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Horse profile

Pretence (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Jan 2024) · Last trainer Hugo Palmer · Last owner Precision Facades Owen
by Make Believe (GB) out of Capall An Ibre (IRE) (Traditionally)
12 runs · 9 courses · from May 2023
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Jan 2024 — 991 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2024 · 4th of 12 Won at Chester Last raced off OR 62
KTB Profile

Pretence (IRE) is 1 from 12, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Jun 2023. The win came on turf — 0 from 6 on the all-weather, and the win came on good or faster ground (0 from 3 on softer). Last raced off 62, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Wins on good or faster Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating62↓ 10lb off peak
62 62–72

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 79 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Lingfield (AW), 31 Dec 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.

Flat 12 figures · best 111C · median 67
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)679A67.5—
Soft393C55—
Good268A56.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
6f – 7f10111C68.5—
1m – 1m1f1———
Under 6f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 71A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newcastle (AW), 27 Jan 2024 Official rating 62 at the last run, 27 Jan 2024

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race.

Flat 12 figures · best 85B · median 64
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)671A67—
Soft385B62—
Good273A59—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1085B67—
1m – 1m1f1———
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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
Make Believe (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,585 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5120%+8.9—
Good to Firm3414312.6%+1.50 from 1
Good8709911.4%+0.31 from 2
Good to Soft4305613%+1.9—
Soft6937010.1%−10 from 3
Heavy270259.3%−1.8—
Standard (AW)97610310.6%−0.50 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8178.6%−2.50 from 1
6f – 7f8459511.2%+0.11 from 10
1m – 1m1f1,04310510.1%−10 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f7849412%+0.9—
1m5f – 2m5317113.4%+2.3—
2m1f – 2m4f229229.6%−1.5—
2m5f – 3m6223.2%−7.9—
Over 3m10110%−1.1—

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

Dam
Capall An Ibre (IRE) (Traditionally)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Cailin Mor (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Dream Forever (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Cailin Mor (IRE)2236f–1m½f—
Dream Forever (IRE)1416fClass 6
Followme Followyou (IRE)180——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 2 1 50% +3.50
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 4 2 1 50% +3.50
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chester 3 1 33% +2.50
Newcastle (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 10 1 10% −4.50
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Marquand 2 0 0% −2.00
Seamie Heffernan 2 0 0% −2.00
Brandon Wilkie 1 0 0% −1.00
Ross Coakley 1 0 0% −1.00
Alec Voikhansky 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Kingscote 1 0 0% −1.00
Harry Davies 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Mullen 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Gray 1 1 100% +4.50
Andrew Slattery 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 10 1 10% −4.50
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 2 0 0% −2.00
2023 10 1 10% −4.50

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
27 Jan 24+11d Newcastle (AW) Betmgm: It's Showtime Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 4/12 1 9-2 6271A71A Brandon Wilkie 22/1
16 Jan 24+16d Newcastle (AW) BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 6 ran 5/6 ½ 9-1 6453A58B Ross Coakley 11/1
31 Dec 23+44d Lingfield (AW) BetMGM: It's Showtime / EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 4/11 nk 9-2 6579A66A Tom Marquand 10/1
17 Nov 23+16d Wolverhampton (AW) BetMGM Take Time Out During SGWeek23! Nursery Class 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 11 ran 10/11 1¾ 9-1 6756A35A Alec Voikhansky 25/1
01 Nov 23+20d Kempton (AW) Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Nursery Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 6/10 nk 9-3 6966A70A Richard Kingscote 15/2
12 Oct 23+67d Chelmsford City (AW) EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 4/13 ½ 9-2 7269B68A Tom Marquand 13/2
06 Aug 23+23d Chester Alan Taylor Nursery Class 5 · 7f · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 3 9-8 7255B62A Harry Davies 6/4F
14 Jul 23+14d Chester Aaron & Partners Nursery Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 ½ 8-5 6693C85B Andrew Mullen 11/2
30 Jun 23+16d Chester Halliwell Jones Selling Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 8-13 —68A73A Shane Gray 9/2
14 Jun 23+28d Limerick Irish EBF Median Sires Series Fillies Maiden 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 10/14 1 9-1 —111C61A Seamie Heffernan 80/1
17 May 23+16d Cork Irish Ebf Median Sires Series Maiden 5f · Good · 15 ran 14/15 3¼ 8-11 —45C45A Andrew Slattery 66/1
01 May 23 Curragh Irish European Breeders Fund Median Sires Series Maiden 6f · Soft · 9 ran 9/9 3¾ 8-11 —53A53A Seamie Heffernan 22/1

Quick answers

How many races has Pretence (IRE) won?
Pretence (IRE) won 1 of 12 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 2 times in total (16.7% of starts).
Who trained Pretence (IRE)?
Pretence (IRE) was trained by Hugo Palmer on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 27 January 2024.
Who is Pretence (IRE)'s sire?
Pretence (IRE) is by Make Believe (GB) out of Capall An Ibre (IRE), whose sire is Traditionally.
What is Pretence (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 27 January 2024. The highest on record is 72.
What is Pretence (IRE)'s sire's record?
Make Believe (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,585 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Pretence (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Capall An Ibre (IRE), Pretence (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Cailin Mor (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Dream Forever (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.