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Horse profile

The Needler (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2005) · Last trainer Ben Pollock · Last owner Nevill Holt Partnership
by Needle Gun (IRE) out of Monteanna (IRE) (Montelimar)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Jan 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 31 Jul 2005 — 7,767 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2005 · 7th of 9 New yard
KTB Profile

The Needler (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 97C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Towcester, 23 Mar 2005

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 3 figures · best 97C · median 82
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm1———
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m297C89.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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
Needle Gun (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 5% of 1,228 runs since Jan 2008 (139 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1100%−5—
Good to Firm14964%−10 from 1
Good407256.1%+1.1—
Good to Soft18863.2%−1.80 from 1
Soft278134.7%−0.30 from 1
Heavy190126.3%+1.3—
Standard (AW)500%−5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f800%−5—
1m5f – 2m402194.7%−0.30 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f442245.4%+0.40 from 1
2m5f – 3m321185.6%+0.6—
Over 3m5511.8%−3.2—

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
Monteanna (IRE) (Montelimar)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Thenford Trout (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Messenger 1 0 0% −1.00
Warren Marston 1 0 0% −1.00
Marc Goldstein 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 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 KTB Jockey SP
2005 · 3 runs
31 Jul 05+130d Market Rasen UK Oil And Gas For Plumbing Novices' Hurdle (Div 1) Class 3 · 2m1½f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7/9 7 10-5 49C Tom Messenger 9/1
23 Mar 05+62d Towcester NH Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 12 ran 6/12 nk 11-0 97C Warren Marston 12/1
20 Jan 05 Ludlow Conditionals' NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7/11 13 11-4 82C Marc Goldstein 13/2

Quick answers

How many races has The Needler won?
The Needler (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2005.
Who trained The Needler?
The Needler (IRE) was trained by Ben Pollock on the most recent run on record, at Market Rasen on 31 July 2005.
Who is The Needler's sire?
The Needler (IRE) is by Needle Gun (IRE) out of Monteanna (IRE), whose sire is Montelimar.
What is The Needler's sire's record?
Needle Gun (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 5% of 1,228 runs since Jan 2008 (139 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are The Needler's siblings?
Out of Monteanna (IRE), The Needler (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from January 2005. 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.