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Horse profile

Start of Authority (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2007) · Last trainer John Gallagher · Last owner Adweb Ltd
by Muhtarram (USA) out of Heiden's Delight (USA) (Shadeed)
19 runs · 10 courses · from Jun 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Oct 2007 — 6,958 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2007 · 10th of 13 Won at Brighton Last raced off OR 56
KTB Profile

Start of Authority (GB) is 1 from 19, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Jul 2006. The win came on turf — 0 from 4 on the all-weather, and the win came on good or faster ground (0 from 3 on softer). Last raced off a career-high mark of 56.

Based on 19 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Wins on good or faster Win at Class 6 OR at career high
Official rating56At career-high mark
56 42–56

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 58C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Brighton, 15 May 2007 Official rating 56 at the last run, 18 Oct 2007

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 →

Flat 18 figures · best 83C · median 50.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good483C53.5—
Standard (AW)468C65—
Good to Firm457C36.5—
Firm366C50—
Good to Soft244C27.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f1083C57.5—
1m – 1m1f775C50—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

Of 19 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no runner of known ability in the race — the level cannot be solved (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 19 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Muhtarram (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 837 runs since Jan 2008 (64 horses).

Strongest on good going: 17.8% from 270. Weakest on soft going: 7.7% from 156.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−12.31 from 4
Good to Firm1302015.4%+3.10 from 4
Good2704817.8%+5.50 from 4
Good to Soft131129.2%−3.10 from 2
Soft156127.7%−4.60 from 1
Heavy7556.7%−5.6—
Standard (AW)7168.5%−3.80 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1715.9%−6.4—
6f – 7f1200%−12.30 from 10
1m – 1m1f3712.7%−9.61 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f1041211.5%−0.80 from 2
1m5f – 2m2944013.6%+1.3—
2m1f – 2m4f2172411.1%−1.2—
2m5f – 3m1191512.6%+0.3—
Over 3m371027%+14.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Heiden's Delight (USA) (Shadeed)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Firm 4 1 25% +6.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 12 1 8% −2.00
Class 7 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Brighton 9 1 11% +1.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 10 0 0% −10.00
1m – 1m1f 7 1 14% +3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
J-P Guillambert 7 0 0% −7.00
Jim Crowley 4 1 25% +6.00
Jimmy Quinn 1 0 0% −1.00
Chris Catlin 1 0 0% −1.00
Jamie Mackay 1 0 0% −1.00
Liam Keniry 1 0 0% −1.00
Ashley Hamblett 1 0 0% −1.00
David Kinsella 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Kelly 1 0 0% −1.00
Neil Callan 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 3 0 0% −3.00
2006 9 1 11% +1.00
2005 7 0 0% −7.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2007 · 3 runs
18 Oct 07+61d Brighton 'Betlive' On Grand Prix at williamhill.com Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 10/13 1 8-6 5644C Jimmy Quinn 50/1
18 Aug 07+95d Lingfield lingfieldpark.co.uk Selling Stakes Class 6 · 7½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 11/12 ½ 9-1 4711C Chris Catlin 8/1
15 May 07+176d Brighton Hardings Bar & Catering Services Selling Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Good · 14 ran 7/14 shd 9-1 4758C Jim Crowley 7/1
2006 · 9 runs
20 Nov 06+39d Wolverhampton (AW) Money Man Coming Soon From iBetX.com Banded Stakes (Div 2) Class 7 · 1m½f · Standard · 12 ran 12/12 nk 9-3 479C Jamie Mackay 7/2
12 Oct 06+23d Southwell (AW) ladbrokescasino.com Banded Stakes (Div 2) Class 7 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 ½ 9-1 4768C Liam Keniry 6/1
19 Sep 06+29d Brighton Wally Coomes Memorial Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Good To Firm · 15 ran 7/15 ¾ 8-10 4751C Jim Crowley 7/1
21 Aug 06+11d Yarmouth PFK (UK) LLP Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Soft · 13 ran 3/13 1¼ 9-6 4775C Jim Crowley 12/1
10 Aug 06+23d Brighton Toteplacepot Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Firm · 9 ran 5/9 5 9-3 4750C Ashley Hamblett 7/4F
18 Jul 06+20d Brighton Piper Heidsieck Champagne Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Firm · 15 ran 1/15 9-4 4366C Jim Crowley 9/1
28 Jun 06+36d Bath Bristol Port Company Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good To Firm · 15 ran 14/15 hd 8-2 4322C David Kinsella 20/1
23 May 06+8d Kempton (AW) Support Retraining Of Racehorses Banded Stakes Class 7 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 1 8-11 4364C Shane Kelly 6/1
15 May 06+219d Kempton (AW) Isleworth And Syon School For Boys Banded Stakes Class 7 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 2 8-11 4266C J-P Guillambert 16/1
2005 · 7 runs
08 Oct 05+18d Warwick Racing UK Banded Stakes Class 7 · 1m3f · Good · 16 ran 13/16 6 9-0 4532C J-P Guillambert 12/1
20 Sep 05+28d Brighton Bet365 Call 08000 322 365 Maiden Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Firm · 8 ran 4/8 10 8-8 45— J-P Guillambert 4/1
23 Aug 05+21d Brighton Hardings Bar And Catering Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Good · 18 ran 4/18 3½ 9-2 4649C J-P Guillambert 11/1
02 Aug 05+15d Brighton Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Maiden Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Good · 17 ran 4/17 shd 9-1 4683C J-P Guillambert 11/1
18 Jul 05+28d Brighton Piper Heidsieck Champagne Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Firm · 15 ran 6/15 shd 9-3 4732C J-P Guillambert 25/1
20 Jun 05+9d Nottingham Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 6/17 ¾ 9-4 4857C J-P Guillambert 33/1
11 Jun 05 Leicester Business On Tuesday Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Good To Firm · 13 ran 13/13 5 9-12 53-4C Neil Callan 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Start of Authority won?
Start of Authority (GB) won 1 of 19 archived starts between 2005 and 2007, a strike rate of 5.3%. Placed 7 times in total (36.8% of starts).
Who trained Start of Authority?
Start of Authority (GB) was trained by John Gallagher on the most recent run on record, at Brighton on 18 October 2007.
Who is Start of Authority's sire?
Start of Authority (GB) is by Muhtarram (USA) out of Heiden's Delight (USA), whose sire is Shadeed.
What going does Start of Authority prefer?
Start of Authority (GB) has the best record on firm going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Start of Authority's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 56, from the run on 18 October 2007. That is also the highest on record.
What is Start of Authority's sire's record?
Muhtarram (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 837 runs since Jan 2008 (64 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 17.8% from 270. Weakest on soft going: 7.7% from 156.

Record shown from June 2005. 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.