4yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2018)· Last trainer David Pipe· Last owner D Pipe
by Kyllachy (GB) out of China Tea (USA) (High Chaparral)
13 runs · 10 courses · from Sep 2017
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Dec 2018 — 2,892 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2018 · 6th of 10Last raced off OR 90
KTB Profile
Take The High Road (GB) is yet to win from 13 starts, though has placed twice. Best effort: 3rd of 16 at Gowran Park (Oct 2017). Last raced off 90, 14lb below the career-high mark.
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 rating90↓ 14lb off peak
9069–104
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed82the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Windsor, 8 Oct 2018
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 6 figures · best 116C · median 80.5
Going
Runs
Best
Median
Since 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft
2
85C
82
—
Good
2
79B
65.5
—
Heavy
1
—
—
—
Soft
1
—
—
—
Distance
Runs
Best
Median
Since 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m
3
116C
85
—
2m1f – 2m4f
3
79C
79
—
Flat 6 figures · best 89C · median 74
Going
Runs
Best
Median
Since 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)
2
71B
66
—
Heavy
2
89C
79
—
Soft
1
—
—
—
Good to Soft
1
—
—
—
Distance
Runs
Best
Median
Since 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f
3
82A
77
—
1m – 1m1f
2
89C
79
—
6f – 7f
1
—
—
—
Of 13 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
KTB Rating
Best recent KTB Rating (jumps)83Cthe best of the last 3 rated runs · Newton Abbot, 21 Sep 2018Official rating 90at the last jumps run, 5 Dec 2018
Best recent KTB Rating (flat)79Athe best of the last 3 rated runs · Catterick, 25 Apr 2018Official rating 69at the last flat run, 6 Nov 2018
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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →
Jumps 7 figures · best 97B · median 83
Going
Runs
Best
Median
Since 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft
2
83C
81
—
Good
2
86C
84
—
Heavy
2
97B
90
—
Soft
1
—
—
—
Distance
Runs
Best
Median
Since 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m
4
97B
84.5
—
2m1f – 2m4f
3
86C
83
—
Flat 6 figures · best 93A · median 75
Going
Runs
Best
Median
Since 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)
2
60A
54.5
—
Heavy
2
93A
86.5
—
Soft
1
—
—
—
Good to Soft
1
—
—
—
Distance
Runs
Best
Median
Since 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f
3
79A
71
—
1m – 1m1f
2
93A
86.5
—
6f – 7f
1
—
—
—
KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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
Kyllachy (GB)
Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 13,847 runs since Jan 2008 (800 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 468.
Going
Runs
Wins
SR
vs sire
This horse
Firm
188
16
8.5%
−1.4
—
Good to Firm
2,756
289
10.5%
+0.6
—
Good
2,716
230
8.5%
−1.4
0 from 2
Good to Soft
1,413
121
8.6%
−1.3
0 from 3
Soft
1,306
127
9.7%
−0.2
0 from 2
Heavy
368
44
12%
+2.1
0 from 4
Standard (AW)
5,100
545
10.7%
+0.8
0 from 2
Distance (all codes)
Runs
Wins
SR
vs sire
This horse
Under 6f
3,349
381
11.4%
+1.5
—
6f – 7f
6,993
705
10.1%
+0.2
0 from 1
1m – 1m1f
1,945
171
8.8%
−1.1
0 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f
836
74
8.9%
−1
0 from 3
1m5f – 2m
468
27
5.8%
−4.1
0 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f
197
12
6.1%
−3.8
0 from 3
2m5f – 3m
50
2
4%
−5.9
—
Over 3m
9
0
0%
−9.9
—
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
China Tea (USA) (High Chaparral)
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Elgin (GB) (8 wins).
The wins came over 1m4f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Elgin (GB)).
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.
Take The High Road (GB) has yet to win, from 13 archived starts between 2017 and 2018. Placed 2 times in total (15.4% of starts).
Who trained Take The High Road?
Take The High Road (GB) was trained by David Pipe on the most recent run on record, at Ludlow on 5 December 2018.
Who is Take The High Road's sire?
Take The High Road (GB) is by Kyllachy (GB) out of China Tea (USA), whose sire is High Chaparral.
What is Take The High Road's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 5 December 2018. The highest on record is 104.
What is Take The High Road's sire's record?
Kyllachy (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 13,847 runs since Jan 2008 (800 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 468.
Who are Take The High Road's siblings?
Out of China Tea (USA), Take The High Road (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Elgin (GB) (8). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Elgin (GB)). The wins came over 1m4f–2m4½f. As at Nov 2026.
Take The High Road (GB)·0–13·SR 0%
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