Gentle Connections (GB)
Gentle Connections won four of 15 starts on turf, all in mares novices hurdles between Apr and Jun 2022 at Newton Abbot twice, Hexham and Southwell. Three of those wins came on good ground and one on good to soft, at trips from 1m5f to 3m. The mare was last seen finishing fourth of 12 in a Class 5 handicap chase at Stratford in Jul 2024 when racing off an official rating of 105, 14lb below her highest ever mark. She has not won since Jun 2022.
- 4–15Wins / Runs
- 26.7%Strike rate
- 7 (46.7%)Placed
- −7.83£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 1.15Fair A/E n=15 · 1.03 incl. margin
- 119Highest OR
- 27dBetween runs (median)longest 392 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 114
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 129C | 109.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 98A | 87.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 129C | 110.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 98A | 94 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 114A | 91.5 | — |
Of 15 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 15 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 13% of 1,658 runs since Aug 2010 (219 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 432.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 21 | 2 | 9.5% | −3.5 | — |
| Good | 428 | 57 | 13.3% | +0.3 | 3 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 281 | 42 | 14.9% | +1.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 452 | 55 | 12.2% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 216 | 26 | 12% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 259 | 34 | 13.1% | +0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | −0.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 144 | 16 | 11.1% | −1.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 346 | 50 | 14.5% | +1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 432 | 40 | 9.3% | −3.7 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 401 | 63 | 15.7% | +2.7 | 2 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 254 | 34 | 13.4% | +0.4 | 1 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 57 | 10 | 17.5% | +4.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2010 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Midnight River (GB) (7 wins).
The wins came over 2m3½f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 1 (Midnight River (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight River (GB) | 24 | 7 | 2m3½f–3m1f | Class 1 |
| Brave Lion (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Top Tier Gossip (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Callisto Queen (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Triple Choice (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 3 | 30% | −4.74 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.09 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 9 | 3 | 33% | −3.56 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.27 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 2 | 2 | 100% | +0.88 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Southwell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 2 | 25% | −4.47 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.27 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.09 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skelton | 8 | 2 | 25% | −3.89 |
| Tristan Durrell | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.85 |
| Bridget Andrews | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lorcan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fergus Gregory | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 6 | 4 | 67% | +1.17 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 | 50% | −0.83 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 11 | 4 | 36% | −3.83 |
| Chase | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Gentle Connections won?
- Gentle Connections (GB) won 4 of 15 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 26.7%. Placed 7 times in total (46.7% of starts).
- Who trained Gentle Connections?
- Gentle Connections (GB) was trained by Dan Skelton on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 14 July 2024.
- Who is Gentle Connections's sire?
- Gentle Connections (GB) is by Gentlewave (IRE) out of Well Connected (GB), whose sire is Presenting.
- What going does Gentle Connections prefer?
- Gentle Connections (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Gentle Connections's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 14 July 2024. The highest on record is 119.
- What is Gentle Connections's sire's record?
- Gentlewave (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13% of 1,658 runs since Aug 2010 (219 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 432.
- Who are Gentle Connections's siblings?
- Out of Well Connected (GB), Gentle Connections (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Midnight River (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 1 (Midnight River (GB)). The wins came over 2m3½f–3m1f. As at Nov 2026.