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Ancient Times: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Ancient Times is an 8-year-old gelding by Exceed And Excel, trained by Harry Eustace. He has won 8 of 46 starts and placed in 10 more, for £101,948 in prize money. His best trip is 6f, where 4 wins from 14 is a 29% strike rate against 13% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:45 at Chelmsford (AW) on 2 November. His best performance rating is 94, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 46
  • Wins 8
  • Placed 18
  • Strike rate 17%
  • Prize money £101,948
  • Best rating 94
  • Official rating 67

Where Ancient Times runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:45 Chelmsford (AW) Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Stakes —

Ancient Times form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
1 Sep 26 Brighton Streamline Taxis - Always Going The Distance Handicap Stakes Class 5 5.5f Good 4 2.75 7/1 George Wood 67
7 Aug 26 Brighton Harry Bloom Memorial "Brighton Bullet" Handicap Stakes Class 4 6f Good To Firm 9 5.5 22/1 Pierre-Louis Jamin 68
18 Jul 26 Doncaster Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival Apprentice Handicap Stakes Class 5 5f Good To Firm 2 .75 3/1 Travis Ford 67
9 Jul 26 Epsom Downs Robert Dyas Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Firm 1 — 14/1 Callum Hutchinson 65
19 Jun 26 Newmarket Find Your Zyn Moment Handicap Class 5 6f Good 13 15 33/1 George Wood 68
4 Dec 25 Chelmsford City (AW) 'Timeform Sprint Series Qualifier' Handicap Class 4 5f Standard 10 23.25 40/1 Pierre-Louis Jamin 70
20 Nov 25 Lingfield (AW) Join The Midnite Movement Handicap Class 5 5f Standard 10 6 17/2 Pierre-Louis Jamin 71
18 Oct 25 Catterick William Hill Each Way Extra Veterans' Handicap Class 4 6f Good 6 1.5 8/1 David Nolan 72
3 Oct 25 Southwell (AW) Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Class 5 6f Standard 12 12.5 10/1 Kaiya Fraser 73
21 Sep 25 Southwell (AW) Free Bets On attheraces.com Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 5f Standard To Slow 3 1 6/1 Tom Marquand 73
9 Jun 25 Pontefract Pontefract Races Chairman's Challenge Apprentice Handicap Class 5 5f Good 2 .5 6/1 Taryn Langley 73
24 May 25 Catterick Come Racing Again 30th May Veterans' Handicap Class 5 6f Good 1 — 7/2 David Nolan 71
3 May 25 Goodwood VIP Racehorse Ownership At racingclub.com Handicap Class 5 5f Good 2 .5 6/4F Kaiya Fraser 71
26 Apr 25 Doncaster Download The At The Races App Handicap Class 5 5f Good To Firm 1 — 13/2 Kaiya Fraser 68
23 Nov 24 Wolverhampton (AW) Take Time To Think With BetUK Handicap Class 4 5f Standard 4 2.5 17/2 Hayley Turner 70
10 Oct 24 Southwell (AW) Golf And Gallop Package Handicap Class 5 5f Standard 4 2.75 13/2 Hayley Turner 71
20 Jul 24 Newmarket Adnams Pink Gin Gallop Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Firm 8 8.25 12/1 Hayley Turner 74
26 Jun 24 Salisbury Whitsbury Manor Stud Supporting Inspire Foundation Handicap (Veterans' Race) Class 4 5f Good To Firm 4 2.25 6/1 Hayley Turner 76
4 Jun 24 Lingfield (AW) Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap Class 4 5f Standard 4 2.5 8/1 William Buick 78
11 May 24 Nottingham Book Family Raceday 2nd June Today Handicap Class 4 5f Good 4 1.75 9/2 Kaiya Fraser 79
13 Apr 24 Yarmouth Download The BresBet App Handicap Class 4 5f Good To Firm 4 1 9/2 Kaiya Fraser 80
13 Dec 23 Lingfield (AW) BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap Class 3 6f Standard 8 4 17/2 Hayley Turner 82
23 Nov 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Find More Big Deals With BetUK Handicap Class 3 5f Standard 4 2.75 6/1 Hayley Turner 84
23 Aug 23 York Sky Bet And Symphony Group Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 5.5f Good To Firm 17 10.5 50/1 Hayley Turner 88
20 Aug 23 Sandown Sky Bet Sunday Series Sprint Handicap Class 3 5f Good 14 10.5 11/1 Hayley Turner 88
18 Jun 23 Doncaster James Hammond Handicap Class 2 5f Good To Firm 4 2.5 7/2J Kaiya Fraser 89
17 Jun 23 Chester Edinburgh Gin Spritz Handicap Class 3 5f Good 3 .5 9/1 Pierre-Louis Jamin 89
3 Jun 23 Epsom Downs Aston Martin 'Dash' Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 5f Good To Firm 15 5.5 8/1 Kaiya Fraser 91
20 May 23 Newmarket Aspall Cyder Vinegar Handicap Class 3 5f Good 4 1.75 3/1J Hayley Turner 92
1 Oct 22 Wolverhampton (AW) bet365 Handicap Class 3 6f Standard 4 3 7/1 George Wood 93
20 Aug 22 Chester Joan Calvert Brown Handicap Class 2 5.5f Good 2 .75 5/1 Pierre-Louis Jamin 91
17 Aug 22 York Sky Bet And Symphony Group Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 5.5f Good 14 7 12/1 Hayley Turner 91
8 Jul 22 Newmarket Moet & Chandon Handicap Class 3 5f Good To Firm 2 .75 4/1 Hayley Turner 89
4 Jun 22 Musselburgh Inchs Cider Scottish Sprint Cup Handicap Class 2 5f Good 1 — 6/1 Pierre-Louis Jamin 84
22 Apr 22 Doncaster Read Kevin Blake On atheraces.com Handicap Class 4 5f Good To Firm 1 — 13/2 Hayley Turner 80
27 Sep 21 Bath Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap Class 4 5.5f Good 5 7.75 7/4F Hayley Turner 81
12 Sep 21 Haydock Sky Bet Sunday Series Sprint Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Firm 2 .25 8/1 Hayley Turner 78
30 Aug 21 Epsom Downs Racing TV Handicap Class 4 6f Good 1 — 16/5 Hayley Turner 75
30 Jul 21 Newmarket Rich Energy Handicap Class 5 6f Good 5 6.5 9/2 Hayley Turner 76
1 Jun 21 Lingfield Cash Out At bet365 Handicap Class 5 6f Good To Firm 1 — 11/10F Hayley Turner 71
14 May 21 Newmarket Betfair Racing Only Bettor Podcast Handicap Class 5 7f Good To Soft 3 5 12/1 Hayley Turner 72
26 Apr 21 Windsor Follow At The Races On Twitter Handicap Class 5 6f Good To Firm 4 4.25 10/1 Tom Marquand 73
8 Oct 20 Southwell (AW) Visit attheraces.com EBF Maiden Stakes Class 5 5f Standard 1 — 3/1 Daniel Tudhope 73
6 Sep 20 York Sky Bet British EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 3 5.5f Good 4 6.25 16/1 Daniel Tudhope –
14 Aug 20 Pontefract British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes Class 5 5f Good To Firm 8 10.25 11/8F Daniel Tudhope –
18 Jul 20 York William Hill EBF Novice Stakes Class 5 5f Good 3 1.5 5/2 Daniel Tudhope –

Last time out

Finished 4 in the Streamline Taxis - Always Going The Distance Handicap Stakes at Brighton on 1 September 2026. Held a spot near the front - pushed along with 2f left - still in with a shout inside the final furlong - maintained effort without finding more and edged out of third close home.

Ancient Times by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
5f 25 4 16% —
6f 14 4 29% —
5.5f 6 0 0% —
7f 1 0 0% —

Ancient Times by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 18 3 17% —
Good To Firm 16 4 25% —
Standard 10 1 10% —
Standard To Slow 1 0 0% —
Good To Soft 1 0 0% —

Ancient Times by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Newmarket 6 0 0% —
Doncaster 4 2 50% —
Southwell (AW) 4 1 25% —
York 4 0 0% —
Epsom Downs 3 2 67% —
Lingfield (AW) 3 0 0% —
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% —
Brighton 2 0 0% —
Catterick 2 1 50% —
Pontefract 2 0 0% —

Ancient Times breeding

  • Sire Exceed And Excel (AUS)
  • Dam Oriental Step (IRE)
  • Damsire Tamayuz (GB)
  • Breeder Hadi Al-Tajir
  • Foaled 31 March 2018

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