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Horse profile

Giovinco (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2024) · Last trainer Lucinda Russell · Last owner Thunder Holdings Ltd The Young Ones
by Walk In The Park (IRE) out of Whyalla (IRE) (Bandari)
10 runs · 8 courses · from Mar 2023
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Apr 2024 — 928 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2024 5 wins · 5 courses Last raced off OR 148
KTB Profile

Giovinco won five of ten starts on turf between Mar 2023 and Apr 2024. His biggest win came in the Listed British EBF BetVictor Gold Castle National Hunt Novices Hurdle at Perth in Apr 2023. He also won the Class 3 QuinnBet Novices Limited Handicap Chase at Newcastle in Feb 2024 on heavy ground and the BoyleSports Best Odds Guaranteed Novices Limited Handicap Chase at Aintree in Nov 2023 over 3m on soft. All five wins came in novice hurdles or handicap chases. His last run was at Aintree in Apr 2024 off a mark of 148.

Based on 10 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating148At career-high mark
148 143–148

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 144 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Perth, 26 Apr 2023

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 5 figures · best 144A · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft290C87—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3144A90—
2m1f – 2m4f2119C99—

Of 10 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 143B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cheltenham, 13 Mar 2024 Official rating 148 at the last run, 12 Apr 2024

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 →

Jumps 7 figures · best 145B · median 143
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft3143B143—
Heavy2143C137—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3145B143—
2m1f – 2m4f3143C131—
Over 3m1———

Of 10 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 10 runs · 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

Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 6,972 runs since Jan 2008 (695 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm501122%+8.7—
Good1,87025513.6%+0.31 from 2
Good to Soft1,56021413.7%+0.41 from 1
Soft2,46032013%−0.31 from 5
Heavy99512913%−0.32 from 2
Standard (AW)3712.7%−10.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−13.3—
6f – 7f1815.6%−7.7—
1m – 1m1f2600%−13.3—
1m2f – 1m4f75912%−1.3—
1m5f – 2m2,22131014%+0.7—
2m1f – 2m4f2,80340214.3%+13 from 4
2m5f – 3m1,53917211.2%−2.11 from 4
Over 3m2893612.5%−0.81 from 2

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
Whyalla (IRE) (Bandari)

2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Mystical Goddess (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m1f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Anywayyoulookatit (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mystical Goddess (IRE)1012m1f—
Anywayyoulookatit (IRE)1613mClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 5 1 20% −3.17
Heavy 2 2 100% +0.86
Good 2 1 50% −0.47
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +10.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 5 1 20% +6.00
Class 3 3 2 67% +0.19
Class 4 2 2 100% +1.03

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Aintree 2 1 50% −0.17
Carlisle 2 1 50% −0.50
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 1 100% +0.36
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 1 100% +10.00
Ayr 1 1 100% +0.53

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 4 1 25% +7.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 3 75% +0.39
Over 3m 2 1 50% −0.17

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 3 1 33% −1.64
2023 7 4 57% +8.86

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 7 2 29% −3.81
Hurdle 3 3 100% +11.03

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 3 runs
12 Apr 24+30d Aintree Huyton Asphalt Franny Blennerhassett Memorial Mildmay Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 25f · Soft · 6 ran F/6 — 11-7 148—— Stephen Mulqueen 8/1
13 Mar 24+27d Cheltenham Brown Advisory Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (Registered As The Broadway Novices' Chase) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24.5f · Soft · 6 ran 3/6 2½ 11-7 14684B143B Stephen Mulqueen 40/1
15 Feb 24+51d Newcastle QuinnBet Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20f · Heavy · 2 ran 1/2 11-10 146—143C Stephen Mulqueen 4/11F
2023 · 7 runs
26 Dec 23+18d Kempton Ladbrokes Kauto Star Novices' Chase (In Memory Of Nigel Clark) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24f · Good · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-7 147—— Stephen Mulqueen 11/2
08 Dec 23+27d Sandown Betfair Esher Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24f · Soft · 4 ran 2/4 1½ 11-4 14790C142C Stephen Mulqueen 5/2
11 Nov 23+16d Aintree BoyleSports Best Odds Guaranteed Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 25f · Soft · 4 ran 1/4 11-10 143—143B Stephen Mulqueen 5/6F
26 Oct 23+183d Carlisle Download The Rhino.Bet App Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20f · Soft · 7 ran UR/7 — 11-2 143—— Stephen Mulqueen 5/4
26 Apr 23+31d Perth British EBF BetVictor Gold Castle 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-2 —144A145B Stephen Mulqueen 10/1
26 Mar 23+15d Carlisle Happy 60th Birthday Helen Butterworth Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Heavy · 5 ran 1/5 11-12 —119C131B Stephen Mulqueen 1/2F
11 Mar 23 Ayr Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 3 ran 1/3 11-0 —79C130C Stephen Mulqueen 8/15F

Quick answers

How many races has Giovinco won?
Giovinco (IRE) won 5 of 10 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 5 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Giovinco?
Giovinco (IRE) was trained by Lucinda Russell on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 12 April 2024.
Who is Giovinco's sire?
Giovinco (IRE) is by Walk In The Park (IRE) out of Whyalla (IRE), whose sire is Bandari.
What going does Giovinco prefer?
Giovinco (IRE) 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 Giovinco's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 148, from the run on 12 April 2024. That is also the highest on record.
What is Giovinco's sire's record?
Walk In The Park (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 6,972 runs since Jan 2008 (695 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Giovinco's siblings?
Out of Whyalla (IRE), Giovinco (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Mystical Goddess (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Anywayyoulookatit (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2023. 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.