Taking Flight (IRE)
Taking Flight (IRE) is yet to win from 9 starts. Best effort: 3rd of 6 at Carlisle (Feb 2019). Last raced off 95, 15lb below the career-high mark.
- 0–9Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −9.00£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=9 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 111dAvg 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 143
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 101A | 96 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 97B | 96 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 101A | 94.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 143B | 102 | — |
Of 9 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 9 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 11.3% of 7,190 runs since Jan 2008 (561 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 16.1% from 124.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 124 | 20 | 16.1% | +4.8 | — |
| Good | 2,201 | 247 | 11.2% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,218 | 144 | 11.8% | +0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 2,353 | 272 | 11.6% | +0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 1,256 | 129 | 10.3% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 36 | 1 | 2.8% | −8.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 21 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,993 | 232 | 11.6% | +0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,488 | 281 | 11.3% | 0 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,119 | 247 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 565 | 53 | 9.4% | −1.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Bryden Boy (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 2m1½f–3m3f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Bryden Boy (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryden Boy (IRE) | 51 | 6 | 2m3½f–3m3f | Class 2 |
| Hideaway Vic (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 2m1½f | Class 6 |
| Shark Saurez (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hexham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Hughes | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sean Quinlan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ryan Day | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mark Galligan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Bewley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 Taking Flight (IRE) won?
- Taking Flight (IRE) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2019 and 2021.
- Who trained Taking Flight (IRE)?
- Taking Flight (IRE) was trained by Nicky Richards on the most recent run on record, at Perth on 28 July 2021.
- Who is Taking Flight (IRE)'s sire?
- Taking Flight (IRE) is by Stowaway (GB) out of Cailin Vic Mo Cri (IRE), whose sire is Old Vic.
- What is Taking Flight (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 28 July 2021. The highest on record is 110.
- What is Taking Flight (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Stowaway (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 7,190 runs since Jan 2008 (561 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 16.1% from 124.
- Who are Taking Flight (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Cailin Vic Mo Cri (IRE), Taking Flight (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Bryden Boy (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Bryden Boy (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1½f–3m3f. As at Oct 2026.