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Horse profile

Top Award (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, May 2006) · Last trainer James Fanshawe · Last owner Nigel Carolyn Elwes
by Mark of Esteem (IRE) out of First Fantasy (GB) (Be My Chief)
2 runs · 2 courses · from May 2006
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 May 2006 — 7,460 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2006 · 9th of 12
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts, both in May 2006, the last of them as a 3yo gelding. Finished 9 of 12 at Newmarket last time. By Mark of Esteem (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 2,657 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 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 42C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Newmarket, 26 May 2006

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 →

Flat 2 figures · best 42C · median 41
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f242C41—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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
Mark of Esteem (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 2,657 runs since Jan 2008 (199 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 11.7% from 128.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2727.4%−1.1—
Good to Firm488428.6%+0.10 from 1
Good653548.3%−0.2—
Good to Soft288248.3%−0.2—
Soft343236.7%−1.80 from 1
Heavy1281511.7%+3.2—
Standard (AW)730669%+0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f163116.7%−1.8—
6f – 7f519417.9%−0.6—
1m – 1m1f621518.2%−0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f5075310.5%+20 from 2
1m5f – 2m409266.4%−2.1—
2m1f – 2m4f290289.7%+1.2—
2m5f – 3m124129.7%+1.2—
Over 3m24416.7%+8.2—

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
First Fantasy (GB) (Be My Chief)

8 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them First Fandango (GB) (7 wins).

The wins came over 1m–3m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (First Fandango (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
First Fandango (GB)5071m3½f–3m½fClass 2
Nicene Creed (GB)3042m–2m3½fClass 4
Notnowsam (GB)2821m7½f–2mClass 4
Sitwell (GB)1721m4fClass 5
Infatuate (GB)611mClass 5
Minister Of Mayhem (GB)150——
Maid Of Kent (GB)50——
Wijaya (GB)20——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2006 · 2 runs
26 May 06+11d Newmarket Peter Webb Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Soft · 12 ran 9/12 28 9-3 42C Oscar Urbina 100/1
15 May 06 Windsor Play Blackjack At Vccasino.Com Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 15/17 2 9-3 40C Jamie Spencer 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Top Award won?
Top Award (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2006.
Who trained Top Award?
Top Award (GB) was trained by James Fanshawe on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 26 May 2006.
Who is Top Award's sire?
Top Award (GB) is by Mark of Esteem (IRE) out of First Fantasy (GB), whose sire is Be My Chief.
What is Top Award's sire's record?
Mark of Esteem (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 2,657 runs since Jan 2008 (199 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 11.7% from 128.
Who are Top Award's siblings?
Out of First Fantasy (GB), Top Award (GB) has 8 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: First Fandango (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 2 (First Fandango (GB)). The wins came over 1m–3m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2006. 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.