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Horse profile

Taste The Victory (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2011) · Last trainer Alan Swinbank · Last owner Mrs T Blackett
by Victory Gallop (CAN) out of Tastetheteardrops (USA) (What Luck)
8 runs · 6 courses · from Oct 2009
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Sep 2011 — 5,522 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2011 · 12th of 14 Last raced off OR 65
KTB Profile

Taste The Victory (USA) is yet to win from 8 starts, though has placed 3 times. Best effort: 2nd of 15 at Thirsk (May 2010). Last raced off 65, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating65↓ 10lb off peak
65 65–75

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 65C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newcastle, 20 Apr 2011 Official rating 65 at the last run, 23 Sep 2011

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 8 figures · best 92A · median 65.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm466B61—
Good to Soft277A63—
Good292A87—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f482A71.5—
1m2f – 1m4f265C57—
6f – 7f292A68—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 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
Victory Gallop (CAN)

Progeny in our archive have won 5.7% of 87 runs since Jan 2008 (9 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−5.7—
Good to Firm1218.3%+2.60 from 4
Good1500%−5.70 from 2
Good to Soft300%−5.70 from 2
Soft700%−5.7—
Heavy200%−5.7—
Standard (AW)4648.7%+3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1100%−5.7—
6f – 7f34411.8%+6.10 from 2
1m – 1m1f900%−5.70 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f1600%−5.70 from 2
1m5f – 2m500%−5.7—
2m1f – 2m4f700%−5.7—
2m5f – 3m4125%+19.3—
Over 3m100%−5.7—

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

Dam
Tastetheteardrops (USA) (What Luck)

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 Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Newcastle 2 0 0% −2.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
P J McDonald 6 0 0% −6.00
Garry Whillans 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Winston 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 3 0 0% −3.00
2010 3 0 0% −3.00
2009 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2011 · 3 runs
23 Sep 11+143d Haydock Betdaq The Betting Exchange Haydock Park Apprentice Training Series Handicap Class 5 · 1m2½f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 12/14 5 9-2 6549C Garry Whillans 16/1
03 May 11+13d Newcastle Sportpool.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 1¼ 9-0 6844C P J McDonald 6/1
20 Apr 11+305d Newcastle Sportpool.co.uk Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5/7 1¾ 9-13 7265C Robert Winston 9/1
2010 · 3 runs
19 Jun 10+22d Haydock Cruden Group Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6/9 5 9-6 7457C P J McDonald 5/1
28 May 10+20d Pontefract Constant Security Services Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 6 ran 5/6 1 8-8 7566B P J McDonald 9/2
08 May 10+192d Thirsk Army Benevolent Fund Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Good · 15 ran 2/15 ¾ 8-13 7582A P J McDonald 9/4
2009 · 2 runs
28 Oct 09+18d Musselburgh E.B.F. Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Good To Soft · 9 ran 2/9 1¼ 9-3 —77A P J McDonald 11/10F
10 Oct 09 York Gala Coral Conquer Everest - Sue Ryder Care E.b.f. Maiden Stakes Class 3 · 7f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 shd 9-3 —92A P J McDonald 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Taste The Victory won?
Taste The Victory (USA) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2009 and 2011. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
Who trained Taste The Victory?
Taste The Victory (USA) was trained by Alan Swinbank on the most recent run on record, at Haydock on 23 September 2011.
Who is Taste The Victory's sire?
Taste The Victory (USA) is by Victory Gallop (CAN) out of Tastetheteardrops (USA), whose sire is What Luck.
What is Taste The Victory's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 65, from the run on 23 September 2011. The highest on record is 75.
What is Taste The Victory's sire's record?
Victory Gallop (CAN)'s progeny in our archive have won 5.7% of 87 runs since Jan 2008 (9 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from October 2009. 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.