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Horse profile

Benny The Bat (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2007) · Last trainer Ken Cunningham-Brown · Last owner A J Richards
by Victory Note (USA) out of Little Emily (GB) (Zafonic)
10 runs · 8 courses · from Aug 2006
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Aug 2007 — 7,019 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2007 · 8th of 11 Won at Wolverhampton (AW) Last raced off OR 64
KTB Profile

Benny The Bat (GB) is 1 from 10, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Dec 2006. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 6 on turf. Last raced off 64, 12lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 10 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 6 OR ↓ 12lb off peak
Official rating64↓ 12lb off peak
64 64–76

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 66C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Brighton, 13 Jun 2007 Official rating 64 at the last run, 16 Aug 2007

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 10 figures · best 78C · median 64.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)478C61—
Soft264C53—
Good to Firm270C68—
Good to Soft1———
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f578C65—
1m5f – 2m242C42—
1m2f – 1m4f266C61.5—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Victory Note (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 635 runs since Jan 2008 (77 horses).

Strongest on good going: 11.8% from 119. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.8% from 135. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.5% from 157.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1000%−8.80 from 1
Good to Firm78810.3%+1.50 from 2
Good1191411.8%+3—
Good to Soft7767.8%−10 from 1
Soft101109.9%+1.10 from 2
Heavy5036%−2.8—
Standard (AW)200157.5%−1.31 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f17317.6%+8.8—
6f – 7f11465.3%−3.50 from 1
1m – 1m1f15774.5%−4.31 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f9566.3%−2.50 from 2
1m5f – 2m1352417.8%+90 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f971010.3%+1.5—
2m5f – 3m2000%−8.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Little Emily (GB) (Zafonic)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lady Cobra (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 4 1 25% −2.43
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 1 100% +0.57

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Salisbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Brighton 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 1 100% +0.57
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 5 1 20% −3.43
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Steve Drowne 6 1 17% −4.43
James Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Pat Dobbs 1 0 0% −1.00
Neil Callan 1 0 0% −1.00
Ted Durcan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 1 11% −7.43
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 6 0 0% −6.00
2006 4 1 25% −2.43

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2007 · 6 runs
16 Aug 07+19d Salisbury UKW - Knights & Co Handicap Class 5 · 1m6f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8/11 4 8-13 6442C James Doyle 33/1
28 Jul 07+45d Salisbury Tim Owen Memorial Handicap Class 5 · 1m6f · Soft · 8 ran 7/8 7 8-9 6642C Pat Dobbs 14/1
13 Jun 07+13d Brighton John Bloor Memorial Handicap Class 5 · 1m4f · Firm · 7 ran 7/7 nk 9-7 7066C Steve Drowne 16/1
31 May 07+36d Lingfield (AW) Bentley, Kent Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 13 ran 10/13 nk 9-2 7257C Steve Drowne 7/1
25 Apr 07+87d Epsom Downs Johnny & Cora Mcloughlin Memorial Handicap Class 5 · 1m½f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 7/13 ½ 9-4 7570C Steve Drowne 12/1
28 Jan 07+46d Kempton (AW) Digibet.com Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Standard · 6 ran 4/6 ½ 9-3 7656C Neil Callan 9/1
2006 · 4 runs
13 Dec 06+72d Wolverhampton (AW) Pontin's Holidays Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 1m½f · Standard · 6 ran 1/6 9-3 7665C Steve Drowne 4/7F
02 Oct 06+26d Windsor E.B.F. Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Soft · 12 ran 4/12 5 9-3 7664C Steve Drowne 3/1F
06 Sep 06+33d Kempton (AW) E.B.F. Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 1m · Standard · 11 ran 2/11 1¼ 9-3 —78C Steve Drowne 9/4
04 Aug 06 Newmarket Newmarket Nights Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 5/14 shd 9-3 —66C Ted Durcan 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Benny The Bat won?
Benny The Bat (GB) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2006 and 2007, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 2 times in total (20% of starts).
Who trained Benny The Bat?
Benny The Bat (GB) was trained by Ken Cunningham-Brown on the most recent run on record, at Salisbury on 16 August 2007.
Who is Benny The Bat's sire?
Benny The Bat (GB) is by Victory Note (USA) out of Little Emily (GB), whose sire is Zafonic.
What going does Benny The Bat prefer?
Benny The Bat (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Benny The Bat's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 16 August 2007. The highest on record is 76.
What is Benny The Bat's sire's record?
Victory Note (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 635 runs since Jan 2008 (77 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 11.8% from 119. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.8% from 135. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.5% from 157.
Who are Benny The Bat's siblings?
Out of Little Emily (GB), Benny The Bat (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2006. 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.