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Horse profile

Swift Hawk (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2024) · Last trainer Paul Nicholls · Last owner Owners Group 125
by Hawkbill (USA) out of Zacheta (GB) (Polish Precedent)
10 runs · 9 courses · from May 2023
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Jun 2024 — 868 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2024 · 2nd of 11 2 wins · Hereford & Taunton Last raced off OR 116
KTB Profile

Swift Hawk won both his starts over 1m5f – 2m, at Taunton in Dec 2023 on good to soft and at Hereford in May 2024 on good. The gelding, who raced nine times on turf and once on all-weather, recorded seven placings from ten starts overall and finished second of 11 in a Class 3 handicap at Newton Abbot in Jun 2024. He last ran off his career-high mark of 116.

Based on 10 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 4 OR at career high
Official rating116At career-high mark
116 72–116

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 114 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newton Abbot, 5 Jun 2024

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 5 figures · best 114A · median 109
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good3114A109—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3114A109—
1m5f – 2m2110A101—
Flat 5 figures · best 105B · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good2105B84.5—
Good to Firm290C68—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f5105B90—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 137B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hereford, 13 May 2024 Official rating 116 at the last jumps run, 5 Jun 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 77B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 4 Aug 2023 Official rating 72 at the last flat run, 4 Aug 2023

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 5 figures · best 137B · median 124
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good3137B124—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3124A122—
1m5f – 2m2137B136—
Flat 5 figures · best 81C · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good272A68.5—
Good to Firm281C79—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f581C77—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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

Progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 143 runs since Jan 2008 (14 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−7.7—
Good to Firm2229.1%+1.40 from 2
Good3026.7%−11 from 5
Good to Soft10110%+2.31 from 1
Soft2015%−2.7—
Heavy600%−7.70 from 1
Standard (AW)5459.3%+1.60 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1715.9%−1.8—
1m – 1m1f44511.4%+3.7—
1m2f – 1m4f6234.8%−2.90 from 5
1m5f – 2m15213.3%+5.62 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f500%−7.70 from 3

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
Zacheta (GB) (Polish Precedent)

11 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Ransom Note (GB) (7 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Ransom Note (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ransom Note (GB)2877f–1m1fGroup 2
Shargiah (IRE)1141m–1m2fClass 3
Nice Thoughts (IRE)2421m–1m½fClass 5
Dawn Sky (GB)1111m3½fClass 5
Exotic Escape (GB)1511m4fClass 6
Dortmund (GB)50——
Narodowa (GB)80——
Rookery (IRE)130——
Alameery (GB)50——
Midnight Margarita (GB)40——
Redchete (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 1 20% −2.25
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +3.50
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 5 2 40% +2.25
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Taunton 2 1 50% +2.50
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 1 100% +1.75
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 2 2 100% +5.25

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Cobden 3 1 33% −0.25
Lorcan Williams 2 1 50% +2.50
Neil Callan 2 0 0% −2.00
Ben Curtis 1 0 0% −1.00
Trevor Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00
Marco Ghiani 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 4 1 25% −1.25
2023 6 1 17% −1.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 5 2 40% +2.25
Flat 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
05 Jun 24+23d Newton Abbot Don't Miss The Newton Abbot Country Show Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 17f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 1 11-1 116114A124A Harry Cobden 2/1
13 May 24+19d Hereford Get Emma's Offers At PlanetSportBet Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 1/5 11-7 11192C137B Harry Cobden 7/4
24 Apr 24+44d Taunton Dave Criddle Travel Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 19f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 ¾ 11-2 107109A122A Harry Cobden 13/8F
11 Mar 24+72d Stratford Find The Best Odds Oncourse Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 18.5f · Heavy · 9 ran 3/9 5 11-6 —83C104B Lorcan Williams 4/5F
30 Dec 23+148d Taunton Cornish Rock Gin Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 1/11 11-0 —110A135A Lorcan Williams 7/2
04 Aug 23+28d Wolverhampton (AW) Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 5 ran 2/5 1¼ 9-4 72100C77B Ben Curtis 7/4
07 Jul 23+21d Haydock Jill Wilcox-Jones Memorial Handicap Class 5 · 11.5f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 7½ 9-7 73105B65B Neil Callan 15/8
16 Jun 23+18d Chepstow BresBet Rewards Loyalty Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 2/5 1¼ 9-7 —46C77B Trevor Whelan 9/2
29 May 23+10d Leicester Leicester City FC EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 12f · Good To Firm · 3 ran 2/3 hd 9-7 —90C81C Marco Ghiani 6/4F
19 May 23 Newbury Coolmore Stud EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 10f · Good · 14 ran 5/14 3¾ 9-7 —64C72A Neil Callan 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Swift Hawk (GB) won?
Swift Hawk (GB) won 2 of 10 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 7 times in total (70% of starts).
Who trained Swift Hawk (GB)?
Swift Hawk (GB) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 5 June 2024.
Who is Swift Hawk (GB)'s sire?
Swift Hawk (GB) is by Hawkbill (USA) out of Zacheta (GB), whose sire is Polish Precedent.
What going does Swift Hawk (GB) prefer?
Swift Hawk (GB) has the best record on good 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 Swift Hawk (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 116, from the run on 5 June 2024. That is also the highest on record.
What is Swift Hawk (GB)'s sire's record?
Hawkbill (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 143 runs since Jan 2008 (14 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Swift Hawk (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Zacheta (GB), Swift Hawk (GB) has 11 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Ransom Note (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Ransom Note (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 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.