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Horse profile

Wild Max (GER)

9yo gelding (at last run, May 2024) · Last trainer Paul Nicholls · Last owner Owners Group 036
by Maxios (GB) out of Wildfehrte (GER) (Mark Of Esteem)
20 runs · 13 courses · from Nov 2019
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 May 2024 — 893 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2024 · 5th of 5 7 wins · 5 courses Last raced off OR 123
KTB Profile

Wild Max won seven of 20 starts on turf all over 1m5f – 2m. He gained three of those wins in Class 3 novices chases on good ground at Newton Abbot and Worcester between May and July 2022 off marks between 128 and 135. The gelding also landed two handicaps over hurdles in late 2020. He last ran when fifth of five at Plumpton in May 2024 off an official rating of 123, 24lb below his highest ever mark of 147.

Based on 20 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 24lb off peak
Official rating123↓ 24lb off peak
123 123–147

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 119 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Musselburgh, 5 Feb 2022

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 17 figures · best 131B · median 92
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good11131B115—
Soft587A80—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m15131B87—
2m1f – 2m4f2115C107—

Of 20 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 20 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 117B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Plumpton, 12 May 2024 Official rating 123 at the last run, 12 May 2024

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 17 figures · best 147C · median 133
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good11147C134—
Soft5136B109—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m15147C134—
2m1f – 2m4f2117B115.5—

Of 20 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 · 17 figures from 20 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

Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 2,125 runs since Jan 2008 (266 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−11.7—
Good to Firm10099%−2.7—
Good5506010.9%−0.85 from 11
Good to Soft3764913%+1.31 from 4
Soft5537313.2%+1.51 from 5
Heavy2273113.7%+2—
Standard (AW)316278.5%−3.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f7114.3%+2.6—
6f – 7f9355.4%−6.3—
1m – 1m1f190157.9%−3.8—
1m2f – 1m4f414389.2%−2.5—
1m5f – 2m72410013.8%+2.17 from 18
2m1f – 2m4f5507012.7%+10 from 2
2m5f – 3m1171412%+0.3—
Over 3m30620%+8.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Wildfehrte (GER) (Mark Of Esteem)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Wild Approach (GER)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 11 5 45% +0.74
Soft 5 1 20% −3.71
Good to Soft 4 1 25% −0.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 12 4 33% −3.14
Class 2 4 1 25% −0.50
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +0.29
Class 5 1 1 100% +1.88

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Taunton 3 2 67% +1.17
Cheltenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 2 2 100% +2.33
Ludlow 2 0 0% −2.00
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Musselburgh 2 0 0% −2.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 1 100% +0.53
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 1 100% +2.50
Huntingdon 1 1 100% +2.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 18 7 39% −1.47
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Cobden 10 6 60% +3.03
Angus Cheleda 6 1 17% −2.50
Lorcan Williams 2 0 0% −2.00
Freddie Gingell 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss Olive Nicholls 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 17 5 29% −4.64
None 3 2 67% +1.17

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 3 0 0% −3.00
2022 7 3 43% −1.14
2021 4 0 0% −4.00
2020 4 2 50% +2.50
2019 2 2 100% +2.17

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 15 4 27% −4.33
Chase 5 3 60% +0.86

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
12 May 24+25d Plumpton Roy Reeve Memorial Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 20.5f · Good · 5 ran 5/5 hd 11-9 123115C117B Freddie Gingell 7/1
17 Apr 24+57d Cheltenham Cheltenham Pony Racing Authority Graduates Handicap Hurdle (Conditionals & Amateurs) Class 3 · 17f · Good · 18 ran 11/18 4½ 11-1 12899B114A Miss Olive Nicholls 33/1
20 Feb 24+599d Taunton Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 9 ran 7/9 12 11-9 13273C104C Angus Cheleda 25/1
01 Jul 22+20d Newton Abbot St Austell Brewery Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 4 ran 1/4 12-0 13576C133B Harry Cobden 1/12F
11 Jun 22+26d Worcester Amodil Supplies Ltd Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 3 ran 1/3 11-10 13280C147C Harry Cobden 8/15F
16 May 22+12d Ffos Las JPR Phoenix Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16f · Good · 4 ran 2/4 1 11-8 13392C140B Lorcan Williams 4/9F
04 May 22+37d Newton Abbot Happy Birthday John Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 3 ran 1/3 11-0 12881C137C Harry Cobden 9/4
28 Mar 22+23d Ludlow Watch On Racingtv Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good · 4 ran 2/4 8½ 11-11 130126C128B Harry Cobden 16/5
05 Mar 22+28d Newbury Make Your Best Bet At BetVictor Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 6 ran 3/6 7 11-12 13387A136B Harry Cobden 15/2
05 Feb 22+61d Musselburgh bet365 Scottish County Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 15.5f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 5½ 11-5 137119A121B Angus Cheleda 9/1
06 Dec 21+37d Ludlow Alfa Aggregates Ltd Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 4 ran PU/4 — 11-8 142—— Harry Cobden 11/4
30 Oct 21+204d Ascot Bateaux London Handicap Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 15.5f · Soft · 14 ran 10/14 16 11-5 14478C108C Angus Cheleda 16/1
09 Apr 21+47d Aintree Pinsent Masons Handicap Hurdle (Conditional Jockeys' And Amateur Riders') (GBB Race) Class 2 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 22 ran PU/22 — 11-5 147—— Angus Cheleda 14/1
21 Feb 21+71d Newbury Betfair Hurdle (Handicap) (Grade 3) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 23 ran F/23 — 11-0 147—— Angus Cheleda 25/1
12 Dec 20+32d Doncaster bet365 Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 11-4 138112A146B Angus Cheleda 5/2
10 Nov 20+18d Huntingdon Download The tote App Michaelmas Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 11-10 132130A146A Harry Cobden 2/1F
23 Oct 20+264d Cheltenham Back And Lay At Matchbook Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 17 ran 4/17 1¾ 11-2 133122B134A Lorcan Williams 17/2
02 Feb 20+52d Musselburgh bet365 Scottish Supreme Novices' Hurdle Class 2 · 15.5f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 11 11-6 13380A109B Harry Cobden 2/1
12 Dec 19+28d Taunton Racing To School Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 12 ran 1/12 11-4 —81A133A Harry Cobden 2/7F
14 Nov 19 Taunton Fuelled By Verm-X Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 11-0 —131B134A Harry Cobden 15/8F

Quick answers

How many races has Wild Max (GER) won?
Wild Max (GER) won 7 of 20 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 35%. Placed 8 times in total (40% of starts).
Who trained Wild Max (GER)?
Wild Max (GER) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Plumpton on 12 May 2024.
Who is Wild Max (GER)'s sire?
Wild Max (GER) is by Maxios (GB) out of Wildfehrte (GER), whose sire is Mark Of Esteem.
What going does Wild Max (GER) prefer?
Wild Max (GER) has the best record on good going: 5 wins from 11 starts (45.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Wild Max (GER)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 123, from the run on 12 May 2024. The highest on record is 147.
What is Wild Max (GER)'s sire's record?
Maxios (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 2,125 runs since Jan 2008 (266 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.
Who are Wild Max (GER)'s siblings?
Out of Wildfehrte (GER), Wild Max (GER) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2019. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.