Perfect Illusion (GB)
Perfect Illusion (GB) is 3 from 14. Won last time out at Brighton (Class 4). All 3 wins have come over 1m2f – 1m4f.
- 3–14Wins / Runs
- 21.4%Strike rate
- 4 (28.6%)Placed
- −6.90£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.14Fair A/E n=14 · 1.00 incl. margin
- 88Highest OR
- 41dAvg between runs
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 112
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 112C | 100 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 107B | 87 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 93A | 80 | — |
| Good | 2 | 112A | 105 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 13 | 112C | 98 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 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 11.6% of 7,049 runs since Jan 2008 (631 horses).
Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.2% from 324.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 21 | 4 | 19% | +7.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 784 | 102 | 13% | +1.4 | 1 from 6 |
| Good | 1,862 | 231 | 12.4% | +0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,000 | 114 | 11.4% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,219 | 140 | 11.5% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 403 | 47 | 11.7% | +0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,758 | 183 | 10.4% | −1.2 | 2 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 324 | 20 | 6.2% | −5.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 875 | 78 | 8.9% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,492 | 331 | 13.3% | +1.7 | 3 from 13 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,135 | 252 | 11.8% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 814 | 91 | 11.2% | −0.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 336 | 32 | 9.5% | −2.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 69 | 17 | 24.6% | +13 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Crest of Fire (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Crest of Fire (IRE)).
Family form: Crest of Fire (IRE) finished 2nd of 27 at Newmarket, 26 Sep 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crest of Fire (IRE) | 12 | 2 | 1m–1m1f | Class 3 |
| Robynelle (GB) | 10 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Wudashudacuda (GB) | 12 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Moonlight Frolic (GB) | 6 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Banana Split (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Old Colonial (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Imperial Phoenix (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.10 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 2 | 100% | +2.10 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 13 | 3 | 23% | −5.90 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisin Murphy | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.90 |
| David Probert | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| William Carver | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Joshua Bryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Hood | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.00 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −3.90 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Jul 19+14d | Brighton | Green People Handicap | 1/4 | 8-7 | 78 | 103C | 90B | William Carver | 2/1 | |
| 25 Jun 19+22d | Newbury | Pegasus Pumps Ltd Handicap | 5/11 | 1 | 9-2 | 78 | 93A | 83A | Oisin Murphy | 9/2 |
| 03 Jun 19+9d | Brighton | Park Lane Group Handicap | 2/4 | 1½ | 8-11 | 77 | 98C | 75B | Joshua Bryan | 2/1 |
| 25 May 19+8d | York | Jigsaw Sports Branding Handicap | 3/13 | 5 | 9-7 | 79 | 112C | 87A | Rob Hornby | 10/1 |
| 17 May 19+18d | Newmarket | Moyes Investments Handicap | 7/9 | 1¼ | 8-12 | 80 | 59C | 62C | Martin Dwyer | 9/2C |
| 29 Apr 19+180d | Windsor | Follow At The Races On Twitter Handicap | 4/8 | ¾ | 9-4 | 82 | 112A | 81A | Oisin Murphy | 4/1F |
| 31 Oct 18+39d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red Handicap | 4/5 | 3 | 8-11 | 84 | 85C | 74B | David Probert | 2/1F |
| 22 Sep 18+77d | Newbury | Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Handicap | 5/8 | 4½ | 8-7 | 85 | 73A | 72A | Oisin Murphy | 4/1 |
| 07 Jul 18+16d | Haydock | Bet365 Handicap | 6/11 | 1¾ | 8-9 | 87 | 85A | 79A | David Probert | 16/1 |
| 21 Jun 18+27d | Ascot | King George V Stakes (Handicap) | 12/18 | hd | 8-10 | 88 | 102C | 78A | Rob Hornby | 50/1 |
| 25 May 18+16d | Goodwood | British Stallion Studs EBF Cocked Hat Stakes (Listed) | 7/7 | 3 | 9-0 | 88 | 67A | 73A | Rob Hornby | 20/1 |
| 09 May 18+75d | Chester | Centennial Celebration - MBNA Chester Vase Stakes (Group 3) | 8/10 | 3¼ | 9-0 | 88 | 98A | 68A | Oisin Murphy | 25/1 |
| 23 Feb 18+37d | Lingfield (AW) | 32Red Casino Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 1/6 | 9-6 | — | 107B | 83B | Rob Hornby | 11/10F | |
| 17 Jan 18 | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Maiden Auction Stakes | 1/7 | 9-4 | — | 87A | 91A | Oisin Murphy | EvensF |
Quick answers
- How many races has Perfect Illusion (GB) won?
- Perfect Illusion (GB) won 3 of 14 archived starts between 2018 and 2019, a strike rate of 21.4%. Placed 4 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trained Perfect Illusion (GB)?
- Perfect Illusion (GB) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Brighton on 9 July 2019.
- Who is Perfect Illusion (GB)'s sire?
- Perfect Illusion (GB) is by Nathaniel (IRE) out of Chicita Banana (GB), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
- What going does Perfect Illusion (GB) prefer?
- Perfect Illusion (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Perfect Illusion (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 9 July 2019. The highest on record is 88.
- What is Perfect Illusion (GB)'s sire's record?
- Nathaniel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 7,049 runs since Jan 2008 (631 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.2% from 324.
- Who are Perfect Illusion (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Chicita Banana (GB), Perfect Illusion (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Crest of Fire (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Crest of Fire (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m1f. As at Oct 2026.