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Hectic: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Hectic is a 6-year-old gelding by Massaat, trained by Liam Bailey. He has won 3 of 36 starts and placed in 6 more, for £48,226 in prize money. His best trip is 6f, where 3 wins from 17 is a 18% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 3:40 at Ayr on 18 September. His best performance rating is 94, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 36
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 9
  • Strike rate 8%
  • Prize money £48,226
  • Best rating 94
  • Official rating 66

Where Hectic runs next

Time Course Race Best price
3:40 Ayr Ladbrokes Ayr Bronze Cup Handicap Stakes —

Hectic form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
31 Aug 26 Southwell (AW) Gents Evening Saturday 24th October Handicap Stakes Class 5 6f Standard 3 2.5 11/1 Jack Garritty 66
17 Aug 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Follow @attheraces On X Handicap Stakes Class 5 6f Standard 9 8.5 4/1 Stevie Donohoe 67
6 Aug 26 Southwell (AW) Free Bets On attheraces.com Handicap Stakes (Div I) Class 5 6f Standard 3 1.5 14/1 Jack Garritty 67
12 Jun 26 Chester Allington Hughes Law Bicentenary Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Class 4 7f Good To Soft 5 4.25 20/1 Miss Pippa Brown 69
8 Jun 26 Pontefract Mr Wolf Sprint Handicap Class 5 6f Good 7 4.25 16/1 Billy Garritty 69
9 May 26 Ascot Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% Blue Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Firm 14 10.5 33/1 Clifford Lee 72
21 Apr 26 Pontefract Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Save Lives Handicap Class 5 6f Good 4 8.25 15/2 Billy Garritty 73
26 Mar 26 Chelmsford City (AW) All Weather Handicap Class 4 6f Standard 4 3.5 10/1 Billy Garritty 74
6 Mar 26 Newcastle (AW) BetMGM Supports Safer Gambling Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 7f Standard 4 3.75 25/1 Billy Garritty 75
15 Jun 25 Hamilton Sky Bet Club Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Soft 9 5.25 16/1 Billy Garritty 77
4 Jun 25 Ripon weatherbysshop.co.uk Handicap Class 5 6f Good 1 — 15/2 Billy Garritty 72
31 May 25 York William Hill Keep Your Raceday Positive Handicap Class 4 6f Good 4 2.5 22/1 Jason Hart 72
17 May 25 Doncaster Chris Garwood Retirement Party Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Firm 6 3.25 11/1 Mason Paetel 74
13 Apr 25 Musselburgh Sky Bet Proud To Support ROR Handicap Class 4 7f Good 11 21.25 16/1 Billy Garritty 75
1 Apr 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap Class 4 6f Standard 3 2 40/1 Billy Garritty 75
17 Oct 24 Southwell (AW) At The Races App Form Study Handicap Class 5 6f Standard 1 — 7/1 Clifford Lee 72
11 Oct 24 York Ire Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Apprentice Handicap Class 4 7f Soft 14 12 9/1 Jack Doughty 72
11 Sep 24 Carlisle Deanta Supporting Andersons Autumn Door Offers Handicap Class 5 7f Soft 5 4.5 4/1 Daniel Tudhope 74
17 Aug 24 Doncaster Believe Loans Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 7f Good To Firm 5 4 15/2 Hector Crouch 75
12 Jul 24 York William Hill Extra Place Races Daily Handicap Class 3 7f Good To Soft 9 6.5 11/1 Tom Kiely-Marshall 77
23 Jun 24 Pontefract Sunpak Potatoes Handicap Class 3 6f Good To Firm 6 6 3/1 Callum Rodriguez 79
14 Jun 24 York Andy Thornton Hospitality Furniture Apprentice Handicap Class 4 7f Good To Soft 5 5.75 11/2 Jack Doughty 80
1 Jun 24 Doncaster Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap Class 3 7f Good 3 .5 8/1 Kieran O'Neill 80
17 May 24 York Yorkshire Equine Practice Handicap Class 4 7f Good 4 3.25 16/1 Hollie Doyle 81
27 Apr 24 Doncaster Park Lodge Hot Shots Handicap Class 3 6f Soft 6 5.75 9/1 Jonny Peate 83
11 Apr 24 Southwell (AW) Download The PlanetSportBet App Handicap Class 4 7f Standard 10 8 28/1 Jonny Peate 85
19 Aug 23 Newbury Heart Bingo Summer Sizzler Handicap Class 2 7f Good To Soft 6 5 12/1 Alec Voikhansky 86
5 Aug 23 Newmarket Ian Angry Anderson 50th Birthday Celebration Handicap Class 3 7f Soft 3 2.5 18/5 Jamie Spencer 86
27 Jul 23 Yarmouth William Hill Epic Value Racing League Race 2 Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Soft 5 2 7/1 Marco Ghiani 87
8 Jul 23 Haydock Best Odds Guaranteed At Bet365.Com Handicap Class 3 7f Good 7 5.25 14/1 Sean Levey 90
27 May 23 Goodwood William Hill Harroways Handicap Class 2 7f Good To Firm 13 12.5 18/1 Alec Voikhansky 92
7 May 23 Newmarket Howden Handicap Class 3 1m Soft 6 3.75 4/1 Ryan Moore 93
21 Apr 23 Newbury Dubai Duty Free Full Of Surprises Handicap (Str) Class 2 7f Soft 2 .25 12/1 Pat Dobbs 87
8 Sep 22 Doncaster Weatherbys Scientific 300,000 2-Y-O Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 6.5f Good To Soft 8 7.25 22/1 Pat Dobbs 87
17 Aug 22 York Tattersalls Acomb Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 7f Good 6 8.75 14/1 Pat Dobbs –
16 Jul 22 Newbury bet365 EBF Novice Stakes Class 5 6f Good To Firm 1 — 10/3F Pat Dobbs –

Last time out

Finished 3 in the Gents Evening Saturday 24th October Handicap Stakes at Southwell (AW) on 31 August 2026. Held up in the pack - pushed along approaching 2f out - ran on to grab third near the line - third at the finish.

Hectic by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
6f 17 3 18% —
7f 17 0 0% —
8f 1 0 0% —
6.5f 1 0 0% —

Hectic by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 9 1 11% —
Standard 8 1 13% —
Good To Soft 7 0 0% —
Good To Firm 6 1 17% —
Soft 6 0 0% —

Hectic by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
York 6 0 0% —
Doncaster 5 0 0% —
Southwell (AW) 4 1 25% —
Pontefract 3 0 0% —
Newbury 3 1 33% —
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% —
Newmarket 2 0 0% —
Chester 1 0 0% —
Ascot 1 0 0% —
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% —

Hectic breeding

  • Sire Massaat (IRE)
  • Dam Ceedwell (GB)
  • Damsire Exceed And Excel (AUS)
  • Breeder Miss Nell Kent & Miss Sophie Bates
  • Foaled 4 May 2020

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