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Horse profile

So Many Roads (GB)

9yo gelding · Trainer Donald Whillans · Owner The Wellfed Boys
by Sulamani (IRE) out of Spotthestripe (GB) (Cloudings)
18 runs · 8 courses · from Dec 2021
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Ayr Last run 25 Mar 2026 · 4th of 14 Last raced off OR 95
KTB Profile

So Many Roads is 2 from 18, both wins at Class 5 in handicaps over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft or heavy ground at Ayr. He won the Sunday Lunch At Western House Hotel Handicap Hurdle at Ayr in Jan 2026 off an official rating of 92. The gelding finished 4 of 14 in the Ronnie Parkes 80th Handicap Hurdle at Hexham in Mar 2026 off 95. He has raced nine times at Ayr for both wins.

Based on 18 archived runs · run-style from 8 commented runs since Jan 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 5
Official rating95↓ 7lb off peak
95 92–102

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 112 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Hexham, 25 Mar 2026

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 13 figures · best 112B · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft8112B984 runs · 112 / 100.5
Heavy5105C861 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f11112B975 runs · 112 / 97
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 18 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 18 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 121A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ayr, 2 Jan 2026 Official rating 95 at the last run, 25 Mar 2026

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 16 figures · best 125A · median 107.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft11122A1094 runs · 121 / 109.5
Heavy5125A1011 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f11125A1135 runs · 121 / 113
2m5f – 3m3120A95—
1m5f – 2m2106A101—

Of 18 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 · 16 figures from 18 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 from 8 analysed runs since Jan 2025

  • Prominent 3 (38%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 3 (38%) · 1 win
  • Mid-division 2 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sulamani (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 4,244 runs since Jan 2008 (278 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.1% from 479. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.4% from 240.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm20210%−1.5—
Good to Firm3484011.5%0—
Good1,40017012.1%+0.6—
Good to Soft8028410.5%−10 from 1
Soft90511212.4%+0.91 from 11
Heavy2904114.1%+2.61 from 6
Standard (AW)479398.1%−3.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f900%−11.5—
6f – 7f1852010.8%−0.7—
1m – 1m1f262238.8%−2.7—
1m2f – 1m4f550529.5%−2—
1m5f – 2m1,15413511.7%+0.20 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f97812212.5%+12 from 12
2m5f – 3m8669911.4%−0.10 from 4
Over 3m2403715.4%+3.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Spotthestripe (GB) (Cloudings)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lucky Stripe (GB)50——
Spotthestar (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 11 1 9% −6.00
Heavy 6 1 17% −0.50
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 10 2 20% +0.50
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ayr 9 2 22% +1.50
Kelso 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 2 0 0% −2.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 12 2 17% −1.50
2m5f – 3m 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Craig Nichol 11 1 9% −5.50
Theo Gillard 2 1 50% +3.00
Richie McLernon 2 0 0% −2.00
Charlie Maggs 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Bowen 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Quinlan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 9 1 11% −4.00
None 9 1 11% −3.50

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 1 33% +2.00
2025 5 0 0% −5.00
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 5 1 20% +0.50
2022 3 0 0% −3.00
2021 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 15 2 13% −4.50
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00
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
2026 · 3 runs
25 Mar 26+43d Hexham Ronnie Parkes 80th Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Soft · 14 ran Settled in the pack early - improved into contention by the 7th - closed on the leader two out but weakened after being pressed for effort and dropped a place at the last - unable to hold on and finished 4th 4/14 2¾ 11-7 95112B115A Theo Gillard 9/1
10 Feb 26+39d Ayr Join Racing TV Now Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Soft · 9 ran Sat close to front pack early - stumbled and dropped back around 8th - pushed along before 3 out but no response and beaten before last 5/9 2 11-13 9590A104A Charlie Maggs 9/4
02 Jan 26+32d Ayr Sunday Lunch At Western House Hotel Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Soft · 19 ran Settled towards the back early - moved into contention by the 5th - up with the pace by the 7th - went clear four out - shaken up after three out and kicked on - drifted left approaching the last - driven out and battled to the line to hold off a late rally 1/19 11-6 92104C121A Theo Gillard 4/1J
2025 · 5 runs
01 Dec 25+19d Ayr Festive Dining At Western House Hotel Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 19.5f · Heavy · 8 ran Settled in the pack close to the front markers - blundered 3 out and needed urging - ragged again 2 out - closed up to challenge approaching the last - couldn't quicken and dropped away close home 3/8 2¼ 11-7 9389A113A Richie McLernon 11/4
12 Nov 25+261d Ayr Coral Racing Club Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 19.5f · Soft · 14 ran Settled just off the pace early - nudged for effort approaching 3 out then dropped away steadily to finish seventh 7/14 9½ 11-9 9597B101A Richie McLernon 10/1
24 Feb 25+23d Ayr Virgin Bet Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 24f · Heavy · 8 ran Sat just behind the front pack early - dropped to 11th before improving to 2nd 4 out - unseated rider after a heavy blunder 3 out while 2 lengths adrift UR/8 — 10-13 95—— Craig Nichol 9/4F
01 Feb 25+30d Wetherby William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19.5f · Soft · 10 ran Held up towards rear - improved and drifted left approaching 2 out - eventually 4th up the run-in 4/10 13 11-12 9731A109A Sean Bowen 5/1
02 Jan 25+319d Ayr Ayrshire Cancer Support Masquerade Ball Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Soft · 18 ran Held up towards the back - improved into a handy spot before moving up on the front group approaching 3 out - drifted left from 2 out - driven out to take 3rd on the run-in 3/18 4¼ 12-0 97101B122A Craig Nichol 11/1
2024 · 1 run
18 Feb 24+51d Musselburgh Join tote.co.uk The Cream Of The Crop Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Soft · 8 ran 7/8 12 11-1 99—90A Craig Nichol 7/2
2023 · 5 runs
29 Dec 23+36d Kelso Slainte Mhath Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 22.5f · Soft · 8 ran 5/8 13 10-7 10169C95C Sean Quinlan 3/1F
23 Nov 23+28d Newcastle Sportvision Stadia & Event Branding Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 23.5f · Soft · 10 ran 4/10 1 12-0 102—120A Craig Nichol 5/2F
26 Oct 23+241d Carlisle Hayton Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Soft · 19 ran 6/19 1¾ 11-11 10299B118A Craig Nichol 6/1
27 Feb 23+56d Ayr Virgin Bet Fives Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran F/15 — 10-7 99—— Craig Nichol 5/2F
02 Jan 23+39d Ayr Mills Milk Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Heavy · 17 ran 1/17 11-9 94105C125A Craig Nichol 9/2
2022 · 3 runs
24 Nov 22+25d Kelso Racing TV Black Friday Is Coming Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 6/9 ¾ 11-0 ——106A Craig Nichol 20/1
30 Oct 22+257d Carlisle Join Racing TV Now Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 5 11-0 —86C99B Craig Nichol 50/1
15 Feb 22+47d Ayr Virgin Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 5 11-7 —78C101A Craig Nichol 200/1
2021 · 1 run
30 Dec 21 Haydock Raglan Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 5/7 9 11-0 —65A96A Craig Nichol 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has So Many Roads won?
So Many Roads (GB) won 2 of 18 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 4 times in total (22.2% of starts).
Who trains So Many Roads?
So Many Roads (GB) is trained by Donald Whillans, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 March 2026.
Who is So Many Roads's sire?
So Many Roads (GB) is by Sulamani (IRE) out of Spotthestripe (GB), whose sire is Cloudings.
What going does So Many Roads prefer?
So Many Roads (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is So Many Roads's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 25 March 2026. The highest on record is 102.
What is So Many Roads's sire's record?
Sulamani (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 4,244 runs since Jan 2008 (278 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.1% from 479. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.4% from 240.
Who are So Many Roads's siblings?
Out of Spotthestripe (GB), So Many Roads (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2021. 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.