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Horse profile

True Grit (NZ)

6yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2010) · Last trainer Lucinda Russell · Last owner Thomas Barr
by Istidaad (USA) out of Damask (NZ) (Kohaylan)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Dec 2009
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Nov 2010 — 5,845 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2010 New yard Last raced off OR 117
KTB Profile

True Grit (NZ) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 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 111C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Fairyhouse, 10 Feb 2010 Official rating 117 at the last run, 4 Nov 2010

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 111C · median 111
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m2111C111—

Of 4 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 4 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
Istidaad (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 0% of 4 runs since Dec 2009 (1 horse). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Soft100%00 from 1
Soft100%00 from 1
Heavy200%00 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
2m1f – 2m4f100%00 from 1
2m5f – 3m300%00 from 3

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Dec 2009 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Damask (NZ) (Kohaylan)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Andrew J McNamara 2 0 0% −2.00
Campbell Gillies 1 0 0% −1.00
Patrick Mangan 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 3 0 0% −3.00
2009 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2010 · 3 runs
04 Nov 10+267d Towcester Agetur Uk 25th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-9 117— Campbell Gillies 33/1
10 Feb 10+6d Fairyhouse P2P Weekly In The Irish Racing Post On Wednesday Novice Chase 2m5f · Soft · 8 ran 7/8 19 11-10 —111C Andrew J McNamara 16/1
04 Feb 10+53d Clonmel Kilcash Chase 2m4f · Heavy · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-2 —— Patrick Mangan 16/1
2009 · 1 run
13 Dec 09 Cork O'connell Transport Cork Stayers Novice Hurdle (grade 3) 3m · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 7 11-0 —111A Andrew J McNamara 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has True Grit won?
True Grit (NZ) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2009 and 2010.
Who trained True Grit?
True Grit (NZ) was trained by Lucinda Russell on the most recent run on record, at Towcester on 4 November 2010.
Who is True Grit's sire?
True Grit (NZ) is by Istidaad (USA) out of Damask (NZ), whose sire is Kohaylan.
What is True Grit's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 117, from the run on 4 November 2010. That is also the highest on record.
What is True Grit's sire's record?
Istidaad (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 0% of 4 runs since Dec 2009 (1 horse), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.

Record shown from December 2009. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.