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Horse profile

Useful (GB)

4yo filly (at last run, Jun 2007) · Last trainer Andrew Haynes · Last owner Mike Bowden
by Nashwan (USA) out of Tarf (USA) (Diesis)
8 runs · 5 courses · from Jun 2006
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Jun 2007 — 7,086 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2007 · 9th of 17 Last raced off OR 40
KTB Profile

Useful (GB) is yet to win from 8 starts. Last raced off 40, 19lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 19lb off peak
Official rating40↓ 19lb off peak
40 40–59

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 22C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Salisbury, 12 Jun 2007 Official rating 40 at the last run, 12 Jun 2007

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 →

Flat 8 figures · best 57C · median 29
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)456C27.5—
Good to Firm339C22—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f556C36—
6f – 7f257C39.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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
Nashwan (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 292 runs since Jan 2008 (27 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm6116.7%+7.5—
Good to Firm4149.8%+0.60 from 3
Good7068.6%−0.60 from 1
Good to Soft3925.1%−4.1—
Soft3725.4%−3.8—
Heavy1516.7%−2.5—
Standard (AW)841113.1%+3.90 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f700%−9.2—
6f – 7f80810%+0.80 from 2
1m – 1m1f2528%−1.20 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f52713.5%+4.30 from 1
1m5f – 2m3925.1%−4.1—
2m1f – 2m4f4149.8%+0.6—
2m5f – 3m3525.7%−3.5—
Over 3m13215.4%+6.2—

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

Dam
Tarf (USA) (Diesis)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Danzar (GB)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Salisbury 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 5 0 0% −5.00
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sam Hitchcott 3 0 0% −3.00
William Carson 3 0 0% −3.00
Franny Norton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ted Durcan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 3 0 0% −3.00
2006 5 0 0% −5.00

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
2007 · 3 runs
12 Jun 07+97d Salisbury Peter West 'Lifetime In Racing' Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 9/17 shd 8-11 4022C Sam Hitchcott 66/1
07 Mar 07+25d Lingfield (AW) River Belle's Fantastic Auctions Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Standard · 11 ran 11/11 3 8-6 4619C Sam Hitchcott 33/1
10 Feb 07+63d Lingfield (AW) pontinsbingo.com Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 16 ran 16/16 10 8-9 5018C Sam Hitchcott 50/1
2006 · 5 runs
09 Dec 06+90d Wolverhampton (AW) Pontin's Holidays Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m½f · Standard · 8 ran 6/8 5 8-12 5036C Franny Norton 10/1
10 Sep 06+42d Kempton (AW) Walterswinburnracing.co.uk Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 1¼ 8-8 5956C William Carson 66/1
30 Jul 06+32d Ascot Owen Brown Maiden Fillies' Stakes Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 nk 8-7 5422C William Carson 66/1
28 Jun 06+10d Salisbury Smith & Williamson Maiden Fillies' Stks Class 4 · 7f · Good · 16 ran 8/16 ½ 8-7 —57C William Carson 100/1
18 Jun 06 Salisbury Chas H. Baker Maiden Fillies' Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Good To Firm · 13 ran 10/13 ½ 9-0 —39C Ted Durcan 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Useful won?
Useful (GB) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2006 and 2007.
Who trained Useful?
Useful (GB) was trained by Andrew Haynes on the most recent run on record, at Salisbury on 12 June 2007.
Who is Useful's sire?
Useful (GB) is by Nashwan (USA) out of Tarf (USA), whose sire is Diesis.
What is Useful's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 40, from the run on 12 June 2007. The highest on record is 59.
What is Useful's sire's record?
Nashwan (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 292 runs since Jan 2008 (27 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Useful's siblings?
Out of Tarf (USA), Useful (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 2006. 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.