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Horse profile

Penguin Island (GB)

5yo mare (at last run, May 2024) · Last trainer Robert Widger · Last owner Paula Widger
by The Gurkha (IRE) out of In Secret (GB) (Dalakhani)
21 runs · 12 courses · from Aug 2021
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 May 2024 — 899 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2024 · 12th of 15 Won at Chepstow Last raced off OR 61
KTB Profile

Penguin Island won once from 21 starts, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap at Chepstow in Jul 2023 over under 6f on good ground. All wins at Class 5. She is 1 from 7 under 6f and 1 from 5 on good going, with no wins from eight starts on the all-weather or from five on soft. The mare last ran at Roscommon in May 2024, finishing 12 of 15 off an official rating of 61, 14lb below her highest ever mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 14lb off peak
Official rating61↓ 14lb off peak
61 61–75

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 114 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Sandown, 15 Sep 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 →

Flat 20 figures · best 114A · median 82.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)892A80.5—
Good5114A70—
Soft498B79.5—
Good to Firm3107B100—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f13107B82—
Under 6f7114A86—
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 56A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 16 Feb 2024 Official rating 61 at the last flat run, 20 May 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 83C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 26 Nov 2023

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 →

Flat 20 figures · best 91A · median 72.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)879A69.5—
Good591A80—
Soft486B74.5—
Good to Firm385A81—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f1385A71—
Under 6f791A80—
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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 9.7% of 2,029 runs since Jun 2020 (127 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 13.7% from 183. Weakest on heavy going: 2.9% from 105. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.3% from 111.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm4125%+15.3—
Good to Firm1832513.7%+40 from 3
Good5115310.4%+0.71 from 5
Good to Soft2102110%+0.3—
Soft323237.1%−2.60 from 5
Heavy10532.9%−6.8—
Standard (AW)6937010.1%+0.40 from 8
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f43511.6%+1.91 from 7
6f – 7f4504810.7%+10 from 13
1m – 1m1f538499.1%−0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f566519%−0.7—
1m5f – 2m2973210.8%+1.10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f11176.3%−3.4—
2m5f – 3m23417.4%+7.7—
Over 3m100%−9.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2020 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
In Secret (GB) (Dalakhani)

5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Canal Rocks (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 5½f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Mt Augustus (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Canal Rocks (GB)3821m–2mClass 5
Port Hedland (GB)3525½fClass 6
Mt Augustus (GB)911m5fClass 4
Fitzroy River (GB)70——
Prankster (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Good 5 1 20% +1.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 13 1 8% −7.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Dundalk (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Chepstow 3 1 33% +3.00
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 13 0 0% −13.00
Under 6f 7 1 14% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Dane O'Neill 5 0 0% −5.00
Trevor Whelan 4 0 0% −4.00
David Probert 3 0 0% −3.00
Rory Cleary 2 0 0% −2.00
Laura Coughlan 2 1 50% +4.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Markey 1 0 0% −1.00
Ethan O'Sullivan 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Kirby 1 0 0% −1.00
Hollie Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 20 1 5% −14.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 3 0 0% −3.00
2023 10 1 10% −4.00
2022 5 0 0% −5.00
2021 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 20 1 5% −14.00
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 3 runs
20 May 24+94d Roscommon www.roscommonracecourse.ie Handicap (47-65) 7½f · Good · 15 ran 12/15 4¾ 9-12 6149C52C Seamie Heffernan 50/1
16 Feb 24+7d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap (47-70) 7f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 nk 9-1 6579B56A Shane Markey 125/1
09 Feb 24+49d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap 5f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 4½ 9-0 6861A23A Rory Cleary 100/1
2023 · 10 runs
22 Dec 23+26d Dundalk (AW) TRM Champion Trainer & Jockey Awards 2023 Handicap (47-75) 7f · Standard · 13 ran 13/13 10 9-11 7051C47C Rory Cleary 50/1
26 Nov 23+55d Cork Racing TV Black Friday Offer - Join For Just 12 Euros PM For An Entire Year Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 13 ran 13/13 4½ 10-7 —22C83C Ethan O'Sullivan 150/1
02 Oct 23+17d Bath Best Prices Guaranteed Daily At Vickers.Bet Handicap Class 4 · 5½f · Soft · 13 ran 10/13 nk 9-6 7286C59A Trevor Whelan 14/1
15 Sep 23+20d Sandown Christophe Duchamp Perpetual Luxury Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 1 9-10 73114A80A Trevor Whelan 11/2
26 Aug 23+19d Windsor Racing League On Sky Sports Racing Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 5/12 nse 9-3 74107B85A Trevor Whelan 14/1
07 Aug 23+18d Windsor Fitzdares Is Your Personal Bookmaker Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Soft · 6 ran 3/6 shd 9-13 7498B86B Trevor Whelan 11/2
20 Jul 23+14d Chepstow Vickers.Bet Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 9-6 7069B84A Laura Coughlan 5/1
06 Jul 23+64d Newbury BetVictor Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Good · 10 ran 3/10 ½ 10-2 7087A91A Laura Coughlan 13/2
03 May 23+18d Kempton (AW) Unibet EBF Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 4/7 3 9-10 7171A68A Dane O'Neill 5/2
15 Apr 23+219d Wolverhampton (AW) At The Races App Expert Tips Fillies' Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 7 ran 2/7 2 9-9 7192A79A Dane O'Neill 9/2
2022 · 5 runs
08 Sep 22+17d Chepstow Blaze A Trail Hat Trick Hero Fillies' Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 ¾ 9-12 7169C73B Dane O'Neill 13/8J
22 Aug 22+19d Chepstow S&R Whistance Haulage Chepstow Ltd Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 4 ran 2/4 nse 9-4 7073C76B Dane O'Neill 10/3
03 Aug 22+52d Kempton (AW) Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 4/11 ¾ 9-6 7283A71A Adam Kirby 7/1
12 Jun 22+50d Salisbury Ford Civil Engineering Fillies' Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 8/13 1¼ 9-5 74100C71A Dane O'Neill 5/1
23 Apr 22+192d Leicester Caffrey's Irish Ale Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 5/13 1 9-7 7587C81A David Probert 5/1
2021 · 3 runs
13 Oct 21+30d Kempton (AW) Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 3/10 1¼ 8-11 —86A75A Hollie Doyle 15/8F
13 Sep 21+31d Kempton (AW) Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 3/11 hd 9-0 —82A72A David Probert 6/1
13 Aug 21 Newbury BetVictor Proud Sponsors Of Newbury EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6f · Good · 12 ran 8/12 1¼ 9-0 —70A62A David Probert 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Penguin Island won?
Penguin Island (GB) won 1 of 21 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 4.8%. Placed 6 times in total (28.6% of starts).
Who trained Penguin Island?
Penguin Island (GB) was trained by Robert Widger on the most recent run on record, at Roscommon on 20 May 2024.
Who is Penguin Island's sire?
Penguin Island (GB) is by The Gurkha (IRE) out of In Secret (GB), whose sire is Dalakhani.
What going does Penguin Island prefer?
Penguin Island (GB) has the best record on good 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 Penguin Island's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 61, from the run on 20 May 2024. The highest on record is 75.
What is Penguin Island's sire's record?
The Gurkha (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 2,029 runs since Jun 2020 (127 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 13.7% from 183. Weakest on heavy going: 2.9% from 105. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.3% from 111.
Who are Penguin Island's siblings?
Out of In Secret (GB), Penguin Island (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Canal Rocks (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Mt Augustus (GB)). The wins came over 5½f–2m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2021. 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.