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Horse profile

St James's Finest (IRE)

5yo gelding · Trainer Dan Skelton · Owner The Carlton Racing Partnership
by Jukebox Jury (IRE) out of Blameitalonmyroots (IRE) (Turtle Island)
3 runs · 2 courses · from Nov 2025
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out 2 wins · Chepstow & Windsor Last run 4 Nov 2026 · 1st of 13
KTB Profile

St James's Finest (IRE) is 2 from 3. Won last time out at Chepstow (Class 4).

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Nov 2025 · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 97 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Windsor, 18 Jan 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 2 figures · best 97A · median 69
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft297A692 runs · 97 / 69
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m297A692 runs · 97 / 69

Of 3 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no race clock stored (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 3 runs · as at 4 Nov 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 141C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Chepstow, 4 Nov 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 — 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 3 figures · best 141C · median 130
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft2130B1232 runs · 130 / 123
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m3141C1303 runs · 141 / 130

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 4 Nov 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · 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 3 analysed runs since Nov 2025

  • Mid-division 1 (33%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 1 (33%) · 1 win
  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 13.5% of 2,246 runs since Aug 2016 (256 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 10.3% from 155.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm601016.7%+3.2—
Good6308313.2%−0.3—
Good to Soft4775210.9%−2.61 from 1
Soft66210215.4%+1.91 from 2
Heavy2624115.6%+2.1—
Standard (AW)1551610.3%−3.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f200%−13.5—
6f – 7f6346.3%−7.2—
1m – 1m1f961010.4%−3.1—
1m2f – 1m4f1461812.3%−1.2—
1m5f – 2m6729514.1%+0.62 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f75310614.1%+0.6—
2m5f – 3m4335813.4%−0.1—
Over 3m811316%+2.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2016 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Blameitalonmyroots (IRE) (Turtle Island)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Minella Apprentice (IRE)20——
Soldier In Defence (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 1 50% +11.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +2.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 1 1 100% +2.50
Class 2 1 1 100% +12.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chepstow 2 1 50% +1.50
Windsor 1 1 100% +12.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Skelton 2 2 100% +14.50
Tristan Durrell 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 2 2 100% +14.50
2025 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 2 1 50% +11.00
Hurdle 1 1 100% +2.50

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 2 runs
04 Nov 26+290d Chepstow LSL Racing 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Race (Div I) (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 13 ran cruised in centre of the pack - moved up to sit third 4 out - eased alongside the front runner 2 out - shaken up to hit the front soon after - quickly drew away on the run-in to win easily 1/13 11-4 —141C Harry Skelton 5/2
18 Jan 26+58d Windsor Dave Marley RIP You Legend Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 2 · 2m · Soft · 6 ran Settled in third - pushed along approaching 2f out before hitting the front inside the final furlong - stayed on strongly to score 1/6 11-4 97A130B Harry Skelton 12/1
2025 · 1 run
21 Nov 25 Chepstow BetWright Safer Gambling Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 11 ran Settled at the back early - made progress into contention 4f out - up into fourth 2f out - unable to match the front three in the closing stages 4/11 3¼ 10-13 41A116A Tristan Durrell 16/5

Quick answers

How many races has St James's Finest won?
St James's Finest (IRE) won 2 of 3 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 66.7%. Placed 2 times in total (66.7% of starts).
Who trains St James's Finest?
St James's Finest (IRE) is trained by Dan Skelton, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 4 November 2026.
Who is St James's Finest's sire?
St James's Finest (IRE) is by Jukebox Jury (IRE) out of Blameitalonmyroots (IRE), whose sire is Turtle Island.
What is St James's Finest's sire's record?
Jukebox Jury (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.5% of 2,246 runs since Aug 2016 (256 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 10.3% from 155.
Who are St James's Finest's siblings?
Out of Blameitalonmyroots (IRE), St James's Finest (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2025. 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.