Horse profile
The Wire Flyer (GB)
10yo gelding (at last run, May 2025) · Last trainer Alison Thorpe · Last owner Aled Evans Tommy Williams
44 runs · 18 courses · from Dec 2017
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 May 2025 — 524 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2025 · 4th of 6
2 wins · Ffos Las
Last raced off OR 81
KTB Profile
The Wire Flyer won two of 44 starts, both at Class 5 level in handicaps at Ffos Las. He gained his latest success in the Remembering Tommy Williams Handicap Hurdle over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground in May 2025 when carrying an official rating of 70. The gelding, who was aged 10 at his last run in May 2025, finished fourth of six in the Adept GRP Cabinets Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle at the same track later that month off a mark of 81. He was usually held up.
Based on 44 archived runs · run-style from 8 commented runs since Jan 2025 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
All wins on turf
All wins at Class 5
OR ↓ 31lb off peak
- 2–44Wins / Runs
- 4.5%Strike rate
- 8 (18.2%)Placed
- +27.50£1 level staken=44 at SP
- 0.82Fair A/E n=44 · 0.69 incl. margin
- 112Highest OR
- 63dAvg 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.
Official rating81↓ 31lb off peak
81
43–112
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
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 →
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 115B | 95.5 | — |
| Soft | 8 | 138A | 73 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 89C | 66 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 118B | 47 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 115B | 67 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 138A | 86.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 114B | 91 | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 99B | 71 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 71A | 43 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 84B | 39.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 99B | 76 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 44 runs looked at, 12 have no figure: did not complete (6) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (5) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 32 figures from 44 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 from 8 analysed runs since Jan 2025
- Held up 5 (63%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 3 (38%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,122 runs since Jan 2008 (521 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 7.9% from 391. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 387.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 53 | 13 | 24.5% | +13 | — |
| Good to Firm | 838 | 120 | 14.3% | +2.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 1,842 | 195 | 10.6% | −0.9 | 1 from 12 |
| Good to Soft | 1,084 | 117 | 10.8% | −0.7 | 0 from 6 |
| Soft | 1,152 | 116 | 10.1% | −1.4 | 0 from 11 |
| Heavy | 391 | 31 | 7.9% | −3.6 | 1 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,762 | 224 | 12.7% | +1.2 | 0 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | −2.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 387 | 29 | 7.5% | −4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 882 | 92 | 10.4% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,996 | 262 | 13.1% | +1.6 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,037 | 238 | 11.7% | +0.2 | 1 from 15 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,068 | 121 | 11.3% | −0.2 | 1 from 20 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 600 | 58 | 9.7% | −1.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 141 | 15 | 10.6% | −0.9 | — |
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
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 12 | 1 | 8% | +55.00 |
| Soft | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 26 | 2 | 8% | +45.50 |
| Class 4 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Class 6 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ffos Las | 13 | 2 | 15% | +58.50 |
| Chepstow | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Plumpton | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fontwell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Exeter | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hereford | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Worcester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 20 | 1 | 5% | +47.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 15 | 1 | 7% | −10.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Price | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Robert Dunne | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Elizabeth Gale | 4 | 1 | 25% | +63.00 |
| Isabel Williams | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| Shane Fenelon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Luca Morgan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kieren Fox | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lewis Saunders | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brendan Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ellis Collier | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Best | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| George Rooke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Ffrench Davis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Ring | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fergus Gregory | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Connor Brace | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Jones | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Brennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Kirrane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Harley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 17 | 1 | 6% | −12.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 16 | 0 | 0% | −16.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 9 | 1 | 11% | +58.00 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +59.00 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.50 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 35 | 2 | 6% | +36.50 |
| Flat | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 May 25+9d | Ffos Las | Adept GRP Cabinets Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Settled around midfield early - dropped towards the back after four out - asked for effort into the home turn but found nothing finished fourth | 4/6 | 4½ | 10-1 | 81 | 115B | 88B | Elizabeth Gale | 28/1 |
| 13 May 25+7d | Worcester | Worcester Racecourse Ladies Day 7th June Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Held up at the back - made no impression - well beaten in 6th | 6/8 | 30 | 10-0 | 70 | 96C | 66C | Elizabeth Gale | 14/1 |
| 06 May 25+19d | Ffos Las | Remembering Tommy Williams Handicap Hurdle Held up towards rear early - improved out wide after three out - moved into second out wide two out - pushed along between last two flights - hit front at the last and drew away for the win | 1/11 | 9-9 | 70 | 92B | 89A | Elizabeth Gale | 66/1 | |
| 17 Apr 25+7d | Ffos Las | Remembering Noel Gaskin Handicap Hurdle Held up in the middle order on the rail - blundered at the 5th and lost ground before the 3rd last - already well adrift when passed by the field | 8/9 | 17 | 9-9 | 70 | 89C | 62C | Elizabeth Gale | 66/1 |
| 10 Apr 25+41d | Newton Abbot | Welcome Back To Newton Abbot Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Settled at back of field - error at 5th before pushed along from 5 out - stayed on late but never able to challenge in front | 5/7 | 6½ | 9-13 | 70 | 91B | 73B | Lewis Saunders | 33/1 |
| 28 Feb 25+14d | Ffos Las | Best Odds Guaranteed At DragonBet Handicap Hurdle Held up at the back - driven approaching 4 out and dropped away badly - eased and retired before 2 out | PU/8 | — | 9-11 | 70 | — | — | Shane Fenelon | 33/1 |
| 14 Feb 25+15d | Fakenham | Saint Valentine Selling Handicap Hurdle Settled at back early with an uneven pace - urged forward approaching 2 out - lost ground before last - rallied on the run-in to grab 4th close home | 4/10 | 1¾ | 9-11 | 68 | 101A | 85A | Shane Fenelon | 125/1 |
| 30 Jan 25+260d | Wincanton | Experience Irish Racing With ITM Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - crept into contention after the 4th but lost touch three out - eased and pulled up before the second last | PU/15 | — | 10-2 | 69 | — | — | Brendan Powell | 150/1 |
| 2024 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 15 May 24+443d | Ffos Las | AK Bets Watch All UK Racing Handicap Hurdle | PU/15 | — | 10-2 | 71 | — | — | Robert Dunne | 125/1 |
| 2023 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Feb 23+30d | Plumpton | Stonegate Homes Supporting Jamie's Farm Handicap Hurdle | PU/10 | — | 10-11 | 75 | — | — | Robert Dunne | 50/1 |
| 28 Jan 23+37d | Uttoxeter | Cazoo Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Handicap Hurdle | 7/10 | ½ | 9-13 | 77 | 72A | 79A | Ellis Collier | 40/1 |
| 2022 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Dec 22+34d | Ffos Las | Nadolig Llawen From dragonbet.co.uk Handicap Hurdle | PU/14 | — | 10-8 | 78 | — | — | James Best | 22/1 |
| 18 Nov 22+191d | Chepstow | Watkins And Gunn Solicitors Handicap Hurdle | PU/9 | — | 10-2 | 78 | — | — | Robert Dunne | 66/1 |
| 11 May 22+13d | Worcester | At The Races App Form Study Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 11/16 | ½ | 10-7 | 79 | 49C | 79C | Charlie Price | 16/1 |
| 28 Apr 22+36d | Chepstow | Cazoo Search Drive And Smile Handicap | 6/9 | 7 | 8-4 | 45 | 71A | 44A | George Rooke | 18/1 |
| 23 Mar 22+27d | Ffos Las | Cazoo Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | UR/8 | — | 9-11 | 79 | — | — | Ben Ffrench Davis | 10/1 |
| 24 Feb 22+24d | Huntingdon | Bet At Racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle | 5/5 | 3 | 9-11 | 81 | 72C | 74C | Charlie Price | 10/1 |
| 31 Jan 22+14d | Plumpton | Strong Flavours Catering Handicap Hurdle | 9/13 | 8½ | 10-11 | 86 | — | 71C | Isabel Williams | 6/1 |
| 17 Jan 22+22d | Chepstow | Cazoo Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) | 6/10 | 7½ | 10-10 | 89 | 79C | 81A | Isabel Williams | 9/2 |
| 2021 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 21+23d | Fontwell | Free Replays On attheraces.com Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 6/9 | 3¾ | 11-6 | 92 | 40B | 96A | Conor Ring | 14/1 |
| 03 Dec 21+212d | Exeter | betting.bet Pony Racing Authority Graduates Handicap Hurdle (Conditional Jockeys and Amateur Riders) | 8/12 | 9½ | 11-8 | 95 | 60A | 87A | Fergus Gregory | 14/1 |
| 05 May 21+24d | Fontwell | Visit attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap Hurdle | 5/16 | 3 | 11-3 | 96 | 114B | 107A | Charlie Price | 7/2F |
| 11 Apr 21+18d | Plumpton | attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle | 2/9 | 14 | 11-7 | 98 | 95A | 109A | Charlie Price | 12/1 |
| 24 Mar 21+14d | Hereford | Central Roofing Novices' Handicap Hurdle | BD/14 | — | 11-7 | 100 | — | — | Charlie Price | 12/1 |
| 10 Mar 21+34d | Fontwell | MansionBet Cheltmas Countdown Handicap Hurdle | 3/11 | 8½ | 11-7 | 100 | 74A | 99A | Isabel Williams | 3/1F |
| 04 Feb 21+16d | Ffos Las | Download The Star Sports App Now! Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 1/12 | 11-5 | 89 | 118B | 130A | Isabel Williams | 7/2 | |
| 19 Jan 21+33d | Exeter | Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle | 3/12 | 1½ | 10-12 | 92 | 45A | 103A | Charlie Price | 9/1 |
| 2020 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Dec 20+18d | Hereford | Expect More From RE Recruitment Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 10/12 | 2½ | 10-13 | 96 | — | 89C | Connor Brace | 28/1 |
| 29 Nov 20+21d | Ffos Las | Free Daily Tips At tipstersempire.co.uk Handicap Hurdle | 6/14 | ¾ | 11-3 | 98 | 72C | 87C | Luca Morgan | 9/2J |
| 08 Nov 20+247d | Ffos Las | Walters Training Series Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 3/9 | 3 | 11-10 | 100 | — | 120A | Luca Morgan | 14/1 |
| 06 Mar 20+36d | Ffos Las | Milford Waterfront Handicap Hurdle | 6/8 | 1¾ | 11-6 | 104 | 47C | 97C | Robert Dunne | 14/1 |
| 30 Jan 20+14d | Ffos Las | Best Western Diplomat Hotel & Spa Handicap Hurdle | 4/12 | 27 | 11-10 | 107 | 111C | 104C | Robert Dunne | 25/1 |
| 16 Jan 20+50d | Ludlow | C.B.Security Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) | 6/12 | 1½ | 10-13 | 112 | 69A | 96A | Ben Jones | 12/1 |
| 2019 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Nov 19+17d | Hereford | Kerry Lee Trains In Herefordshire Novices' Hurdle | 10/15 | 11 | 10-12 | — | — | 98C | Paddy Brennan | 10/1 |
| 10 Nov 19+31d | Ffos Las | Burns Pet Nutrition Novices' Hurdle | 2/9 | 1¼ | 10-7 | — | 138A | 119A | Charlie Price | 50/1 |
| 10 Oct 19+56d | Exeter | Watch On RacingTV Novices' Hurdle | 5/8 | 13 | 10-12 | — | 56A | 88A | Tom O'Brien | 100/1 |
| 15 Aug 19+34d | Lingfield (AW) | Sky Sports Racing On Sky 415 Handicap | 8/9 | 1½ | 8-11 | 45 | 76C | 42C | Kieren Fox | 16/1 |
| 12 Jul 19+63d | Chepstow | ITS Apprentice Training Handicap | 4/9 | hd | 8-12 | 45 | 36A | 58A | Sean Kirrane | 10/1 |
| 10 May 19+20d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Ebc Group 30th Anniversary Handicap | 3/13 | 3½ | 8-7 | 45 | 99B | 60A | Kieren Fox | 40/1 |
| 20 Apr 19+17d | Nottingham | Darren's 50th Birthday Celebration Classified Stakes | 11/12 | 18 | 9-0 | 43 | 43C | 51C | Tom Queally | 16/1 |
| 03 Apr 19+19d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red On The App Store Classified Stakes (Div 2) | 8/13 | 2¼ | 9-0 | 43 | 84B | 55A | Daniel Muscutt | 33/1 |
| 15 Mar 19+422d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Bet totetrifecta At totesport.com Novice Stakes | 6/9 | 5 | 10-0 | — | 64A | 53A | Daniel Muscutt | 100/1 |
| 2018 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 17 Jan 18+30d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Maiden Auction Stakes | 7/7 | 1½ | 9-4 | — | 30C | 58C | Martin Harley | 66/1 |
| 2017 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 18 Dec 17 | Wolverhampton (AW) | 32red.com Ebf Novice Median Auction Stakes | 12/12 | 11 | 9-2 | — | 66C | 43C | Kieran Shoemark | 100/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Wire Flyer won?
- The Wire Flyer (GB) won 2 of 44 archived starts between 2017 and 2025, a strike rate of 4.5%. Placed 8 times in total (18.2% of starts).
- Who trained The Wire Flyer?
- The Wire Flyer (GB) was trained by Alison Thorpe on the most recent run on record, at Ffos Las on 22 May 2025.
- Who is The Wire Flyer's sire?
- The Wire Flyer (GB) is by Champs Elysees (GB) out of Good Morning Star (IRE), whose sire is Shirocco.
- What going does The Wire Flyer prefer?
- The Wire Flyer (GB) has the best record on heavy 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 Wire Flyer's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 81, from the run on 22 May 2025. The highest on record is 112.
- What is The Wire Flyer's sire's record?
- Champs Elysees (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,122 runs since Jan 2008 (521 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 7.9% from 391. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 387.