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Horse profile

Graasp The Nettle (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2014) · Last trainer Harry Whittington · Last owner The Kings Men
by Araafa (IRE) out of Beacon Silver (GB) (Belmez)
1 run · 1 course · from Feb 2014
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Feb 2014 — 4,637 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2014 · 3rd of 5
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Feb 2014 as a 4yo gelding. Finished 3 of 5 at Towcester last time. By Araafa (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 1,147 runs since Apr 2010.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 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

Best recent KTB Rating 73C the best of the last 1 rated run · Towcester, 23 Feb 2014

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure 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

Progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 1,147 runs since Apr 2010 (88 horses).

Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 10.8% from 176.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm600%−7.4—
Good to Firm188136.9%−0.5—
Good233156.4%−1—
Good to Soft125129.6%+2.2—
Soft149117.4%0—
Heavy5024%−3.40 from 1
Standard (AW)396328.1%+0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f5835.2%−2.2—
6f – 7f433235.3%−2.1—
1m – 1m1f211209.5%+2.1—
1m2f – 1m4f1901910%+2.6—
1m5f – 2m1761910.8%+3.40 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f7411.4%−6—
2m5f – 3m500%−7.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2010 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Beacon Silver (GB) (Belmez)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Gramm (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Gramm (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Gramm (GB)1837f–1m½fClass 4
No Sting (GB)90——
Saffron Park (GB)110——
Tiggers Touch (GB)90——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2014 · 1 run
23 Feb 14 Towcester Follow gg.com On Facebook And Twitter 'Newcomers' Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 2m · Heavy · 5 ran 3/5 22 10-9 73C Aidan Coleman 11/4

Quick answers

How many races has Graasp The Nettle won?
Graasp The Nettle (GB) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2014.
Who trained Graasp The Nettle?
Graasp The Nettle (GB) was trained by Harry Whittington on the most recent run on record, at Towcester on 23 February 2014.
Who is Graasp The Nettle's sire?
Graasp The Nettle (GB) is by Araafa (IRE) out of Beacon Silver (GB), whose sire is Belmez.
What is Graasp The Nettle's sire's record?
Araafa (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 1,147 runs since Apr 2010 (88 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 10.8% from 176.
Who are Graasp The Nettle's siblings?
Out of Beacon Silver (GB), Graasp The Nettle (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Gramm (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Gramm (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2014. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.