Horse profile
Sir Joseph Swan (GB)
by Paco Boy (IRE) out of Candle (GB) (Dansili)
39 runs · 13 courses · from May 2021
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Feb 2025 — 640 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2025 · 4th of 5
4 wins · 4 courses
Last raced off OR 49
KTB Profile
Sir Joseph Swan won four of 39 starts, all over 1m5f – 2m. Two of those wins came on the all-weather at Southwell and Chelmsford City while the other two were gained on turf at Yarmouth and Salisbury. The gelding, who was aged 7 at his last run in Feb 2025, finished fourth of five in a Class 6 handicap at Wolverhampton on that occasion. He last won at Southwell in Nov 2024.
Based on 39 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 8lb off peak
- 4–39Wins / Runs
- 10.3%Strike rate
- 14 (35.9%)Placed
- −6.00£1 level staken=39 at SP
- 0.69Fair A/E n=38 · 0.78 incl. margin
- 57Highest OR
- 16dBetween runs (median)longest 266 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.
Official rating49↓ 8lb off peak
49
46–57
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 80
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 25 | 118C | 86 | — |
| Good to Firm | 7 | 111C | 67 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 94A | 72 | — |
| Good | 2 | 74C | 61.5 | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 24 | 118C | 88.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 92A | 71.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 87A | 73.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 39 figures from 39 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 from 11 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 4 (36%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (27%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (18%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (18%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 3,450 runs since Apr 2014 (269 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 3.9% from 103.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 672 | 75 | 11.2% | +2 | 1 from 7 |
| Good | 641 | 60 | 9.4% | +0.2 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 405 | 38 | 9.4% | +0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 381 | 25 | 6.6% | −2.6 | — |
| Heavy | 103 | 4 | 3.9% | −5.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,224 | 113 | 9.2% | 0 | 2 from 25 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 434 | 40 | 9.2% | 0 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,513 | 151 | 10% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 778 | 65 | 8.4% | −0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 453 | 42 | 9.3% | +0.1 | 0 from 10 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 187 | 14 | 7.5% | −1.7 | 4 from 24 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 69 | 4 | 5.8% | −3.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 15 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2014 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Candle (GB) (Dansili)
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Renegade Master (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Renegade Master (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renegade Master (GB) | 8 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | Class 5 |
| Mount Nelly (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Approaching Menace (GB) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 25 | 2 | 8% | −10.50 |
| Good to Firm | 7 | 1 | 14% | +3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 32 | 3 | 9% | −8.50 |
| Class 5 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.50 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.50 |
| Kempton (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Windsor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Yarmouth | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Brighton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Salisbury | 2 | 1 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 24 | 4 | 17% | +9.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Brodie Hampson | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.50 |
| Robert Havlin | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Luke Morris | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| David Egan | 5 | 2 | 40% | +14.50 |
| Laura Coughlan | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| Hana Macdonald | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pierre-Louis Jamin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Simon Walker | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nicola Currie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 26 | 3 | 12% | +2.00 |
| Blinkers | 11 | 1 | 9% | −6.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1 | 7% | −9.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.50 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +10.50 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Feb 25+11d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetUK Handicap Struggled for fluency from the off holding a rearward position - pushed along and dropped away with 2f left - drifted into 4th late without conviction | 4/5 | 6½ | 8-13 | 49 | 107C | 48B | Hollie Doyle | 11/1 |
| 23 Jan 25+5d | Southwell (AW) | 30 In Free Bets With BetUK Handicap Held a forward spot for 3f - settled among the pack and made progress with 9f left - lost momentum from 2f out and finished well beaten | 5/9 | 10 | 9-4 | 51 | 118C | 51C | Hollie Doyle | 13/2 |
| 18 Jan 25+15d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap Sat close up on the rail - pushed along and drifted left inside final furlong - stayed on despite tight space late | 5/11 | ½ | 9-5 | 51 | 58A | 66A | Luke Morris | 14/1 |
| 03 Jan 25+8d | Lingfield (AW) | 30 In Free Bets With BetUK Handicap Bumped leaving the stalls and restrained towards the rear - made ground along the rail into the straight - nudged up to second inside the final furlong before fading to finish 6th | 6/10 | hd | 9-2 | 53 | 68A | 64A | Luke Morris | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 14 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 24+4d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 30 In Free Bets With BetUK Handicap Held a midfield position - urged forward with two furlongs left and found extra ground out wide - battled on at a steady clip inside the final furlong - lost momentum close home to finish fifth | 5/12 | 1 | 9-10 | 53 | 80A | 68A | Luke Morris | 9/2 |
| 22 Dec 24+8d | Lingfield (AW) | 'Happy 80th Birthday Nana' Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) Settled in the pack - driven on the outside approaching 3f out and made ground into the straight - held effort in final furlong to finish third | 3/7 | 1¾ | 9-1 | 53 | 84A | 62A | Laura Coughlan | 2/1F |
| 14 Dec 24+23d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap Held up towards back - improved wide into midfield 3f out - driven approaching straight - kept up effort inside final furlong - kept on late but short of the winning tempo | 5/11 | nk | 9-3 | 54 | 103A | 64A | Luke Morris | 17/2 |
| 21 Nov 24+8d | Southwell (AW) | Safer Gambling Tools At BetUK Handicap Settled just off midfield pace - angled right and found extra pace over 2f out - drifted left approaching the final furlong - moved into third close home to finish strongly | 3/8 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 49 | 105A | 69A | Laura Coughlan | 7/2 |
| 13 Nov 24+9d | Southwell (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetUK Handicap Sent clear early - handed up second spot before halfway - slipped back to fourth soon after - found extra pace out wide approaching final 2f - moved across to the right - hit the front inside the last 2f - drifted markedly left but kept finding more to the line | 1/6 | 8-12 | 48 | 83A | 68B | Laura Coughlan | 4/1 | |
| 04 Nov 24+9d | Southwell (AW) | Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap Shared front spot early - sat just behind pace-setter - drifted left approaching 2f out - moved in front over a furlong out before being overtaken close home | 2/12 | ½ | 9-2 | 48 | 91A | 71A | Pierre-Louis Jamin | 12/1 |
| 26 Oct 24+51d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betfair Exchange Handicap Went ahead early - settled just behind pace before taking closer order 7f out - roused to strike in front approaching straight - pressed for effort a furlong out - collared inside final furlong - unable to find more and outpointed close home | 2/7 | ½ | 9-3 | 46 | 86A | 63B | Luke Morris | 10/3 |
| 05 Sep 24+29d | Lingfield (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Apprentice Handicap Up with the field from the off - moved to 2nd after 2f - dropped back and unable to make any inroad on the front two over 2f out - stuck on for 3rd | 3/13 | 2¼ | 8-9 | 46 | 94B | 64A | Laura Coughlan | 15/2 |
| 07 Aug 24+27d | Yarmouth | Download The At The Races App Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Handy in the front rank - pushed along 2f out then dropped a place inside the final furlong - held on without finding more late | 4/9 | 1¾ | 10-4 | 48 | 63B | 64A | Miss Brodie Hampson | 13/2 |
| 11 Jul 24+16d | Doncaster | Go Racing In Yorkshire Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (Div 1) | 4/8 | 2 | 10-1 | 50 | 72A | 60A | Miss Brodie Hampson | 14/1 |
| 25 Jun 24+80d | Brighton | Roy Rocket Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 4/6 | shd | 10-8 | 52 | 52B | 62B | Miss Brodie Hampson | 10/1 |
| 06 Apr 24+11d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Racing Value At bet365 Apprentice Handicap | 8/10 | 1½ | 8-11 | 55 | 65A | 46A | Hana Macdonald | 125/1 |
| 26 Mar 24+13d | Southwell (AW) | BetUK. Home Of The Acca Apprentice Handicap | 12/14 | 8 | 9-0 | 56 | 68B | 41A | Hana Macdonald | 125/1 |
| 13 Mar 24+196d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap | 12/13 | 4½ | 8-11 | 57 | 75C | 38C | Hana Macdonald | 80/1 |
| 2023 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Aug 23+21d | Lingfield (AW) | Racing League On Sky Sports Racing Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 8/9 | 7½ | 11-4 | 57 | 74C | 57C | Miss Brodie Hampson | 7/2 |
| 09 Aug 23+27d | Yarmouth | Quinnbet Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 1/6 | 10-10 | 54 | 49B | 71B | Miss Brodie Hampson | 15/2 | |
| 13 Jul 23+14d | Doncaster | Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 12/14 | 3¾ | 11-2 | 55 | 74C | 61C | Miss Brodie Hampson | 7/1 |
| 29 Jun 23+266d | Hamilton | Change Mental Health Saints & Sinners Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 7/9 | ½ | 10-8 | 56 | 94A | 59A | Miss Brodie Hampson | 17/2 |
| 2022 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Oct 22+43d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Become A Member At Chelmsford City Racecourse Handicap | 1/11 | 8-6 | 53 | 110A | 60A | David Egan | 17/2 | |
| 24 Aug 22+16d | Lingfield (AW) | Racing League On Sky Sports Racing Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 6/13 | 2 | 11-0 | 53 | 99B | 65A | Mr Simon Walker | 9/4F |
| 08 Aug 22+11d | Kempton (AW) | Racing Tv Handicap | 3/12 | hd | 9-4 | 53 | 92A | 69A | David Egan | 11/4 |
| 28 Jul 22+16d | Salisbury | Molson Coors Handicap | 1/5 | 8-13 | 48 | 111C | 67B | David Egan | 9/1 | |
| 12 Jul 22+83d | Bath | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap | 2/5 | 3 | 8-13 | 48 | 102C | 60B | Kieran Shoemark | 7/4F |
| 20 Apr 22+21d | Salisbury | Molson Coors Handicap | 2/11 | 1¼ | 8-6 | 48 | 73A | 61A | David Egan | 16/1 |
| 30 Mar 22+25d | Kempton (AW) | Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap (Div 1) | 7/10 | 4 | 8-11 | 49 | 87A | 51A | Robert Havlin | 9/2 |
| 05 Mar 22+14d | Lingfield (AW) | Read Katie Walsh On Betway Insider Handicap (Div 2) | 3/8 | shd | 9-0 | 48 | 90A | 73A | Robert Havlin | EvensF |
| 19 Feb 22+109d | Lingfield (AW) | BetYourWay At Betway Handicap (Div 1) | 2/10 | ½ | 9-1 | 48 | 82A | 66A | Robert Havlin | 7/2F |
| 2021 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Nov 21+68d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Handicap | 3/9 | ½ | 8-4 | 48 | 92A | 60A | Nicola Currie | 12/1 |
| 26 Aug 21+17d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Tote.co.uk Live Streaming Every Uk Race Classified Stakes | 4/10 | ½ | 9-0 | 50 | 62A | 52A | Robert Havlin | 16/1 |
| 09 Aug 21+7d | Windsor | Free Replays On attheraces.com Handicap | 6/9 | 4 | 9-7 | 55 | 46C | 51C | Robert Havlin | 14/1 |
| 02 Aug 21+14d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap | 7/10 | 2 | 8-7 | 55 | 80A | 48A | David Egan | 28/1 |
| 19 Jul 21+22d | Windsor | Fitzdares Club Loves Chronos Handicap | 6/11 | ½ | 8-8 | 57 | 87A | 56A | Rob Hornby | 28/1 |
| 27 Jun 21+26d | Windsor | Get Hugh Taylor's Tips On attheraces.com Novice Median Auction Stakes | 6/10 | 2¾ | 9-2 | — | 41A | 57A | Robert Havlin | 50/1 |
| 01 Jun 21+18d | Brighton | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Novice Stakes | 6/8 | 10 | 9-3 | — | 67C | 43C | Tom Queally | 80/1 |
| 14 May 21 | Newbury | Casumo Bet 10 Get 10 Novice Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 2) | 8/11 | 9 | 9-4 | — | 60C | 44C | Jim Crowley | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Sir Joseph Swan won?
- Sir Joseph Swan (GB) won 4 of 39 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 10.3%. Placed 14 times in total (35.9% of starts).
- Who trained Sir Joseph Swan?
- Sir Joseph Swan (GB) was trained by Archie Watson on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 3 February 2025.
- Who is Sir Joseph Swan's sire?
- Sir Joseph Swan (GB) is by Paco Boy (IRE) out of Candle (GB), whose sire is Dansili.
- What going does Sir Joseph Swan prefer?
- Sir Joseph Swan (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sir Joseph Swan's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 49, from the run on 3 February 2025. The highest on record is 57.
- What is Sir Joseph Swan's sire's record?
- Paco Boy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 3,450 runs since Apr 2014 (269 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 3.9% from 103.
- Who are Sir Joseph Swan's siblings?
- Out of Candle (GB), Sir Joseph Swan (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Renegade Master (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Renegade Master (GB)). The wins came over 1m–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.