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Horse profile

Storming Nelson (IRE)

7yo gelding · Trainer Sue Gardner · Owner D V Gardner
18 runs · 10 courses · from Nov 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Exeter Beaten favourite LTO Last run 17 Mar 2026 · 5th of 11 Last raced off OR 88
KTB Profile

Storming Nelson is 1 from 18, the win coming in a Class 4 novices hurdle at Exeter in Jan 2024 over 1m5f to 2m on heavy ground. He has never scored on good to soft. The gelding finished 5 of 11 at Exeter in Mar 2026 in a Class 5 novices handicap chase, having been the beaten favourite last time out. He last ran off an official rating of 88, 29lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 18 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs since Dec 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 29lb off peak
Official rating88↓ 29lb off peak
88 88–117

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 110 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Fontwell, 8 Dec 2025

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 14 figures · best 127B · median 79.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft582C762 runs · 76 / 61
Soft5127B892 runs · 89 / 73
Heavy4110B972 runs · 110 / 101
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7127B892 runs · 89 / 73
2m1f – 2m4f6110B79.53 runs · 110 / 92
2m5f – 3m1——1 run · —

Of 18 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 18 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 99A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Exeter, 6 Mar 2026 Official rating 88 at the last run, 17 Mar 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 16 figures · best 142A · median 99
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft699A96.53 runs · 99 / 96
Heavy5142A1043 runs · 115 / 104
Soft5122A1032 runs · 106 / 104
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m8142A100.53 runs · 106 / 102
2m1f – 2m4f6115A1013 runs · 115 / 104
2m5f – 3m296A912 runs · 96 / 91

Of 18 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 18 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 from 12 analysed runs since Dec 2024

  • Prominent 6 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 3 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 2 (17%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (8%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 6,261 runs since Jan 2008 (538 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3026.7%−3.2—
Good to Firm6437311.4%+1.5—
Good1,6701509%−0.9—
Good to Soft1,04010910.5%+0.60 from 6
Soft1,2531249.9%00 from 5
Heavy4505111.3%+1.41 from 7
Standard (AW)1,1751139.6%−0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f9888.2%−1.7—
6f – 7f864859.8%−0.1—
1m – 1m1f678497.2%−2.7—
1m2f – 1m4f1,22214812.1%+2.2—
1m5f – 2m1,5931549.7%−0.21 from 8
2m1f – 2m4f1,1961189.9%00 from 7
2m5f – 3m530529.8%−0.10 from 3
Over 3m80810%+0.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Painted Wolf (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Painted Wolf (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Painted Wolf (IRE)712m4fClass 4

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 7 1 14% −2.67
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 4 7 1 14% −2.67
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Exeter 6 1 17% −1.67
Chepstow 3 0 0% −3.00
Wincanton 2 0 0% −2.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 8 1 13% −3.67
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Lucy Gardner 17 1 6% −12.67
Isabel Williams 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 1 8% −8.67
Tongue tie 5 0 0% −5.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 6 0 0% −6.00
2025 6 0 0% −6.00
2024 4 1 25% +0.33
2023 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 1 8% −8.67
Chase 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 6 runs
17 Mar 26+11d Exeter Oddschecker Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 11 ran Settled in the pack early - driven for effort before 4 out then lost touch after 3 out - dropped well behind approaching 2 out 5/11 7 11-2 8846C86C Lucy Gardner 4/1F
06 Mar 26+14d Exeter Klargester Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19f · Good To Soft · 11 ran Tracked the front group early - lost touch three out then found renewed impetus approaching two out - stayed on past the last without threatening the leaders to finish fifth 5/11 4 11-0 9076A99A Lucy Gardner 15/2
20 Feb 26+17d Ffos Las fairplaybet.co.uk Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran Shared front spot early - lost command 3rd - imperfect jump 3 out then driven into fourth - error at last - regained third near finish 3/5 28 11-9 90—87B Isabel Williams 2/1
03 Feb 26+7d Taunton 24 March Behind The Scenes Raceday Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 18f · Heavy · 8 ran Handy early - moved into second four out - pushed along before two out - met the last a bit awkward while pressing the leader then unable to quicken and beaten 3.75 lengths into 2nd 2/8 3¾ 11-4 9092B104B Lucy Gardner 7/2
27 Jan 26+18d Chepstow Kingsbridge Mortgage 'Chasing Excellence' Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 5 ran Settled towards the back early - slipped further behind and well adrift after the 7th - well beaten before 2 out - came home 5th 5/5 1¾ 11-4 9089C106B Lucy Gardner 100/1
09 Jan 26+32d Exeter Bet On PricedUp Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran Settled in the pack - improved to challenge near the front 3 out but blundered there and dropped away soon after under pressure - lost more ground before 2 out to finish well beaten in 4th 4/14 10 11-5 91—96A Lucy Gardner 9/2C
2025 · 6 runs
08 Dec 25+17d Fontwell John And Maryanne Birch Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17.5f · Heavy · 7 ran Travelled forward early - wide in 4th - moved in front approaching two out - drifted off a straight course after the last under pressure - overtaken in the final furlong and could not find more close home 3/7 1 11-4 90110B115A Lucy Gardner 4/1
21 Nov 25+256d Chepstow BetWright Safer Gambling Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 12 ran Handy early - lost touch with front three from 2 out - stayed on to the line 4/12 8 11-1 9157A102A Lucy Gardner 16/1
10 Mar 25+17d Stratford DragonBet Supporting UK Racecourses Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran Sat close to the pace early - blundered two out and driven on - lost touch soon after - well held at the line 9/13 2 10-13 9582C93A Lucy Gardner 12/1
21 Feb 25+13d Exeter South West Rail Solutions Ltd Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Heavy · 14 ran Settled towards the back - made no impression - pulled up before finishing PU/14 — 11-7 98—— Lucy Gardner 16/1
08 Feb 25+23d Warwick racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran Settled just behind the front group early - dropped away and driven on 3 out - well held from there to finish 7th 7/9 nk 10-10 10292A85A Lucy Gardner 18/1
16 Jan 25+42d Wincanton Four Legged Fun On Kingwell Day Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 15 ran Well placed early - slipped back approaching 3 out - faded steadily before 2 out - well beaten at the finish 14/15 17 11-0 10677C97C Lucy Gardner 66/1
2024 · 4 runs
05 Dec 24+285d Leicester Weatherbys Global Stallions App Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 9 ran Settled at the back of the field - losing touch three out - well beaten and eased before two out PU/9 — 11-4 109—— Lucy Gardner 28/1
24 Feb 24+9d Chepstow Pertemps Network EMEA Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran 6/9 2 11-5 11558C96C Lucy Gardner 14/1
15 Feb 24+45d Sandown Find & Strike Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 21 11-12 11754C103C Lucy Gardner 7/1
01 Jan 24+13d Exeter Rhino.Bet Charge Up Your 2024 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 1/10 11-1 —102A142A Lucy Gardner 10/3
2023 · 2 runs
19 Dec 23+39d Wincanton TrustATrader Apply Today Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15f · Soft · 18 ran 3/18 nk 11-4 —127B122A Lucy Gardner 100/1
10 Nov 23 Exeter Betway Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 8/15 ½ 11-0 —67C99C Lucy Gardner 200/1

Quick answers

How many races has Storming Nelson won?
Storming Nelson (IRE) won 1 of 18 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 5.6%. Placed 3 times in total (16.7% of starts).
Who trains Storming Nelson?
Storming Nelson (IRE) is trained by Sue Gardner, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 March 2026.
Who is Storming Nelson's sire?
Storming Nelson (IRE) is by Mount Nelson (GB) out of Storming Strumpet (GB), whose sire is Kayf Tara.
What going does Storming Nelson prefer?
Storming Nelson (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Storming Nelson's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 17 March 2026. The highest on record is 117.
What is Storming Nelson's sire's record?
Mount Nelson (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 6,261 runs since Jan 2008 (538 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Storming Nelson's siblings?
Out of Storming Strumpet (GB), Storming Nelson (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Painted Wolf (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Painted Wolf (IRE)). The wins came over 2m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2023. 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.