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Horse profile

Sixteen Letters (IRE)

12yo gelding (at last run, May 2024) · Last trainer J Newman · Last owner J F Symes
by Well Chosen (GB) out of Back To Loughadera (IRE) (Bob Back)
12 runs · 8 courses · from Mar 2017
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 31 May 2024 — 888 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2024 · 5th of 8 2 wins · Stratford & Wincanton Last raced off OR 113
KTB Profile

Sixteen Letters won two of 12 starts over jumps between Mar 2017 and May 2024. Both wins came on good ground in hunters chases, one at Wincanton in Apr 2022 and the other at Stratford in Jun 2023. The gelding, aged 12 at his last run in May 2024, finished fifth of eight in a Class 4 handicap at Stratford off a mark of 113. He raced exclusively on turf.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster
Official rating113↓ 5lb off peak
113 107–118

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 136 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Wincanton, 29 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 9 figures · best 136A · median 97
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good4136A93.5—
Good to Soft3118A105—
Soft2102B82.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f5118A92—
2m5f – 3m3136A97—
Over 3m1———

Of 12 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 131C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wincanton, 10 Apr 2022 Official rating 113 at the last run, 31 May 2024

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 10 figures · best 131C · median 112
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good5131C116—
Good to Soft3121A108—
Soft2117B105.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6131C109.5—
2m5f – 3m3117A116—
Over 3m1———

Of 12 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 · 10 figures from 12 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
Well Chosen (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 1,922 runs since Apr 2008 (156 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm2514%−8.6—
Good4906012.2%−0.42 from 6
Good to Soft3444011.6%−10 from 4
Soft6959012.9%+0.30 from 2
Heavy3605013.9%+1.3—
Standard (AW)8112.5%−0.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−12.6—
6f – 7f300%−12.6—
1m – 1m1f300%−12.6—
1m2f – 1m4f14214.3%+1.7—
1m5f – 2m5727312.8%+0.2—
2m1f – 2m4f6947611%−1.61 from 6
2m5f – 3m5047114.1%+1.51 from 5
Over 3m1312015.3%+2.70 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Back To Loughadera (IRE) (Bob Back)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Orrisdale (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m7f–3m2f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Orrisdale (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Orrisdale (IRE)2242m½f–2m5fClass 3
Onethreefivenotout (IRE)1531m7f–3m2fClass 4
Broomfield Aderra (IRE)922m3½f–2m5½fClass 4
Oneforthefairgreen (IRE)190——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 2 33% −1.42
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 1 13% −5.62
Class 6 2 1 50% +0.20
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wincanton 3 1 33% −0.80
Stratford 2 1 50% +0.38
Worcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 6 1 17% −3.80
2m5f – 3m 5 1 20% −2.62
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr Joshua Newman 8 2 25% −3.42
Ben Godfrey 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean Houlihan 1 0 0% −1.00
Mitchell Bastyan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 10 2 20% −5.42
None 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 2 1 50% +0.38
2022 2 1 50% +0.20
2021 5 0 0% −5.00
2019 1 0 0% −1.00
2017 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 8 2 25% −3.42
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
NH Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 1 run
31 May 24+364d Stratford Peter Wright Over And Out Handicap Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 2m5f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 ½ 11-11 11397B117A Mr Joshua Newman 6/1
2023 · 2 runs
02 Jun 23+50d Stratford White Swan Hotel Handicap Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 2m5f · Good · 5 ran 1/5 10-11 11090C116B Mr Joshua Newman 11/8F
13 Apr 23+368d Aintree Randox Foxhunters' Open Hunters' Chase (National Course) Class 2 · 2m5f · Good To Soft · 27 ran F/27 — 12-0 113—— Mr Joshua Newman 80/1
2022 · 2 runs
10 Apr 22+40d Wincanton New John Dufosee Novices' Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 2m4f · Good · 5 ran 1/5 11-9 107—131C Mr Joshua Newman 6/5F
01 Mar 22+278d Leicester Retire A Military Working Animal DATR Maiden Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 2m4f · Soft · 5 ran 3/5 5 11-9 10763C117B Mr Joshua Newman 7/4
2021 · 5 runs
27 May 21+21d Worcester Mental Health Matters Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 nse 11-0 11077A102A Mr Joshua Newman 14/1
06 May 21+38d Worcester Ask The Loud One If They're OK Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m7f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-3 116—— Ben Godfrey 17/2
29 Mar 21+18d Wincanton Bet At racingtv.com Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m5½f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 6½ 10-8 118136A103B Mr Joshua Newman 7/1
11 Mar 21+14d Wincanton MansionBet Merry Cheltmas Bet 10 Get 20 Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 2/12 2½ 10-11 —118A121A Ben Godfrey 12/1
25 Feb 21+664d Chepstow Pertemps Network EMEA Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 13 ran 6/13 12 11-2 —102B94A Sean Houlihan 28/1
2019 · 1 run
03 May 19+773d Cheltenham Connolly's Red Mills Intermediate Point-to-point Championship Final Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 3m2f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 4/15 2 11-9 —105B108B Mr Joshua Newman 10/1
2017 · 1 run
21 Mar 17 Exeter Higos For Your Thatch Insurance Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 5/13 8 10-7 —92C100A Mitchell Bastyan 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sixteen Letters won?
Sixteen Letters (IRE) won 2 of 12 archived starts between 2017 and 2024, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 3 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Sixteen Letters?
Sixteen Letters (IRE) was trained by J Newman on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 31 May 2024.
Who is Sixteen Letters's sire?
Sixteen Letters (IRE) is by Well Chosen (GB) out of Back To Loughadera (IRE), whose sire is Bob Back.
What going does Sixteen Letters prefer?
Sixteen Letters (IRE) has the best record on good 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 Sixteen Letters's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 113, from the run on 31 May 2024. The highest on record is 118.
What is Sixteen Letters's sire's record?
Well Chosen (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 1,922 runs since Apr 2008 (156 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Sixteen Letters's siblings?
Out of Back To Loughadera (IRE), Sixteen Letters (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Orrisdale (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Orrisdale (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7f–3m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2017. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.