My Best Valentine (IRE)
My Best Valentine won her only start, the INHSC Supporting Point-To-Points Tetratema Cup Hunters Chase over 3m on soft ground at Gowran Park in Mar 2025. The mare, by Malinas out of Was My Valentine, raced prominently and took the race by a distance wearing first-time headgear. Her sire’s progeny have won 14.1% of 3,930 runs since Jan 2008. She was aged 7 at her last run in Mar 2025.
- 1–1Wins / Runs
- 100%Strike rate
- 1 (100%)Placed
- +12.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 131
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 3,956 runs since Apr 2010 (419 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 37 | 6 | 16.2% | +2 | — |
| Good | 1,190 | 170 | 14.3% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 920 | 141 | 15.3% | +1.1 | — |
| Soft | 1,238 | 166 | 13.4% | −0.8 | 1 from 1 |
| Heavy | 535 | 75 | 14% | −0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 34 | 1 | 2.9% | −11.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | −5.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 50 | 5 | 10% | −4.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,103 | 153 | 13.9% | −0.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,371 | 182 | 13.3% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,086 | 178 | 16.4% | +2.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 332 | 41 | 12.3% | −1.9 | 1 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2010 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansant Express (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 08 Mar 25 | Gowran Park | INHSC Supporting Point-To-Points Tetratema Cup Hunters Chase Handy early - hit front before 2nd - opened clear gap after 5th - margin narrowed at 8th - kicked clear again near finish and held on strongly to score | 1/13 | 11-0 | 131B | 136A | Mr S Tobin | 12/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has My Best Valentine won?
- My Best Valentine (IRE) won 1 of 1 archived start in 2025, a strike rate of 100%. Placed 1 time in total (100% of starts).
- Who trained My Best Valentine?
- My Best Valentine (IRE) was trained by Daniel Joseph O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 8 March 2025.
- Who is My Best Valentine's sire?
- My Best Valentine (IRE) is by Malinas (GER) out of Was My Valentine (GB), whose sire is Best Of The Bests.
- What is My Best Valentine's sire's record?
- Malinas (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 3,956 runs since Apr 2010 (419 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are My Best Valentine's siblings?
- Out of Was My Valentine (GB), My Best Valentine (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.