Horse profile
Valentine Catcher (GB)
by Bated Breath (GB) out of Flycatcher (IRE) (Medicean)
29 runs · 14 courses · from Oct 2023
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Nottingham & Redcar
Last run 26 Oct 2026 · 7th of 14
Last raced off OR 61
KTB Profile
Valentine Catcher is a gelding with two wins from 29 starts. Both wins came over 6f – 7f on turf, at Redcar on soft ground in Oct 2023 and at Nottingham in the Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap on good to firm ground in Aug 2024. He has raced 14 times at Pontefract and Doncaster without winning. He finished 7 of 14 at Redcar in Oct 2026, last raced off OR 61 which was 22lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 29 archived runs · run-style from 25 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 22lb off peak
- 2–29Wins / Runs
- 6.9%Strike rate
- 10 (34.5%)Placed
- +1.00£1 level staken=29 at SP
- 0.67Fair A/E n=29 · 0.55 incl. margin
- 83Highest OR
- 16dBetween runs (median)longest 248 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating61↓ 22lb off peak
61
60–83
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 103
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 104A | 90 | 7 runs · 104 / 96 |
| Soft | 6 | 100A | 95.5 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 112A | 87 | 3 runs · 112 / 87 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 99A | 92 | 2 runs · 99 / 92.5 |
| Heavy | 3 | 82C | 66 | 2 runs · 82 / 63 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 103A | 101 | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 28 | 112A | 92 | 15 runs · 112 / 94 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 29 figures from 29 runs · as at 3 Nov 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 from 25 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 10 (40%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 9 (36%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 6 (24%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,173 runs since Mar 2016 (670 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 7.6% from 855.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 34 | 7 | 20.6% | +9.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,295 | 149 | 11.5% | +0.7 | 1 from 5 |
| Good | 1,670 | 201 | 12% | +1.2 | 0 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 817 | 81 | 9.9% | −0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 855 | 65 | 7.6% | −3.2 | 1 from 6 |
| Heavy | 268 | 23 | 8.6% | −2.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,234 | 354 | 10.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,024 | 118 | 11.5% | +0.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,063 | 475 | 11.7% | +0.9 | 2 from 28 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,880 | 179 | 9.5% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 880 | 81 | 9.2% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 259 | 25 | 9.7% | −1.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 60 | 1 | 1.7% | −9.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +3.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2016 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Flycatcher (IRE) (Medicean)
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Zip (GB) (12 wins).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Zip (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zip (GB) | 82 | 12 | 7f | Class 2 |
| Airflow (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Picnic Princess (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | +9.00 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 13 | 1 | 8% | +2.00 |
| Class 4 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +7.00 |
| Class 6 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontefract | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Doncaster | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Redcar | 3 | 1 | 33% | +12.00 |
| Carlisle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ayr | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ripon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 28 | 2 | 7% | +2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Allan | 12 | 1 | 8% | +3.00 |
| Duran Fentiman | 6 | 1 | 17% | +9.00 |
| Sean Kirrane | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jake Dickson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| James Sullivan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ethan Tindall | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Amie Waugh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 20 | 0 | 0% | −20.00 |
| None | 9 | 2 | 22% | +21.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +13.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +12.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 14 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Oct 26+18d | Redcar | Thanks And See You Next Season Handicap Stakes (Div II) Up with the pace early - shaken up 2f out then held second spot for a moment 1f out - soon left behind and faded badly inside final 110yds to finish 7th | 7/14 | nk | 9-8 | 61 | 82C | 88A | David Allan | 9/2 |
| 08 Oct 26+3d | Ayr | San Miguel Handicap Stakes held up behind the main pack - moved left 3f out and isolated from the rest - faded over 1f out and finished 10th well beaten | 10/10 | 3 | 9-0 | 60 | 44C | 51C | David Allan | 8/1 |
| 05 Oct 26+9d | Pontefract | Autism In Racing Handicap Stakes in the pack through the early stages - shaken up to improve from 1f out and hit the front inside the final 110yds - collared in the last strides to finish second beaten a head | 2/12 | hd | 8-11 | 60 | 101A | 90A | David Allan | 10/1 |
| 26 Sep 26+18d | Ripon | Michael Raby Memorial Handicap Stakes (Div II) Held up in the pack - pushed along with 2f left - kept trying inside final furlong - finished fifth | 5/10 | 1¼ | 9-11 | 62 | 78A | 75A | David Allan | 9/4F |
| 08 Sep 26+6d | Leicester | Quality Freight Services Handicap Stakes Up with the front group early - urged forward with two furlongs left then pressed the leaders in the final furlong - stayed on to finish third | 3/11 | 1¼ | 8-13 | 62 | 103A | 83A | Jake Dickson | 3/1 |
| 02 Sep 26+22d | Hamilton | Hampton By Hilton Hotel Handicap Stakes Tracked front pack - asked for effort to hit the front over 2f out then overtaken inside final furlong - unable to find more and edged out for second near the line | 3/13 | shd | 9-6 | 62 | 94C | 86A | David Allan | 7/2F |
| 11 Aug 26+39d | Carlisle | Christmas Community Raceday 13th Dec Handicap Stakes Bumped at the break - settled towards the back - urged along with 3f left - unable to threaten leaders 2f out - stayed on to snatch second close home | 2/8 | 4 | 9-3 | 62 | 100B | 76A | James Sullivan | 12/1 |
| 03 Jul 26+14d | Doncaster | Pure Panel Management Handicap (Rnd) Front early before giving way and settling in second - dropped back under pressure 2f out - plugged on at one speed inside the final furlong to finish 7th | 7/8 | 1 | 8-9 | 63 | 84A | 59A | Jake Dickson | 22/1 |
| 19 Jun 26+21d | Redcar | In Memory Of Peter & Shirley Fryett Handicap Settled among midfield down the middle - pressed for effort with 2f left - lost momentum inside the final furlong to finish well held | 9/14 | nk | 9-8 | 64 | 80C | 66A | Duran Fentiman | 14/1 |
| 29 May 26+9d | Carlisle | Hoover - Performance That Lasts Handicap (Div 1) Held up at back - driven from 3f out to press leader with a furlong left - stayed on for third | 3/9 | ¾ | 9-8 | 64 | 104A | 83A | Sean Kirrane | 4/1 |
| 20 May 26+18d | Ayr | Birra Poretti Handicap (Div 1) Settled in the pack - pushed along with two furlongs left - kept going late to finish fourth | 4/9 | 1 | 9-3 | 64 | 87A | 77A | Sean Kirrane | 6/1 |
| 02 May 26+11d | Doncaster | attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap Settled into midfield holding an eager pace early - urged for effort inside final 2f - failed to quicken - finished sixth well beaten | 6/10 | ¾ | 9-5 | 66 | 112A | 71A | James Sullivan | 16/1 |
| 21 Apr 26+11d | Pontefract | Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Save Lives Handicap Held up towards the back showing eagerness - moved through inside final furlong under pressure - stayed on late to snatch second close home | 2/8 | 4½ | 9-1 | 67 | 96A | 88A | David Allan | 4/1 |
| 10 Apr 26+129d | Thirsk | Thirsk Hunt Cup Day Saturday 2nd May Book Now Apprentice Handicap Settled at the back - pushed to keep pace from 2f in - urged on with two furlongs left - nudged up slightly late but well beaten in 9th | 9/15 | ¾ | 9-3 | 69 | 90C | 70A | Ethan Tindall | 17/2 |
| 2025 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Dec 25+11d | Newcastle (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2025 Not 2005 Handicap Held up at the back - lost touch from 2f out - dropped away inside the final furlong to finish 7th | 7/11 | 1 | 9-7 | 71 | 99A | 76A | Sean Kirrane | 15/2 |
| 21 Nov 25+24d | Southwell (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap Pulling hard early - settled at back of field - pushed along with 2f left - made progress but knocked sideways inside final furlong then finished without further gain | 5/13 | ½ | 9-4 | 72 | 86B | 84A | Duran Fentiman | 25/1 |
| 28 Oct 25+4d | Catterick | Champions Full Gallop On ITV Handicap Held a spot in the pack towards the wide side - pushed along with 3f left and slipped back through the field - stayed on at one gait inside the final furlong to finish 6th | 6/10 | hd | 9-6 | 74 | 89A | 80A | David Allan | 6/1 |
| 24 Oct 25+18d | Doncaster | Final One Standing By William Hill Handicap Settled towards the back - squeezed for space with 2f left and moved right for room - unable to make an impression finishing 9th | 9/14 | shd | 9-1 | 74 | 97C | 76A | Duran Fentiman | 33/1 |
| 06 Oct 25+11d | Pontefract | Leslie Burton (Fisher) Handicap Settled in the pack early - pushed along and drifted right inside final furlong - unable to threaten leaders - finished sixth | 6/10 | ½ | 8-12 | 74 | 86A | 74A | David Allan | 15/2 |
| 25 Sep 25+13d | Pontefract | Donate To New Beginnings Horses At nbhorses.org.uk Handicap Tracked the front group early - driven approaching the turn and kept responding a furlong out - hit the front close home - edged the verdict in a tight finish | 2/14 | dht | 9-6 | 72 | 99C | 95A | Sean Kirrane | 25/1 |
| 12 Sep 25+118d | Doncaster | Danum Homes Excellence In Build Apprentice Handicap Sat close to the front group early - urged forward around halfway - dropped away in a hurry soon after - finished well held in 14th | 14/15 | 3¾ | 9-7 | 76 | 60C | 48C | Amie Waugh | 40/1 |
| 17 May 25+20d | Thirsk | Sky Bet Build A Bet Handicap Held up in the middle of the pack - nudged for effort and faded from 2f out to finish 11th | 11/12 | 1 | 8-13 | 79 | 79A | 69A | David Allan | 11/1 |
| 27 Apr 25+10d | Southwell (AW) | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap Slow into stride - never got involved and finished well held in 11th | 11/13 | 1½ | 8-9 | 81 | 66B | 65A | Sean Kirrane | 22/1 |
| 17 Apr 25+231d | Ripon | Armstrong Memorial Handicap Hesitant leaving stalls - settled towards the back - urged forward with 2f remaining but boxed in approaching final furlong - unable to challenge and well held at the finish | 10/13 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 82 | 85C | 74A | David Allan | 10/3F |
| 2024 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Aug 24+16d | Carlisle | Northern Security Handicap Settled in the pack - nudged forward from 3f out and made progress approaching the final furlong - kept on at one speed to finish fifth | 5/8 | 3¼ | 9-8 | 83 | 100A | 83A | Duran Fentiman | 4/1 |
| 13 Aug 24+248d | Nottingham | Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap Sat behind pace early - pushed along approaching 2f out and moved through gap left-handed with a furlong left - drifted left but hit front inside final furlong - stayed on strongly to score | 1/8 | 9-9 | 81 | 99B | 88A | Duran Fentiman | 14/1 | |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Dec 23+36d | Newcastle (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 2/11 | 1 | 9-9 | 80 | 98A | 93A | Duran Fentiman | 10/3 |
| 03 Nov 23+14d | Newmarket | Betfred 'Double Delight' British EBF Novice Stakes (Div 2) | 4/10 | 2 | 9-8 | — | 66A | 88A | David Allan | 13/2 |
| 20 Oct 23 | Redcar | Happy 40th Birthday Gary Sivills EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/11 | 9-7 | — | 99A | 102A | David Allan | 14/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Valentine Catcher won?
- Valentine Catcher (GB) won 2 of 29 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 6.9%. Placed 10 times in total (34.5% of starts).
- Who trains Valentine Catcher?
- Valentine Catcher (GB) is trained by Tim Easterby, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 26 October 2026.
- Who is Valentine Catcher's sire?
- Valentine Catcher (GB) is by Bated Breath (GB) out of Flycatcher (IRE), whose sire is Medicean.
- What going does Valentine Catcher prefer?
- Valentine Catcher (GB) has the best record on good to firm 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 Valentine Catcher's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 61, from the run on 26 October 2026. The highest on record is 83.
- What is Valentine Catcher's sire's record?
- Bated Breath (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,173 runs since Mar 2016 (670 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 7.6% from 855.
- Who are Valentine Catcher's siblings?
- Out of Flycatcher (IRE), Valentine Catcher (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Zip (GB) (12). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Zip (GB)). The wins came over 7f. As at Nov 2026.