Horse profile
Wise Counsellor (GB)
15 runs · 13 courses · from Feb 2025
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 12 Sep 2026 · 8th of 9
Last raced off OR 68
KTB Profile
Wise Counsellor is a maiden who has shown placed form from 15 starts, with two places. He posted his best effort when second of five at Musselburgh in Apr 2025. The gelding is usually held up, a tactic seen in six of ten analysed runs. He last ran at Lingfield (AW) in Sep 2026, finishing eighth of nine in a Class 5 handicap off an official rating of 68, 12lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 15 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs since Feb 2025 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 12lb off peak
- 0–15Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 2 (13.3%)Placed
- −15.00£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=15 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 80Highest OR
- 40dAvg 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.
Official rating68↓ 12lb off peak
68
68–80
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 147
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 81C | 73 | 1 run · — |
| Good | 3 | 97C | 73 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 9 | 97C | 66 | 2 runs · 66 / 62 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 94C | 66 | 5 runs · 94 / 66 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 70C | 66 | 3 runs · 70 / 66 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 94C | 73 | 2 runs · 94 / 73 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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 12 analysed runs since Feb 2025
- Prominent 5 (42%) · 0 wins
- Held up 3 (25%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (25%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (8%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,095 runs since Apr 2016 (639 horses).
Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.4% from 326.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 21 | 4 | 19% | +7.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 784 | 102 | 13% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,868 | 233 | 12.5% | +0.8 | 0 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 1,007 | 114 | 11.3% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,245 | 143 | 11.5% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 409 | 49 | 12% | +0.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,761 | 184 | 10.4% | −1.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 326 | 21 | 6.4% | −5.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 882 | 79 | 9% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,506 | 334 | 13.3% | +1.6 | 0 from 9 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,143 | 252 | 11.8% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 827 | 94 | 11.4% | −0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 338 | 32 | 9.5% | −2.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 69 | 17 | 24.6% | +12.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Griffin Park (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Griffin Park (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Park (GB) | 6 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Laser Sharp (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Urban Law (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Blink (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caoilin Quinn | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jason Watson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Callum Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Bradnam | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rex Dingle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| None | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Sep 26+15d | Lingfield (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Virgin 512 Handicap Stakes Up with early pace - soon lost position to settle last - hard at work 4f out before fading from 3f out - well behind at the finish | 8/9 | 30 | 9-9 | 68 | 66C | 51C | Tom Queally | 200/1 |
| 28 Aug 26+66d | Fontwell | Fontwell Park Family Festival Raceday Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Held up at the back - flicked left over the 5th - urged forward after 3 out but well beaten by the last | 7/7 | 22 | 10-9 | 78 | 52C | 65C | Caoilin Quinn | 9/1 |
| 23 Jun 26+46d | Newton Abbot | EBCS Hideout Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - jumped poorly 6th and pushed along after the third-last - dropped away approaching two out to finish sixth | 6/10 | 6 | 10-5 | 80 | 94C | 72C | Caoilin Quinn | 18/1 |
| 08 May 26+46d | Chester | Chester Roman Day On 30th May Apprentice Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled in the pack - pushed along and lost ground from 2f out before fading to finish a distant 14th | 14/15 | 10 | 8-11 | 72 | 58C | 47C | Joe Bradnam | 100/1 |
| 23 Mar 26+5d | Kempton | Virgin Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Wide early on and part of the pack - slipped towards the back after the 4th - lost touch beyond 3 out and finished well beaten | 8/10 | 7 | 10-10 | — | 66C | 74C | Rex Dingle | 200/1 |
| 18 Mar 26+67d | Huntingdon | Weatherbys Design & Print Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) held a share of the pack early - pushed along with no response approaching 2 out - dropped away to finish seventh | 7/12 | 6½ | 10-9 | — | 70C | 83C | Caoilin Quinn | 250/1 |
| 10 Jan 26+114d | Kempton | Coral Racing Club Join For Free Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up towards the back - error at the 2nd and again shortly after - clouted 3 out - lost touch soon after and came home well held | 6/8 | 22 | 11-0 | — | 39C | 84C | Caoilin Quinn | 250/1 |
| 2025 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Sep 25+25d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Bet At Your Best With Betfair Selling Stakes Tracked leaders on inner and fighting bridle - moved in front approaching 3f out - pushed along and lost advantage soon after - couldn't find more late finished 4th | 4/4 | 9 | 9-2 | 75 | 80C | 50C | P J McDonald | 15/2 |
| 24 Aug 25+15d | Goodwood | City Of Chichester Selling Stakes Held up in the pack - improved to challenge for third spot with 4f left - pushed along and lost ground from 2f out - eventually finished fifth | 5/6 | 10 | 9-2 | 77 | 50C | 55C | Jason Watson | 15/2 |
| 09 Aug 25+41d | Lingfield | Pristine Homes Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Handy early - dropped back approaching halfway - urged into effort 7f out - regained fourth spot - drifted right and made little headway in third from 2f out - never able to trouble winner inside final furlong - kept trying but held onto third | 3/4 | shd | 9-6 | 78 | 97C | 66B | Callum Hutchinson | 13/2 |
| 29 Jun 25+51d | Ffos Las | dragonbet.co.uk Born From The Betting Ring Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Handy in the leading group - pressed for effort over 2f out and drifted left approaching the final furlong - knocked sideways close home but stayed on to finish third | 3/8 | 1½ | 9-0 | 78 | 147A | 73A | Oisin Murphy | 9/2 |
| 09 May 25+20d | Chester | Boodles Darley EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) Tracked front group along the rail - pressed for effort with 2f left - held no more inside the closing stages - finished 5th beaten 2 1/4 lengths | 5/6 | hd | 9-7 | 78 | 73A | 78B | Oisin Murphy | 15/2 |
| 19 Apr 25+36d | Musselburgh | Darley EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) Set the pace early - driven along and challenged for the front 3f out - lost command 2f out and unable to match the winner's finishing burst | 2/5 | 4¾ | 9-7 | — | 65C | 78B | Oisin Murphy | 5/1 |
| 14 Mar 25+14d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Sat behind pace early - hit front and held advantage for five furlongs - pressed for effort with 2f remaining and lost command approaching final furlong - stayed on well to finish second beaten a half-length | 2/4 | ½ | 9-7 | — | 81C | 69B | Jason Watson | 18/1 |
| 28 Feb 25 | Southwell (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Held up in rear - unable to challenge throughout - finished sixth | 6/10 | ¾ | 9-4 | — | 54A | 62A | Callum Hutchinson | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Wise Counsellor won?
- Wise Counsellor (GB) has yet to win, from 15 archived starts between 2025 and 2026. Placed 2 times in total (13.3% of starts).
- Who trains Wise Counsellor?
- Wise Counsellor (GB) is trained by Gary & Josh Moore, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 September 2026.
- Who is Wise Counsellor's sire?
- Wise Counsellor (GB) is by Nathaniel (IRE) out of Know The Truth (GB), whose sire is Lawman.
- What is Wise Counsellor's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 68, from the run on 12 September 2026. The highest on record is 80.
- What is Wise Counsellor's sire's record?
- Nathaniel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,095 runs since Apr 2016 (639 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.4% from 326.
- Who are Wise Counsellor's siblings?
- Out of Know The Truth (GB), Wise Counsellor (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Griffin Park (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Griffin Park (GB)). The wins came over 7f. As at Nov 2026.