Spear Thistle (GB)
Spear Thistle (GB) is 6 from 46. Hasn't won since Dec 2011. Last raced off 118, 12lb below the career-high mark.
- 6–46Wins / Runs
- 13%Strike rate
- 16 (34.8%)Placed
- −16.25£1 level staken=46 at SP
- 1.19Fair A/E n=46 · 1.02 incl. margin
- 130Highest OR
- 61dAvg 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
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 11.3% of 4,371 runs since Jan 2008 (333 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 7.9% from 228. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.7% from 143.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 38 | 8 | 21.1% | +9.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 752 | 89 | 11.8% | +0.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 1,076 | 112 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 582 | 72 | 12.4% | +1.1 | 2 from 11 |
| Soft | 671 | 80 | 11.9% | +0.6 | 2 from 15 |
| Heavy | 228 | 18 | 7.9% | −3.4 | 2 from 9 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,024 | 117 | 11.4% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 45 | 2 | 4.4% | −6.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 729 | 77 | 10.6% | −0.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,103 | 127 | 11.5% | +0.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,183 | 162 | 13.7% | +2.4 | 0 from 8 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 785 | 76 | 9.7% | −1.6 | 4 from 22 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 358 | 40 | 11.2% | −0.1 | 2 from 15 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 143 | 11 | 7.7% | −3.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 25 | 1 | 4% | −7.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Novikov (GB) (7 wins).
The wins came over 1m–2m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Novikov (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novikov (GB) | 50 | 7 | 1m–2m | Class 3 |
| Abutilon (GB) | 26 | 2 | 2m1½f | Class 5 |
| Thistle (GB) | 42 | 2 | 2m | Class 4 |
| Ashgar (USA) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 15 | 2 | 13% | +1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 11 | 2 | 18% | −3.25 |
| Heavy | 9 | 2 | 22% | −3.00 |
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 22 | 3 | 14% | −10.25 |
| Class 3 | 13 | 3 | 23% | +5.00 |
| Class 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandown | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Leicester | 5 | 2 | 40% | +8.75 |
| Newbury | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Lingfield | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Ascot | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Market Rasen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Plumpton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Folkestone | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 22 | 4 | 18% | −2.25 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 15 | 2 | 13% | −5.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Fehily | 13 | 4 | 31% | +7.00 |
| Marcus Foley | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Leighton Aspell | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.75 |
| James Doyle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jimmy Fortune | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jamie Moore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Peter Toole | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Graham Gibbons | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| James Best | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Scudamore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dave Crosse | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stephen Craine | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| T Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kevin Darley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Darryll Holland | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pat Dobbs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 25 | 5 | 20% | +1.00 |
| None | 20 | 1 | 5% | −16.25 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2011 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +5.00 |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.00 |
| 2008 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +3.00 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −7.25 |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 25 | 5 | 20% | −1.25 |
| Flat | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| Chase | 7 | 1 | 14% | −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
Quick answers
- How many races has Spear Thistle (GB) won?
- Spear Thistle (GB) won 6 of 46 archived starts between 2005 and 2012, a strike rate of 13%. Placed 16 times in total (34.8% of starts).
- Who trained Spear Thistle (GB)?
- Spear Thistle (GB) was trained by Jim Best on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield on 15 December 2012.
- Who is Spear Thistle (GB)'s sire?
- Spear Thistle (GB) is by Selkirk (USA) out of Ardisia (USA), whose sire is Affirmed.
- What going does Spear Thistle (GB) prefer?
- Spear Thistle (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Spear Thistle (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 118, from the run on 15 December 2012. The highest on record is 130.
- What is Spear Thistle (GB)'s sire's record?
- Selkirk (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 4,371 runs since Jan 2008 (333 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 7.9% from 228. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.7% from 143.
- Who are Spear Thistle (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Ardisia (USA), Spear Thistle (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Novikov (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Novikov (GB)). The wins came over 1m–2m1½f. As at Oct 2026.