Top Notch (FR)
Top Notch (FR) is 16 from 33, including a Grade 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Betfred TV Scilly Isles Novices' Chase at Sandown (Feb 2017). Hasn't won since Dec 2019. 3 of 5 starts at Ascot have ended in wins. 15 of 29 starts with soft in the ground have ended in wins — 1 from 4 on quicker. Last raced off 154, 10lb below the career-high mark.
- 16–33Wins / Runs
- 48.5%Strike rate
- 21 (63.6%)Placed
- +6.28£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 1.36Fair A/E n=32 · 1.31 incl. margin
- 164Highest OR
- 80dAvg 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 109
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 136C | 115 | — |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 125C | 89 | — |
| Good | 3 | 116C | 92 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 10 | 136C | 112.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 133B | 93 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 22 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 22 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 15.6% of 4,224 runs since Jan 2008 (417 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.8% from 234. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19% from 691. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.1% from 196.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −15.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 77 | 11 | 14.3% | −1.3 | — |
| Good | 567 | 86 | 15.2% | −0.4 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 465 | 69 | 14.8% | −0.8 | 6 from 11 |
| Soft | 1,922 | 328 | 17.1% | +1.5 | 7 from 15 |
| Heavy | 948 | 143 | 15.1% | −0.5 | 2 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 234 | 16 | 6.8% | −8.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 84 | 3 | 3.6% | −12 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 196 | 12 | 6.1% | −9.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 371 | 43 | 11.6% | −4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 691 | 131 | 19% | +3.4 | 6 from 10 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,963 | 337 | 17.2% | +1.6 | 6 from 15 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 724 | 110 | 15.2% | −0.4 | 4 from 7 |
| Over 3m | 183 | 19 | 10.4% | −5.2 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Never Forget (FR) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m1f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Never Forget (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never Forget (FR) | 13 | 4 | 1m2½f–1m4f | Group 2 |
| Code Rouge (FR) | 3 | 2 | 1m1f–2m1f | — |
| Soupcon (FR) | 6 | 1 | 1m2½f | — |
| Holy Virgin (FR) | 5 | 1 | 1m7f | — |
| Sadko (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| She Hates Me (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bluetop (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 15 | 7 | 47% | −1.04 |
| Good to Soft | 11 | 6 | 55% | +2.76 |
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.50 |
| Heavy | 3 | 2 | 67% | +6.06 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 20 | 6 | 30% | −4.13 |
| Class 2 | 6 | 4 | 67% | +1.31 |
| Class 3 | 5 | 4 | 80% | +1.20 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Aintree | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 5 | 3 | 60% | +1.60 |
| Kempton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Sandown | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.55 |
| Haydock | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.85 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Taunton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.40 |
| Warwick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.12 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.36 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Enghien (FR) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Bordeaux Le Bouscat | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.70 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 15 | 6 | 40% | −0.11 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 6 | 60% | +5.85 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 4 | 57% | +1.54 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryl Jacob | 23 | 10 | 43% | −3.80 |
| Luca Morgan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Nico de Boinville | 2 | 2 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Barry Geraghty | 2 | 2 | 100% | +1.68 |
| Arnaud Duchene | 2 | 2 | 100% | +7.90 |
| James Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Bass | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 29 | 15 | 52% | +7.40 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +3.38 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.20 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +2.69 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 | 57% | −1.32 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 40% | −2.55 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 100% | +9.28 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 18 | 9 | 50% | +2.19 |
| Hurdle | 15 | 7 | 47% | +4.09 |
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 Top Notch (FR) won?
- Top Notch (FR) won 16 of 33 archived starts between 2014 and 2021, a strike rate of 48.5%. Placed 21 times in total (63.6% of starts).
- Who trained Top Notch (FR)?
- Top Notch (FR) was trained by Nicky Henderson on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 10 April 2021.
- Who is Top Notch (FR)'s sire?
- Top Notch (FR) is by Poliglote (GB) out of Topira (FR), whose sire is Pistolet Bleu.
- What going does Top Notch (FR) prefer?
- Top Notch (FR) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Top Notch (FR)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 154, from the run on 10 April 2021. The highest on record is 164.
- What is Top Notch (FR)'s sire's record?
- Poliglote (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.6% of 4,224 runs since Jan 2008 (417 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.8% from 234. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19% from 691. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.1% from 196.
- Who are Top Notch (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Topira (FR), Top Notch (FR) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Never Forget (FR) (4). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Never Forget (FR)). The wins came over 1m1f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.