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Horse profile

Believe In Success (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, May 2025) · Last trainer Denis Quinn · Last owner Ursa Major Masters Budden Griffin
by Make Believe (GB) out of Background (GB) (Lope De Vega)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Oct 2024
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 May 2025 — 530 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2025 · 16th of 16
KTB Profile

Believe In Success is a gelding by Make Believe out of a Lope De Vega mare who failed to win in three starts between Oct 2024 and May 2025. He raced over 1m to 1m4f on good to soft, heavy and standard AW surfaces without placing. His last run, at Chelmsford City in May 2025, saw him finish 16 of 16 in a Class 4 maiden after being held.

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 84C · median 54
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)1———
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f284C68—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 61C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newbury, 25 Oct 2024

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 3 figures · best 61C · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)1———
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f261C57—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 4 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.

Run style from 3 analysed runs since Oct 2024

  • Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Make Believe (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 3,620 runs since Apr 2019 (298 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5120%+9—
Good to Firm3424312.6%+1.6—
Good8739911.3%+0.3—
Good to Soft4385612.8%+1.80 from 1
Soft7027210.3%−0.7—
Heavy276259.1%−1.90 from 1
Standard (AW)98410410.6%−0.40 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8178.6%−2.4—
6f – 7f8489511.2%+0.2—
1m – 1m1f1,05310810.3%−0.70 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f7929411.9%+0.90 from 1
1m5f – 2m5417113.1%+2.1—
2m1f – 2m4f232229.5%−1.5—
2m5f – 3m6323.2%−7.8—
Over 3m10110%−1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Background (GB) (Lope De Vega)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Magi Melchior (GB)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mason Paetel 1 0 0% −1.00
Kyle Strydom 1 0 0% −1.00
J F Egan 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 1 0 0% −1.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 2 runs
22 May 25+54d Chelmsford City (AW) Watch Live Racing At bet365 Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 1m · Standard · 16 ran Held up towards the back - nudged for effort with two furlongs left - drifted left and lost touch inside the final furlong - finished last 16/16 4½ 8-11 52C53C Mason Paetel 150/1
29 Mar 25+155d Doncaster William Hill More Top Prices Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Tracked front group early - driven for effort before fading with over 2f remaining - finished ninth 9/10 7½ 9-7 54C53C Kyle Strydom 100/1
2024 · 1 run
25 Oct 24 Newbury Join Hot To Trot Racing 2025 Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Rnd) Class 4 · 1m · Heavy · 12 ran Held up at the back - no impact on the race - well beaten in 8th 8/12 1½ 9-7 84C61C J F Egan 200/1

Quick answers

How many races has Believe In Success won?
Believe In Success (GB) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
Who trained Believe In Success?
Believe In Success (GB) was trained by Denis Quinn on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 22 May 2025.
Who is Believe In Success's sire?
Believe In Success (GB) is by Make Believe (GB) out of Background (GB), whose sire is Lope De Vega.
What is Believe In Success's sire's record?
Make Believe (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 3,620 runs since Apr 2019 (298 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Believe In Success's siblings?
Out of Background (GB), Believe In Success (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.