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Horse profile

Sure Thing (FR)

10yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2016) · Last trainer Karen McLintock · Last owner W M Aitchison
by Ragmar (FR) out of Harpe (FR) (Bayolidaan)
19 runs · 14 courses · from May 2011
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Jul 2016 — 3,744 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2016 · 8th of 17 Won at Towcester New yard Last raced off OR 87
KTB Profile

Sure Thing (FR) is 1 from 19, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Apr 2013. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 4 on softer). Last raced off 87, 28lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 19 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 28lb off peak
Official rating87↓ 28lb off peak
87 87–115

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 90C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Worcester, 21 Jul 2016 Official rating 87 at the last run, 21 Jul 2016

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 18 figures · best 136A · median 96.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good15136A97—
Soft297A96.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7109B88—
2m1f – 2m4f6128A105—
2m5f – 3m5136A105—

Of 19 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 · 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
Ragmar (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 418 runs since Jan 2008 (53 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm2913.4%−7.1—
Good1101110%−0.51 from 15
Good to Soft9199.9%−0.60 from 2
Soft1131412.4%+1.90 from 2
Heavy71912.7%+2.2—
Standard (AW)300%−10.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f6233.3%+22.8—
1m2f – 1m4f1100%−10.5—
1m5f – 2m8156.2%−4.30 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f1722011.6%+1.10 from 7
2m5f – 3m1261612.7%+2.21 from 5
Over 3m2214.5%−6—

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

Dam
Harpe (FR) (Bayolidaan)

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 15 1 7% +2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 5 5 1 20% +12.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ludlow 4 0 0% −4.00
Sedgefield 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 2 0 0% −2.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Cartmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 1 100% +16.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m5f – 2m 7 0 0% −7.00
2m5f – 3m 5 1 20% +12.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Craig Nichol 4 0 0% −4.00
Richard Johnson 4 1 25% +13.00
Tom O'Brien 3 0 0% −3.00
Wilson Renwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Andrew Thornton 2 0 0% −2.00
Paddy Brennan 1 0 0% −1.00
Jake Greenall 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss J C Williams 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Messenger 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 1 7% +3.00
Hood 5 0 0% −5.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2016 1 0 0% −1.00
2014 9 0 0% −9.00
2013 6 1 17% +11.00
2011 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 10 0 0% −10.00
Hurdle 6 1 17% +11.00
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

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
21 Jul 16+623d Worcester 7bets4free.com Handicap Chase Class 5 · 20f · Good · 17 ran 8/17 9 10-13 8790C Paddy Brennan 12/1
06 Nov 14+24d Musselburgh Download Racinguk App Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24f · Good · 7 ran 7/7 51 11-5 9883C Wilson Renwick 17/2
13 Oct 14+48d Sedgefield Betfred Mobile Lotto Handicap Chase Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-9 103— Craig Nichol 16/1
26 Aug 14+23d Sedgefield Roflow Environmental Engineering 25 Year Celebration Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 12 11-5 10879C Craig Nichol 15/2
03 Aug 14+15d Market Rasen Office Friends Celebration Handicap Chase Class 4 · 19f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 16 10-12 11093A Craig Nichol 9/1
19 Jul 14+16d Cartmel Derek Thomas Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 2½ 11-7 113105A Craig Nichol 10/1
03 Jul 14+62d Perth Book Your Christmas Party At Perth Racecourse Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 5/5 29 11-12 11588C Wilson Renwick 5/1
02 May 14+37d Bangor-on-Dee Printfine Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 5 11-4 115114A Jake Greenall 3/1F
26 Mar 14+4d Exeter Higos Insurance Services Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 8/9 5 10-7 10896C Tom O'Brien 9/2
22 Mar 14+270d Stratford Support Your On Course Bookmaker Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 1¼ 11-12 108136A Tom O'Brien 5/1
25 Jun 13+31d Newton Abbot St Austell Brewery Lady Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Good · 15 ran 2/15 7 11-9 105128A Miss J C Williams 9/2
25 May 13+26d Ffos Las Fosters Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 2 11-12 100125A Richard Johnson 3/1
29 Apr 13+18d Towcester Haygain Hay Steamers Clean Healthy Forage Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21f · Good · 16 ran 1/16 11-12 95125A Richard Johnson 16/1
11 Apr 13+50d Ludlow Sidney Phillips Sell Pubs Novices' Claiming Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 15 ran 9/15 6 11-2 —86C Tom Messenger 16/1
20 Feb 13+42d Ludlow Onny Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 15 ran 8/15 5 11-2 —97A Andrew Thornton 20/1
09 Jan 13+439d Ludlow Jenny Appleton & Family Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 21f · Soft · 15 ran 7/15 11 11-6 —96C Andrew Thornton 50/1
28 Oct 11+140d Uttoxeter digibet.com Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 16f · Good · 15 ran 8/15 ½ 11-4 —97A Richard Johnson 11/1
10 Jun 11+29d Market Rasen Would Care Services Standard Open NH Flat Class 6 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 13/14 34 11-1 —79C Tom O'Brien 7/2J
12 May 11 Ludlow Racing Again On 5th October Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 4 11-0 —109B Richard Johnson 11/2

Quick answers

How many races has Sure Thing (FR) won?
Sure Thing (FR) won 1 of 19 archived starts between 2011 and 2016, a strike rate of 5.3%. Placed 5 times in total (26.3% of starts).
Who trained Sure Thing (FR)?
Sure Thing (FR) was trained by Karen McLintock on the most recent run on record, at Worcester on 21 July 2016.
Who is Sure Thing (FR)'s sire?
Sure Thing (FR) is by Ragmar (FR) out of Harpe (FR), whose sire is Bayolidaan.
What going does Sure Thing (FR) prefer?
Sure Thing (FR) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 15 starts (6.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Sure Thing (FR)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 21 July 2016. The highest on record is 115.
What is Sure Thing (FR)'s sire's record?
Ragmar (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 418 runs since Jan 2008 (53 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from May 2011. 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.