What A Recovery (GB)
What A Recovery is a gelding by Land Force out of a Redoute's Choice mare who was yet to win from five starts on turf. He ran at five different courses between May 2025 and Aug 2025, all over 6f to 1m1f on good to firm or good to soft ground, and finished 11 of 12 in a Class 5 handicap at Newmarket in Aug 2025. He last raced off an official rating of 57, which was 2 lb below his highest ever mark.
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 59Highest OR
- 14dBetween runs (median)
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 80
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 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 61B | 57 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 80A | 79.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 80A | 79 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 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 from 5 analysed runs since May 2025
- Held up 3 (60%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (20%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 1,469 runs since Apr 2023 (156 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | +3.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 275 | 22 | 8% | +0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 338 | 32 | 9.5% | +1.8 | — |
| Good to Soft | 145 | 14 | 9.7% | +2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 129 | 12 | 9.3% | +1.6 | — |
| Heavy | 38 | 4 | 10.5% | +2.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 535 | 28 | 5.2% | −2.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 336 | 30 | 8.9% | +1.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 727 | 41 | 5.6% | −2.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 285 | 29 | 10.2% | +2.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 95 | 12 | 12.6% | +4.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −1.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −7.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2023 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Ancestor (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Ancestor (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancestor (GB) | 5 | 2 | 1m2f | Class 3 |
| Risk On (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Sanderson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Aidan Keeley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Gray | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Aug 25+13d | Newmarket | Hallgarten Novum Wines Handicap Knocked at the break - settled in the pack - lost touch two furlongs out and faded to finish well beaten | 11/12 | 1 | 8-9 | 57 | 61B | 40A | Aidan Keeley | 50/1 |
| 19 Jul 25+37d | Doncaster | Unison Raceday 2nd August Handicap (Rnd) Sluggish start - stayed at the back throughout - dropped away over the closing stages to finish tenth | 10/10 | 4 | 9-7 | 59 | 53C | 42C | Ben Sanderson | 66/1 |
| 12 Jun 25+14d | Yarmouth | Charles Lumsden/ATI Memorial Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Struggled for pace towards the back - unable to challenge leaders - well held at the finish | 6/8 | shd | 9-4 | — | 79A | 62A | Kieran O'Neill | 250/1 |
| 29 May 25+19d | Lingfield | Nicholls & Clarke 150th Year Anniversary Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled just behind the front group racing wide - urged on by halfway - lost ground from 2f out - well held at the finish | 7/8 | 5½ | 9-4 | — | — | 53C | Ben Sanderson | 250/1 |
| 10 May 25 | Leicester | British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled towards the back early - fighting the bridle - pushed along and losing touch over 2f out - well held at the finish | 7/7 | 7 | 9-4 | — | 80A | 42A | Shane Gray | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has What A Recovery won?
- What A Recovery (GB) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trained What A Recovery?
- What A Recovery (GB) was trained by D Donovan on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 1 August 2025.
- Who is What A Recovery's sire?
- What A Recovery (GB) is by Land Force (IRE) out of Tidal Stream (GB), whose sire is Redoute's Choice.
- What is What A Recovery's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 57, from the run on 1 August 2025. The highest on record is 59.
- What is What A Recovery's sire's record?
- Land Force (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 1,469 runs since Apr 2023 (156 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are What A Recovery's siblings?
- Out of Tidal Stream (GB), What A Recovery (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Ancestor (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Ancestor (GB)). The wins came over 1m2f. As at Nov 2026.