap Class 4 · 8.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 ¾ 8-9 7080A Connor Beasley 8/1
26 Feb 14+8d Kempton (AW) Visit And Dine In The Panoramic Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran 1/10 9-7 6582A Graham Lee 5/2F
18 Feb 14+82d Southwell (AW) Download The Ladbrokes App Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 7 ran 5/7 shd 9-2 6570A Luke Morris 6/1
28 Nov 13+44d Kempton (AW) 175 Cash Bonus At Victor's Live Casino Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 3/13 nk 9-5 6387A Graham Lee 10/1
15 Oct 13+13d Newcastle Betfred Racing's Biggest Supporter Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Soft · 13 ran 7/13 ¾ 9-7 6573A Graham Lee 7/1
02 Oct 13+21d Nottingham 32redpoker.com Aja Lady Amateur Riders' Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 3¼ 10-12 6764A Miss Serena Brotherton 7/2
11 Sep 13+116d Doncaster Clipper Logistics Leger Legends Classified Stakes (Str) Class 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 4/15 2½ 11-0 6994A Carl Llewellyn 10/1
18 May 13+8d Thirsk Marion Gibson Brown Memorial Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Soft · 14 ran 9/14 2¼ 8-7 7064A Micky Fenton 20/1
10 May 13+234d Nottingham Freebets.co.uk Free Bets Handicap Class 4 · 8.5f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 1½ 9-1 7378A Micky Fenton 25/1
18 Sep 12+38d Thirsk Thirsk Racecourse Conference Centre Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 1/12 9-7 7593A Micky Fenton 2/1
11 Aug 12+23d Haydock Talk To Victor Rose Of Lancaster Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 10.5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 5/5 91 9-3 7573C William Carson 80/1
19 Jul 12+423d Doncaster Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Conditions Stakes (Str) Class 3 · 8f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 nk 8-9 7385B Micky Fenton 66/1
23 May 11+282d Thirsk Book Now For Ladies Day Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good · 14 ran 2/14 6 9-13 —89A Paul Hanagan 9/2
14 Aug 10+43d Doncaster crownhotel-bawtry.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 3/11 1½ 9-3 —88A Robert Winston 13/2
02 Jul 10 Doncaster 1stsecuritysolutions.co.uk Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 2/5 6 9-3 —72B Robert Winston 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Self Employed (GB) won?
Self Employed (GB) won 3 of 20 archived starts between 2010 and 2014, a strike rate of 15%. Placed 9 times in total (45% of starts).
Who trained Self Employed (GB)?
Self Employed (GB) was trained by Garry Woodward on the most recent run on record, at Nottingham on 18 July 2014.
Who is Self Employed (GB)'s sire?
Self Employed (GB) is by Sakhee (USA) out of Twilight Sonnet (GB), whose sire is Exit To Nowhere.
What going does Self Employed (GB) prefer?
Self Employed (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Self Employed (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 76, from the run on 18 July 2014. That is also the highest on record.
What is Self Employed (GB)'s sire's record?
Sakhee (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,981 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 611. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.2% from 139.
Who are Self Employed (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Twilight Sonnet (GB), Self Employed (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Stansonnit (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Stansonnit (GB)). The wins came over 1m–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2010. 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.