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Far Ahead: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Far Ahead is a 4-year-old gelding by Far Above, trained by Richard & Peter Fahey. He has won 1 of 16 starts and placed in 4 more, for £12,132 in prize money. His best trip is 7f, where 1 win from 5 is a 20% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:00 at Southwell (AW) on 31 October. His best performance rating is 69, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 16
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 5
  • Strike rate 6%
  • Prize money £12,132
  • Best rating 69
  • Official rating 47

Where Far Ahead runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:00 Southwell (AW) ARC All Weather Bonus Is Back Handicap Stakes (Div I) —

Far Ahead form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
29 Jun 26 Pontefract Wayne Conway Memorial Handicap Class 6 1m Good 2 2.25 2/1F Oisin Orr 47
17 Jun 26 Hamilton racingtv.com Apprentice Handicap Class 6 1m 1f Good To Soft 2 2.25 9/4F Warren Fentiman 47
30 May 26 Beverley Platinum Queen Play Live After Racing Handicap Class 6 1m 0.5f Good To Firm 2 1.25 10/1 Shane Gray 46
17 May 26 Ripon Swinton Park Silver Anniversary Cup Handicap Class 6 1m Good 11 15 13/2 Oisin Orr 48
4 May 26 Beverley Support Independent Racecourses Handicap Class 6 1m 0.5f Good To Soft 7 4 25/1 Shane Gray 49
20 Apr 26 Redcar Watch Racing TV In Stunning HD Handicap Class 6 7f Good To Firm 14 12 4/1 Oisin Orr 54
31 Jan 26 Newcastle (AW) BetMGM Supports Safer Gambling Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 12 36.5 66/1 Harry Russell 60
17 Jan 26 Southwell (AW) Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Handicap Class 5 1m Standard 12 25.25 50/1 Ethan Tindall 65
10 Jan 26 Newcastle (AW) Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap Class 5 1m Standard 11 24.25 40/1 Jack Garritty 70
19 Dec 25 Southwell (AW) Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Class 5 7f Standard 6 16 17/2 Ethan Tindall 72
15 Aug 25 Thirsk Vision Windows 'A Clear Winner' Handicap Class 4 7f Good To Firm 6 3.25 25/1 Oisin Orr 75
11 Jul 25 York Laura Barry Memorial Handicap Class 4 1m Good To Firm 10 11.75 25/1 Oisin Orr 80
31 May 25 York Royal Yorkshire Regiment Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 3 1m 2.5f Good 9 28.25 50/1 Billy Garritty 83
12 May 25 Catterick Racing Welfare Supporting Mental Health Awareness Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 7f Good To Firm 1 — 3/1 Oisin Orr –
14 Aug 24 Beverley New 911 EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7.5f Good To Firm 3 8.25 15/2 Oisin Orr –
26 Jul 24 York IRE-incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 3 7f Good To Firm 4 10.25 12/1 Jack Garritty –

Last time out

Finished 2 in the Wayne Conway Memorial Handicap at Pontefract on 29 June 2026. Settled in the pack early - moved up to second inside the final furlong under pressure - stayed on well but unable to reel in the winner.

Far Ahead by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
8f 6 0 0% —
7f 5 1 20% —
8.5f 2 0 0% —
9f 1 0 0% —
10.5f 1 0 0% —
7.5f 1 0 0% —

Far Ahead by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good To Firm 7 1 14% —
Standard 4 0 0% —
Good 3 0 0% —
Good To Soft 2 0 0% —

Far Ahead by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Beverley 3 0 0% —
York 3 0 0% —
Newcastle (AW) 2 0 0% —
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% —
Pontefract 1 0 0% —
Hamilton 1 0 0% —
Ripon 1 0 0% —
Redcar 1 0 0% —
Thirsk 1 0 0% —
Catterick 1 1 100% —

Far Ahead breeding

  • Sire Far Above (IRE)
  • Dam Sageness (IRE)
  • Damsire Most Improved (IRE)
  • Breeder Blackbox Bloodstock Limited
  • Foaled 1 April 2022

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