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Horse profile

Walk The Plank (IRE)

6yo gelding · Trainer Clare Hobson · Owner Mrs Rosemary E Hobson
by Affinisea (IRE) out of Shaluna (IRE) (Shantou)
12 runs · 6 courses · from May 2024
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Huntingdon First-time headgear LTO Last run 2 Nov 2026 · 3rd of 5 Last raced off OR 74
KTB Profile

Walk The Plank won the weatherbysshop.co.uk Handicap Chase at Huntingdon in Mar 2026 at Class 5 level on good ground off an official rating of 73. The gelding is one from 12 on turf with all wins at 1m5f – 2m. Typically held up he finished third of five at Southwell in Nov 2026 on his first run in first-time headgear. Last raced off OR 74 which was 12lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 12 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Jan 2025 · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 12lb off peak
Official rating74↓ 12lb off peak
74 73–86

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 73 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Uttoxeter, 7 Jul 2026

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 →

Jumps 9 figures · best 100C · median 68
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Good7100C735 runs · 100 / 66
Good to Soft268A671 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m573A665 runs · 73 / 66
2m1f – 2m4f4100C87.51 run · —

Of 12 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 12 runs · as at 6 Nov 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 79B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell, 9 Jun 2026 Official rating 74 at the last run, 2 Nov 2026

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 9 figures · best 117B · median 88
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Good7117B885 runs · 117 / 79
Good to Soft288C86.51 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m5117B795 runs · 117 / 79
2m1f – 2m4f496C901 run · —

Of 12 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 12 runs · as at 6 Nov 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · 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 11 analysed runs since Jan 2025

  • Held up 8 (73%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 2 (18%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (9%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Affinisea (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.2% of 1,288 runs since Feb 2022 (205 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm8225%+11.8—
Good4645912.7%−0.51 from 7
Good to Soft3314513.6%+0.40 from 4
Soft3474713.5%+0.30 from 1
Heavy1361712.5%−0.7—
Standard (AW)200%−13.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f8225%+11.8—
1m5f – 2m4785411.3%−1.91 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f5547613.7%+0.50 from 7
2m5f – 3m2133215%+1.8—
Over 3m35617.1%+3.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2022 · as at 6 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Shaluna (IRE) (Shantou)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sugar In My Tea (IRE)30——
Teddy's Acre (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 1 14% −2.50
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 8 1 13% −3.50
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Southwell 3 0 0% −3.00
Market Rasen 3 0 0% −3.00
Huntingdon 2 1 50% +2.50
Fakenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m5f – 2m 5 1 20% −0.50

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ben Poste 6 0 0% −6.00
Dylan Johnston 4 1 25% +0.50
Charlie Hammond 1 0 0% −1.00
Jody McGarvey 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 1 9% −6.50
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 6 1 17% −1.50
2025 5 0 0% −5.00
2024 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 7 1 14% −2.50
Hurdle 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 6 runs
02 Nov 26+118d Southwell Dance Through The Decades Christmas Parties Novices' Handicap Steeple Chase Class 5 · 2m · Good · 5 ran Settled in rear but close to the pace - scrappy at the 3rd - error at the 9th and soon under pressure - back in third a fence later - veered right 3 out - error again 2 out - sluggish at the last and weakened to finish third 3/5 7 10-3 7453C73C Charlie Hammond 100/30
07 Jul 26+28d Uttoxeter Read Johnny Burke's Blog At CopyBet Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m · Good · 10 ran in pursuit of the front pair - untidy at the 5th - lost touch from 3 out to finish eighth 8/10 10 10-6 7773A70A Dylan Johnston 12/1
09 Jun 26+12d Southwell Sun Racing Summer Jumps Championship Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m · Good · 7 ran Settled towards the back - driven up after 4 out and staying on until stumbling badly at the 3rd last - outpaced from there to finish 5th 5/7 5 10-6 7764B79B Dylan Johnston 11/1
28 May 26+71d Market Rasen Dine In The Altior's Resturant Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m1f · Good · 5 ran Settled fourth early - made ground after the fourth-last then stumbled three out with a real prospect of victory - lost momentum on the run-in to finish fourth 4/5 3½ 10-5 77100C88B Dylan Johnston 6/1
18 Mar 26+61d Huntingdon weatherbysshop.co.uk Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m½f · Good · 6 ran Settled towards the back early - urged into contention before 2 out and closed on the front-runner nearing the last - stayed on to get up in the final strides 1/6 10-9 7366A117B Dylan Johnston 7/2
16 Jan 26+25d Market Rasen Family Sportsday Raceday On Sale Now Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m1f · Soft · 9 ran Held up towards the back - nudged into contention by the 8th before hitting the 3rd last awkwardly - dropped away and pulled up after the second last PU/9 — 10-5 77—— Ben Poste 22/1
2025 · 5 runs
22 Dec 25+20d Huntingdon PricedUp Bet Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Held up towards the back - improved to press the pace after 3 out - lost ground after 2 out - finished 5th 5/10 4¾ 10-8 8068A85B Ben Poste 80/1
02 Dec 25+19d Southwell Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 8 ran Settled midpack early - hit awkwardly four out - dropped away at the rear - pulled up before two out PU/8 — 11-3 83—— Ben Poste 125/1
13 Nov 25+272d Market Rasen Book Boxing Day At The Races 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 7 ran Held up early holding hard on the bridle - improved into contention by the 6th - fourth and close up 3 out - lost ground rapidly and pulled up before 2 out PU/7 — 11-4 86—— Ben Poste 300/1
14 Feb 25+26d Fakenham British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 5 ran Held up towards the back - found little after 3 out - dropped away before 2 out and finished well adrift 4/5 29 11-2 —82C92C Ben Poste 300/1
19 Jan 25+243d Fakenham Sky Bet Build A Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 8 ran Held up in the tail of the field early - never a threat through the race - well beaten in 6th 6/8 11 11-7 —93C96C Ben Poste 300/1
2024 · 1 run
21 May 24 Punchestown Punchestown Home Of Irish Jumps Maiden Hurdle 2m4½f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 14/16 1½ 11-4 —66C88C Jody McGarvey 80/1

Quick answers

How many races has Walk The Plank won?
Walk The Plank (IRE) won 1 of 12 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 1 time in total (8.3% of starts).
Who trains Walk The Plank?
Walk The Plank (IRE) is trained by Clare Hobson, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 2 November 2026.
Who is Walk The Plank's sire?
Walk The Plank (IRE) is by Affinisea (IRE) out of Shaluna (IRE), whose sire is Shantou.
What going does Walk The Plank prefer?
Walk The Plank (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Walk The Plank's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 2 November 2026. The highest on record is 86.
What is Walk The Plank's sire's record?
Affinisea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.2% of 1,288 runs since Feb 2022 (205 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Walk The Plank's siblings?
Out of Shaluna (IRE), Walk The Plank (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2024. 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.