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Horse profile

William Butler (IRE)

13yo gelding (at last run, May 2013) · Last trainer Mrs Libby Lawson · Last owner Mrs Libby Lawson
by Safety Catch (USA) out of Rosie Josie (GB) (Trombone)
47 runs · 20 courses · from Dec 2005
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 May 2013 — 4,913 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2013 7 wins · 5 courses New yard Last raced off OR 108
KTB Profile

William Butler (IRE) is 7 from 47. Hasn't won since Jun 2010. 3 of 4 starts at Uttoxeter have ended in wins. Last raced off 108, 29lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 47 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 29lb off peak
Official rating108↓ 29lb off peak
108 76–137

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 112A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Huntingdon, 30 Aug 2010 Official rating 108 at the last run, 16 May 2013

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 38 figures · best 132B · median 99.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft11125A98—
Good11116A99—
Heavy6120C97.5—
Good to Firm5132B112—
Soft4123A100.5—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f16122A106—
2m5f – 3m11132B98—
1m5f – 2m10125A99—
Over 3m1———

Of 47 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (9).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 38 figures from 47 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
Safety Catch (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 250 runs since Jan 2008 (30 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−7.2—
Good to Firm2229.1%+1.92 from 6
Good57610.5%+3.32 from 14
Good to Soft28517.9%+10.73 from 12
Soft7034.3%−2.90 from 6
Heavy7122.8%−4.40 from 8
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m4025%−2.21 from 10
2m1f – 2m4f8289.8%+2.64 from 20
2m5f – 3m8766.9%−0.32 from 15
Over 3m4124.9%−2.30 from 2

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

Dam
Rosie Josie (GB) (Trombone)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 14 2 14% −8.80
Good to Soft 12 3 25% −1.17
Heavy 8 0 0% −8.00
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Firm 6 2 33% −0.27
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 20 5 25% −3.44
Class 3 11 1 9% −8.80
Class 6 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 4 1 25% −1.00
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ludlow 7 0 0% −7.00
Haydock 6 0 0% −6.00
Bangor-on-Dee 5 0 0% −5.00
Uttoxeter 4 3 75% +1.56
Stratford 3 1 33% −0.80
Market Rasen 3 1 33% +4.00
Fontwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 2 1 50% +2.00
Ffos Las 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 2 1 50% +1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 20 4 20% −5.70
2m5f – 3m 15 2 13% −9.27
1m5f – 2m 10 1 10% −8.27
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
D P Fahy 14 6 43% +4.76
Tom Siddall 6 0 0% −6.00
Charlie Huxley 4 1 25% −1.00
Seamus Durack 3 0 0% −3.00
Paul Moloney 2 0 0% −2.00
Graham Lee 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Doyle 2 0 0% −2.00
Liam Heard 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Oswald Wedmore 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Cannon 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Phillip York 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss Gina Andrews 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Thornton 1 0 0% −1.00
Aidan Coleman 1 0 0% −1.00
Tommy Phelan 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Glassonbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Daryl Jacob 1 0 0% −1.00
Paddy Brennan 1 0 0% −1.00
Alan Dempsey 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr R Burton 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 41 6 15% −22.24
Cheekpieces 6 1 17% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2013 1 0 0% −1.00
2012 3 0 0% −3.00
2010 7 1 14% −3.00
2009 2 0 0% −2.00
2008 14 6 43% +3.76
2007 6 0 0% −6.00
2006 13 0 0% −13.00
2005 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 35 6 17% −15.34
Hurdle 9 1 11% −6.90
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2013 · 1 run
16 May 13+377d Fontwell 32RedPoker.com Open Hunters' Chase (For The Stuart Adamson Memorial Trophy) Class 6 · 21f · Good · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-7 108— Mr Oswald Wedmore 33/1
2012 · 3 runs
04 May 12+22d Fontwell A D Mechanical Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-4 114— Tom Cannon 28/1
12 Apr 12+28d Aintree John Smith's Fox Hunters' Chase (National Course) Class 2 · 21f · Good To Soft · 26 ran F/26 — 12-0 114— Mr Phillip York 100/1
15 Mar 12+563d Towcester Gg.com Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 3/4 35 12-2 12398C Miss Gina Andrews 5/2
2010 · 7 runs
30 Aug 10+62d Huntingdon Become A Racing Welfare Volunteer Conditional Jockeys' Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 2/7 1 10-9 125112A D P Fahy 11/8F
29 Jun 10+7d Stratford Bernadette's Restaurant Champagne And Oyster Bar Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4/8 6 11-2 111110A D P Fahy 2/1F
22 Jun 10+21d Newton Abbot Triton Galleries Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 1/8 11-8 111120B D P Fahy 3/1J
01 Jun 10+44d Ffos Las M & A Solicitors Handicap Chase Class 3 · 24f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 4/6 4 11-0 116101B D P Fahy 16/1
18 Apr 10+36d Stratford Totesuper7 Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19.5f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 3¼ 11-2 12097C Paul Moloney 7/1
13 Mar 10+28d Sandown Paddy Power Money Back Specials At Cheltenham Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good · 12 ran 8/12 7 11-7 127104A D P Fahy 50/1
13 Feb 10+90d Warwick Totesport 0800 221 221 Handicap Chase Class 2 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 10/10 29 10-8 13299C Andrew Thornton 40/1
2009 · 2 runs
15 Nov 09+35d Cheltenham Connaught Chase Class 2 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 30 11-0 13289C Paul Moloney 100/1
11 Oct 09+379d Ffos Las Integral Geotechnique Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 1½ 11-1 131106B D P Fahy 12/1
2008 · 14 runs
27 Sep 08+17d Market Rasen 32red.com Handicap Chase (Listed) Class 1 · 21.5f · Good · 15 ran 7/15 14 10-12 13799C D P Fahy 11/2
10 Sep 08+11d Uttoxeter Attiva Health Clubs Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 1/13 10-7 131119A D P Fahy 11/10F
30 Aug 08+42d Newton Abbot Lord Mildmay Memorial Handicap Chase (Listed) Class 1 · 21f · Good · 13 ran UR/13 — 10-10 137— D P Fahy 7/1
19 Jul 08+3d Market Rasen toteswinger Summer Plate Handicap Chase (Listed) Class 1 · 21.5f · Soft · 16 ran 3/16 1¼ 10-3 121123A D P Fahy 5/1
16 Jul 08+3d Uttoxeter Weatherbys Bloodstock Insurance Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 1/8 11-12 97132B D P Fahy 8/11F
13 Jul 08+5d Stratford Trailer Resources Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19.5f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 10-8 97116A D P Fahy 6/5F
08 Jul 08+2d Uttoxeter Ed Weetman Haulage & Storage Ltd Conditionals H'cap Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 11-2 97125A D P Fahy 8/11F
06 Jul 08+52d Market Rasen Manny Bernstein Freephone 0800 821821 Handicap Chase Class 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 1/11 11-5 97122A D P Fahy 6/1
15 May 08+36d Ludlow Tanners Wines Handicap Chase Class 3 · 25.5f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 30 9-8 9764C Charlie Huxley 9/2
09 Apr 08+25d Ludlow Bowyer Styles Ltd Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 hd 9-7 9098A Charlie Huxley 4/1
15 Mar 08+8d Uttoxeter Weatherbys Bank Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 2/12 30 10-4 9084B Charlie Huxley 5/2F
07 Mar 08+10d Leicester Leicestershire Yeomanry Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 10-6 76110C Charlie Huxley 2/1F
26 Feb 08+33d Leicester Gwen Frost Best Mum Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 20f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 2/13 3½ 10-6 76108A Aidan Coleman 8/1
24 Jan 08+35d Warwick Warwickshire Handicap Chase Class 4 · 26f · Heavy · 15 ran PU/15 — 10-2 84— Graham Lee 16/1
2007 · 6 runs
20 Dec 07+22d Ludlow Vera Davies Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 11 ran PU/11 — 10-6 87— Graham Lee 10/1
28 Nov 07+269d Chepstow Weatherbys Bank Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 9/10 2½ 10-13 9086C Tommy Phelan 8/1
04 Mar 07+10d Bangor-on-Dee betrescue antepostmag.com Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 17.5f · Heavy · 4 ran 4/4 26 10-11 9086C Andrew Glassonbury 10/1
22 Feb 07+33d Haydock Howden Joinery Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 22f · Heavy · 12 ran 5/12 2½ 10-11 9785C Daryl Jacob 9/1
20 Jan 07+14d Wincanton Connaught Handicap Chase Class 3 · 21f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 30 10-4 10176C Tom Siddall 14/1
06 Jan 07+7d Haydock VC casino.com Novices' Chase Class 3 · 19f · Heavy · 6 ran 3/6 2 11-2 101101C Tom Siddall 16/1
2006 · 13 runs
30 Dec 06+9d Haydock R Draper Ltd 60th Anniversary Novices' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19f · Heavy · 5 ran 2/5 2½ 10-8 97110C Tom Siddall 12/1
21 Dec 06+23d Ludlow Tanners Champagne Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 8/10 shd 10-8 9767C Seamus Durack 5/1
28 Nov 06+8d Hereford Bubble Productions Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16f · Heavy · 4 ran 2/4 5 11-12 92120C Seamus Durack 4/6F
20 Nov 06+12d Ludlow Arrow Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 ½ 11-6 9799C Tom Siddall 50/1
08 Nov 06+106d Bangor-on-Dee Daresbury Properties Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 6/11 1½ 10-12 9298C Seamus Durack 33/1
25 Jul 06+66d Bangor-on-Dee Arkle Properties Novices' Chase Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran PU/7 — 10-10 92— Tom Doyle 14/1
20 May 06+28d Bangor-on-Dee Red Dragon Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-2 93— Paddy Brennan 12/1
22 Apr 06+30d Bangor-on-Dee Charity Day Novices' Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 23f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 4/13 23 11-0 9376C Tom Doyle 50/1
23 Mar 06+28d Ludlow Shirley Fox Special Birthday Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 7 10-11 9388C Liam Heard 66/1
23 Feb 06+5d Haydock Red Square Vodka 'Fixed Brush' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 19f · Heavy · 8 ran 4/8 ¾ 10-12 —94C Liam Heard 50/1
18 Feb 06+28d Haydock Red Square Vodka 'Fixed Brush' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 19f · Heavy · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-3 —— Alan Dempsey 66/1
21 Jan 06+14d Lingfield (AW) Intercasino.co.uk Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 16f · Standard · 12 ran 6/12 3 11-4 —100C Tom Siddall 25/1
07 Jan 06+17d Haydock Sporting Index Standard Open NH Flat Class 6 · 15.5f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 17 11-5 —112C Tom Siddall 16/1
2005 · 1 run
21 Dec 05 Ludlow Tanners Burgundy Standard NH Flat Race Class 6 · 16f · Good · 18 ran 9/18 1 11-1 —95C Mr R Burton 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has William Butler won?
William Butler (IRE) won 7 of 47 archived starts between 2005 and 2013, a strike rate of 14.9%. Placed 13 times in total (27.7% of starts).
Who trained William Butler?
William Butler (IRE) was trained by Mrs Libby Lawson on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 16 May 2013.
Who is William Butler's sire?
William Butler (IRE) is by Safety Catch (USA) out of Rosie Josie (GB), whose sire is Trombone.
What going does William Butler prefer?
William Butler (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is William Butler's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 108, from the run on 16 May 2013. The highest on record is 137.
What is William Butler's sire's record?
Safety Catch (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 250 runs since Jan 2008 (30 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from December 2005. 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.