Urban Hymn (FR)
Urban Hymn (FR) is 3 from 13, including a Grade 2 win. The biggest win we hold: the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at Doncaster (Jan 2014). Hasn't won since Jan 2014. Last raced off 122, 20lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–13Wins / Runs
- 23.1%Strike rate
- 5 (38.5%)Placed
- −4.27£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 0.96Fair A/E n=13 · 0.86 incl. margin
- 142Highest OR
- 26dBetween runs (median)longest 464 d
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 92
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 92B | 86.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 92B | 81 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 13.3% of 4,007 runs since Jan 2008 (425 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +11.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 71 | 9 | 12.7% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 1,072 | 159 | 14.8% | +1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 762 | 102 | 13.4% | +0.1 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,365 | 153 | 11.2% | −2.1 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 717 | 104 | 14.5% | +1.2 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 3 | 18.8% | +5.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | +2.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,045 | 144 | 13.8% | +0.5 | 1 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,549 | 208 | 13.4% | +0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,125 | 138 | 12.3% | −1 | 1 from 8 |
| Over 3m | 274 | 39 | 14.2% | +0.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.75 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.73 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.27 |
| Class 1 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.27 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.75 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.27 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 3 | 25% | −3.27 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +2.48 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 2 | 40% | −0.02 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
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 Urban Hymn won?
- Urban Hymn (FR) won 3 of 13 archived starts between 2013 and 2016, a strike rate of 23.1%. Placed 5 times in total (38.5% of starts).
- Who trained Urban Hymn?
- Urban Hymn (FR) was trained by Malcolm Jefferson on the most recent run on record, at Carlisle on 11 December 2016.
- Who is Urban Hymn's sire?
- Urban Hymn (FR) is by Robin Des Champs (FR) out of Betty Brune (FR), whose sire is Dark Stone I.
- What going does Urban Hymn prefer?
- Urban Hymn (FR) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Urban Hymn's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 122, from the run on 11 December 2016. The highest on record is 142.
- What is Urban Hymn's sire's record?
- Robin Des Champs (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 4,007 runs since Jan 2008 (425 horses), Flat and jumps together.