Gracious Express (IRE)
Gracious Express (IRE) is 3 from 8. Won last time out at Newmarket (Class 2). Each win came on a first visit to the course. All 3 wins have come over 6f – 7f. Last raced off a career-high mark of 82.
- 3–8Wins / Runs
- 37.5%Strike rate
- 6 (75%)Placed
- +1.98£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.46Fair A/E n=8 · 1.24 incl. margin
- 82Highest OR
- 23dAvg between runs
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 117
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 109B | 93 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 120C | 94 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 11.1% of 4,759 runs since Jan 2008 (458 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | 0 | — |
| Good to Firm | 644 | 79 | 12.3% | +1.2 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 1,368 | 165 | 12.1% | +1 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 530 | 51 | 9.6% | −1.5 | — |
| Soft | 697 | 62 | 8.9% | −2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 224 | 19 | 8.5% | −2.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,287 | 150 | 11.7% | +0.6 | 1 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 145 | 17 | 11.7% | +0.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,288 | 145 | 11.3% | +0.2 | 3 from 8 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,110 | 118 | 10.6% | −0.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,290 | 138 | 10.7% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 642 | 80 | 12.5% | +1.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 241 | 28 | 11.6% | +0.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 43 | 1 | 2.3% | −8.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Final Frontier (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Final Frontier (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Frontier (IRE) | 51 | 4 | 6f–7f | Group 3 |
| Marmarus (GB) | 21 | 3 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Lola Beaux (GB) | 3 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Originaire (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Pixel Power (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Northern Law (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Khateer (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Heart Beat Song (GB) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.27 |
| Good | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.48 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.73 |
| Windsor | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Planas | 2 | 2 | 100% | +6.25 |
| William Buick | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.27 |
| Pat Cosgrave | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| George Rooke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Finley Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 23+18d | Newmarket | Visit racingtv.com Handicap | 1/10 | 8-5 | 82 | 117B | 99A | Connor Planas | 9/2 | |
| 11 Jul 23+9d | Wolverhampton (AW) | At The Races App Form Study Handicap | 1/11 | 9-9 | 75 | 109B | 92A | William Buick | 8/11F | |
| 02 Jul 23+10d | Windsor | Download The At The Races App Apprentice Handicap | 1/5 | 9-10 | 75 | 120C | 91B | Connor Planas | 7/4F | |
| 22 Jun 23+47d | Lingfield (AW) | Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap | 2/10 | 2½ | 9-6 | 74 | 93A | 81A | Pat Cosgrave | 11/8F |
| 06 May 23+36d | Goodwood | William Hill Extra Places Every Day Handicap | 5/8 | shd | 8-8 | 75 | 67A | 78A | George Rooke | 12/1 |
| 31 Mar 23+15d | Lingfield (AW) | Spreadex Sports Get 50 In Bonuses Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/9 | 1¼ | 9-1 | — | 91A | 78A | William Buick | EvensF |
| 16 Mar 23+29d | Southwell (AW) | BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/7 | ¾ | 9-3 | — | 87A | 86B | Finley Marsh | 3/1 |
| 15 Feb 23 | Kempton (AW) | Unibet/Breeders Backing Racing EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/12 | 1¾ | 9-1 | — | 95A | 93A | Jamie Spencer | 18/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Gracious Express (IRE) won?
- Gracious Express (IRE) won 3 of 8 archived starts in 2023, a strike rate of 37.5%. Placed 6 times in total (75% of starts).
- Who trained Gracious Express (IRE)?
- Gracious Express (IRE) was trained by Richard Hughes on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 29 July 2023.
- Who is Gracious Express (IRE)'s sire?
- Gracious Express (IRE) is by Churchill (IRE) out of Polly Perkins (IRE), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does Gracious Express (IRE) prefer?
- Gracious Express (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Gracious Express (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 29 July 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Gracious Express (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Churchill (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 4,759 runs since Jan 2008 (458 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Gracious Express (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Polly Perkins (IRE), Gracious Express (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Final Frontier (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Final Frontier (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.