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Horse profile

The Drone (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2019) · Last trainer Alex Hales · Last owner Gumbrills Racing Partnership
by Mahler (GB) out of Liberess (IRE) (Saddlers' Hall)
12 runs · 8 courses · from May 2015
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Nov 2019 — 2,525 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2019 · 7th of 8 3 wins · Southwell & Stratford Last raced off OR 119
KTB Profile

The Drone (IRE) is 3 from 12, all wins coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since May 2019. All 3 wins have come over 2m5f – 3m. Last raced off a career-high mark of 119.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 4 OR at career high
Official rating119At career-high mark
119 110–119

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 123 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Southwell, 14 May 2019

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 9 figures · best 140A · median 118
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good7140A102—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m6140A108.5—
Over 3m3121A118—

Of 10 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 · 9 figures from 10 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 · Newton Abbot, 5 Jul 2019 Official rating 119 at the last run, 22 Nov 2019

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 12 figures · best 121B · median 108
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good9121B107—
Good to Firm2111A105.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m8121B106—
Over 3m3111A111—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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 10.8% of 8,837 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1191815.1%+4.30 from 2
Good2,95937712.7%+1.93 from 9
Good to Soft1,8021789.9%−0.90 from 1
Soft2,7342579.4%−1.4—
Heavy1,21312410.2%−0.6—
Standard (AW)10110%−0.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f500%−10.8—
1m2f – 1m4f1600%−10.8—
1m5f – 2m2,0401999.8%−10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f3,19732210.1%−0.7—
2m5f – 3m2,81333912.1%+1.33 from 8
Over 3m7669512.4%+1.60 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
Liberess (IRE) (Saddlers' Hall)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 9 3 33% +11.88
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 3 38% +12.88
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Stratford 3 1 33% +6.00
Fakenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell 2 2 100% +9.88
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 8 3 38% +12.88
Over 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kielan Woods 5 2 40% +6.88
Harry Bannister 2 0 0% −2.00
Harry Reed 1 0 0% −1.00
Ciaran Gethings 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 1 1 100% +8.00
L P Dempsey 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Johnson 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 6 2 33% +5.88
2018 4 1 25% +5.00
2015 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 9 3 33% +11.88
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
22 Nov 19+23d Catterick Jump Season Starts Now Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 25.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7/8 2 11-11 119118C109C Harry Reed 5/1
30 Oct 19+117d Fakenham David Hall Has Finally Retired Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 14 11-9 11675A104B Kielan Woods 9/4F
05 Jul 19+52d Newton Abbot Racing Welfare For All Of Racing's Workforce Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 26.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5/7 nk 11-2 119121A111A Kielan Woods 7/2
14 May 19+20d Southwell N & L Developments Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 11-10 116123B117B Kielan Woods 15/8F
24 Apr 19+113d Southwell Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 11-7 110140A121B Kielan Woods 8/1
01 Jan 19+36d Fakenham Visit attheraces.com Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 4 ran 3/4 11 11-2 112—104B Ciaran Gethings 11/4
26 Nov 18+13d Kempton Starlight Happy Memories Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24.5f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 6 11-7 114139B107A Harry Bannister 7/1
13 Nov 18+114d Hereford Cupid Events Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 14 ran 3/14 12 11-6 11494B111A Harry Bannister 17/2
22 Jul 18+63d Stratford Stuart Stanley Retro Rebel Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 26.5f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 shd 10-10 112102A111A Kielan Woods 20/1
20 May 18+1015d Stratford Inspire Racing Club Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 22f · Good · 3 ran 1/3 10-12 —75C105C Sam Twiston-Davies 8/1
09 Aug 15+84d Downpatrick Toals Bookmakers Dial-a-bet 028 90321721 Maiden Hurdle 23f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 33 10-12 ——89C L P Dempsey 16/1
17 May 15 Stratford Rayford Caravan Park Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race Class 6 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 4/6 7 10-12 ——100B Richard Johnson 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Drone (IRE) won?
The Drone (IRE) won 3 of 12 archived starts between 2015 and 2019, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 6 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained The Drone (IRE)?
The Drone (IRE) was trained by Alex Hales on the most recent run on record, at Catterick on 22 November 2019.
Who is The Drone (IRE)'s sire?
The Drone (IRE) is by Mahler (GB) out of Liberess (IRE), whose sire is Saddlers' Hall.
What going does The Drone (IRE) prefer?
The Drone (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 9 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 The Drone (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 119, from the run on 22 November 2019. That is also the highest on record.
What is The Drone (IRE)'s sire's record?
Mahler (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,837 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.

Record shown from May 2015. 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.