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Horse profile

Shut The Box (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2022) · Last trainer Chris Gordon · Last owner The Shut The Box Syndicate
by Doyen (IRE) out of Bond Holder (IRE) (Hawkeye)
21 runs · 11 courses · from Apr 2018
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Oct 2022 — 1,488 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2022 3 wins · Fontwell, Newbury & Plumpton Last raced off OR 123
KTB Profile

Shut The Box (IRE) is 3 from 21. Hasn't won since Nov 2021.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
Official rating123↓ 2lb off peak
123 113–125

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 80 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newbury, 5 Mar 2021

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 16 figures · best 132A · median 87.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6123B80—
Good5132A86—
Soft5120A92—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m9132A86—
2m1f – 2m4f7125A92—

Of 21 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 21 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 124B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fontwell, 5 Nov 2021 Official rating 123 at the last run, 1 Oct 2022

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 19 figures · best 131B · median 116
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6124A116—
Soft6131B110.5—
Good5131A124—
Standard (AW)1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m12131B116.5—
2m1f – 2m4f7131A116—

Of 21 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 21 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
Doyen (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,356 runs since Jan 2008 (605 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2229.1%−2.4—
Good to Firm3504212%+0.5—
Good2,23727312.2%+0.71 from 7
Good to Soft1,43419313.5%+22 from 6
Soft2,00621510.7%−0.80 from 6
Heavy761668.7%−2.80 from 1
Standard (AW)5465710.4%−1.10 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f7667.9%−3.6—
6f – 7f3603610%−1.5—
1m – 1m1f4114510.9%−0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f5846010.3%−1.2—
1m5f – 2m2,17925111.5%02 from 12
2m1f – 2m4f2,19826412%+0.51 from 9
2m5f – 3m1,28315812.3%+0.8—
Over 3m2652810.6%−0.9—

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
Bond Holder (IRE) (Hawkeye)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Tamlaght Eyes (IRE)70——
Likeabatoutofhell (IRE)20——
Sixty Four Notes (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 1 14% −2.50
Good to Soft 6 2 33% −0.09
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 10 1 10% −6.00
Class 4 6 2 33% +0.41
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fontwell 6 1 17% −1.50
Newbury 3 1 33% +1.00
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Wincanton 2 0 0% −2.00
Plumpton 2 1 50% −0.09
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 12 2 17% −6.09
2m1f – 2m4f 9 1 11% −4.50

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Cannon 10 2 20% −4.09
Jamie Moore 4 1 25% +0.50
Nick Scholfield 3 0 0% −3.00
Joshua Moore 2 0 0% −2.00
David Noonan 1 0 0% −1.00
Leighton Aspell 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 12 1 8% −10.09
Cheekpieces 9 2 22% −0.50

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 1 0 0% −1.00
2021 6 2 33% +2.50
2020 6 0 0% −6.00
2019 5 1 20% −3.09
2018 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 9 2 22% −0.50
Hurdle 8 1 13% −6.09
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 1 run
01 Oct 22+330d Fontwell Join Vickers.Bet Free Bet Club Handicap Chase Class 3 · 18f · Good · 4 ran PU/4 — 11-5 123—— Tom Cannon 11/4
2021 · 6 runs
05 Nov 21+186d Fontwell Download The Casumo App Today Handicap Chase Class 4 · 18f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 11-11 12170B124B Jamie Moore 7/2
03 May 21+37d Kempton Join Vbet Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 18f · Good · 6 ran PU/6 — 10-2 121—— Joshua Moore 4/1
27 Mar 21+12d Newbury BV Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1/8 11-0 11762A124A Tom Cannon 3/1
15 Mar 21+10d Stratford Watch On Racing TV Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 2½ 11-11 117-8C111C Nick Scholfield 2/1
05 Mar 21+22d Newbury Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 4½ 10-12 11580A124A Tom Cannon 9/4F
11 Feb 21+44d Kempton (AW) VBet 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race (Div 2) Class 4 · 16f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 3/13 2½ 11-4 ——122A Tom Cannon 16/1
2020 · 6 runs
29 Dec 20+18d Newbury MansionBet's Faller Insurance Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 8 ran 2/8 ½ 11-0 11372A131B Tom Cannon 8/1
11 Dec 20+22d Doncaster Free Daily Tips On attheraces.com Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 3/4 14 10-9 11471C98B Joshua Moore 3/1
19 Nov 20+48d Wincanton Visit racingtv.com Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 3/9 ¾ 10-3 11465A110A David Noonan 10/1
02 Oct 20+207d Fontwell TRM Kurasyn 360X Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 17.5f · Soft · 10 ran 2/10 15 10-11 114120A116A Nick Scholfield 16/1
09 Mar 20+44d Stratford Low6 Cheltenham Festival Preview Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 13 ran 12/13 5½ 11-0 117—93C Jamie Moore 17/2
25 Jan 20+51d Cheltenham Steel Plate And Sections Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 17f · Soft · 11 ran 8/11 1¾ 10-7 12192A102A Jamie Moore 12/1
2019 · 5 runs
05 Dec 19+25d Wincanton Hookey Ham Patrick Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 10/15 1½ 11-7 12589B111A Jamie Moore 14/1
10 Nov 19+36d Sandown Best Odds Guaranteed At Virgin Bet Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 10 11-7 125—111A Leighton Aspell 8/1
05 Oct 19+201d Fontwell Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 19f · Good · 12 ran 3/12 4½ 11-5 —125A131A Tom Cannon 10/3
18 Mar 19+21d Plumpton Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 11-0 —100B124A Tom Cannon 10/11F
25 Feb 19+86d Plumpton Book For Our Easter Festival Now Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 5/12 4 11-2 —86A104A Tom Cannon 16/1
2018 · 3 runs
01 Dec 18+56d Bangor-on-Dee starsports.bet Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16.5f · Soft · 11 ran 4/11 1 10-12 —92A110A Nick Scholfield 7/2J
06 Oct 18+169d Fontwell Lest We Forget Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 3/9 5 11-0 —123B121A Tom Cannon 3/1
20 Apr 18 Fontwell Purchasing Support Services Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 13.5f · Good · 12 ran 3/12 1¼ 10-13 —132A122A Tom Cannon 13/2

Quick answers

How many races has Shut The Box won?
Shut The Box (IRE) won 3 of 21 archived starts between 2018 and 2022, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 11 times in total (52.4% of starts).
Who trained Shut The Box?
Shut The Box (IRE) was trained by Chris Gordon on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 1 October 2022.
Who is Shut The Box's sire?
Shut The Box (IRE) is by Doyen (IRE) out of Bond Holder (IRE), whose sire is Hawkeye.
What going does Shut The Box prefer?
Shut The Box (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 6 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 Shut The Box's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 123, from the run on 1 October 2022. The highest on record is 125.
What is Shut The Box's sire's record?
Doyen (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,356 runs since Jan 2008 (605 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Shut The Box's siblings?
Out of Bond Holder (IRE), Shut The Box (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2018. 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.