Private Affair (IRE)
Private Affair won one of two starts between Apr 2025 and May 2025. The colt won the Kempton Park Commemorates VE Day Novice Stakes at Kempton (AW) over under 6f on standard going in May 2025 on his second outing. By Soldier's Call whose progeny have won 9% of 2,068 runs since Jan 2008 the dam has produced four winners from seven runners including Merry Secret with six wins. Aged 2 at his last run in May 2025.
- 1–2Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 2 (100%)Placed
- −0.47£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 24dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 55
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2 | 64C | 59.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,112 runs since Jan 2008 (217 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 13.1% from 198. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.1% from 245.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 335 | 32 | 9.6% | +0.5 | — |
| Good | 581 | 49 | 8.4% | −0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 198 | 26 | 13.1% | +4 | — |
| Soft | 267 | 22 | 8.2% | −0.9 | — |
| Heavy | 80 | 7 | 8.8% | −0.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 639 | 56 | 8.8% | −0.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 708 | 81 | 11.4% | +2.3 | 1 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,020 | 90 | 8.8% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 245 | 10 | 4.1% | −5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 77 | 7 | 9.1% | 0 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 41 | 4 | 9.8% | +0.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 19 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 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 Merry Secret (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Keep Grating (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merry Secret (IRE) | 60 | 6 | 6f–7f | Class 4 |
| Dazzling Des (IRE) | 31 | 5 | 5f–6f | Class 3 |
| Keep Grating (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 7f | Class 2 |
| Blue Moon Baby (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 5f | Class 6 |
| Hot Love (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Secret Sausage (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Tiz Likely (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 05 May 25+24d | Kempton (AW) | Kempton Park Commemorates VE Day Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Tracked in tight third early - moved up to second inside final 2f while drifting left under pressure - prevailed on the line in a photo verdict | 1/5 | 9-7 | 64C | 76B | Sean Levey | 8/15F | |
| 11 Apr 25 | Newbury | Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Sat behind pace - pushed along in wide position over a furlong out and stayed on strongly through the last - nabbed second spot near the line | 2/11 | hd | 9-7 | 55A | 82A | Sean Levey | 3/1F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Private Affair won?
- Private Affair (IRE) won 1 of 2 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 2 times in total (100% of starts).
- Who trained Private Affair?
- Private Affair (IRE) was trained by Richard Hannon on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 5 May 2025.
- Who is Private Affair's sire?
- Private Affair (IRE) is by Soldier's Call (GB) out of Secret Liaison (IRE), whose sire is Dandy Man.
- What is Private Affair's sire's record?
- Soldier's Call (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,112 runs since Jan 2008 (217 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 13.1% from 198. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.1% from 245.
- Who are Private Affair's siblings?
- Out of Secret Liaison (IRE), Private Affair (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Merry Secret (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Keep Grating (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.