Lady Villanelle (IRE)
Lady Villanelle won one of eight starts over hurdles, the success coming in the British Stallion Studs EBF National Hunt Novices Hurdle at Hexham in Nov 2020 on soft ground over 1m5f to 2m at Class 4 level. The mare, by Shantou out of Definite Deploy, raced on turf only. She last ran at Perth in Jul 2022 in a Class 4 handicap hurdle, where she carried an official rating of 97, 13lb below her highest ever mark.
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 3 (37.5%)Placed
- +1.50£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 0.96Fair A/E n=8 · 0.84 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 65dBetween runs (median)longest 249 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 109
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 109B | 98 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 109B | 98 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 8 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 8 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 13.6% of 7,831 runs since Feb 2008 (539 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +36.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 158 | 32 | 20.3% | +6.7 | — |
| Good | 2,292 | 311 | 13.6% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,433 | 176 | 12.3% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,612 | 363 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 1,283 | 178 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 51 | 5 | 9.8% | −3.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,031 | 276 | 13.6% | 0 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,713 | 378 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,342 | 334 | 14.3% | +0.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 669 | 72 | 10.8% | −2.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back To Cali (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.50 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +3.50 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hexham | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.50 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callum Bewley | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.50 |
| Craig Nichol | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Callum Whillans | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Blair Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.50 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 6 | 1 | 17% | +3.50 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 Lady Villanelle won?
- Lady Villanelle (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2020 and 2022, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trained Lady Villanelle?
- Lady Villanelle (IRE) was trained by Donald Whillans on the most recent run on record, at Perth on 10 July 2022.
- Who is Lady Villanelle's sire?
- Lady Villanelle (IRE) is by Shantou (USA) out of Definite Deploy (IRE), whose sire is Definite Article.
- What going does Lady Villanelle prefer?
- Lady Villanelle (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 Lady Villanelle's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 10 July 2022. The highest on record is 110.
- What is Lady Villanelle's sire's record?
- Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,831 runs since Feb 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
- Who are Lady Villanelle's siblings?
- Out of Definite Deploy (IRE), Lady Villanelle (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.