Horse profile
Sudden Flight (GB)
17 runs · 11 courses · from Feb 2025
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Wolverhampton (AW) & Southwell (AW)
Ran 8 days ago · 7th of 13
Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile
Sudden Flight is 2 from 17, both wins at Class 4 level. He won the Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Maiden Stakes at Southwell under 6f on Standard in Feb 2025 and the Racing League Race 9 Handicap at Wolverhampton over 6f – 7f on Standard in Jul 2025. Both wins have come on the all-weather from four starts while he is 0 from 13 on turf. Usually held up, he finished 7 of 13 at Goodwood in Oct 2026. He last ran off an official rating of 85, 9lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
All wins on AW
All wins at Class 4
OR ↓ 9lb off peak
- 2–17Wins / Runs
- 11.8%Strike rate
- 7 (41.2%)Placed
- −10.88£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 0.95Fair A/E n=17 · 0.78 incl. margin
- 94Highest OR
- 39dAvg 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.
Official rating85↓ 9lb off peak
85
85–94
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 119
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 7 | 124C | 110 | 4 · 115 / 109 |
| Soft | 4 | 119A | 113 | 3 · 119 / 116 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 110A | 100.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 124C | 110 | 8 · 119 / 112.5 |
| Under 6f | 4 | 110A | 99.5 | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 runs · as at 19 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 5 analysed runs
- Held up 3 (60%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 2,522 runs since Jan 2008 (200 horses).
Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.8% from 385.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 10 | 1 | 10% | 0 | — |
| Good to Firm | 410 | 43 | 10.5% | +0.5 | 0 from 7 |
| Good | 547 | 49 | 9% | −1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 215 | 25 | 11.6% | +1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 247 | 29 | 11.7% | +1.7 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 72 | 6 | 8.3% | −1.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,021 | 100 | 9.8% | −0.2 | 2 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 477 | 51 | 10.7% | +0.7 | 1 from 4 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,492 | 161 | 10.8% | +0.8 | 1 from 13 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 385 | 26 | 6.8% | −3.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 126 | 11 | 8.7% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 22 | 2 | 9.1% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | +1.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −10 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 19 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.12 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.12 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Windsor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.12 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 1 | 8% | −9.88 |
| Under 6f | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finley Marsh | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.88 |
| Donagh Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ethan Jones | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Pat Cosgrave | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 2 | 20% | −3.88 |
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 22% | −2.88 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 26+22d | Goodwood | Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Handicap Stakes Pulled hard early - went to the front - passed by a rival over 3f out but stayed close up - pushed along over 2f out - faded over 1f out to finish 7th | 7/13 | 2 | 8-11 | 85 | 118C | 81A | Donagh Murphy | 18/1 |
| 19 Sep 26+20d | Chester | Halliwell Jones Handicap Stakes Held up towards the back - improved position inside final furlong - stayed on late without threatening the front group - finished fifth | 5/11 | 2 | 9-13 | 86 | 98A | 93A | Pat Cosgrave | 5/1 |
| 30 Aug 26+20d | Goodwood | Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Handicap Stakes Disputed front spot among wide runners early - kicked clear a furlong out - caught close home to finish fifth | 5/10 | nk | 9-0 | 87 | 119A | 91A | Finley Marsh | 11/1 |
| 10 Aug 26+14d | Windsor | Fitzdares Sprint Series Final Handicap Stakes Tracked the front group early - urged forward with 2f left - lost ground inside the final furlong - eventually beaten 6 lengths in 12th | 12/16 | shd | 9-1 | 88 | 110C | 81A | Finley Marsh | 17/2 |
| 27 Jul 26+27d | Windsor | Fitzdares Sprint Series Handicap Stakes (Windsor Sprint Series Qualifier) tracked the front-runners - under pressure from 2f out - angled right over 1f out - finished strongly inside the final furlong | 2/13 | ¾ | 9-11 | 87 | 115C | 104A | Finley Marsh | 4/1 |
| 30 Jun 26+23d | Salisbury | Havana Grey Standing At Whitsbury Manor Handicap Up with the front runner - nudged into contention 2f out - hit the front over 1f out - passed by the narrowest margin 110yds out - kept on to go down by a head | 2/7 | nse | 9-7 | 86 | 108A | 97A | Finley Marsh | 17/2 |
| 07 Jun 26+13d | Goodwood | Rod Gaskin Garden Machinery Handicap Held a forward position - pushed along to move upsides inside final furlong and hit the front - caught in the dying strides for second | 2/7 | nk | 9-4 | 85 | 116A | 92A | Finley Marsh | 6/1 |
| 25 May 26+213d | Windsor | Fitzdares Sprint Series Handicap Settled close to the pace early - pressed forward under a drive approaching 2f out - hit awkwardly just past a furlong out - unable to match the front two into the last stretch and faded late | 3/7 | 2 | 8-10 | 86 | 101A | 92A | Finley Marsh | 7/2 |
| 24 Oct 25+34d | Newbury | West Berkshire Racing Club Handicap Held up early - never in contention - beaten throughout - finished well back in 14th | 14/18 | 1 | 9-3 | 89 | 65C | 69A | Donagh Murphy | 12/1 |
| 20 Sep 25+51d | Ayr | Ladbrokes Ayr Silver Cup Handicap Up with the pace on the far rail - pushed along 2f out - dropped away inside the final furlong to finish 14th | 14/25 | ¾ | 9-12 | 94 | 110C | 90A | Callum Rodriguez | 22/1 |
| 31 Jul 25+20d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Racing League Race 9 Handicap Sat close to the pace - pushed along with a furlong left before hitting the front inside the last - kept finding more to win | 1/10 | 10-0 | 87 | 96A | 111A | Finley Marsh | 85/40 | |
| 11 Jul 25+20d | Ascot | Long Harbour Derek Lucie-Smith Handicap Settled in the pack around mid-division - pushed along with two furlongs left - stayed on late to grab 4th close home | 4/13 | 1½ | 9-4 | 89 | 124C | 95A | Finley Marsh | 12/1 |
| 21 Jun 25+36d | Newmarket | Close Brothers Handicap Hesitant start and driven to find rhythm - held towards the back - urged forward with a furlong left - closed late on the rail but always short of contention | 4/7 | nk | 9-9 | 90 | 112B | 87A | Finley Marsh | 7/1 |
| 16 May 25+20d | York | Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Handicap Settled in the pack early - dropped away with two furlongs left - trailing badly approaching the final furlong - finished 11th | 11/22 | 1 | 9-10 | 91 | 94C | 87A | William Buick | 11/1 |
| 26 Apr 25+64d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Play At The Races StableDuel Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Tracked pace-setter early - pushed along 2f out and narrowed gap approaching final furlong - stayed on strongly to the line - denied by a short margin | 2/6 | ½ | 9-6 | — | 101A | 90B | Ethan Jones | 9/2 |
| 21 Feb 25+20d | Southwell (AW) | Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Maiden Stakes (Rider Restricted Race) (GBB Race) Raced with plenty of enthusiasm early - into command after 2f - edged left when pushed along inside final 2f - overtaken briefly entering last furlong - fought back to prevail in the closing strides | 1/8 | 8-11 | — | 110A | 103A | Ethan Jones | 2/1 | |
| 01 Feb 25 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetUK Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Travelled wide in behind the front-runner - driven up and slipped to third with 2f left - drifted right to reclaim second inside the last but no match for the winner - edged out of the frame close home | 3/10 | ½ | 8-13 | — | 100A | 76A | Rob Hornby | 10/3 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Sudden Flight (GB) won?
- Sudden Flight (GB) won 2 of 17 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 11.8%. Placed 7 times in total (41.2% of starts).
- Who trains Sudden Flight (GB)?
- Sudden Flight (GB) is trained by Richard Hughes, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 11 October 2026.
- Who is Sudden Flight (GB)'s sire?
- Sudden Flight (GB) is by Aclaim (IRE) out of Links Drive Lady (GB), whose sire is Striking Ambition.
- What going does Sudden Flight (GB) prefer?
- Sudden Flight (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sudden Flight (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 11 October 2026. The highest on record is 94.
- What is Sudden Flight (GB)'s sire's record?
- Aclaim (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 2,522 runs since Jan 2008 (200 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.8% from 385.
- Who are Sudden Flight (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Links Drive Lady (GB), Sudden Flight (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.