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Horse profile

Tara Niece (GB)

9yo mare (at last run, Sep 2022) · Last trainer Emma Lavelle · Last owner Hoe Racing
by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Pepite De Soleil (FR) (Fly To The Stars)
14 runs · 8 courses · from Feb 2019
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Sep 2022 — 1,523 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2022 · 5th of 7 Won at Newton Abbot Last raced off OR 93
KTB Profile

Tara Niece won one of 14 starts, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Newton Abbot over 2m5f – 3m on good ground in Jul 2020. The mare, by Kayf Tara out of a Fly To The Stars mare, raced eight times at Fontwell without success and finished 5 of 7 in a Class 5 mares handicap hurdle there in Sep 2022. She last ran off an official rating of 93, which was 9lb below her highest ever mark.

Based on 14 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating93↓ 9lb off peak
93 93–102

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 119 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Fontwell, 4 Sep 2022

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 12 figures · best 131B · median 105
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good10131B107—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m7119A106—
2m1f – 2m4f382A74—
1m5f – 2m2131B129.5—

Of 14 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 111A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Worcester, 26 Jul 2022 Official rating 93 at the last run, 4 Sep 2022

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 13 figures · best 118A · median 102
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good10118A104—
Soft296C95—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m8118A106.5—
2m1f – 2m4f3101A97—
1m5f – 2m2104A102.5—

Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 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
Kayf Tara (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,755 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1300%−12.6—
Good to Firm5296011.3%−1.3—
Good4,49952511.7%−0.91 from 11
Good to Soft3,05335911.8%−0.80 from 1
Soft3,76049313.1%+0.50 from 2
Heavy1,70827716.2%+3.6—
Standard (AW)1932412.4%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−12.6—
1m – 1m1f2400%−12.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1631811%−1.6—
1m5f – 2m3,97952213.1%+0.50 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f4,76659312.4%−0.20 from 3
2m5f – 3m3,81747912.5%−0.11 from 9
Over 3m1,00412612.5%−0.1—

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
Pepite De Soleil (FR) (Fly To The Stars)

6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Jubilympics (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–2m7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Jubilympics (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Jubilympics (GB)3941m7½f–2m7fClass 4
Pepite De Belle (GB)1412m3f—
Svelte Silhouette (GB)60——
Jack Out Of Reach (GB)30——
Pepite De Amour (GB)40——
Samantha Sunshine (GB)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 11 1 9% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 11 1 9% −2.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fontwell 5 0 0% −5.00
Worcester 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 1 100% +8.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 9 1 11% +0.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Bellamy 3 0 0% −3.00
Adam Wedge 3 0 0% −3.00
Kevin Jones 3 0 0% −3.00
Joe Anderson 1 0 0% −1.00
Aidan Coleman 1 1 100% +8.00
Ben Jones 1 0 0% −1.00
James Best 1 0 0% −1.00
Brendan Powell 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 0 0% −7.00
Hood 4 1 25% +5.00
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 6 0 0% −6.00
2020 2 1 50% +7.00
2019 6 0 0% −6.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 1 10% −1.00
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00
Chase 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 6 runs
04 Sep 22+12d Fontwell Leger Festival On Sky Sports Racing Conditional Jockeys' Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m5½f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 7 11-8 93119A92A Joe Anderson 6/1
23 Aug 22+28d Worcester At The Races App Market Movers Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m7f · Good · 9 ran UR/9 — 11-7 93—— Tom Bellamy 5/1
26 Jul 22+22d Worcester Cazoo Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7f · Good · 14 ran 6/14 2½ 11-3 94108B111A Tom Bellamy 6/1
04 Jul 22+36d Worcester At The Races App Form Study Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7f · Good · 17 ran 5/17 1¾ 11-10 95106B109A Tom Bellamy 10/1
29 May 22+25d Fontwell Remembering Racedays At Fontwell With Jan Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m5½f · Good · 10 ran 3/10 2¼ 11-8 94118A118A Adam Wedge 12/1
04 May 22+643d Fontwell In Loving Memory Of Mick Hayward Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m5½f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 2¼ 11-11 97104B102A Adam Wedge 25/1
2020 · 2 runs
30 Jul 20+23d Southwell Thank You Southwell Annual Members Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 3m½f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 ½ 11-11 10269A104B Adam Wedge 9/4
07 Jul 20+189d Newton Abbot Denbury Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 2m5½f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 11-7 97101A114A Aidan Coleman 8/1
2019 · 6 runs
31 Dec 19+53d Warwick Lps British Stallion Studs Ebf Mares' 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5f · Soft · 12 ran 7/12 4 10-7 ——94C Ben Jones 9/1
08 Nov 19+149d Fontwell Riverside Brewery And Tangmere Tower Mares' Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1½f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 10 10-11 —58C96C Kevin Jones 25/1
12 Jun 19+24d Fontwell Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Mares' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 3/9 nk 10-9 —74B101A Kevin Jones 17/2
19 May 19+35d Stratford stratfordparks.co.uk Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 2m½f · Good · 9 ran 3/9 2 10-7 —128A104A James Best 6/1
14 Apr 19+48d Wincanton Royal Bath & West Show Society Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 1m7½f · Good · 15 ran 6/15 1 10-9 —131B101A Brendan Powell 100/1
25 Feb 19 Plumpton Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 2m1½f · Good · 9 ran 6/9 1½ 10-9 —82A97A Kevin Jones 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Tara Niece won?
Tara Niece (GB) won 1 of 14 archived starts between 2019 and 2022, a strike rate of 7.1%. Placed 4 times in total (28.6% of starts).
Who trained Tara Niece?
Tara Niece (GB) was trained by Emma Lavelle on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 4 September 2022.
Who is Tara Niece's sire?
Tara Niece (GB) is by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Pepite De Soleil (FR), whose sire is Fly To The Stars.
What going does Tara Niece prefer?
Tara Niece (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 11 starts (9.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Tara Niece's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 93, from the run on 4 September 2022. The highest on record is 102.
What is Tara Niece's sire's record?
Kayf Tara (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,755 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Who are Tara Niece's siblings?
Out of Pepite De Soleil (FR), Tara Niece (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Jubilympics (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Jubilympics (GB)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m7f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2019. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.