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Horse profile

Call Butterfly (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, May 2007) · Last trainer Philip Hobbs · Last owner Andy Ash
by Bob's Return (IRE) out of Strong Swimmer (IRE) (Black Minstrel)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Dec 2006
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 May 2007 — 7,117 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2007
KTB Profile

Call Butterfly (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

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 98C the best of the last 1 rated run · Kempton, 9 Feb 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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 4 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 4 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
Bob's Return (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 2,268 runs since Jan 2008 (219 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 11.8% from 254.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2000%−8.5—
Good to Firm2543011.8%+3.30 from 1
Good649416.3%−2.2—
Good to Soft361349.4%+0.90 from 2
Soft564447.8%−0.70 from 1
Heavy3723910.5%+2—
Standard (AW)4848.3%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−8.5—
6f – 7f9111.1%+2.6—
1m – 1m1f3113.2%−5.3—
1m2f – 1m4f32412.5%+4—
1m5f – 2m704476.7%−1.8—
2m1f – 2m4f806749.2%+0.70 from 1
2m5f – 3m583559.4%+0.90 from 3
Over 3m102109.8%+1.3—

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
Strong Swimmer (IRE) (Black Minstrel)

4 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Rumbavu (IRE)40——
The Vintage Dancer (IRE)90——
Mull Queen (IRE)30——
Swan Inn (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 3 0 0% −3.00
2006 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 KTB Jockey SP
2007 · 3 runs
11 May 07+91d Wincanton Danebury Vineyards Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5½f · Good To Firm · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-0 — Tom O'Brien 33/1
09 Feb 07+9d Kempton Range Rover Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 11/15 4 10-12 98C Tom O'Brien 100/1
31 Jan 07+39d Leicester E.B.F. 'NH' Novices' Hurdle (Qual) Class 3 · 2m4½f · Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-5 — Tom O'Brien 50/1
2006 · 1 run
23 Dec 06 Fontwell WBX.com Alternative 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m5½f · Good To Soft · 16 ran F/16 — 11-0 — Tom O'Brien 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Call Butterfly won?
Call Butterfly (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2006 and 2007.
Who trained Call Butterfly?
Call Butterfly (IRE) was trained by Philip Hobbs on the most recent run on record, at Wincanton on 11 May 2007.
Who is Call Butterfly's sire?
Call Butterfly (IRE) is by Bob's Return (IRE) out of Strong Swimmer (IRE), whose sire is Black Minstrel.
What is Call Butterfly's sire's record?
Bob's Return (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 2,268 runs since Jan 2008 (219 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 11.8% from 254.
Who are Call Butterfly's siblings?
Out of Strong Swimmer (IRE), Call Butterfly (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 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.