Character Witness (IRE)
Character Witness (IRE) is 1 from 11, the win coming at Class 5 level. Won last time out at Newcastle (AW) (Class 5). The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 6 on turf.
- 1–11Wins / Runs
- 9.1%Strike rate
- 4 (36.4%)Placed
- −8.50£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 0.59Fair A/E n=11 · 0.50 incl. margin
- 80Highest OR
- 14dBetween runs (median)longest 168 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 105
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 105A | 87 | — |
| Good | 3 | 97A | 76 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 101B | 80 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 105A | 101 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 3,630 runs since Apr 2016 (299 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 4.9% from 287.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 20 | 2 | 10% | +1.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 450 | 44 | 9.8% | +1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 813 | 88 | 10.8% | +2.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 414 | 33 | 8% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 500 | 29 | 5.8% | −2.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 170 | 12 | 7.1% | −1.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,263 | 105 | 8.3% | −0.3 | 1 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 287 | 14 | 4.9% | −3.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 755 | 66 | 8.7% | +0.1 | 0 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 680 | 43 | 6.3% | −2.3 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 811 | 85 | 10.5% | +1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 697 | 63 | 9% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 276 | 26 | 9.4% | +0.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 98 | 12 | 12.2% | +3.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 26 | 4 | 15.4% | +6.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Gylo (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5½f–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Gylo (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gylo (IRE) | 21 | 5 | 1m2f–2m½f | Class 4 |
| Jumping Jack (IRE) | 65 | 4 | 7f–2m | Class 4 |
| Coastal Mist (IRE) | 14 | 1 | 5½f | Class 4 |
| Chosen Mark (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.50 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.50 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Egan | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.50 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Harry Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.50 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Oct 18+7d | Newcastle (AW) | 188Bet Live Casino Median Auction Maiden Stakes | 1/11 | 9-5 | 77 | 105A | 92A | Jack Mitchell | 6/4J | |
| 10 Oct 18+117d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red Casino Handicap | 4/14 | nse | 9-2 | 77 | 101B | 81A | David Egan | 12/1 |
| 15 Jun 18+9d | Sandown | Gate-a-mation Handicap | 6/10 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 77 | 75A | 72A | Jack Mitchell | 10/3 |
| 06 Jun 18+40d | Kempton (AW) | 32red.com Handicap | 3/12 | nse | 8-10 | 77 | 87A | 79A | David Egan | 11/2 |
| 27 Apr 18+14d | Doncaster | Best Odds At k8.com Handicap | 4/7 | 1½ | 8-13 | 78 | 86A | 81A | Andrea Atzeni | 3/1F |
| 13 Apr 18+168d | Kempton (AW) | Matchbook Betting Podcast Handicap | 3/10 | 1¼ | 9-0 | 78 | 80A | 76A | David Egan | 8/1 |
| 2017 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Oct 17+13d | Doncaster | Owlerton Greyhound Stadium Nursery (Str) | 6/8 | 1½ | 8-8 | 79 | 97A | 68A | Andrea Atzeni | 9/2 |
| 14 Oct 17+65d | Newmarket | Darley Nursery | 5/8 | 1 | 8-1 | 80 | 76A | 71A | David Egan | 8/1 |
| 10 Aug 17+13d | Newcastle (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Novice Median Auction Stakes | 3/14 | shd | 9-2 | — | 57B | 87A | Harry Bentley | 5/2F |
| 28 Jul 17+15d | Newmarket | Fly London Southend Airport To Lyon Novice Median Auction Stakes (Plus 10) | 4/12 | nk | 9-2 | — | 82A | 84A | Silvestre De Sousa | 12/1 |
| 13 Jul 17 | Newbury | Mirage Signs Novice Auction Stakes (Colts & Geldings) | 6/14 | nk | 9-0 | — | 75C | 81A | Jack Mitchell | 8/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Character Witness won?
- Character Witness (IRE) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2017 and 2018, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 4 times in total (36.4% of starts).
- Who trained Character Witness?
- Character Witness (IRE) was trained by Roger Varian on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 17 October 2018.
- Who is Character Witness's sire?
- Character Witness (IRE) is by Casamento (IRE) out of She's A Character (GB), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What going does Character Witness prefer?
- Character Witness (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Character Witness's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 77, from the run on 17 October 2018. The highest on record is 80.
- What is Character Witness's sire's record?
- Casamento (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 3,630 runs since Apr 2016 (299 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 4.9% from 287.
- Who are Character Witness's siblings?
- Out of She's A Character (GB), Character Witness (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Gylo (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Gylo (IRE)). The wins came over 5½f–2m½f. As at Nov 2026.