Up Helly Aa King (GB)
Up Helly Aa King won six of 35 starts on turf between Mar 2017 and Dec 2024. All six wins came in handicaps, four of them over 2m5f – 3m on heavy ground. He won twice at Ayr and twice at Carlisle, with his last success at Kelso in Apr 2024 off an official rating of 122. Aged 13 at his last run in Dec 2024, he raced off a mark of 125 at Haydock.
- 6–35Wins / Runs
- 17.1%Strike rate
- 16 (45.7%)Placed
- +10.50£1 level staken=35 at SP
- 1.90Fair A/E n=35 · 1.67 incl. margin
- 128Highest OR
- 83dAvg 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 123
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 12 | 123A | 83.5 | — |
| Soft | 10 | 117C | 97 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 14 | 123A | 92 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 109A | 93 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 40B | 33 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 35 runs looked at, 11 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (6) · did not complete (4) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 35 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 807 runs since Jan 2008 (79 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −7.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 69 | 8 | 11.6% | +3.8 | — |
| Good | 234 | 19 | 8.1% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 156 | 8 | 5.1% | −2.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 183 | 13 | 7.1% | −0.7 | 2 from 13 |
| Heavy | 117 | 12 | 10.3% | +2.5 | 4 from 19 |
| Standard (AW) | 45 | 3 | 6.7% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −7.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 20 | 0 | 0% | −7.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 18 | 0 | 0% | −7.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 39 | 3 | 7.7% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 305 | 28 | 9.2% | +1.4 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 276 | 20 | 7.2% | −0.6 | 2 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 120 | 11 | 9.2% | +1.4 | 4 from 19 |
| Over 3m | 23 | 1 | 4.3% | −3.5 | 0 from 3 |
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
7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Silverton (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m4f–2m7½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Silverton (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverton (GB) | 29 | 1 | 2m4½f | Class 4 |
| Sunnyside (GB) | 10 | 1 | 2m7½f | Class 4 |
| Rinnagree Rosie (GB) | 24 | 1 | 2m4f | Class 5 |
| King Erik (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Scalloway Bay (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| The Toft (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Doraflora (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 19 | 4 | 21% | +12.50 |
| Soft | 13 | 2 | 15% | +1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 13 | 3 | 23% | +14.00 |
| Class 4 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +3.00 |
| Class 2 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.50 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr | 10 | 2 | 20% | +9.50 |
| Kelso | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.50 |
| Haydock | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Carlisle | 5 | 2 | 40% | +7.00 |
| Sandown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 19 | 4 | 21% | +11.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 2 | 25% | +7.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Cockburn | 17 | 3 | 18% | +6.00 |
| Bruce Lynn | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| Danny McMenamin | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.50 |
| Conor O'Farrell | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Lorcan Murtagh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lt Cdr Vicki Sollitt | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lucy Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 31 | 6 | 19% | +14.50 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +10.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +10.50 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.50 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 25 | 6 | 24% | +20.50 |
| Hurdle | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| NH Flat | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Up Helly Aa King won?
- Up Helly Aa King (GB) won 6 of 35 archived starts between 2017 and 2024, a strike rate of 17.1%. Placed 16 times in total (45.7% of starts).
- Who trained Up Helly Aa King?
- Up Helly Aa King (GB) was trained by N W Alexander on the most recent run on record, at Haydock on 4 December 2024.
- Who is Up Helly Aa King's sire?
- Up Helly Aa King (GB) is by And Beyond (IRE) out of Gretton (GB), whose sire is Terimon.
- What going does Up Helly Aa King prefer?
- Up Helly Aa King (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 4 wins from 19 starts (21.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Up Helly Aa King's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 125, from the run on 4 December 2024. The highest on record is 128.
- What is Up Helly Aa King's sire's record?
- And Beyond (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 807 runs since Jan 2008 (79 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Up Helly Aa King's siblings?
- Out of Gretton (GB), Up Helly Aa King (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Silverton (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Silverton (GB)). The wins came over 2m4f–2m7½f. As at Oct 2026.