Start In Front (FR)
Start In Front won two of 13 starts on turf, both at Class 4 level over 1m5f – 2m on soft ground. He gained his first success in the William Hill Plus Card Juvenile Hurdle at Wetherby in Dec 2022 and followed up in a conditional jockeys handicap hurdle at Market Rasen in Dec 2023 off an official rating of 108. The gelding, aged 5 at his last run in Feb 2024, finished off an official rating of 110 at Wetherby, 10lb below his highest ever mark of 120.
- 2–13Wins / Runs
- 15.4%Strike rate
- 5 (38.5%)Placed
- −3.88£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 0.95Fair A/E n=13 · 0.82 incl. margin
- 120Highest OR
- 68dAvg 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
Best recent Speed 126
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 112B | 88 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 126A | 113.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 72C | 65.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 112B | 88 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 126A | 72 | — |
Of 10 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 1,323 runs since Jan 2008 (152 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 14.4% from 167. Weakest on heavy going: 6.9% from 159. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.6% from 205. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.7% from 130.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +13.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 54 | 11 | 20.4% | +9.2 | — |
| Good | 182 | 18 | 9.9% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 167 | 24 | 14.4% | +3.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 309 | 42 | 13.6% | +2.4 | 2 from 5 |
| Heavy | 159 | 11 | 6.9% | −4.3 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 448 | 41 | 9.2% | −2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 34 | 8 | 23.5% | +12.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 233 | 27 | 11.6% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 385 | 33 | 8.6% | −2.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 281 | 28 | 10% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 130 | 10 | 7.7% | −3.5 | 2 from 8 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 205 | 30 | 14.6% | +3.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 44 | 10 | 22.7% | +11.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | +7 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bird (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Liane (FR) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.12 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +5.12 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherby | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Compiegne (FR) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Toulouse (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 2 | 25% | +1.12 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Moscrop | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| William Maggs | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Sean Quinlan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Aaron Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Felix De Giles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Baptiste Fouchet | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mickael Barzalona | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.38 |
| None | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.38 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 12 | 2 | 17% | −2.88 |
| 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Start In Front (FR) won?
- Start In Front (FR) won 2 of 13 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 5 times in total (38.5% of starts).
- Who trained Start In Front (FR)?
- Start In Front (FR) was trained by Rebecca Menzies on the most recent run on record, at Wetherby on 3 February 2024.
- Who is Start In Front (FR)'s sire?
- Start In Front (FR) is by Hunter's Light (IRE) out of Extra Terrestrial (FR), whose sire is Astronomer Royal.
- What going does Start In Front (FR) prefer?
- Start In Front (FR) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Start In Front (FR)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 3 February 2024. The highest on record is 120.
- What is Start In Front (FR)'s sire's record?
- Hunter's Light (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 1,323 runs since Jan 2008 (152 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14.4% from 167. Weakest on heavy going: 6.9% from 159. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.6% from 205. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.7% from 130.
- Who are Start In Front (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Extra Terrestrial (FR), Start In Front (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.