Horse profile
Count Simon (IRE)
by Rip Van Winkle (IRE) out of Wedding Cake (IRE) (Groom Dancer)
36 runs · 23 courses · from May 2017
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 May 2023 — 1,264 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2023 · 8th of 12
5 wins · 5 courses
Last raced off OR 110
KTB Profile
Count Simon (IRE) is 5 from 36. Hasn't won since Jun 2019. Last raced off 110, 24lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 36 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 24lb off peak
- 5–36Wins / Runs
- 13.9%Strike rate
- 14 (38.9%)Placed
- −18.37£1 level staken=36 at SP
- 0.95Fair A/E n=36 · 0.82 incl. margin
- 134Highest OR
- 62dAvg between runs
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.
Official rating110↓ 24lb off peak
110
72–134
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 86
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 154A | 98 | — |
| Soft | 7 | 168B | 87 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 132A | 107.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 13 | 168B | 114 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 154A | 88 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 110C | 78 | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 97C | 81 | — |
| Good | 2 | 96C | 92 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 107C | 89.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 107C | 88 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 36 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 30 figures from 36 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
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 3,947 runs since Jan 2008 (324 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | +0.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 499 | 49 | 9.8% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 901 | 82 | 9.1% | −1 | 2 from 15 |
| Good to Soft | 440 | 35 | 8% | −2.1 | 2 from 5 |
| Soft | 541 | 54 | 10% | −0.1 | 0 from 12 |
| Heavy | 182 | 20 | 11% | +0.9 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,363 | 157 | 11.5% | +1.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 127 | 15 | 11.8% | +1.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 902 | 101 | 11.2% | +1.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 976 | 89 | 9.1% | −1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 990 | 98 | 9.9% | −0.2 | 1 from 7 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 636 | 66 | 10.4% | +0.3 | 0 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 258 | 23 | 8.9% | −1.2 | 2 from 15 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 57 | 7 | 12.3% | +2.2 | 2 from 7 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Wedding Cake (IRE) (Groom Dancer)
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Croquembouche (IRE) (10 wins).
The wins came over 7½f–2m6f; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Brides Hill (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croquembouche (IRE) | 64 | 10 | 7½f–1m5f | Class 3 |
| Brides Hill (IRE) | 29 | 8 | 2m–2m6f | Grade 2 |
| Sposalizio (IRE) | 23 | 1 | 2m5f | Class 6 |
| Mehendi (IRE) | 15 | 1 | 1m3f | Class 6 |
| Dolcezza (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Wedding Speech (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 15 | 2 | 13% | −8.25 |
| Soft | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.88 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Down Royal | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
| Downpatrick | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| Bellewstown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pontefract | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 15 | 2 | 13% | −7.75 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 2 | 29% | −0.62 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davy Russell | 10 | 1 | 10% | −6.75 |
| Jack Kennedy | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| David Probert | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Mr Daniel Kyne | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Denis O'Regan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Keith Donoghue | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jordan Gainford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hugh McOwan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brian Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kevin Brogan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Vaughan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Richard Johnson | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Mark Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jimmy Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Poppy Bridgwater | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Watson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Liam Keniry | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 19 | 2 | 11% | −11.50 |
| None | 13 | 1 | 8% | −9.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.13 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2019 | 13 | 3 | 23% | −2.62 |
| 2018 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.75 |
| 2017 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 25 | 3 | 12% | −14.25 |
| Flat | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.00 |
| Chase | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 May 23+42d | Cheltenham | Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Open Hunters' Chase | 8/12 | 7½ | 11-5 | 110 | 82A | 100A | Mr Daniel Kyne | 40/1 |
| 24 Mar 23+461d | Newbury | Lengthen The Odds At BetVictor Open Hunters' Chase | 7/7 | 8 | 11-5 | 113 | 23C | 92C | Mr Daniel Kyne | 14/1 |
| 18 Dec 21+21d | Navan | Tara Handicap Hurdle (grade B) | 18/21 | 46 | 9-9 | 116 | 70C | 83C | Sam Ewing | 80/1 |
| 27 Nov 21+94d | Fairyhouse | Wear Your Christmas Jumper To Fairyhouse Handicap Hurdle (80-130) | PU/19 | — | 11-1 | 116 | — | — | Davy Russell | 22/1 |
| 25 Aug 21+55d | Bellewstown | Whiteriver Wood Flooring Claiming Hurdle | 9/14 | nk | 11-1 | 129 | 86B | 92A | Jordan Gainford | 11/1 |
| 01 Jul 21+564d | Tipperary | Ballykisteen Hurdle | PU/8 | — | 10-9 | 129 | — | — | Hugh McOwan | 25/1 |
| 15 Dec 19+43d | Navan | Tara Handicap Hurdle (Grade B) | 15/15 | 9 | 10-7 | 131 | 87C | 108C | Brian Hayes | 25/1 |
| 02 Nov 19+64d | Down Royal | North Down Marquees Handicap Hurdle (0-150) (Grade B) | 7/14 | 11 | 10-10 | 132 | 78B | 109A | Kevin Brogan | 33/1 |
| 30 Aug 19+25d | Down Royal | Linden Foods Hurdle | 6/8 | 40 | 11-6 | 134 | 95C | 96C | Denis O'Regan | 10/1 |
| 05 Aug 19+30d | Cork | Joe Walsh Memorial Hurdle | 5/5 | 33 | 11-10 | 134 | 69C | 104C | Keith Donoghue | 6/1 |
| 06 Jul 19+24d | Bellewstown | Byrne Marquees Hilltown Hurdle | 3/5 | 2½ | 11-11 | 134 | 81C | 126B | Davy Russell | 5/6F |
| 12 Jun 19+37d | Punchestown | Bet In-Play With The Ladbrokes App Beginners Chase | 1/11 | 11-10 | — | 100B | 134A | Jack Kennedy | 15/8F | |
| 06 May 19+10d | Down Royal | Belfast Live Hurdle | 1/7 | 11-0 | 134 | 154A | 120A | Paddy Vaughan | 5/2 | |
| 26 Apr 19+33d | Perth | Scone Palace Handicap Hurdle | 1/7 | 11-5 | 133 | 132A | 140B | Richard Johnson | 3/1 | |
| 24 Mar 19+14d | Downpatrick | WKD Rated Hurdle | 2/6 | 4¾ | 11-10 | 128 | 115A | 124B | Davy Russell | 6/4F |
| 10 Mar 19+7d | Naas | Naas Supporters Handicap Hurdle | 2/19 | 6 | 10-12 | 126 | 168B | 133A | Davy Russell | 16/1 |
| 03 Mar 19+33d | Leopardstown | Foxrock Cup Hurdle | 3/4 | nk | 11-5 | 125 | 132C | 127B | Keith Donoghue | 7/1 |
| 29 Jan 19+19d | Down Royal | Cash Out Now Available On Horse Racing Multiples At BetVictor Rated Novice Hurdle | 2/8 | 6½ | 11-10 | 125 | — | 126A | Denis O'Regan | 8/1 |
| 10 Jan 19+32d | Clonmel | Munster Hurdle | 2/7 | 9 | 11-7 | 123 | 122A | 126A | Davy Russell | 9/2 |
| 09 Dec 18+120d | Punchestown | Join Our 2019 Members Club From Just 150 Rated Novice Hurdle | 3/5 | ¾ | 10-12 | 124 | 110C | 115B | Davy Russell | 5/1 |
| 11 Aug 18+12d | Kilbeggan (IRE) | Joe Cooney Memorial Hurdle | 5/7 | 2¾ | 10-12 | 125 | 130A | 107B | Mark Walsh | 7/1 |
| 30 Jul 18+17d | Galway | Galmont.com & Galwaybayhotel.com Novice Hurdle | 2/11 | 4¼ | 11-7 | 120 | — | 134A | Davy Russell | 6/1 |
| 13 Jul 18+7d | Downpatrick | Bmg Insurance Hurdle | 2/7 | 2½ | 11-6 | 117 | 108A | 129A | Davy Russell | 7/4F |
| 06 Jul 18+19d | Bellewstown | Thatch Bar And Restaurant Novice Hurdle | 4/8 | 5 | 11-6 | 117 | — | 119A | Davy Russell | 9/4 |
| 17 Jun 18+16d | Downpatrick | Down Time Festival Rated Novice Hurdle | 1/8 | 11-3 | — | 98A | 120A | Davy Russell | 9/4F | |
| 01 Jun 18+14d | Tramore | DFL Construction Ltd. Maiden Hurdle | 2/15 | 4 | 11-7 | — | 62B | 118A | Jack Kennedy | 4/1 |
| 18 May 18+142d | Downpatrick | Pat O'Hare Bookmakers Follow Us On Facebook Maiden Hurdle | 3/15 | ½ | 11-4 | — | 114B | 117A | Jack Kennedy | 15/2 |
| 27 Dec 17+75d | Leopardstown | Paddy Power 'Only 363 Days Till Christmas' 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle | 7/19 | 2¼ | 11-0 | — | — | 110A | Sean Flanagan | 10/1 |
| 13 Oct 17+14d | York | Unibet Handicap | 7/13 | 2¼ | 8-0 | 76 | 96C | 74A | Jimmy Quinn | 25/1 |
| 29 Sep 17+21d | Haydock | JW Lees MPA Handicap (Div 1) | 1/9 | 9-7 | 72 | 98A | 92A | David Probert | 3/1F | |
| 08 Sep 17+20d | Ascot | Garden For All Seasons Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 3/5 | ¾ | 9-5 | 72 | 97C | 79B | David Probert | 6/1 |
| 19 Aug 17+11d | Newbury | Betfred Ladies Derby Handicap (Lady Amateur Riders) | 3/8 | 1 | 9-1 | 72 | 81A | 70A | Poppy Bridgwater | 5/1 |
| 08 Aug 17+18d | Leicester | Nelson Handicap | 4/8 | 2¼ | 9-2 | 72 | 80B | 64A | Jason Watson | 9/2 |
| 21 Jul 17+26d | Pontefract | totepool Supports Jack Berry House Maiden Auction Stakes (Plus 10) | 2/4 | nk | 9-5 | — | 107C | 84B | David Probert | 7/2 |
| 25 Jun 17+26d | Pontefract | Bet toteexacta Maiden Auction Stakes | 2/4 | 6 | 9-1 | — | 72C | 76B | Liam Keniry | 5/2 |
| 30 May 17 | Redcar | Racing Uk Hd On Sky432 Median Auction Maiden Stakes | 4/5 | ¾ | 9-0 | — | 88C | 68B | P J McDonald | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Count Simon (IRE) won?
- Count Simon (IRE) won 5 of 36 archived starts between 2017 and 2023, a strike rate of 13.9%. Placed 14 times in total (38.9% of starts).
- Who trained Count Simon (IRE)?
- Count Simon (IRE) was trained by R W Varnham on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 5 May 2023.
- Who is Count Simon (IRE)'s sire?
- Count Simon (IRE) is by Rip Van Winkle (IRE) out of Wedding Cake (IRE), whose sire is Groom Dancer.
- What going does Count Simon (IRE) prefer?
- Count Simon (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Count Simon (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 5 May 2023. The highest on record is 134.
- What is Count Simon (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Rip Van Winkle (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 3,947 runs since Jan 2008 (324 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Count Simon (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Wedding Cake (IRE), Count Simon (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Croquembouche (IRE) (10). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Brides Hill (IRE)). The wins came over 7½f–2m6f. As at Oct 2026.