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Horse profile

Steely Bird (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2011) · Last trainer Richard Hawker · Last owner Peter J Hutton
by Needwood Blade (GB) out of La Cygne Blanche (IRE) (Saddlers' Hall)
11 runs · 10 courses · from Sep 2009
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 7 Mar 2011 — 5,700 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2011 Last raced off OR 79
KTB Profile

Steely Bird (GB) is yet to win from 11 starts. Best effort: 4th of 4 at Ludlow (Feb 2011). Last raced off a career-high mark of 79.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating79At career-high mark
79 52–79

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 82B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ludlow, 23 Feb 2011 Official rating 79 at the last jumps run, 7 Mar 2011

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 52C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield (AW), 26 Jun 2010 Official rating 52 at the last flat run, 11 Sep 2010

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race.

Jumps 4 figures · best 82B · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good to Soft382B78—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m378C78—
2m5f – 3m1———
Flat 6 figures · best 62A · median 49
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)359A52—
Good246C46—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f359A52—
1m – 1m1f262A54—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 11 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 11 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
Needwood Blade (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.9% of 2,746 runs since Jan 2008 (187 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3825.3%−2.6—
Good to Firm498357%−0.90 from 1
Good572417.2%−0.70 from 3
Good to Soft275207.3%−0.60 from 4
Soft197168.1%+0.2—
Heavy6657.6%−0.3—
Standard (AW)1,100999%+1.10 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f444409%+1.1—
6f – 7f928687.3%−0.6—
1m – 1m1f444347.7%−0.20 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f386328.3%+0.40 from 3
1m5f – 2m347246.9%−10 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f1631710.4%+2.5—
2m5f – 3m3239.4%+1.50 from 2
Over 3m200%−7.9—

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

Dam
La Cygne Blanche (IRE) (Saddlers' Hall)

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 to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Robert Havlin 3 0 0% −3.00
Peter Toole 2 0 0% −2.00
Nick Scholfield 2 0 0% −2.00
Matt Griffiths 1 0 0% −1.00
Simon Pearce 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Hitchcott 1 0 0% −1.00
Ian Mongan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 0 0% −7.00
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 3 0 0% −3.00
2010 6 0 0% −6.00
2009 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00

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
07 Mar 11+12d Ffos Las Stena Line - Making Good Time Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 22f · Good To Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-6 79— Peter Toole 33/1
23 Feb 11+44d Ludlow Corve Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 21f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 4/4 14 10-7 7982B Nick Scholfield 50/1
10 Jan 11+28d Taunton Happy New Year Claiming Hurdle Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11/13 9 10-9 —71C Nick Scholfield 150/1
13 Dec 10+40d Plumpton Panbet.com Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 9/12 19 10-5 —78C Matt Griffiths 100/1
03 Nov 10+53d Warwick Weatherbys Bank Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 9/11 15 10-9 —78C Peter Toole 66/1
11 Sep 10+39d Kempton (AW) Sunrise Radio Handicap Class 6 · 16f · Standard · 14 ran 11/14 2¼ 7-11 5239C Simon Pearce 50/1
03 Aug 10+38d Chepstow Brewin Dolphin Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Good · 13 ran 10/13 7 8-10 5646C Sam Hitchcott 8/1
26 Jun 10+148d Lingfield (AW) Chris Gunapala 50th Birthday Celebration Handicap (AWT) Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 15 ran 7/15 3½ 9-2 5852C Ian Mongan 66/1
29 Jan 10+100d Lingfield (AW) Lingfield Park Sporting Membership Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 7/8 ¾ 9-3 —59A Robert Havlin 100/1
21 Oct 09+21d Bath John Smith's Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 8f · Good · 12 ran 10/12 2¾ 9-3 —46C Robert Havlin 80/1
30 Sep 09 Salisbury E.B.F. Molson Coors Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 8f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 10/11 shd 9-3 —62A Robert Havlin 150/1

Quick answers

How many races has Steely Bird (GB) won?
Steely Bird (GB) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2009 and 2011.
Who trained Steely Bird (GB)?
Steely Bird (GB) was trained by Richard Hawker on the most recent run on record, at Ffos Las on 7 March 2011.
Who is Steely Bird (GB)'s sire?
Steely Bird (GB) is by Needwood Blade (GB) out of La Cygne Blanche (IRE), whose sire is Saddlers' Hall.
What is Steely Bird (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 7 March 2011. That is also the highest on record.
What is Steely Bird (GB)'s sire's record?
Needwood Blade (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.9% of 2,746 runs since Jan 2008 (187 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from September 2009. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.