Horse profile
Unassuming (FR)
by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Unpretentious (GB) (Invincible Spirit)
24 runs · 9 courses · from Jun 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · 4 courses
Off 122 days · 17th of 24
Last raced off OR 86
KTB Profile
Unassuming (FR) has five wins from 24 starts, all over 1m – 1m1f. She won three handicaps in Class 4 on turf and all-weather in the summer of 2025, having earlier taken two Class 6 and Class 5 events at Southwell (AW) in Sep 2024 off an official rating of 63. The mare, by Lope De Vega out of an Invincible Spirit mare, was held up when finishing 17 of 24 in the Kensington Palace Stakes at Ascot in Jun 2026. She last ran off an official rating of 86.
Based on 24 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
- 5–24Wins / Runs
- 20.8%Strike rate
- 8 (33.3%)Placed
- +1.44£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 1.24Fair A/E n=24 · 1.04 incl. margin
- 91Highest OR
- 47dAvg 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 rating86↓ 5lb off peak
86
63–91
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 94
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 115A | 97 | 9 · 115 / 92 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 119B | 79 | 1 · — |
| Good | 2 | 107A | 88 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 18 | 119B | 95 | 8 · 115 / 90 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 106A | 75.5 | 1 · — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 113A | 105.5 | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 24 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 from 7 analysed runs
- Held up 5 (71%) · 1 win
- Midfield 2 (29%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,136 runs since Jan 2008 (1,098 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 953.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | +8.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,559 | 238 | 15.3% | +1.5 | 1 from 3 |
| Good | 2,750 | 383 | 13.9% | +0.1 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,550 | 183 | 11.8% | −2 | — |
| Soft | 1,865 | 252 | 13.5% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 708 | 83 | 11.7% | −2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,684 | 531 | 14.4% | +0.6 | 3 from 17 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 475 | 71 | 14.9% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,588 | 510 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,574 | 514 | 14.4% | +0.6 | 5 from 18 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,268 | 466 | 14.3% | +0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 953 | 89 | 9.3% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 245 | 24 | 9.8% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −10.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Unpretentious (GB) (Invincible Spirit)
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Bacchanalian (GB) (3 wins).
The wins came over 1m–2m; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Bacchanalian (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacchanalian (GB) | 10 | 3 | 1m7½f–2m | Grade 3 |
| Primal (GB) | 6 | 1 | 1m | Class 3 |
| Bun Bang Fai (GB) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 3 | 18% | −4.56 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +13.50 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.56 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Southwell (AW) | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.94 |
| Ascot | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 18 | 5 | 28% | +7.44 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Loughnane | 8 | 2 | 25% | −0.56 |
| Jack Callan | 6 | 2 | 33% | +6.50 |
| Callum Shepherd | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Zac Lloyd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pat Cosgrave | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mikey Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 20 | 5 | 25% | +5.44 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 27% | +7.50 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +0.94 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 26+75d | Ascot | Kensington Palace Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Handicap) (Str) Drifted right at the off - settled mid-pack - travelled towards the far rail - pressed for effort with 2f left - among the pursuers behind the front-runner turning in - stayed on at one speed to finish 17th | 17/24 | 1¾ | 8-7 | 86 | 78C | 74A | Zac Lloyd | 25/1 |
| 03 Apr 26+14d | Lingfield (AW) | BetMGM All-Weather Vase Mile Handicap Held up in rear - never a threat - finished ninth beaten just over four lengths | 9/12 | nk | 9-1 | 87 | 88A | 74A | Jack Callan | 8/1 |
| 20 Mar 26+28d | Wolverhampton (AW) | SBK: Dont Settle For Less Handicap Settled at the back - made ground approaching the final furlong - stayed on without the speed to threaten the front runners | 5/12 | hd | 9-2 | 88 | 94A | 87A | Billy Loughnane | 14/1 |
| 20 Feb 26+16d | Southwell (AW) | SBK: Dont Settle For Less Handicap Pulled hard early - settled in mid-division - pressed for effort with 2f left - lost ground in the closing stages | 11/12 | 1½ | 9-7 | 89 | 92A | 73A | Billy Loughnane | 4/1F |
| 04 Feb 26+18d | Kempton (AW) | Bet 20 Get 20 With Unibet Handicap Pulled hard early - sat behind the front group - stuck for space approaching 2f out - moved left and made progress a furlong out - kept on at an even effort to finish fifth | 5/10 | 1 | 9-4 | 90 | 81A | 89A | Pat Cosgrave | 12/1 |
| 17 Jan 26+22d | Lingfield (AW) | BetMGM Winter Oaks Fillies' Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled towards the back - made ground from just over a furlong out - kept on into 4th without quite enough speed to threaten | 4/10 | 1 | 9-1 | 90 | 106A | 91A | Billy Loughnane | 8/1 |
| 26 Dec 25+9d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Held up towards the back - made progress into the straight - went for the front a furlong out but soon outpaced - stayed on to finish third | 3/7 | 1 | 10-0 | 91 | 92A | 89A | Billy Loughnane | 13/8F |
| 17 Dec 25+20d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Settled at the back early - made ground into contention 2f out - pushed along and stayed on inside the final furlong - closed strongest of all to finish 5th | 5/12 | nk | 9-13 | 91 | 84A | 92A | Daniel Muscutt | 6/1 |
| 27 Nov 25+9d | Newcastle (AW) | Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Settled towards the back - swift progress through the field inside the final furlong - closed hard on the front-runner and lost out by a whisker | 2/12 | nse | 9-3 | 88 | 115A | 112A | Jack Callan | 4/1J |
| 18 Nov 25+45d | Newcastle (AW) | Take Time Out During SGWEEK25! Handicap Settled at the back early - made progress under pressure 2f out and into the final furlong - closed hard late - narrowly beaten into 2nd | 2/11 | hd | 9-6 | 88 | 113A | 98A | Jack Callan | 9/2 |
| 04 Oct 25+44d | Wolverhampton (AW) | bet365 Fillies' Handicap Checked and eased across early - settled towards the back - swung extremely wide entering straight - made progress from off the pace inside final furlong - burst through to hit the front close home - drew off to score | 1/6 | 9-7 | 83 | 97A | 91B | Jack Callan | 9/2 | |
| 21 Aug 25+41d | Newcastle (AW) | Racing League Race 34 Handicap Settled towards the back - pushed along and made progress over 2f out - stayed on late without threatening to land it | 5/14 | 1½ | 9-5 | 83 | 96B | 93A | Cieren Fallon | 8/1 |
| 11 Jul 25+23d | Ascot | Tide Apprentice Handicap (Str) Settled at the back - denied a gap a furlong out - forged through to front near the line - won going away | 1/10 | 9-4 | 80 | 119B | 96A | Jack Callan | 6/1 | |
| 18 Jun 25+7d | Ascot | Kensington Palace Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Handicap) (Str) Settled towards the back early - shifted left to find room approaching final 2f - pushed along with a furlong left - kept going without gaining late - finished 11th | 11/23 | nk | 7-10 | 76 | 79C | 70A | Jack Callan | 28/1 |
| 11 Jun 25+119d | Yarmouth | Paul Corrigan Memorial Handicap Slow into stride - settled in touch with pace in 5th - closed on inside rail approaching final furlong - battled to prevail by a whisker | 1/7 | 9-0 | 76 | 107A | 88A | Billy Loughnane | 5/1 | |
| 12 Feb 25+25d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Zero% Mission Fillies' Handicap Dwelt at start - settled towards back - moved up and shifted right two out - stayed on inside final furlong but couldn't reach winner | 3/6 | ½ | 9-7 | 76 | 97A | 87B | Callum Shepherd | 5/4F |
| 18 Jan 25+72d | Lingfield (AW) | BetMGM Winter Oaks Fillies' Handicap (GBB Race) Settled towards the back - moved through on the inner to challenge up front approaching 2f out and pressed for the lead with a furlong left - lost ground close home to finish sixth | 6/12 | 2 | 8-8 | 76 | 82A | 75A | Billy Loughnane | 10/1 |
| 07 Nov 24+13d | Southwell (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Fillies' Handicap Moved left at the off - settled towards the back - found room and made progress inside the final two furlongs - pushed along and kept on well late to snatch second - no match for the winner | 2/8 | 1 | 9-2 | 75 | 103A | 86A | Richard Kingscote | 7/2 |
| 25 Oct 24+26d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Fillies' Handicap Took strong hold early - went to front - driven along and challenged for the advantage over 2f out - locked together with a rival entering the last furlong - overtaken near the line and lost place late | 5/8 | nk | 10-0 | 75 | 98A | 84A | Billy Loughnane | 4/7F |
| 29 Sep 24+3d | Southwell (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Sat behind pace - moved left approaching 2f out - pressed leading pair with a furlong left and pushed along - hit front inside final furlong - kept going to score | 1/8 | 9-12 | 63 | 97A | 92A | Billy Loughnane | 4/9F | |
| 26 Sep 24+136d | Southwell (AW) | Play Southwell Golf Course Handicap (Div 2) Tracked leading group tight on rails - moved into second before 2f out travelling smoothly - hit front approaching 2f out and opened a big advantage inside final furlong - kept up the gallop before being pulled back sharply near the final 110 yards | 1/10 | 9-12 | 63 | 106A | 100A | Callum Shepherd | 9/2 | |
| 13 May 24+23d | Roscommon | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden | 6/7 | 4¾ | 9-4 | — | 61A | 55A | Declan McDonogh | 4/1 |
| 20 Apr 24+295d | Curragh | Tote Now Online At Tote.ie Maiden | 22/23 | 2¼ | 9-4 | — | 44C | 58C | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 13/2 |
| 30 Jun 23 | Curragh | Hartes Group Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 5/17 | 3 | 9-3 | — | 69C | 68A | Mikey Sheehy | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Unassuming (FR) won?
- Unassuming (FR) won 5 of 24 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 20.8%. Placed 8 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trains Unassuming (FR)?
- Unassuming (FR) is trained by George Boughey, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 June 2026.
- Who is Unassuming (FR)'s sire?
- Unassuming (FR) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Unpretentious (GB), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What going does Unassuming (FR) prefer?
- Unassuming (FR) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Unassuming (FR)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 17 June 2026. The highest on record is 91.
- What is Unassuming (FR)'s sire's record?
- Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,136 runs since Jan 2008 (1,098 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 953.
- Who are Unassuming (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Unpretentious (GB), Unassuming (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Bacchanalian (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Bacchanalian (GB)). The wins came over 1m–2m. As at Oct 2026.