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Horse profile

Catch The Swallows (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2021) · Last trainer Venetia Williams · Last owner Carol David Shaw
by Masterofthehorse (IRE) out of Nafrah (USA) (Shamardal)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Jan 2019
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Dec 2021 — 1,777 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2021 · 3rd of 12 Won at Bangor-on-Dee New yard
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Jan 2019 and Dec 2021, the last of them as a 7yo gelding. Finished 3 of 12 at Leicester last time. By Masterofthehorse (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 6.5% of 587 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 49 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Leicester, 15 Dec 2021

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 133A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Bangor-on-Dee, 8 Jan 2019

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 133A · median 129.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m2133A129.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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

Progeny in our archive have won 6.5% of 587 runs since Jan 2008 (61 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 2.4% from 166.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm26519.2%+12.7—
Good209188.6%+2.1—
Good to Soft9322.2%−4.31 from 1
Soft16642.4%−4.10 from 1
Heavy6968.7%+2.2—
Standard (AW)24312.5%+6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−6.5—
6f – 7f2613.8%−2.7—
1m – 1m1f5559.1%+2.6—
1m2f – 1m4f53713.2%+6.7—
1m5f – 2m17895.1%−1.41 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f19084.2%−2.3—
2m5f – 3m8189.9%+3.4—
Over 3m300%−6.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Nafrah (USA) (Shamardal)

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 1 run
15 Dec 21+1072d Leicester WM Installations Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 15.5f · Soft · 12 ran 3/12 1 11-4 49A126A Charlie Deutsch 5/2
2019 · 1 run
08 Jan 19 Bangor-on-Dee Budweiser Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 1/13 11-5 —133A David Noonan 5/1

Quick answers

How many races has Catch The Swallows won?
Catch The Swallows (IRE) won 1 of 2 archived starts between 2019 and 2021, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 2 times in total (100% of starts).
Who trained Catch The Swallows?
Catch The Swallows (IRE) was trained by Venetia Williams on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 15 December 2021.
Who is Catch The Swallows's sire?
Catch The Swallows (IRE) is by Masterofthehorse (IRE) out of Nafrah (USA), whose sire is Shamardal.
What is Catch The Swallows's sire's record?
Masterofthehorse (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.5% of 587 runs since Jan 2008 (61 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 2.4% from 166.

Record shown from January 2019. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.