West Approach (GB)
West Approach won six of 55 starts on turf, including a Grade 3 handicap chase at Cheltenham in Nov 2019. His biggest win came in the BetVictor Smartcards Handicap Chase over 3m on soft ground off a mark of 142. He also won over 3m at Wincanton in Feb 2022 and landed races at Exeter, Ffos Las, Newton Abbot and Newbury between 2015 and 2017. The gelding, who reached a highest official rating of 157, last ran at Haydock in Apr 2023 off 117.
- 6–55Wins / Runs
- 10.9%Strike rate
- 17 (30.9%)Placed
- −36.50£1 level staken=55 at SP
- 0.83Fair A/E n=55 · 0.73 incl. margin
- 157Highest OR
- 56dAvg 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 88
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 12 | 156B | 88 | — |
| Soft | 12 | 136B | 90.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 132A | 87 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 15 | 156B | 105 | — |
| Over 3m | 10 | 135B | 83.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 117C | 76 | — |
Of 47 runs looked at, 17 have no figure: did not complete (11) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (5) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 30 figures from 47 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 12.1% of 11,837 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 234 | 27 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 3,408 | 430 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 2 from 20 |
| Good to Soft | 2,111 | 253 | 12% | −0.1 | 0 from 9 |
| Soft | 3,780 | 452 | 12% | −0.1 | 3 from 20 |
| Heavy | 2,109 | 259 | 12.3% | +0.2 | 1 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 188 | 16 | 8.5% | −3.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 124 | 13 | 10.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,368 | 396 | 11.8% | −0.3 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,284 | 537 | 12.5% | +0.4 | 2 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,978 | 375 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 1 from 25 |
| Over 3m | 767 | 88 | 11.5% | −0.6 | 2 from 18 |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Thistlecrack (GB) (13 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–3m½f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Thistlecrack (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thistlecrack (GB) | 25 | 13 | 1m7½f–3m½f | Grade 1 |
| Kennel Bridge (GB) | 16 | 3 | 2m2f–2m4f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 20 | 2 | 10% | −14.88 |
| Soft | 20 | 3 | 15% | −10.62 |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Heavy | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 27 | 1 | 4% | −23.25 |
| Class 2 | 11 | 2 | 18% | −5.50 |
| Class 6 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.50 |
| Class 3 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.25 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 21 | 1 | 5% | −17.25 |
| Newbury | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Wincanton | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.50 |
| Exeter | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Aintree | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 25 | 1 | 4% | −22.25 |
| Over 3m | 18 | 2 | 11% | −11.75 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 2 | 22% | −3.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Scudamore | 13 | 2 | 15% | −7.63 |
| Freddie Gingell | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.50 |
| Harry Cobden | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Robbie Power | 6 | 2 | 33% | +0.63 |
| Aidan Coleman | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Richard Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Brendan Powell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Adam Wedge | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jonjo O'Neill Jr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| R Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Brennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Michael Legg | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 34 | 5 | 15% | −18.00 |
| Blinkers | 12 | 1 | 8% | −9.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.50 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.25 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −1.37 |
| 2016 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.38 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 34 | 4 | 12% | −22.12 |
| Hurdle | 19 | 1 | 5% | −16.38 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 1 | 50% | +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 West Approach won?
- West Approach (GB) won 6 of 55 archived starts between 2015 and 2023, a strike rate of 10.9%. Placed 17 times in total (30.9% of starts).
- Who trained West Approach?
- West Approach (GB) was trained by Joe Tizzard on the most recent run on record, at Haydock on 8 April 2023.
- Who is West Approach's sire?
- West Approach (GB) is by Westerner (GB) out of Ardstown (GB), whose sire is Ardross.
- What going does West Approach prefer?
- West Approach (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is West Approach's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 117, from the run on 8 April 2023. The highest on record is 157.
- What is West Approach's sire's record?
- Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,837 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
- Who are West Approach's siblings?
- Out of Ardstown (GB), West Approach (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Thistlecrack (GB) (13). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Thistlecrack (GB)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m½f. As at Oct 2026.