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Horse profile

The Premier Celtic (GB)

7yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2020) · Last trainer Pat Phelan · Last owner Celtic Contractors Limited
by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Maria Antonia (IRE) (King's Best)
19 runs · 7 courses · from Oct 2017
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Aug 2020 — 2,252 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2020 · 10th of 12 Won at Plumpton Last raced off OR 94
KTB Profile

The Premier Celtic (GB) is 1 from 19, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Feb 2018. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 12 on softer). Last raced off 94, 23lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 19 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 23lb off peak
Official rating94↓ 23lb off peak
94 94–117

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 151 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Fontwell, 26 Jan 2020

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 175B · median 102
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good6115C103.5—
Soft6175B104—
Good to Soft3138B75—
Heavy1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7138B106—
1m5f – 2m5100A74—
2m5f – 3m4175B133—
Over 3m1———

Of 19 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 19 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 110A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fontwell, 26 Jan 2020 Official rating 94 at the last run, 28 Aug 2020

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 17 figures · best 122A · median 99
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good6122A88—
Soft6113B106.5—
Good to Soft3102A99—
Heavy1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7109A99—
1m5f – 2m5122A99—
2m5f – 3m4113B101—
Over 3m1———

Of 19 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 19 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
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,684 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses).

Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−10.3—
Good to Firm112108.9%−1.40 from 1
Good1,3341138.5%−1.81 from 6
Good to Soft1,073989.1%−1.20 from 5
Soft1,40816811.9%+1.60 from 6
Heavy6278313.2%+2.90 from 1
Standard (AW)126118.7%−1.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−3.2—
1m – 1m1f2926.9%−3.4—
1m2f – 1m4f14585.5%−4.8—
1m5f – 2m1,30715211.6%+1.31 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f1,4991429.5%−0.80 from 9
2m5f – 3m1,31914110.7%+0.40 from 4
Over 3m3713710%−0.30 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Maria Antonia (IRE) (King's Best)

7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Leissieres Express (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m6½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Leissieres Express (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Leissieres Express (GB)1533m–3m6½fClass 3
Tiffany Rose (GB)1412mClass 5
Amalfi Skyline (GB)1312m5fClass 5
Lady Alex (GB)50——
Emmpara (GB)50——
Half Nelson (GB)140——
Maria's Joy (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 1 17% +0.00
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 9 1 11% −3.00
Class 3 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fontwell 6 0 0% −6.00
Huntingdon 4 0 0% −4.00
Plumpton 3 1 33% +3.00
Kempton 3 0 0% −3.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 9 0 0% −9.00
1m5f – 2m 5 1 20% +1.00
2m5f – 3m 4 0 0% −4.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sean Houlihan 14 0 0% −14.00
James Best 2 0 0% −2.00
Niall P Madden 2 1 50% +4.00
Niall Houlihan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 1 8% −7.00
Cheekpieces 5 0 0% −5.00
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 4 0 0% −4.00
2019 6 0 0% −6.00
2018 7 1 14% −1.00
2017 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 16 1 6% −10.00
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
2020 · 4 runs
28 Aug 20+190d Fontwell Watch Free Race Replays On attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Good · 12 ran 10/12 8 10-12 94115C84C Sean Houlihan 10/1
20 Feb 20+25d Huntingdon Betway Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Heavy · 18 ran 7/18 13 11-5 9677B87A Sean Houlihan 8/1
26 Jan 20+21d Fontwell Paul Humes Memorial Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 21.5f · Soft · 12 ran 3/12 1¼ 11-1 97151A110A Sean Houlihan 6/1
05 Jan 20+26d Plumpton Download The Free At The Races App Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Soft · 15 ran 5/15 1¼ 11-8 9993B99A Sean Houlihan 6/1
2019 · 6 runs
10 Dec 19+17d Fontwell Visit attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Soft · 16 ran 2/16 5 11-7 97175B113B Sean Houlihan 10/1
23 Nov 19+34d Huntingdon Gravitas Magazine Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 7 ran UR/7 — 9-10 97—— Niall Houlihan 6/1
20 Oct 19+18d Kempton Matchbook Betting Podcast Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 18f · Good · 9 ran 5/9 17 10-3 10055A76B Sean Houlihan 20/1
02 Oct 19+206d Huntingdon MansionBet Your Favourite Place To Bet Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 25f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 20 11-0 104114C82C Sean Houlihan 6/1
10 Mar 19+55d Warwick Newark Livestock Market Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 21f · Soft · 12 ran 9/12 5 11-1 107102C92C Sean Houlihan 5/1
14 Jan 19+19d Fontwell Butler & Co Racing Tax Specialists Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 5/12 nk 10-6 108138B102A Sean Houlihan 5/1
2018 · 7 runs
26 Dec 18+20d Huntingdon Fitzdares Cranberry Cup Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 14 ran 5/14 3¾ 11-7 110106B109A Sean Houlihan 8/1
06 Dec 18+43d Wincanton Hookey Ham Patrick Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 15.5f · Good · 12 ran 11/12 ¾ 10-6 115100A92A Sean Houlihan 9/1
24 Oct 18+192d Fontwell Rob It's On Alfresco Clarke Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8/11 1½ 10-11 117111A99A Sean Houlihan 14/1
15 Apr 18+29d Plumpton Premier League Betting At 188bet Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran F/13 — 11-4 117—— James Best 14/1
17 Mar 18+19d Kempton Matchbook Betting Exchange Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6/8 9 11-6 11723A99A James Best 20/1
26 Feb 18+16d Plumpton Howdens Insurance Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 1/10 11-2 —74A122A Niall P Madden 5/1
10 Feb 18+75d Newbury Read Paul Nicholls Exclusively At Betfair Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 10 ran 5/10 3½ 10-9 —68A104A Sean Houlihan 100/1
2017 · 2 runs
27 Nov 17+51d Kempton British Stallion Studs Ebf 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 14 10-12 —75C90C Niall P Madden 100/1
07 Oct 17 Fontwell Kit Walker-New Single Mr Wright Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 17.5f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 2 10-7 —107B101A Sean Houlihan 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Premier Celtic won?
The Premier Celtic (GB) won 1 of 19 archived starts between 2017 and 2020, a strike rate of 5.3%. Placed 3 times in total (15.8% of starts).
Who trained The Premier Celtic?
The Premier Celtic (GB) was trained by Pat Phelan on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 28 August 2020.
Who is The Premier Celtic's sire?
The Premier Celtic (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Maria Antonia (IRE), whose sire is King's Best.
What going does The Premier Celtic prefer?
The Premier Celtic (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is The Premier Celtic's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 94, from the run on 28 August 2020. The highest on record is 117.
What is The Premier Celtic's sire's record?
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,684 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
Who are The Premier Celtic's siblings?
Out of Maria Antonia (IRE), The Premier Celtic (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Leissieres Express (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Leissieres Express (GB)). The wins came over 2m–3m6½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2017. 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.