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Horse profile

Drinking Song (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2011) · Last trainer Victor Dartnall · Last owner Dick Williamson
by Grape Tree Road (GB) out of Sounds Familiar (IRE) (Orchestra)
1 run · 1 course · from Nov 2011
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Nov 2011 — 5,463 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2011
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Nov 2011 as a 5yo gelding. By Grape Tree Road (GB), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 1,125 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 21 Oct 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

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 →

Of 1 run looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 1 run · 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
Grape Tree Road (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 1,125 runs since Jan 2008 (142 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 109. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.1% from 264. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.7% from 322.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5360%+51.4—
Good to Firm7556.7%−1.9—
Good394399.9%+1.3—
Good to Soft256249.4%+0.8—
Soft242197.9%−0.70 from 1
Heavy10954.6%−4—
Standard (AW)4424.5%−4.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f400%−8.6—
6f – 7f2514%−4.6—
1m – 1m1f2827.1%−1.5—
1m2f – 1m4f4736.4%−2.2—
1m5f – 2m322123.7%−4.90 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f3553710.4%+1.8—
2m5f – 3m2643212.1%+3.5—
Over 3m801012.5%+3.9—

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
Sounds Familiar (IRE) (Orchestra)

7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Alverstone (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Alverstone (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Alverstone (GB)1042m–2m7½fClass 4
Classinaglass (GB)1322m3f–3mClass 4
Luccombe Chine (GB)912m6fClass 5
Sound Of Music (GB)80——
Familiar Spirit (GB)50——
Venturepredementia (GB)50——
D'Argent Cloud (GB)80——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
05 Nov 11 Sandown Tony Purslow Mercedes-Benz And Smart Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 16f · Soft · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-0 — Denis O'Regan 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Drinking Song (GB) won?
Drinking Song (GB) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2011.
Who trained Drinking Song (GB)?
Drinking Song (GB) was trained by Victor Dartnall on the most recent run on record, at Sandown on 5 November 2011.
Who is Drinking Song (GB)'s sire?
Drinking Song (GB) is by Grape Tree Road (GB) out of Sounds Familiar (IRE), whose sire is Orchestra.
What is Drinking Song (GB)'s sire's record?
Grape Tree Road (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 1,125 runs since Jan 2008 (142 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 109. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.1% from 264. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.7% from 322.
Who are Drinking Song (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Sounds Familiar (IRE), Drinking Song (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Alverstone (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Alverstone (GB)). The wins came over 2m–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2011. 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.