Affection (GB)
Affection is a lightly raced gelding with two starts between Apr 2025 and Oct 2025. By Advertise whose progeny have won 148 of 1516 runs since Jan 2008 he finished 9 of 9 when held in the Pyledriver British EBF Novice Stakes at Salisbury in Oct 2025 on good ground. He had also been unplaced at Leicester over under 6f on good. His last run at Salisbury in Oct 2025 was at age 2.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 159dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 42C | 28 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 1,539 runs since Jan 2008 (151 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 225 | 16 | 7.1% | −2.6 | — |
| Good | 316 | 29 | 9.2% | −0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 127 | 9 | 7.1% | −2.6 | — |
| Soft | 165 | 16 | 9.7% | 0 | — |
| Heavy | 53 | 4 | 7.5% | −2.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 650 | 76 | 11.7% | +2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 117 | 9 | 7.7% | −2 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 748 | 68 | 9.1% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 399 | 45 | 11.3% | +1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 200 | 18 | 9% | −0.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 63 | 10 | 15.9% | +6.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Oct 25+159d | Salisbury | Pyledriver British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Held up towards back - never a threat - well beaten in 9th | 9/9 | 2½ | 9-7 | 42C | 47C | Harry Davies | 125/1 |
| 26 Apr 25 | Leicester | Juddmonte British EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Held a midfield spot early - urged forward around the halfway stage - soon lost touch with the field - well held at the finish | 15/15 | 4½ | 9-3 | 14C | 30C | Trevor Whelan | 22/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Affection (GB) won?
- Affection (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trained Affection (GB)?
- Affection (GB) was trained by Martyn Meade on the most recent run on record, at Salisbury on 2 October 2025.
- Who is Affection (GB)'s sire?
- Affection (GB) is by Advertise (GB) out of Loving Glance (GB), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What is Affection (GB)'s sire's record?
- Advertise (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 1,539 runs since Jan 2008 (151 horses), Flat and jumps together.