Horse profile
Popty Ping (GB)
by Ardad (IRE) out of Solfege (GB) (Shamardal)
21 runs · 8 courses · from May 2025
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Southwell (AW)
Off 114 days · 2nd of 13
Last raced off OR 61
KTB Profile
Popty Ping is 2 from 21 with both wins at Class 6 level on the all-weather at Southwell over 6f to 7f on standard going. She has never won on turf from seven starts. Typically held up, she finished second of 13 in a Class 6 handicap at Newcastle in Jun 2026 off an official rating of 61. Her highest ever mark is 63.
Based on 21 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
All wins on AW
All wins at Class 6
- 2–21Wins / Runs
- 9.5%Strike rate
- 10 (47.6%)Placed
- −9.00£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 0.85Fair A/E n=20 · 0.63 incl. margin
- 63Highest OR
- 20dAvg 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.
Official rating61↓ 2lb off peak
61
56–63
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 104
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 14 | 104B | 75.5 | 12 · 104 / 74 |
| Good | 3 | 95C | 73 | 2 · 95 / 80 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 90A | 59 | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 104B | 77 | 8 · 104 / 76.5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 97A | 73 | 7 · 97 / 73 |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
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
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 from 11 analysed runs
- Held up 7 (64%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (18%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (9%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (9%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 3,499 runs since Jan 2008 (350 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 40 | 3 | 7.5% | −1.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 697 | 68 | 9.8% | +1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 800 | 62 | 7.8% | −0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 355 | 39 | 11% | +2.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 324 | 31 | 9.6% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 93 | 5 | 5.4% | −3.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,190 | 98 | 8.2% | −0.5 | 2 from 14 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,140 | 126 | 11.1% | +2.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,953 | 154 | 7.9% | −0.8 | 2 from 13 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 327 | 20 | 6.1% | −2.6 | 0 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 55 | 5 | 9.1% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −8.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −2.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Solfege (GB) (Shamardal)
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Alpha Cru (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Alpha Cru (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Cru (IRE) | 22 | 4 | 1m–1m½f | Class 4 |
| Streetzoffilly (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Cru Eile (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 14 | 2 | 14% | −2.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 13 | 2 | 15% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 4 | 2 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ripon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 2 | 15% | −1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Winn | 7 | 2 | 29% | +5.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| David Nolan | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Conor Whiteley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cian Horgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Watson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visor | 11 | 2 | 18% | +1.00 |
| None | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −6.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 26+11d | Newcastle (AW) | JenningsBet In North Shields Handicap Drifted right early - settled midfield - pressed for effort 2f out - stayed on final furlong to take second close home - narrowly denied | 2/13 | nk | 9-5 | 61 | 104B | 82A | Mark Winn | 7/1 |
| 14 Jun 26+11d | Doncaster | Summer Saturday Series At Doncaster Racecourse Handicap Held up in the pack - nudged along and up with the front group 2f out - lost momentum 1f out then met a wall of horses inside the final 110yds - never able to get going again and finished 6th | 6/15 | ¾ | 9-5 | 61 | 95C | 68A | Daniel Tudhope | 17/2 |
| 03 Jun 26+27d | Ripon | Ripon Theatre Festival 5th - 12th July Handicap Held up towards the back - short of room and driven when asked to find room over 2f out - kept going under pressure but always held late | 7/8 | 1½ | 9-6 | 62 | 65B | 50A | Daniel Tudhope | 6/1 |
| 07 May 26+12d | Southwell (AW) | Free Tips On attheraces.com Handicap Settled just off the pace - asked for effort and found room to move through inside final furlong before taking second spot close home - stayed on well but never able to trouble the winner | 2/11 | 4 | 9-1 | 62 | 76A | 69A | Mark Winn | 10/1 |
| 25 Apr 26+30d | Doncaster | Free Tips On attheraces.com Handicap Held up towards the back - pressed for a run 2f out and made progress inside final furlong - could not quicken again close home | 4/12 | 3 | 9-6 | 62 | 90A | 66A | Daniel Tudhope | 6/1 |
| 26 Mar 26+21d | Southwell (AW) | Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Settled towards the back - boxed in approaching final 2f and shifted left before being asked for effort - powered home in the last furlong to get up close home | 1/12 | 9-9 | 58 | 67A | 71A | Mark Winn | 6/1 | |
| 05 Mar 26+19d | Newcastle (AW) | Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Handicap Settled in the pack early - slipped back through the field approaching halfway - made up ground with a furlong left but kept finding running room blocked late on - unable to find more and held on for 6th | 6/12 | hd | 9-7 | 58 | 70A | 60A | Mark Winn | 4/1 |
| 14 Feb 26+11d | Newcastle (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap Settled with the pack early - moving smoothly into contention over 2f out - up to second inside the final furlong but driven along in pursuit of the winner - unable to get on terms and held for the runner-up spot | 2/8 | 5½ | 9-3 | 59 | 97A | 72A | Mark Winn | 4/1 |
| 03 Feb 26+17d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Settled just off the pace - pushed along with 2f left and edged forward approaching the furlong pole - unable to find more late on finishing sixth | 6/10 | 2½ | 9-2 | 60 | 73A | 56A | Conor Whiteley | 13/2 |
| 17 Jan 26+19d | Southwell (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap Settled at the back - roused two out and improved into fourth by the final furlong - lacked the speed to get involved in the finish | 4/9 | 1¼ | 8-9 | 62 | 67A | 58A | Conor Whiteley | 17/2 |
| 29 Dec 25+17d | Newcastle (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Nursery Sat close behind leading duo - urged into second spot inside final furlong - stayed on but outpaced by winner near finish | 2/5 | 4 | 9-1 | 62 | 62C | 63B | Paul Mulrennan | 4/1 |
| 12 Dec 25+10d | Southwell (AW) | Read Meg Nicholl's Blog At betmgm.co.uk Nursery Settled at back early - pushed along and found room to advance under 1f out - powered clear late to score | 1/9 | 9-6 | 57 | 77A | 73A | Mark Winn | 4/1 | |
| 02 Dec 25+15d | Newcastle (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Nursery Settled just off the pace - squeezed through a gap approaching the final furlong - improved into third close home but unable to reach the leading pair | 3/8 | 2½ | 9-6 | 57 | 83A | 62A | David Nolan | 5/1 |
| 17 Nov 25+16d | Newcastle (AW) | Take Time Out During SGWEEK25! Nursery Handy near front early - eased forward effortlessly to hit the front 2f out - asked for effort soon after - challenged hard entering last furlong - overtaken and no extra close home | 2/7 | 1¼ | 8-9 | 56 | 75A | 58A | Cian Horgan | 3/1 |
| 01 Nov 25+32d | Newcastle (AW) | Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Nursery Held up at the back - urged forward approaching 2f out and kept going - given a squeeze inside the final furlong - improved into third late but not landing a serious challenge | 3/7 | nk | 9-9 | 58 | 62A | 69A | David Nolan | 10/3 |
| 30 Sep 25+10d | Newcastle (AW) | Arc 1MILLION Bonus Bigger Than Ever Nursery Settled towards the back of the field - short of space approaching 2f out then shifted course right inside the final furlong - stayed on down the inner - unable to find enough speed to get on terms with the front markers | 6/13 | hd | 9-9 | 60 | 92B | 66A | David Nolan | 13/2 |
| 20 Sep 25+75d | Chester | CVAM Limited Nursery Held up towards back of pack - lost touch 4f from home and pushed with 3f left - unable to close and dropped away final furlong | 7/9 | 3¼ | 9-4 | 63 | 84A | 49A | Ben Robinson | 11/1 |
| 07 Jul 25+11d | Ripon | ripon-races.co.uk Book Now For Saturday July 19th Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Made the running near the rail - overtaken with 2f left - lost place under pressure inside final furlong to finish fourth | 4/7 | 1½ | 9-0 | 63 | 73B | 60A | Jason Watson | 15/8F |
| 26 Jun 25+10d | Newcastle (AW) | probio-energy.com Energy:Reborn Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Held up in the pack - driven approaching final furlong then finished strongly to share second close home - unable to threaten winner | 2/10 | 1½ | 9-2 | — | 77A | 76A | David Nolan | 28/1 |
| 16 Jun 25+21d | Carlisle | PricedUp Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Sat close to the front - pressed for effort and lost ground inside final furlong - stayed on to finish third | 3/11 | 1¾ | 9-2 | — | 59A | 66A | Daniel Tudhope | 12/1 |
| 26 May 25 | Redcar | Join Racing TV Now EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Handy in the near-rail bunch early - urged to keep tempo past halfway - lost touch over a furlong out and dropped away to finish last | 11/13 | 2¼ | 9-0 | — | 28C | 25C | Mark Winn | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Popty Ping (GB) won?
- Popty Ping (GB) won 2 of 21 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.5%. Placed 10 times in total (47.6% of starts).
- Who trains Popty Ping (GB)?
- Popty Ping (GB) is trained by David O'Meara, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 June 2026.
- Who is Popty Ping (GB)'s sire?
- Popty Ping (GB) is by Ardad (IRE) out of Solfege (GB), whose sire is Shamardal.
- What going does Popty Ping (GB) prefer?
- Popty Ping (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 14 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Popty Ping (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 61, from the run on 25 June 2026. The highest on record is 63.
- What is Popty Ping (GB)'s sire's record?
- Ardad (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 3,499 runs since Jan 2008 (350 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Popty Ping (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Solfege (GB), Popty Ping (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Alpha Cru (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Alpha Cru (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.