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Horse profile

The Grey Falco (FR)

9yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2024) · Last trainer Michael Flannery · Last owner Vera Sugrue
by Falco (USA) out of Take A Chance (FR) (Take Risks)
25 runs · 18 courses · from Oct 2020
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Aug 2024 — 803 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2024 · 14th of 15 3 wins · Southwell, Haydock & Chepstow Last raced off OR 97
KTB Profile

The Grey Falco won three of 25 starts on turf, all at Class 4 level over 1m5f – 2m. His wins came at Chepstow on heavy ground in Nov 2020, at Haydock on soft ground in Jan 2022 off an official rating of 116, and at Southwell on good ground in Jun 2023 off 107. He last ran at Killarney in Aug 2024, finishing 14 of 15 off an official rating of 97, 27lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 25 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Aug 2024 · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 4 OR ↓ 27lb off peak
Official rating97↓ 27lb off peak
97 97–124

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 129 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Warwick, 27 Apr 2023

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 17 figures · best 145B · median 95
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft5145B109—
Good4129B74.5—
Heavy4120C88—
Good to Soft4113A103.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m9145B91—
2m1f – 2m4f8129B110.5—

Of 25 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2) · did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 25 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 97A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Killarney, 18 Jul 2024 Official rating 97 at the last run, 24 Aug 2024

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 20 figures · best 132A · median 111
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft7130B118—
Heavy5132A124—
Good4117B101.5—
Good to Soft4118A111—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m11132A117—
2m1f – 2m4f9122B110—

Of 25 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 25 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 1,585 runs since Apr 2012 (208 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.3% from 332. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 13.6% from 287. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6% from 134.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm44818.2%+8.9—
Good325309.2%−0.11 from 5
Good to Soft230167%−2.30 from 6
Soft4475311.9%+2.61 from 8
Heavy207209.7%+0.41 from 6
Standard (AW)332216.3%−3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f16425%+15.7—
6f – 7f13486%−3.3—
1m – 1m1f384338.6%−0.7—
1m2f – 1m4f274228%−1.3—
1m5f – 2m2873913.6%+4.33 from 14
2m1f – 2m4f391359%−0.30 from 11
2m5f – 3m9177.7%−1.6—
Over 3m800%−9.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2012 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Take A Chance (FR) (Take Risks)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Apple's Of Bresil (FR) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m2½f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Pola Chance (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Apple's Of Bresil (FR)1232m2½f–2m4½f—
Pola Chance (FR)1612m3½fClass 5
Irish Sweeps (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 8 1 13% −4.88
Heavy 6 1 17% +9.00
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 5 1 20% +2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 15 3 20% +10.12
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Bangor-on-Dee 3 0 0% −3.00
Killarney 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell 2 1 50% +5.00
Chepstow 2 1 50% +13.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 1 100% +2.12
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 14 3 21% +11.12
2m1f – 2m4f 11 0 0% −11.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Lee Edwards 4 1 25% +11.00
Luca Morgan 3 0 0% −3.00
Nick Scholfield 3 1 33% +0.12
Mr R Sugrue 2 0 0% −2.00
Lorcan Williams 2 1 50% +5.00
Kielan Woods 2 0 0% −2.00
Liam McKenna 1 0 0% −1.00
J J Slevin 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 1 0 0% −1.00
Craig Nichol 1 0 0% −1.00
Jonathan Burke 1 0 0% −1.00
P J O'Hanlon 1 0 0% −1.00
Jay Tidball 1 0 0% −1.00
Brendan Powell 1 0 0% −1.00
Bryan Carver 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 2 14% +4.12
Tongue tie 10 1 10% −3.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 6 0 0% −6.00
2023 7 1 14% +0.00
2022 5 1 20% −1.88
2021 4 0 0% −4.00
2020 3 1 33% +12.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 20 3 15% +5.12
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00
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
2024 · 6 runs
24 Aug 24+37d Killarney Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) 2m4f · Good · 15 ran Held up towards the back - hit third and clipped seventh - driven on after four out - unable to find more and well held 14/15 2¾ 11-7 9776C91C Liam McKenna 66/1
18 Jul 24+53d Killarney KPH Construction Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 2m1f · Good · 15 ran 14/15 2¼ 11-0 10272B97A J J Slevin 40/1
26 May 24+93d Uttoxeter Scott Mills Race Night 15th June Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 23 12-0 10959C94C Sam Twiston-Davies 12/1
23 Feb 24+39d Sedgefield Follow Us On X At yeeehaaabet Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 shd 11-9 110—119B Craig Nichol 16/1
15 Jan 24+14d Punchestown John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle 2m½f · Soft · 17 ran 8/17 3 12-0 109—105A Mr R Sugrue 50/1
01 Jan 24+168d Tramore Jimmy Shanahan Memorial Handicap Hurdle 2m1f · Heavy · 9 ran 9/9 5½ 10-11 11140C89C Mr R Sugrue 28/1
2023 · 7 runs
17 Jul 23+21d Newton Abbot newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 7½ 12-0 116112B112B Lorcan Williams 5/1
26 Jun 23+40d Southwell Prestige Safety Construction Safety Specialists Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 5 ran 1/5 11-3 10773C117B Lorcan Williams 6/1
17 May 23+20d Worcester eventmasters.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 8 ran UR/8 — 11-4 107—— Kielan Woods 9/1
27 Apr 23+26d Warwick Visit racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3f · Good · 13 ran 8/13 1¼ 11-1 107129B106A Kielan Woods 22/1
01 Apr 23+12d Stratford Laurie Cole Big Birthday Celebration Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m3½f · Heavy · 5 ran PU/5 — 11-9 109—— Luca Morgan 10/3
20 Mar 23+12d Southwell Follow Us On Twitter At BetRhino Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 8 ran 3/8 4¼ 11-3 10976A118A Luca Morgan 4/1
08 Mar 23+110d Fontwell Ultimate Cheltenham Festival Guide On attheraces.com/cheltenham Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m2f · Soft · 5 ran PU/5 — 12-2 112—— Luca Morgan 9/4F
2022 · 5 runs
18 Nov 22+204d Chepstow Lucy Lev Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-13 115—— Jonathan Burke 12/1
28 Apr 22+46d Punchestown Specialist Joinery Group Handicap Hurdle (88-123) 2m · Good To Yielding · 25 ran 15/25 2½ 10-11 11395B102A P J O'Hanlon 22/1
13 Mar 22+24d Bangor-on-Dee Broxton Gates Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m3½f · Soft · 5 ran 3/5 3¼ 11-1 117121C122B Nick Scholfield 11/1
17 Feb 22+26d Sandown Virgin Bet Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 9 ran 7/9 15 11-0 11891C98C Jay Tidball 10/3
22 Jan 22+43d Haydock Plank Lane Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 1m7½f · Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-8 11696A130B Nick Scholfield 85/40F
2021 · 4 runs
10 Dec 21+30d Cheltenham Catesby Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 6/12 3 10-7 119113A110A Brendan Powell 11/1
10 Nov 21+215d Bangor-on-Dee Greenhous Daf Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 2m3½f · Soft · 12 ran 5/12 1½ 10-7 122109A118A Nick Scholfield 20/1
09 Apr 21+78d Aintree Pinsent Masons Handicap Hurdle (Conditional Jockeys' And Amateur Riders') (GBB Race) Class 2 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 22 ran PU/22 — 10-0 124—— Bryan Carver 12/1
21 Jan 21+41d Ludlow Vobe Electrics Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 13 ran 2/13 4¼ 11-10 119—132A Lee Edwards 3/1
2020 · 3 runs
11 Dec 20+21d Bangor-on-Dee Retraining Of Racehorses Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m½f · Heavy · 8 ran 3/8 2 11-5 —120C124A Lee Edwards 7/2
20 Nov 20+21d Chepstow Dancingontheedge Now Available At oldgoldracing.com Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 12 ran 1/12 10-12 —85A132A Lee Edwards 14/1
30 Oct 20 Uttoxeter Breeders' Cup On Sky Sports Racing Maiden Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 14 ran 7/14 6½ 11-2 —145B103A Lee Edwards 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Grey Falco won?
The Grey Falco (FR) won 3 of 25 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 12%. Placed 6 times in total (24% of starts).
Who trained The Grey Falco?
The Grey Falco (FR) was trained by Michael Flannery on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 24 August 2024.
Who is The Grey Falco's sire?
The Grey Falco (FR) is by Falco (USA) out of Take A Chance (FR), whose sire is Take Risks.
What going does The Grey Falco prefer?
The Grey Falco (FR) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is The Grey Falco's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 24 August 2024. The highest on record is 124.
What is The Grey Falco's sire's record?
Falco (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 1,585 runs since Apr 2012 (208 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.3% from 332. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 13.6% from 287. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6% from 134.
Who are The Grey Falco's siblings?
Out of Take A Chance (FR), The Grey Falco (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Apple's Of Bresil (FR) (3). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Pola Chance (FR)). The wins came over 2m2½f–2m4½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2020. 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.