Horse profile
Thunder Ahead (GB)
5yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2023) · Last trainer Alan King · Last owner Maybe Only Fools Have Horses
by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Champagne Time (IRE) (Oasis Dream)
21 runs · 14 courses · from Mar 2021
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Jun 2023 — 1,215 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2023 · 8th of 8
2 wins · Doncaster & Wolverhampton (AW)
Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile
Thunder Ahead (GB) is 2 from 21. Hasn't won since Feb 2022. Last raced off 72, 39lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 21 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 39lb off peak
- 2–21Wins / Runs
- 9.5%Strike rate
- 5 (23.8%)Placed
- +3.00£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 1.18Fair A/E n=21 · 1.03 incl. margin
- 111Highest OR
- 42dAvg 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 rating72↓ 39lb off peak
72
72–111
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 93
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.
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 108A | 91 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 73B | 53 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 107A | 82 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 113C | 108 | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 100A | 90 | — |
| Good | 3 | 95B | 61 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 95B | 88 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 100A | 80.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,839 runs since Jan 2008 (1,593 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 107 | 16 | 15% | +3.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,694 | 452 | 12.2% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 4,828 | 507 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 2,405 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 2,718 | 253 | 9.3% | −2 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 821 | 69 | 8.4% | −2.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 7,265 | 912 | 12.6% | +1.3 | 1 from 9 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,063 | 277 | 13.4% | +2.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 10,679 | 1,249 | 11.7% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,986 | 545 | 10.9% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,461 | 234 | 9.5% | −1.8 | 1 from 11 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,088 | 108 | 9.9% | −1.4 | 1 from 8 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 472 | 41 | 8.7% | −2.6 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 86 | 7 | 8.1% | −3.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Champagne Time (IRE) (Oasis Dream)
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judicial Reward (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Stone Rulya (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 1 | 11% | −2.00 |
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | +13.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 10 | 1 | 10% | +7.00 |
| Class 5 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Warwick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 1 | 9% | −4.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 1 | 13% | +9.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Watson | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Cannon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jonathan Burke | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Luke Morris | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alexander Thorne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Quinlan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| David Bass | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 1 | 8% | +5.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 9 | 1 | 11% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +12.00 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 14 | 1 | 7% | −7.00 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 1 | 14% | +10.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 23+21d | Chester | Edinburgh Gin Rhubarb & Ginger Handicap | 8/8 | 53 | 9-6 | 72 | 15C | 66C | Cieren Fallon | 14/1 |
| 27 May 23+30d | Haydock | Betfred Supports Jack Berry House Florida Handicap | 7/7 | 1½ | 9-8 | 74 | 33A | 65A | Hollie Doyle | 12/1 |
| 27 Apr 23+24d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betsi Handicap | 4/8 | ¾ | 9-6 | 75 | 93A | 68A | Callum Hutchinson | 18/1 |
| 03 Apr 23+30d | Ludlow | Watch On Racingtv Handicap Hurdle | 7/7 | 4½ | 11-6 | 102 | 90A | 92A | Tom Cannon | 28/1 |
| 04 Mar 23+21d | Doncaster | Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Handicap Hurdle | 8/8 | nk | 11-0 | 106 | 61C | 86C | Alexander Thorne | 22/1 |
| 11 Feb 23+25d | Warwick | Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Handicap Hurdle | 9/10 | 26 | 11-5 | 110 | 51C | 89C | Tom Cannon | 50/1 |
| 17 Jan 23+30d | Southwell (AW) | Top Odds Every Day With BetUK Handicap | 8/9 | 7 | 9-4 | 77 | 82C | 59C | Tom Marquand | 14/1 |
| 18 Dec 22+75d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Scu Selects Expert Tips By BetUK Handicap | 2/7 | 1 | 9-4 | 75 | 108A | 79A | Cieren Fallon | 17/2 |
| 04 Oct 22+193d | Southwell (AW) | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap | 9/11 | ½ | 9-9 | 78 | 66C | 63C | P J McDonald | 18/1 |
| 25 Mar 22+43d | Musselburgh | Go North Grey Bomber Series Final (Handicap Hurdle) (GBB Race) | 7/9 | 2½ | 11-4 | 111 | 100A | 102A | Jonathan Burke | 8/1 |
| 10 Feb 22+18d | Doncaster | Virgin Bet Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/12 | 10-12 | — | 95B | 113A | Sean Quinlan | 16/1 | |
| 23 Jan 22+27d | Warwick | racingtv.com/freemonth Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/7 | 6 | 10-12 | — | 88B | 110B | Jonathan Burke | 28/1 |
| 27 Dec 21+66d | Wetherby | William Hill Plus Bet Club Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/7 | 3½ | 10-12 | — | 71A | 91B | David Bass | 11/4 |
| 22 Oct 21+11d | Newbury | Rob Storton Lir Winner Supported By BetVictor Handicap | 9/10 | 4 | 8-10 | 74 | 113C | 63C | Rob Hornby | 33/1 |
| 11 Oct 21+21d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Free Tips On attheraces.com Handicap | 1/9 | 9-6 | 74 | 91A | 85A | Jason Watson | 6/1 | |
| 20 Sep 21+44d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap | 4/8 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 76 | 88A | 71A | Rob Hornby | 6/1 |
| 07 Aug 21+32d | Lingfield (AW) | whichbookie.co.uk Free Racing Tips Maiden Stakes | 4/9 | 2½ | 9-4 | 77 | 107A | 68A | Luke Morris | 9/4 |
| 06 Jul 21+46d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap | 2/6 | 4½ | 9-9 | 77 | 100A | 83B | Jason Watson | 11/2 |
| 21 May 21+34d | Bath | Signs Express Maiden Stakes (Div 2) | 2/10 | 1¼ | 9-5 | — | 97A | 78A | Jason Watson | 11/1 |
| 17 Apr 21+43d | Nottingham | Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Maiden Stakes | 6/11 | 1¾ | 9-5 | — | 73B | 71A | Oisin Murphy | 14/1 |
| 05 Mar 21 | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Maiden Stakes | 4/12 | ½ | 8-7 | — | 71A | 68A | Luke Morris | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Thunder Ahead (GB) won?
- Thunder Ahead (GB) won 2 of 21 archived starts between 2021 and 2023, a strike rate of 9.5%. Placed 5 times in total (23.8% of starts).
- Who trained Thunder Ahead (GB)?
- Thunder Ahead (GB) was trained by Alan King on the most recent run on record, at Chester on 17 June 2023.
- Who is Thunder Ahead (GB)'s sire?
- Thunder Ahead (GB) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Champagne Time (IRE), whose sire is Oasis Dream.
- What going does Thunder Ahead (GB) prefer?
- Thunder Ahead (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Thunder Ahead (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 17 June 2023. The highest on record is 111.
- What is Thunder Ahead (GB)'s sire's record?
- Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,839 runs since Jan 2008 (1,593 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
- Who are Thunder Ahead (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Champagne Time (IRE), Thunder Ahead (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.