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Lightening Company: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Lightening Company is an 8-year-old gelding by Fast Company, trained by Ben Haslam. He has won 7 of 44 starts and placed in 14 more, for £82,569 in prize money. His best trip is 2m 1f, where 2 wins from 9 is a 22% strike rate against 14% at every other distance. He runs next in the 3:08 at Pontefract on 17 September. His best performance rating is 102, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 44
  • Wins 7
  • Placed 21
  • Strike rate 16%
  • Prize money £82,569
  • Best rating 102
  • Official rating 102

Where Lightening Company runs next

Time Course Race Best price
3:08 Pontefract Napoleons Casino Bradford Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) —

Lightening Company form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
29 Aug 26 Cartmel Molson Coors Cartmel Cup Handicap Hurdle Race Class 3 2m 1f Good 2 1.5 20/1 Kevin Brogan 102
26 Jun 26 Cartmel Cartmel Priory Cofe School Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 1f Good 5 26.75 11/2 Mr James Murray 104
13 May 26 York Stuey Weston & Friends Getting Out Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 4f Good 8 11.75 33/1 Andrew Mullen 72
29 Apr 26 Pontefract Chadwick Lawrence Supports National Horseracing College Handicap Class 5 1m 2f Good 1 — 2/1J Harry Vigors 69
7 Apr 26 Pontefract Tommy Hepple Memorial Handicap Class 5 1m 4f Good To Soft 1 — 3/1F Andrew Mullen 67
5 Mar 26 Newcastle (AW) Midnite Ain't Your Grandad's Bookie Handicap Class 5 1m 2f Standard 10 12.75 80/1 Paul Mulrennan 70
20 Jan 26 Newcastle (AW) Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Class 5 1m 2f Standard 10 21 66/1 Paul Mulrennan 73
27 Nov 25 Newcastle (AW) Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 2f Standard 10 27.75 66/1 Andrew Mullen 74
20 Oct 25 Pontefract Napoleons Casino Bradford Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 2f Soft 2 2 40/1 Andrew Mullen 72
4 Oct 25 Newcastle (AW) Arc 1MILLION Bonus Bigger Than Ever Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 2f Standard 11 22.25 33/1 Andrew Mullen 74
23 Aug 25 Cartmel Molson Coors Cartmel Cup Handicap Hurdle Class 3 2m 1f Good PU - 13/2 Richie McLernon 105
21 Jul 25 Cartmel Cumbria Grand Hotel Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 1f Soft 1 — 4/1 Richie McLernon 100
27 Jun 25 Cartmel John Wade Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 1f Soft 3 4.25 5/1 Mr John Dawson 100
6 Jun 25 Thirsk JW 4X4 Northallerton Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 4f Good 6 2.75 2/1F Andrew Mullen 76
14 May 25 York Stuey Weston & Friends Getting Out Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 4f Good To Firm 5 4.25 40/1 Andrew Mullen 77
14 Apr 25 Pontefract RIU Hotels And Resorts Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 2 1m 2f Good 8 9.75 9/1 Andrew Mullen 79
6 Dec 24 Sedgefield Fairlight Studio Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 1f Soft 3 5.75 13/2 Richie McLernon 100
5 Nov 24 Redcar racingtv.com/freetrial Handicap Class 3 1m 2f Soft 4 3.75 10/1 Luke Morris 81
26 Sep 24 Pontefract Simon Scrope Dalby Screw-Driver Handicap Class 3 1m 2f Good To Soft 5 10.75 12/1 Andrew Mullen 83
24 Aug 24 Cartmel Cartmel Peninsula Holiday Food Boxes Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 2m 1f Soft 3 4 2/1F Jack Hogan 100
20 Jul 24 Cartmel Cartmel Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 1f Good 1 — 5/2 Richie McLernon 95
15 May 24 York Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Jorvik Handicap Class 2 1m 4f Good 7 10 16/1 Andrew Mullen 84
22 Apr 24 Pontefract RIU Hotels And Resorts Handicap Class 2 1m 2f Soft 2 2 6/1 Andrew Mullen 84
24 Mar 24 Doncaster Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Class 3 1m 2f Soft 3 4.25 16/1 Andrew Breslin 84
28 Sep 23 Pontefract Simon Scrope Dalby Screw-Driver Handicap Class 3 1m 2f Good To Soft 5 8 15/2 Andrew Mullen 86
16 Sep 23 Doncaster PJ Towey Construction Handicap Class 2 1m 2f Soft 3 4.75 9/2 Clifford Lee 87
26 Aug 23 Cartmel Hadwins Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m 1f Soft 3 15.5 7/2 Richie McLernon 93
14 Aug 23 Hamilton Allstone Group Scottish Trophy Handicap Class 3 1m 1f Soft 4 2.25 17/2 Andrew Mullen 88
28 Jul 23 Uttoxeter Brit Direct Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 2m Good To Soft 6 8.75 3/1 Richie McLernon 95
17 Jun 23 Hexham Michael Foster Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m Good 11 52.75 4/1 Richie McLernon 96
19 May 23 York Knights Solicitors Handicap Class 2 1m 2.5f Good To Firm 11 8.75 12/1 Graham Lee 88
24 Apr 23 Pontefract RIU Hotels And Resorts Handicap Class 2 1m 2f Good To Soft 1 — 6/1 Andrew Mullen 82
23 Nov 22 Wetherby Watch Race Replay At Racing TV Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Heavy 3 25.5 22/1 Richie McLernon –
24 Oct 22 Redcar Join Racing TV For The Jumps Season Handicap Class 3 1m Heavy 9 12.5 7/2 Harrison Shaw 84
24 Jul 22 Pontefract Pontefract And District Golf Club Ltd Handicap Class 4 1m 2f Good To Firm 4 7.75 5/1 Paul Mulrennan 85
9 Jun 22 Haydock Lyme Wood Handicap Class 3 1m Good To Soft 3 .75 11/10F Paul Hanagan 85
12 May 22 York Paddy Power Hambleton Handicap Class 2 1m Good 5 3.5 14/1 Andrew Mullen 85
4 Apr 22 Redcar Join Racing TV Now Handicap Class 3 1m Soft 1 — 9/2 Paul Mulrennan 81
5 Mar 22 Kelso bet365 Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 2m Soft 4 3.5 9/4 Richie McLernon –
27 Jan 22 Newcastle (AW) Mansionbet Beaten By A Head Handicap Class 4 1m Standard To Slow 2 .25 28/1 Andrew Mullen 79
4 Jan 22 Newcastle (AW) MansionBet Beaten By A Head Handicap Class 3 1m Standard 4 5.5 12/1 Jason Hart 81
26 Oct 21 Newcastle (AW) Mansionbet Proud Partners Of AWC Novice Stakes Class 5 1m Standard 2 4.75 16/5 Callum Rodriguez 81
18 Sep 21 Catterick Millbry Hill Country Store Novice Stakes Class 5 7f Good 2 8.5 5/1 Luke Morris –
17 May 21 Carlisle Durdar Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 7f Soft 1 — 16/1 Jason Hart –

Last time out

Finished 2 in the Molson Coors Cartmel Cup Handicap Hurdle Race at Cartmel on 29 August 2026. Set the pace early - came under pressure approaching 4th - driven out after the second-last and lost command a furlong from home - held no more in reserve to the line.

Lightening Company by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
10f 15 2 13% —
17f 9 2 22% —
8f 7 1 14% —
12f 5 1 20% —
16f 4 0 0% —
7f 2 1 50% —
9f 1 0 0% —
10.5f 1 0 0% —

Lightening Company by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Soft 14 3 21% —
Good 12 2 17% —
Good To Soft 6 2 33% —
Standard 6 0 0% —
Good To Firm 3 0 0% —
Heavy 2 0 0% —
Standard To Slow 1 0 0% —

Lightening Company by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Pontefract 9 3 33% —
Cartmel 8 2 25% —
Newcastle (AW) 7 0 0% —
York 5 0 0% —
Redcar 3 1 33% —
Doncaster 2 0 0% —
Thirsk 1 0 0% —
Sedgefield 1 0 0% —
Hamilton 1 0 0% —
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% —

Lightening Company breeding

  • Sire Fast Company (IRE)
  • Dam Shama's Song (IRE)
  • Damsire Teofilo (IRE)
  • Breeder Anthony Kirwan
  • Foaled 24 March 2018

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