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Horse profile

Surefast (GB)

12yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2007) · Last trainer Patrick Rodford · Last owner Brian Derrick
by Nearly A Hand (GB) out of Meldon Lady (GB) (Ballymoss)
11 runs · 6 courses · from Jan 2005
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Mar 2007 — 7,154 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2007 · 6th of 9 Won at Plumpton Last raced off OR 79
KTB Profile

Surefast (GB) is 1 from 11, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Jan 2005. Last raced off 79, 20lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 20lb off peak
Official rating79↓ 20lb off peak
79 79–99

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 81C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Chepstow, 2 Feb 2007 Official rating 79 at the last run, 21 Mar 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 8 figures · best 105C · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Heavy484C63—
Soft2105C93—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m6105C82.5—
Over 3m263C54—

Of 11 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2) · 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 · 8 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
Nearly A Hand (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 0% of 1 run since Jan 2008 (1 horse). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good100%00 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
2m5f – 3m100%00 from 7

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Meldon Lady (GB) (Ballymoss)

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
Soft 5 1 20% −3.20
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 1 13% −6.20
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chepstow 4 0 0% −4.00
Exeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Plumpton 2 1 50% −0.20
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 7 0 0% −7.00
Over 3m 4 1 25% −2.20

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Keiran Burke 5 0 0% −5.00
Paddy Brennan 3 1 33% −1.20
James White 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00
Colin Bolger 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 5 0 0% −5.00
2006 2 0 0% −2.00
2005 4 1 25% −2.20

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 Mar 07+11d Chepstow Betdirect Handicap Chase Class 4 · 23.5f · Good · 9 ran 6/9 13 10-0 7975C James White 13/2
10 Mar 07+36d Chepstow hjweir.co.uk Handicap Chase Class 4 · 26f · Heavy · 9 ran 5/9 8 10-6 8345C Keiran Burke 8/1
02 Feb 07+8d Chepstow betdirectuk.com Handicap Chase Class 5 · 23.5f · Soft · 16 ran 5/16 nk 11-0 8681C Keiran Burke 20/1
25 Jan 07+24d Warwick Warwickshire Handicap Chase Class 4 · 26f · Heavy · 12 ran 6/12 4 9-12 8763C Keiran Burke 20/1
01 Jan 07+30d Exeter Thurlestone Hotel Handicap Chase Class 4 · 23.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 5/10 23 9-9 8963C Keiran Burke 9/1
02 Dec 06+278d Chepstow Tote Text Betting 60021 Handicap Chase Class 4 · 23.5f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 5 9-10 86105C Keiran Burke 33/1
27 Feb 06+93d Plumpton Amateurs' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 25.5f · Soft · 8 ran UR/8 — 10-3 91— Tom O'Brien 9/1
26 Nov 05+39d Towcester Gg-odds.com Handicap Chase Class 3 · 21.5f · Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 10-7 94— Colin Bolger 6/1J
18 Oct 05+231d Exeter Homeoak Trading Handicap Chase Class 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3/10 19 11-5 9889C Paddy Brennan 8/1
01 Mar 05+33d Leicester Handicap Chase Class 3 · 22.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 4/7 4 11-4 9984C Paddy Brennan 11/4
27 Jan 05 Plumpton Classified Chase Class 4 · 25.5f · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 11-3 94— Paddy Brennan 4/5F

Quick answers

How many races has Surefast (GB) won?
Surefast (GB) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2005 and 2007, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 3 times in total (27.3% of starts).
Who trained Surefast (GB)?
Surefast (GB) was trained by Patrick Rodford on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 21 March 2007.
Who is Surefast (GB)'s sire?
Surefast (GB) is by Nearly A Hand (GB) out of Meldon Lady (GB), whose sire is Ballymoss.
What going does Surefast (GB) prefer?
Surefast (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Surefast (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 21 March 2007. The highest on record is 99.
What is Surefast (GB)'s sire's record?
Nearly A Hand (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 0% of 1 run since Jan 2008 (1 horse), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.

Record shown from January 2005. 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.