Strong Leader (GB)

Full form — last 20 runs

Date	Off	Course	Dist	Going	Cl	Pos	Btn	Jockey	Wgt	OR	RPR	TS	SP
2026-01-24	35d	Cheltenham	24f	Soft	1	6/6	22	Sean Bowen p	162	156	115	89	9/2
Grade 2 Hurdle Turf Pertemps Network Cleeve Hurdle (GBB Race) Prominent - briefly led 2nd - lost position after 6th - not fluent 7th - dropped to last before 2 out - weakened on turn before last - tailed off (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding does not appear to enjoy the nature of the track at Cheltenham - which was noted; vet had nothing to report)
2025-12-20	22d	Ascot	24.5f	Soft	1	2/11	1.25	Sean Bowen p	161	156	156	143	15/2
Grade 1 Hurdle Turf Howden Long Walk Hurdle (GBB Race) Prominent - led before 4 out - headed last - kept on(op 11/2)
2025-11-28	27d	Newbury	24.5f	Soft	1	2/7	0.5	Sean Bowen p	162	156	156	91	5/2
Grade 2 Hurdle Turf Coral Long Distance Hurdle (GBB Race) In touch with leaders - not fluent 8th - headway to lead 3 out - faced challenge run-in - kept on but headed towards finish
2025-11-01	210d	Wetherby	24f	Good	1	1/5	0	Sean Bowen	162	157	150	134	15/8
Grade 2 Hurdle Turf bet365 Hurdle (Registered As The West Yorkshire Hurdle) (GBB Race) Raced in third - mistake 7th - pushed along before 3 out - hung left before 2 out - ridden before last where 2 lengths down - ran on run-in - led final strides(op 7/4 tchd 2/1)
2025-04-05	70d	Aintree	24.5f	Good	1	2/11	–	Sean Bowen	164	158	159	120	5/1
Grade 1 Hurdle Ivy Liverpool Hurdle (GBB Race)
2025-01-25	35d	Cheltenham	24f	Soft	1	4/6	–	Sean Bowen	162	158	145	104	5/2
Betfair Cleeve Hurdle (GBB Race)
2024-12-21	22d	Ascot	24.5f	Soft	1	10/10	39	Sean Bowen	161	158	87	67	11/8F
Grade 1 Hurdle Turf Howden Long Walk Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up in midfield - not fluent 8th - not fluent 4 out - soon outpaced and lost position - weakened before 2 out(op 6/4)
2024-11-29	230d	Newbury	24f	Soft	1	1/4	–	Sean Bowen	162	158	154	128	4/7
Coral Long Distance Hurdle (GBB Race)
2024-04-13	77d	Aintree	24.5f	Soft	1	1/10	0	Sean Bowen	164	150	159	137	8/1
Grade 1 Hurdle Turf JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up in rear - headway 9th - edged left but disputing second and going best 3 out - led narrowly when hit last - soon ridden - kept on well final 110yds(op 7/1)
2024-01-27	26d	Cheltenham	24f	Soft	1	3/7	1	Gavin Sheehan p	156	147	151	131	11/1
Grade 2 Hurdle Turf McCoy Contractors Cleeve Hurdle (GBB Race) Raced wide - in touch with leaders - bad mistake 2nd - outpaced after 3 out - jumped left 2 out - rallied approaching last - went third inside final 110yds - kept on(op 17/2)
2024-01-01	37d	Cheltenham	20.5f	Heavy	1	4/4	2.5	Gavin Sheehan	154	147	143	98	3/1
Grade 2 Hurdle Turf Dornan Engineering Relkeel Hurdle (GBB Race) Led - not fluent 2 out - lost three places approaching last - mistake and pecked on landing last - soon weakened(op 4/1 tchd 11/4)
2023-11-25	41d	Ascot	19.5f	Good	1	2/5	1	Sean Bowen	154	143	146	131	5/2
Grade 2 Hurdle Turf Coral Hurdle (Registered As The Ascot Hurdle) (GBB Race) Led - drifted left 6th - jumped left and mistake 2 out - headed after last - kept on
2023-10-15	184d	Ffos Las	16f	Soft	2	10/10	0.3	Sean Bowen	166	143	129	100	3/1J
Hurdle Turf DragonBet Welsh Champion Hurdle (A Limited Handicap) (GBB Race) Prominent - ridden 3 out - weakened 2 out (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 11/4)
2023-04-14	31d	Aintree	16.5f	Soft	1	2/12	–	Sean Bowen	161	140	146	117	14/1
Poundland Top Novices Hurdle (GBB Race)
2023-03-14	44d	Cheltenham	16.5f	Soft	1	9/14	–	Sean Bowen	161	133	143	132	25/1
Sky Bet Supreme Novices Hurdle (GBB Race)
2023-01-29	57d	Southwell	16f	Good	4	1/10	–	Sean Bowen	168	–	134	82	2/7
Follow @attheraces On Twitter Novices Hurdle (Novices Championship Hurdle Qualifier) (GBB Race)
2022-12-03	21d	Aintree	17f	Soft	3	1/9	–	Sean Bowen	160	–	134	116	2/1
Boylesports Best Odds Guaranteed Novices Hurdle (Novices Championship Hurdle Series Qual) (GBB)
2022-11-12	21d	Uttoxeter	16f	Good	4	1/7	–	Sean Bowen	154	–	117	97	4/6
A&S Bearings Celebrate 25 Years In Business Novices Hurdle (GBB Race)
2022-10-22	168d	Cheltenham	16.5f	Good	2	2/11	–	A P Heskin	158	–	115	–	5/2
Spirax-Sarco Engineering Sustainability Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB)
2022-05-07	DEB	Warwick	16f	Good	5	1/8	–	A P Heskin	156	–	115	20	3/1
racingtv.com Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)

Record by layoff

Time since last run	Runs	Wins	SR
Normal (2-4wk)	6	2	33.3%
Freshened (1-2m)	7	1	14.3%
Layoff (2-6m)	3	1	33.3%
Long break (6m+)	3	2	66.7%

Record by class

Class	Runs	Wins	SR
Class 1	14	3	21.4%
Class 2	2	0	0.0%
Class 4	2	2	100.0%

Record by distance

Trip	Runs	Wins	SR
Staying (13f+)	20	7	35.0%

Record by going

Going	Runs	Wins	SR
Soft	12	3	25.0%
Good	7	4	57.1%

Record by course

Course	Runs	Wins	SR
Cheltenham	6	0	0.0%
Aintree	4	2	50.0%
Ascot	3	0	0.0%

Data: official UK & Irish results, 2022-05-07–2026-01-24. Historical and not a guarantee of future results. 18+ · BeGambleAware.