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Top Tug (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2019) · Last trainer Alan King · Last owner Elite Racing Club
by Halling (USA) out of Top Romance (IRE) (Entrepreneur)
37 runs · 16 courses · from Jul 2013
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Aug 2019 — 2,636 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2019 · 12th of 13 5 wins · 5 courses Last raced off OR 99
KTB Profile

Top Tug (IRE) is 5 from 37. Hasn't won since May 2017. Last raced off 99, 31lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 37 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 31lb off peak
Official rating99↓ 31lb off peak
99 81–130

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 95 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chester, 1 Sep 2018

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 →

Flat 15 figures · best 112A · median 95
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good to Firm7112A101—
Good599A94—
Standard (AW)1———
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f8107A89—
1m5f – 2m6112A95.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
Jumps 5 figures · best 123B · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good4123B106—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m4111A99—
2m5f – 3m1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 87A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newbury, 18 May 2019 Official rating 99 at the last flat run, 3 Aug 2019

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 135A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Taunton, 21 Feb 2017 Official rating 130 at the last jumps run, 18 Mar 2017

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 32 figures · best 105A · median 87
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good to Firm10101A89—
Good10100A83.5—
Good to Soft6105A98—
Standard (AW)489A87—
Soft294A83.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f20105A93—
1m5f – 2m795A79—
1m – 1m1f389A87—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
6f – 7f1———
Jumps 5 figures · best 135A · median 131
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good4135A130.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m4135A132.5—
2m5f – 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 37 figures from 37 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
Halling (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 6,095 runs since Jan 2008 (409 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 4.8% from 187.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm72811.1%+0.1—
Good to Firm1,15114612.7%+1.71 from 10
Good1,60617911.1%+0.11 from 14
Good to Soft7518311.1%+0.11 from 7
Soft7898911.3%+0.30 from 2
Heavy2562810.9%−0.1—
Standard (AW)1,4701369.3%−1.72 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3638.3%−2.7—
6f – 7f578488.3%−2.70 from 1
1m – 1m1f979939.5%−1.51 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f2,07924711.9%+0.92 from 20
1m5f – 2m1,59219612.3%+1.32 from 11
2m1f – 2m4f6146811.1%+0.10 from 1
2m5f – 3m18794.8%−6.20 from 1
Over 3m30516.7%+5.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Top Romance (IRE) (Entrepreneur)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Worth A King's (GB) (7 wins).

The wins came over 1m–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Worth A King's (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Worth A King's (GB)5371m–2m4½fClass 4
Top Diktat (GB)4871m–1m3fClass 4
Percy's Romance (GB)80——
Protect (GB)40——
Top Tigress (GB)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 14 1 7% −12.33
Good to Firm 10 1 10% −5.67
Good to Soft 7 1 14% −2.00
Standard (AW) 4 2 50% +5.91
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 26 2 8% −13.67
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 3 1 33% −1.33
Class 3 3 1 33% +2.00
Class 6 1 1 100% +0.91
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newmarket 6 1 17% −1.00
York 6 0 0% −6.00
Goodwood 5 1 20% −0.67
Ascot 4 0 0% −4.00
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton 2 1 50% −0.33
Kempton (AW) 2 1 50% −0.09
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 1 100% +7.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 20 2 10% −7.00
1m5f – 2m 11 2 18% −5.00
1m – 1m1f 3 1 33% −1.09
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ryan Moore 8 1 13% −6.09
Wayne Hutchinson 5 1 20% −3.33
Martin Harley 4 0 0% −4.00
Andrea Atzeni 3 1 33% +1.33
Adam Kirby 3 1 33% +5.00
Martin Dwyer 2 0 0% −2.00
Fergus Sweeney 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Marquand 1 0 0% −1.00
Nicola Currie 1 0 0% −1.00
J F Egan 1 0 0% −1.00
Graham Lee 1 0 0% −1.00
Pat Smullen 1 0 0% −1.00
Jamie Spencer 1 0 0% −1.00
Frankie Dettori 1 0 0% −1.00
Ted Durcan 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Kelly 1 1 100% +4.00
Kieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 36 5 14% −15.09
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 3 0 0% −3.00
2018 6 0 0% −6.00
2017 9 1 11% −4.67
2016 7 2 29% +2.67
2015 6 0 0% −6.00
2014 3 1 33% +2.00
2013 3 1 33% −1.09

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 32 4 13% −12.76
Hurdle 5 1 20% −3.33

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
03 Aug 19+43d Goodwood Qatar Summer Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 12/13 40 9-1 9967C73C Ryan Moore 12/1
21 Jun 19+34d Ascot Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 · 12f · Good · 19 ran 14/19 nk 9-5 10194C73A Tom Marquand 20/1
18 May 19+217d Newbury Al Rayyan Stakes (Registered As The Aston Park Stakes) (Group 3) Class 1 · 12f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 shd 9-0 10184A87A Andrea Atzeni 40/1
13 Oct 18+42d Newmarket Dubai 500,000 Cesarewitch Stakes (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 18f · Good To Firm · 33 ran 10/33 1¼ 9-4 102101C84A Nicola Currie 66/1
01 Sep 18+29d Chester Foxy Bingo Fast And Fabulous Chester Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 14.5f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 1¼ 9-3 10395A89B J F Egan 14/1
03 Aug 18+34d Goodwood Bombay Sapphire Glorious Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 12f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 6/7 5 9-1 10481A76A Martin Harley 20/1
30 Jun 18+8d Newcastle (AW) Stobart Rail & Civils Northumberland Plate Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 16.5f · Standard To Slow · 20 ran 15/20 2½ 9-7 10596C79C Graham Lee 20/1
22 Jun 18+27d Ascot Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 · 12f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 5/17 nk 9-10 105106C97A Martin Harley 8/1
26 May 18+196d Goodwood Netbet Boost Classic Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 1 9-7 10599A95A Andrea Atzeni 7/2F
11 Nov 17+12d Doncaster Betfred November Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Soft · 23 ran 12/23 nk 9-10 10678C94A Martin Dwyer 12/1
30 Oct 17+65d Leicester Sir Gordon Richards Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 2/9 1½ 9-10 105107A100A Martin Dwyer 6/1
26 Aug 17+64d York Betfred Ebor Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Good · 19 ran 14/19 11 9-7 10585C75C Martin Harley 12/1
23 Jun 17+27d Ascot Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 · 12f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 4/19 nk 9-10 105103C96A Pat Smullen 8/1
27 May 17+20d Goodwood Gentleman's Measure In Memory Of Phil Wiggins Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 1/11 9-4 100112A94A Andrea Atzeni 10/3F
07 May 17+50d Newmarket Qatar Racing Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 2/12 2½ 9-7 9869A101A Adam Kirby 25/1
18 Mar 17+25d Kempton Better Odds With Matchbook Silver Plate Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 21f · Good · 19 ran 11/19 2 11-7 130123B114A Wayne Hutchinson 10/1
21 Feb 17+40d Taunton Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 3/10 4 11-5 130111A135A Wayne Hutchinson 3/1F
12 Jan 17+39d Catterick Watch On 3 Devices Racinguk.com/Anywhere Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 13 ran 2/13 9 11-12 13095B127A Wayne Hutchinson 5/2
04 Dec 16+27d Huntingdon Betfred 'follow Us On Twitter' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 3/16 9 11-5 —97B131A Wayne Hutchinson 13/8F
07 Nov 16+79d Kempton Betvictor Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 10-12 —101A134A Wayne Hutchinson 4/6F
20 Aug 16+43d York Betfred Ebor Heritage Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Good · 20 ran 12/20 2¾ 9-2 99—73C Fergus Sweeney 11/1
08 Jul 16+21d York Groceryaid Chairman's Charity Cup Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good · 9 ran 3/9 ½ 10-0 99—100A Martin Harley 11/2
17 Jun 16+35d Ascot Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 · 12f · Good To Soft · 19 ran 7/19 4 9-5 100—87A Fergus Sweeney 16/1
13 May 16+34d York Betway Jorvik Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 3/10 2 9-1 99—94A Adam Kirby 11/2
09 Apr 16+166d Lingfield (AW) Lynn Kellier 50th Birthday Celebrations Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 9-3 95—87A Adam Kirby 7/1
26 Oct 15+37d Leicester Sir Gordon Richards Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 3¼ 9-9 96—73C Ryan Moore 2/1
19 Sep 15+29d Newbury Dubai Duty Free Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 4/17 1 9-2 96—105A Jamie Spencer 5/1F
21 Aug 15+24d York Sky Bet First Race Special Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 3/17 2 9-7 92—98A Frankie Dettori 13/2
28 Jul 15+74d Goodwood Sky Bet First Race Special Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 · 10f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 5/16 1 8-6 92—84A Ted Durcan 9/1
15 May 15+13d York Betway Jorvik Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 · 12f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 6/13 2¼ 9-2 93—82A Ryan Moore 4/1J
02 May 15+203d Newmarket Makfi Suffolk Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 · 9f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 7/10 ½ 8-9 94—70A Ryan Moore 9/2F
11 Oct 14+134d Newmarket Betfred TV Stakes (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 12f · Good · 24 ran 7/24 ½ 8-10 94—92A Ryan Moore 10/1
30 May 14+43d Newmarket Lloyds Bank Commercial Supporting Your Business Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 8-10 84—98A Shane Kelly 4/1
17 Apr 14+197d Newmarket newmarketracecourses.co.uk Handicap (BOBIS Race) Class 3 · 10f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 2¾ 9-2 85—76A Ryan Moore 5/1
02 Oct 13+34d Kempton (AW) 200 Free Bets At Betdaq Nursery Class 3 · 8f · Standard · 6 ran 2/6 ½ 8-10 81—87B Ryan Moore 7/4J
29 Aug 13+29d Kempton (AW) Ladies Day With Toby Anstis 07.09.13 Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 1/11 9-5 ——89A Ryan Moore 10/11F
31 Jul 13 Sandown British Stallion Studs E.b.f. Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 2¼ 9-5 ——80A Kieren Fallon 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Top Tug (IRE) won?
Top Tug (IRE) won 5 of 37 archived starts between 2013 and 2019, a strike rate of 13.5%. Placed 18 times in total (48.6% of starts).
Who trained Top Tug (IRE)?
Top Tug (IRE) was trained by Alan King on the most recent run on record, at Goodwood on 3 August 2019.
Who is Top Tug (IRE)'s sire?
Top Tug (IRE) is by Halling (USA) out of Top Romance (IRE), whose sire is Entrepreneur.
What going does Top Tug (IRE) prefer?
Top Tug (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Top Tug (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 3 August 2019. The highest on record is 130.
What is Top Tug (IRE)'s sire's record?
Halling (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 6,095 runs since Jan 2008 (409 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 4.8% from 187.
Who are Top Tug (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Top Romance (IRE), Top Tug (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Worth A King's (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Worth A King's (GB)). The wins came over 1m–2m4½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2013. 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.