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Horse profile

Songbird's Tale (GB)

8yo mare (at last run, May 2023) · Last trainer Paul Collins · Last owner Mrs P A Cowey
by Sulamani (IRE) out of She Likes To Boogy (IRE) (Luso)
15 runs · 7 courses · from Dec 2020
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 May 2023 — 1,279 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2023 · 7th of 16 Won at Hexham Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile

Songbird's Tale won one of 15 starts over hurdles, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap at Hexham over 2m5f to 3m on good to soft in Mar 2022. All runs came on turf. She finished 7 of 16 in a Class 5 handicap at Hexham in May 2023 off an official rating of 72. The mare last ran off a career-high mark of 75.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5
Official rating72↓ 3lb off peak
72 69–75

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 130 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Hexham, 6 May 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. What this means →

Jumps 11 figures · best 130B · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good4120B104.5—
Soft494C57—
Good to Soft3130B112—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m4130B116—
2m1f – 2m4f394C61—
1m5f – 2m373C46—
Over 3m1———

Of 15 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 80A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hexham, 6 May 2023 Official rating 72 at the last run, 6 May 2023

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 →

Jumps 15 figures · best 91A · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft691C77.5—
Good to Soft583C80—
Good491A79—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m791A80—
2m1f – 2m4f491C82—
1m5f – 2m382A75—
Over 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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
Sulamani (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 4,246 runs since Jun 2008 (278 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.1% from 479. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.4% from 240.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm20210%−1.5—
Good to Firm3484011.5%0—
Good1,40017012.1%+0.60 from 4
Good to Soft8048410.4%−1.11 from 5
Soft90511212.4%+0.90 from 6
Heavy2904114.1%+2.6—
Standard (AW)479398.1%−3.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f900%−11.5—
6f – 7f1852010.8%−0.7—
1m – 1m1f262238.8%−2.7—
1m2f – 1m4f550529.5%−2—
1m5f – 2m1,15413511.7%+0.20 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f97812212.5%+10 from 4
2m5f – 3m8689911.4%−0.11 from 7
Over 3m2403715.4%+3.90 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them The Jitterbug (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m7½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (The Jitterbug (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
The Jitterbug (GB)312m7½fClass 4
North Country Boy (GB)80——
Missy Myrtle (GB)30——
Crocodile Dancer (GB)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Soft 5 1 20% +16.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 11 1 9% +10.00
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hexham 6 1 17% +15.00
Newcastle 3 0 0% −3.00
Carlisle 2 0 0% −2.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 7 1 14% +14.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Alan Doyle 4 0 0% −4.00
Mark Galligan 4 1 25% +17.00
Ross Chapman 4 0 0% −4.00
William Maggs 1 0 0% −1.00
Peter Kavanagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Midgley 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 12 1 8% +9.00
Hood 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 9 1 11% +12.00
2021 4 0 0% −4.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 11 1 9% +10.00
NH 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
2023 · 1 run
06 May 23+130d Hexham Marrill Group Coronation Day Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 7/16 ½ 9-9 72130B80A William Maggs 16/1
2022 · 9 runs
27 Dec 22+40d Wetherby Follow WillHillRacing On Twitter Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m · Good To Soft · 19 ran 10/19 1¼ 10-2 72112C70C Peter Kavanagh 66/1
17 Nov 22+13d Market Rasen Pertemps Network Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7f · Soft · 5 ran 5/5 5 9-11 73—70B Alan Doyle 10/1
04 Nov 22+183d Hexham Follow HexhamRaces On Twitter Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Soft · 13 ran 6/13 ½ 9-11 74—81A Alan Doyle 16/1
05 May 22+26d Huntingdon Pertemps Medical Professionals Mental Health Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m1f · Good · 11 ran 5/11 4 9-13 75104A81A Mark Galligan 10/1
09 Apr 22+23d Newcastle Gainford Pods In The Park Package Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good · 11 ran 3/11 4¾ 9-13 75105A91A Mark Galligan 11/1
17 Mar 22+6d Hexham Wor Bella Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 9-7 69—80A Mark Galligan 20/1
11 Mar 22+32d Newcastle Cazoo Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 3¼ 9-10 69120B77A Mark Galligan 80/1
07 Feb 22+20d Carlisle British Stallion Studs EBF Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 8 ran 7/8 30 10-7 —53C69C Alan Doyle 200/1
18 Jan 22+23d Newcastle DFE Electrical Contractors 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 8/13 17 10-8 ——83C Tom Midgley 250/1
2021 · 4 runs
26 Dec 21+232d Sedgefield Go Racing With Vickers.Bet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4f · Soft · 5 ran 4/5 27 9-12 —61C81C Alan Doyle 125/1
08 May 21+19d Hexham carpetgallop.co.uk All Weather Gallops Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 8 ran 6/8 10 11-0 —41C74C Ross Chapman 150/1
19 Apr 21+19d Hexham Follow HexhamRaces On Twitter Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 · 2m · Good · 9 ran 8/9 15 10-7 —73C75C Ross Chapman 150/1
31 Mar 21+108d Hexham Visit attheraces.com Maiden Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 9 ran 9/9 1¼ 10-11 —46B82A Ross Chapman 150/1
2020 · 1 run
13 Dec 20 Carlisle Blackwell Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Soft · 11 ran 8/11 6½ 10-12 —94C91C Ross Chapman 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Songbird's Tale won?
Songbird's Tale (GB) won 1 of 15 archived starts between 2020 and 2023, a strike rate of 6.7%. Placed 2 times in total (13.3% of starts).
Who trained Songbird's Tale?
Songbird's Tale (GB) was trained by Paul Collins on the most recent run on record, at Hexham on 6 May 2023.
Who is Songbird's Tale's sire?
Songbird's Tale (GB) is by Sulamani (IRE) out of She Likes To Boogy (IRE), whose sire is Luso.
What going does Songbird's Tale prefer?
Songbird's Tale (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Songbird's Tale's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 6 May 2023. The highest on record is 75.
What is Songbird's Tale's sire's record?
Sulamani (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 4,246 runs since Jun 2008 (278 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.1% from 479. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.4% from 240.
Who are Songbird's Tale's siblings?
Out of She Likes To Boogy (IRE), Songbird's Tale (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: The Jitterbug (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (The Jitterbug (GB)). The wins came over 2m7½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2020. 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.