Horse profile
Covert Mission (FR)
6yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2024) · Last trainer Kevin Philippart De Foy · Last owner Owners Group 092
by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Beach Belle (GB) (Invincible Spirit)
42 runs · 17 courses · from Aug 2020
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Sep 2024 — 773 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2024 · 8th of 11
6 wins · Lingfield, Lingfield (AW) & Kempton (AW)
Last raced off OR 56
KTB Profile
Covert Mission won six of 42 starts with all wins in handicaps. Four of those came over 1m – 1m1f and five on Standard AW going at Lingfield, Lingfield (AW) and Kempton (AW). He won a Class 6 handicap at Lingfield on soft ground in Jul 2023 off a mark of 65. The gelding, aged 6 at his last run in Sep 2024, finished 8 of 11 at Lingfield (AW) off an official rating of 56.
Based on 42 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 18lb off peak
- 6–42Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 14 (33.3%)Placed
- −18.76£1 level staken=42 at SP
- 0.94Fair A/E n=42 · 0.80 incl. margin
- 74Highest OR
- 36dAvg 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 rating56↓ 18lb off peak
56
56–74
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 103
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 26 | 109A | 95 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 129B | 77 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 106C | 99.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 77B | 71 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 98B | 77.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 103A | 94 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 26 | 109A | 94.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 15 | 129B | 90 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 42 figures from 42 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,180 runs since Jan 2008 (1,104 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | +8.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,559 | 238 | 15.3% | +1.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 2,753 | 383 | 13.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,556 | 183 | 11.8% | −2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,874 | 252 | 13.4% | −0.4 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 717 | 84 | 11.7% | −2.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,701 | 532 | 14.4% | +0.6 | 5 from 26 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 477 | 71 | 14.9% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,597 | 511 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 2 from 15 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,594 | 515 | 14.3% | +0.5 | 4 from 26 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,277 | 466 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 957 | 89 | 9.3% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 245 | 24 | 9.8% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −10.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.8 | — |
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
Beach Belle (GB) (Invincible Spirit)
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Surf Dancer (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Listed (Surf Dancer (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surf Dancer (IRE) | 8 | 3 | 7f | Listed |
| Hawaii Five O (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Kingsford (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Flash Mob (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 26 | 5 | 19% | −8.26 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 21 | 3 | 14% | −9.38 |
| Class 6 | 14 | 3 | 21% | −2.38 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 11 | 3 | 27% | −0.88 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 8 | 2 | 25% | −0.38 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Bath | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Brighton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 26 | 4 | 15% | −11.76 |
| 6f – 7f | 15 | 2 | 13% | −6.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Muscutt | 17 | 4 | 24% | −1.38 |
| Benoit De La Sayette | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.38 |
| Ben Coen | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| David Probert | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| N G McCullagh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Kavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Farragher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Harley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Burns | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 30 | 6 | 20% | −6.76 |
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 | 18% | −0.50 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4 | 36% | +1.74 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Sep 24+23d | Lingfield (AW) | Libra Utility Scaffolding Industrial Services Handicap Held up in the pack close to the rail - shoved sideways inside final furlong and unable to regain momentum - beaten well into 8th | 8/11 | 2¾ | 9-7 | 56 | 86C | 53C | Benoit De La Sayette | 22/1 |
| 22 Aug 24+24d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Paddy Power Handicap Held a handy position early - pressed for effort 2f out - couldn't close the gap late - finished sixth beaten 4 lengths | 6/8 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 58 | 94B | 71A | Rob Hornby | 9/2 |
| 29 Jul 24+19d | Southwell (AW) | Star Sports We Believe In Bookmaking Confined Handicap | 6/14 | nk | 9-12 | 60 | 76B | 77A | Daniel Muscutt | 11/1 |
| 10 Jul 24+30d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder Handicap (Div 1) | 3/9 | nk | 9-5 | 61 | 103A | 89A | Benoit De La Sayette | 9/1 |
| 10 Jun 24+52d | Lingfield (AW) | AK Bets Watch All UK Racing Handicap (AWT) (Div 2) | 8/9 | 9½ | 9-7 | 63 | 65C | 47C | Daniel Muscutt | 17/2 |
| 19 Apr 24+58d | Bath | Dragon Symbol Standing At Whitsbury Manor Handicap (Div 2) | 9/12 | 4 | 9-9 | 65 | 63C | 49C | Benoit De La Sayette | 7/1 |
| 21 Feb 24+28d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Acca Boosts Handicap (Div 1) | 4/9 | ¾ | 9-7 | 66 | 93A | 83A | Daniel Muscutt | 9/2 |
| 24 Jan 24+20d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap | 11/11 | 8 | 9-7 | 68 | 77C | 46C | Benoit De La Sayette | 22/1 |
| 04 Jan 24+133d | Lingfield (AW) | Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap | 7/9 | 1 | 9-4 | 69 | 102A | 72A | Daniel Muscutt | 7/1 |
| 2023 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 24 Aug 23+16d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betsi Handicap | 6/9 | 5½ | 9-10 | 73 | 83B | 71A | Daniel Muscutt | 9/2 |
| 08 Aug 23+8d | Ffos Las | Christine Bielby Memorial Handicap | 3/7 | 2¾ | 10-7 | 65 | 98B | 92A | Benoit De La Sayette | 11/2 |
| 31 Jul 23+24d | Lingfield | At The Races App Form Study Handicap | 1/8 | 9-9 | 65 | 129B | 90A | Daniel Muscutt | 9/2 | |
| 07 Jul 23+23d | Haydock | Racing Tv Profits Back To Racing Handicap | 7/9 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 68 | 71B | 67A | Benoit De La Sayette | 11/2 |
| 14 Jun 23+21d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Apprentice Handicap | 4/14 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 74 | 103B | 84A | Ryan Kavanagh | 13/2 |
| 24 May 23+20d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap | 5/9 | 4¼ | 9-8 | 74 | 101A | 75A | Daniel Muscutt | 9/2 |
| 04 May 23+31d | Lingfield (AW) | 11th Barry Gurr Memorial Handicap | 2/7 | ½ | 9-4 | 73 | 109A | 78A | Benoit De La Sayette | 9/2 |
| 03 Apr 23+27d | Lingfield (AW) | Spreadex Sports Best Premier League Odds Handicap | 1/7 | 9-6 | 70 | 98A | 79A | Benoit De La Sayette | 4/1 | |
| 07 Mar 23+14d | Southwell (AW) | Spreadex Sports Best Premier League Odds Handicap | 3/10 | nk | 9-9 | 70 | 102A | 93A | Daniel Muscutt | 9/2 |
| 21 Feb 23+31d | Southwell (AW) | Spreadex Sports First Goalscorer Insurance Handicap | 2/14 | ½ | 9-8 | 69 | 99B | 84A | Daniel Muscutt | 8/1 |
| 21 Jan 23+33d | Lingfield (AW) | Spreadex Sports 300 Spread Betting Cashback Handicap | 8/12 | 2¼ | 9-4 | 70 | 90A | 68A | David Probert | 14/1 |
| 2022 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Dec 22+23d | Kempton (AW) | Ladbrokes Fanzone 'Your Team Your Game' Handicap | 4/7 | 4¾ | 9-13 | 71 | 88A | 66A | Daniel Muscutt | 7/2 |
| 26 Nov 22+31d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Spreadex Sports Live UK Racing Streaming Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) | 9/11 | ¾ | 9-3 | 71 | 96A | 68A | Adam Farragher | 11/1 |
| 26 Oct 22+90d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap (Div 2) | 1/9 | 9-13 | 69 | 80A | 84A | Daniel Muscutt | 3/1F | |
| 28 Jul 22+29d | Nottingham | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap | 6/8 | ¾ | 10-3 | 71 | 77B | 73A | Martin Harley | 5/1 |
| 29 Jun 22+33d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap | 5/11 | nk | 9-1 | 72 | 95A | 78A | Daniel Muscutt | 9/2F |
| 27 May 22+29d | Brighton | Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap | 4/4 | ¾ | 9-1 | 72 | 106C | 68B | Harry Burns | 5/2 |
| 28 Apr 22+14d | Lingfield (AW) | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap | 1/7 | 8-9 | 69 | 108A | 72A | Benoit De La Sayette | 13/8F | |
| 14 Apr 22+57d | Bath | Showcasing Standing At Whitsbury Manor Stud Handicap | 2/10 | nk | 9-6 | 68 | 103A | 90A | Daniel Muscutt | 15/8F |
| 16 Feb 22+23d | Kempton (AW) | Join Racing TV Now Handicap (Div 2) | 1/11 | 9-7 | 65 | 109A | 95A | Daniel Muscutt | 13/8F | |
| 24 Jan 22+19d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap | 2/12 | 2 | 9-2 | 65 | 95A | 89A | David Probert | 5/2J |
| 05 Jan 22+21d | Kempton (AW) | Racing TV Handicap | 1/14 | 9-7 | 60 | 104B | 88A | Daniel Muscutt | 5/2F | |
| 2021 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Dec 21+14d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Handicap | 5/14 | shd | 9-3 | 61 | 84B | 79A | Daniel Muscutt | 5/1 |
| 01 Dec 21+27d | Lingfield (AW) | MansionBet Proud Partners Of The AWC Handicap | 4/13 | 1 | 9-4 | 62 | 103B | 76A | Cieren Fallon | 9/4F |
| 04 Nov 21+128d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betsi Handicap | 8/14 | ½ | 9-1 | 62 | 90B | 68A | Daniel Muscutt | 7/1 |
| 29 Jun 21+11d | Brighton | Watch Free Race Replays On Attheraces.com Handicap | 2/10 | 2¼ | 9-5 | 62 | 85A | 75A | Cieren Fallon | 7/4F |
| 18 Jun 21+45d | Redcar | Watch Race Replay At racingtv.com Handicap (Div 1) | 2/10 | 2 | 9-4 | 62 | 98A | 81A | Paul Mulrennan | 11/8F |
| 04 May 21+26d | Gowran Park | Paulstown Handicap | 7/15 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 66 | 84C | 70A | Ben Coen | 5/1 |
| 08 Apr 21+18d | Gowran Park | Irish Injured Jockeys Handicap | 8/16 | nk | 9-1 | 69 | 71C | 71A | Ben Coen | 20/1 |
| 21 Mar 21+154d | Curragh | Paddy's Rewards Club Handicap | 12/20 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 70 | 57C | 56A | Ben Coen | 8/1 |
| 2020 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Oct 20+39d | Naas | Tifrums Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10) | 6/16 | ½ | 9-2 | — | 77C | 70A | Ben Coen | 20/1 |
| 09 Sep 20+18d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) | 13/15 | ½ | 9-7 | — | 58C | 61C | N G McCullagh | 18/1 |
| 22 Aug 20 | Curragh | Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden | 9/12 | 1¼ | 9-7 | — | 67A | 60A | N G McCullagh | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Covert Mission won?
- Covert Mission (FR) won 6 of 42 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 14 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Covert Mission?
- Covert Mission (FR) was trained by Kevin Philippart De Foy on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 14 September 2024.
- Who is Covert Mission's sire?
- Covert Mission (FR) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Beach Belle (GB), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What going does Covert Mission prefer?
- Covert Mission (FR) has the best record on soft 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 Covert Mission's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 56, from the run on 14 September 2024. The highest on record is 74.
- What is Covert Mission's sire's record?
- Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,180 runs since Jan 2008 (1,104 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
- Who are Covert Mission's siblings?
- Out of Beach Belle (GB), Covert Mission (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Surf Dancer (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Listed (Surf Dancer (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.