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Horse profile

Romantic Approach (IRE)

2yo filly (at last run, Jun 2021) · Last trainer Adrian Nicholls · Last owner Roscourt
1 run · 1 course · from Jun 2021
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Jun 2021 — 1,960 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2021 · 11th of 13
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Jun 2021 as a 2yo filly. Finished 11 of 13 at Newcastle (AW) last time. By New Approach (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Mar 2012.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 5 Nov 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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 30C the best of the last 1 rated run · Newcastle (AW), 24 Jun 2021

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Mar 2012 (685 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm27414.8%+2.2—
Good to Firm1,08516615.3%+2.7—
Good1,63020012.3%−0.3—
Good to Soft79911013.8%+1.2—
Soft95810711.2%−1.4—
Heavy283289.9%−2.7—
Standard (AW)2,01024112%−0.60 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f9899.2%−3.4—
6f – 7f1,20715612.9%+0.30 from 1
1m – 1m1f1,66523414.1%+1.5—
1m2f – 1m4f2,32430313%+0.4—
1m5f – 2m1,06611310.6%−2—
2m1f – 2m4f3203310.3%−2.3—
2m5f – 3m10187.9%−4.7—
Over 3m1100%−12.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2012 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 1 run
24 Jun 21 Newcastle (AW) Stef Bell Finally Qualified As A Vet Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 11/13 5 9-0 32C30C Tony Hamilton 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Romantic Approach won?
Romantic Approach (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2021.
Who trained Romantic Approach?
Romantic Approach (IRE) was trained by Adrian Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 24 June 2021.
Who is Romantic Approach's sire?
Romantic Approach (IRE) is by New Approach (IRE) out of Jawaayiz (GB), whose sire is Kodiac.
What is Romantic Approach's sire's record?
New Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Mar 2012 (685 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.

Record shown from June 2021. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.