Switch Hitter (IRE)
Switch Hitter won four of 17 starts on turf between Nov 2019 and May 2024. All four wins came on good ground, two of them over 3m in Class 3 handicaps at Wincanton in Feb 2023 and Hereford in Nov 2021, and two over 2m5f to 3m at Kempton. The gelding, who reached a highest official rating of 137, was beaten favourite when finishing fifth of six in a Class 5 hunters chase at Newton Abbot in May 2024.
- 4–17Wins / Runs
- 23.5%Strike rate
- 7 (41.2%)Placed
- +5.50£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 1.27Fair A/E n=17 · 1.14 incl. margin
- 137Highest OR
- 104dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 73
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 114C | 82.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 93A | 89 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 114C | 82 | — |
| Over 3m | 5 | 93A | 83 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 17 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 6,313 runs since Jan 2008 (609 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 14.2% from 141.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 141 | 20 | 14.2% | +5 | — |
| Good | 2,303 | 239 | 10.4% | +1.2 | 4 from 12 |
| Good to Soft | 1,116 | 100 | 9% | −0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,830 | 139 | 7.6% | −1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 898 | 77 | 8.6% | −0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 25 | 3 | 12% | +2.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 38 | 4 | 10.5% | +1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,853 | 142 | 7.7% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,297 | 224 | 9.8% | +0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,776 | 182 | 10.2% | +1 | 2 from 10 |
| Over 3m | 332 | 26 | 7.8% | −1.4 | 2 from 5 |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Conna Cross (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m6f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Conna Cross (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conna Cross (IRE) | 25 | 3 | 2m–2m6f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 12 | 4 | 33% | +10.50 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 10 | 2 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton | 5 | 2 | 40% | +8.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hereford | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 2 | 20% | +3.00 |
| Over 3m | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Cobden | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Bryony Frost | 6 | 4 | 67% | +16.50 |
| Freddie Gingell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Miss Natalie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Angus Cheleda | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +5.50 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 11 | 2 | 18% | −1.50 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 2 | 40% | +8.00 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Switch Hitter (IRE) won?
- Switch Hitter (IRE) won 4 of 17 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 23.5%. Placed 7 times in total (41.2% of starts).
- Who trained Switch Hitter (IRE)?
- Switch Hitter (IRE) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 20 May 2024.
- Who is Switch Hitter (IRE)'s sire?
- Switch Hitter (IRE) is by Scorpion (IRE) out of Country Time (IRE), whose sire is Curtain Time.
- What going does Switch Hitter (IRE) prefer?
- Switch Hitter (IRE) has the best record on good going: 4 wins from 12 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Switch Hitter (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 130, from the run on 20 May 2024. The highest on record is 137.
- What is Switch Hitter (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Scorpion (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 6,313 runs since Jan 2008 (609 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 14.2% from 141.
- Who are Switch Hitter (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Country Time (IRE), Switch Hitter (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Conna Cross (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Conna Cross (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m6f. As at Oct 2026.