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Horse profile

Rip Van Go (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2020) · Last trainer Mike Sowersby · Last owner M E Sowersby
by Rip Van Winkle (IRE) out of Thousandkissesdeep (IRE) (Night Shift)
8 runs · 5 courses · from May 2017
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Aug 2020 — 2,246 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2020 · 5th of 8
KTB Profile

Rip Van Go (GB) is yet to win from 8 starts.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 92C · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good292C78—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f292C78—
Flat 4 figures · best 107C · median 71
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f374C68—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 84C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Sedgefield, 27 Aug 2020

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 57A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wetherby, 6 Jun 2018 Official rating 45 at the last flat run, 6 Jun 2018

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. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 84C · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good284C84—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f284C84—
Flat 4 figures · best 58C · median 56.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f358C56—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 8 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
Rip Van Winkle (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 3,947 runs since Jan 2008 (324 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm19210.5%+0.4—
Good to Firm499499.8%−0.30 from 1
Good901829.1%−10 from 3
Good to Soft440358%−2.10 from 1
Soft5415410%−0.10 from 2
Heavy1822011%+0.9—
Standard (AW)1,36315711.5%+1.40 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1271511.8%+1.7—
6f – 7f90210111.2%+1.1—
1m – 1m1f976899.1%−1—
1m2f – 1m4f990989.9%−0.20 from 3
1m5f – 2m6366610.4%+0.30 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f258238.9%−1.20 from 4
2m5f – 3m57712.3%+2.2—
Over 3m100%−10.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Thousandkissesdeep (IRE) (Night Shift)

7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Da Vinci Hand (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m–1m7½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (His Kyllachy (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Da Vinci Hand (IRE)2421m7½fClass 5
His Kyllachy (IRE)521m1f–1m4fClass 4
Logorrheic (GB)721m–1m1½fClass 5
Astrophysicist (GB)3911m1½f—
Star Turn (GB)150——
King's Crusader (GB)20——
Oh So Cross (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wetherby 3 0 0% −3.00
Catterick 2 0 0% −2.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ryan Day 3 0 0% −3.00
Connor Murtagh 2 0 0% −2.00
Lorcan Murtagh 1 0 0% −1.00
James Sullivan 1 0 0% −1.00
Neil Farley 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 3 0 0% −3.00
2019 1 0 0% −1.00
2018 3 0 0% −3.00
2017 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00
Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

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
27 Aug 20+168d Sedgefield Roflow Environmental Engineering And Specialist Ventilation Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 6½ 10-12 —92C84C Ryan Day 250/1
12 Mar 20+61d Doncaster MansionBet GetItReady For Cheltenham Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 11 10-13 —64C84C Lorcan Murtagh 250/1
11 Jan 20+14d Wetherby Bet At Racingtv.com Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-2 ——— Ryan Day 250/1
28 Dec 19+570d Catterick Go Racing In Yorkshire Winter Festival Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-7 ——— Ryan Day 100/1
06 Jun 18+23d Wetherby Hope & Social Playing Here Live Handicap Class 6 · 16f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 6/13 3¾ 8-7 45107C57A James Sullivan 50/1
14 May 18+9d Catterick Racing Uk Anywhere Available Now Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 12f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 6 9-8 —68C56C Connor Murtagh 200/1
05 May 18+347d Wetherby totesport Download The App Novice Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 9/10 10 8-11 —47C52C Connor Murtagh 100/1
23 May 17 Newcastle (AW) Go Reboot Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 10 ran 9/10 4 9-5 —74C58C Neil Farley 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Rip Van Go (GB) won?
Rip Van Go (GB) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2017 and 2020.
Who trained Rip Van Go (GB)?
Rip Van Go (GB) was trained by Mike Sowersby on the most recent run on record, at Sedgefield on 27 August 2020.
Who is Rip Van Go (GB)'s sire?
Rip Van Go (GB) is by Rip Van Winkle (IRE) out of Thousandkissesdeep (IRE), whose sire is Night Shift.
What is Rip Van Go (GB)'s official rating?
Rip Van Go (GB)'s highest official rating on record is 45.
What is Rip Van Go (GB)'s sire's record?
Rip Van Winkle (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 3,947 runs since Jan 2008 (324 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Rip Van Go (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Thousandkissesdeep (IRE), Rip Van Go (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Da Vinci Hand (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (His Kyllachy (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m7½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2017. 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.