Sporting Gesture (GB)
Sporting Gesture (GB) is 5 from 57. Hasn't won since Jul 2009. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 13 on softer). All 5 wins have come over 1m2f – 1m4f. Last raced off 55, 31lb below the career-high mark.
- 5–57Wins / Runs
- 8.8%Strike rate
- 20 (35.1%)Placed
- −4.50£1 level staken=57 at SP
- 1.13Fair A/E n=57 · 0.97 incl. margin
- 86Highest OR
- 29dAvg 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 Sep 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 10.8% of 83 runs since Jan 2008 (8 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Firm | 15 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | 4 from 23 |
| Good | 20 | 2 | 10% | −0.8 | 1 from 16 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | 0 from 10 |
| Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 33 | 7 | 21.2% | +10.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 23 | 1 | 4.3% | −6.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 16 | 3 | 18.8% | +8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 33 | 4 | 12.1% | +1.3 | 5 from 50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +3.5 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 23 | 4 | 17% | +8.50 |
| Good | 16 | 1 | 6% | +5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 28 | 4 | 14% | +3.50 |
| Class 5 | 17 | 1 | 6% | +4.00 |
| Class 3 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | 15 | 2 | 13% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Doncaster | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.50 |
| Thirsk | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.00 |
| Chester | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Carlisle | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Musselburgh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Pontefract | 2 | 1 | 50% | +19.00 |
| Bath | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 50 | 5 | 10% | +2.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Mulrennan | 15 | 2 | 13% | +2.00 |
| Dale Gibson | 13 | 1 | 8% | −6.50 |
| Miss Serena Brotherton | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Nicky Lawes | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Mr O Greenall | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| James Sullivan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lance Betts | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bradley Roper | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mrs Adele Mulrennan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Barry McHugh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +20.00 |
| Phillip Makin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Neil Brown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr C Collins | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Jimmy Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mick Kinane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Terry Lucas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +12.00 |
| 2008 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2007 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −3.00 |
| 2006 | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| 2005 | 14 | 3 | 21% | +9.50 |
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 Sporting Gesture (GB) won?
- Sporting Gesture (GB) won 5 of 57 archived starts between 2005 and 2009, a strike rate of 8.8%. Placed 20 times in total (35.1% of starts).
- Who trained Sporting Gesture (GB)?
- Sporting Gesture (GB) was trained by Michael Easterby on the most recent run on record, at Haydock on 15 September 2009.
- Who is Sporting Gesture (GB)'s sire?
- Sporting Gesture (GB) is by Safawan (GB) out of Polly Packer (GB), whose sire is Reform.
- What going does Sporting Gesture (GB) prefer?
- Sporting Gesture (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 4 wins from 23 starts (17.4%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sporting Gesture (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 55, from the run on 15 September 2009. The highest on record is 86.
- What is Sporting Gesture (GB)'s sire's record?
- Safawan (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 83 runs since Jan 2008 (8 horses), Flat and jumps together.