The Road Ahead (GB)
The Road Ahead (GB) is 5 from 22. Hasn't won since Apr 2017. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 7 on softer).
- 5–22Wins / Runs
- 22.7%Strike rate
- 11 (50%)Placed
- +33.00£1 level staken=22 at SP
- 1.36Fair A/E n=22 · 1.18 incl. margin
- 121Highest OR
- 81dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 115
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 115A | 106 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 115A | 106 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 1,125 runs since Jan 2008 (142 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 109. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.1% from 264. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.7% from 322.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 3 | 60% | +51.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 75 | 5 | 6.7% | −1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 394 | 39 | 9.9% | +1.3 | 5 from 14 |
| Good to Soft | 256 | 24 | 9.4% | +0.8 | 0 from 6 |
| Soft | 242 | 19 | 7.9% | −0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 109 | 5 | 4.6% | −4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 44 | 2 | 4.5% | −4.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −8.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 25 | 1 | 4% | −4.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 28 | 2 | 7.1% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 47 | 3 | 6.4% | −2.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 322 | 12 | 3.7% | −4.9 | 1 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 355 | 37 | 10.4% | +1.8 | 1 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 264 | 32 | 12.1% | +3.5 | 3 from 8 |
| Over 3m | 80 | 10 | 12.5% | +3.9 | 0 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
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Cruising Bye (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m5f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Grape Tree Flame (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruising Bye (GB) | 55 | 5 | 2m5f–3m | Class 4 |
| Grape Tree Flame (GB) | 24 | 4 | 2m6f–3m1f | Class 3 |
| Don't Hang About (GB) | 14 | 1 | 3m | Class 6 |
| Over The Clouds (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 14 | 5 | 36% | +41.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +32.50 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Class 6 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aintree | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 3 | 2 | 67% | +7.50 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 2 | 1 | 50% | +32.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Stratford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 3 | 38% | +34.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Bowen | 6 | 2 | 33% | +2.50 |
| Tom O'Brien | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.50 |
| Donal Devereux | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Conor Shoemark | 2 | 1 | 50% | +32.00 |
| Nick Slatter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Scudamore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nick Scholfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| A P McCoy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 13 | 2 | 15% | +27.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 3 | 43% | +7.50 |
| Hood + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +32.00 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.50 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.50 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 18 | 4 | 22% | +30.50 |
| NH Flat | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has The Road Ahead won?
- The Road Ahead (GB) won 5 of 22 archived starts between 2012 and 2017, a strike rate of 22.7%. Placed 11 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained The Road Ahead?
- The Road Ahead (GB) was trained by Gary Hanmer on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 19 May 2017.
- Who is The Road Ahead's sire?
- The Road Ahead (GB) is by Grape Tree Road (GB) out of Althrey Flame (IRE), whose sire is Torus.
- What going does The Road Ahead prefer?
- The Road Ahead (GB) has the best record on good going: 5 wins from 14 starts (35.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Road Ahead's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 120, from the run on 19 May 2017. The highest on record is 121.
- What is The Road Ahead's sire's record?
- Grape Tree Road (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 1,125 runs since Jan 2008 (142 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 109. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.1% from 264. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.7% from 322.
- Who are The Road Ahead's siblings?
- Out of Althrey Flame (IRE), The Road Ahead (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Cruising Bye (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Grape Tree Flame (GB)). The wins came over 2m5f–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.