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Horse profile

Sweet Bird (FR)

8yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2005) · Last trainer Miss J R Gibney · Last owner Andrew L Cohen
by Epervier Bleu (GB) out of Sweet Virginia (FR) (Tapioca II)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Oct 2005
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Nov 2005 — 7,647 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2005 · 4th of 6 Won at Huntingdon Last raced off OR 101
KTB Profile

Sweet Bird (FR) is 1 from 3, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Nov 2005.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 101C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Huntingdon, 8 Nov 2005 Official rating 101 at the last run, 20 Nov 2005

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 101C · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft2101C84—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Over 3m1———
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 3 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 3 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
Epervier Bleu (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 98 runs since Jan 2008 (16 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−9.2—
Good to Firm500%−9.20 from 1
Good3925.1%−4.1—
Good to Soft2400%−9.21 from 2
Soft20315%+5.8—
Heavy9444.4%+35.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m1815.6%−3.6—
2m1f – 2m4f23521.7%+12.5—
2m5f – 3m4037.5%−1.71 from 2
Over 3m1700%−9.20 from 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

Dam
Sweet Virginia (FR) (Tapioca II)

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.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +24.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 2 1 50% +24.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 1 100% +25.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 2 1 50% +24.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Owyn Nelmes 2 1 50% +24.00
Philip Hide 1 0 0% −1.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2005 · 3 runs
20 Nov 05+12d Plumpton iBetX Ellie May Challis Novices' Chase Class 3 · 25.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 30 11-0 10167C Philip Hide 7/1
08 Nov 05+27d Huntingdon Handicap Chase Class 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 1/6 10-10 93101C Owyn Nelmes 25/1
12 Oct 05 Wetherby Rocom NEC Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 23.5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-11 —— Owyn Nelmes 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sweet Bird won?
Sweet Bird (FR) won 1 of 3 archived starts in 2005, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 1 time in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Sweet Bird?
Sweet Bird (FR) was trained by Miss J R Gibney on the most recent run on record, at Plumpton on 20 November 2005.
Who is Sweet Bird's sire?
Sweet Bird (FR) is by Epervier Bleu (GB) out of Sweet Virginia (FR), whose sire is Tapioca II.
What is Sweet Bird's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 101, from the run on 20 November 2005. That is also the highest on record.
What is Sweet Bird's sire's record?
Epervier Bleu (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 98 runs since Jan 2008 (16 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from October 2005. 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.