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Horse profile

Valentino (GB)

9yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2024) · Last trainer Jackie Du Plessis · Last owner Jackie Du Plessis Sarah Pridham
by Sulamani (IRE) out of Romance Dance (GB) (Terimon)
14 runs · 5 courses · from Oct 2020
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 10 Oct 2024 — 748 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2024 3 wins · Newton Abbot & Taunton Last raced off OR 106
KTB Profile

Valentino won three of 14 starts on turf between Sep 2021 and May 2022. All three wins came in handicaps on good or good to firm ground, two of them at Newton Abbot over 3m and one at Taunton over 2m5f to 3m. He has not won since May 2022 and last ran at Exeter in Oct 2024.

Based on 14 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Oct 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster
Official rating106↓ 4lb off peak
106 70–110

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 143 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newton Abbot, 11 Sep 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 10 figures · best 143B · median 113
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good6131A115—
Good to Soft2143B107.5—
Good to Firm2114B94.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Over 3m5143B129—
2m5f – 3m4114B92—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 14 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 109B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newton Abbot, 25 Jun 2024 Official rating 106 at the last run, 10 Oct 2024

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 11 figures · best 109B · median 103
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good7109B103—
Good to Soft2103A101—
Good to Firm2106A100.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Over 3m5109B109—
2m5f – 3m5106A102—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 14 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 14 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sulamani (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 4,245 runs since Jan 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%01 from 2
Good1,40017012.1%+0.62 from 9
Good to Soft8038410.5%−10 from 2
Soft90511212.4%+0.90 from 1
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 1
2m1f – 2m4f97812212.5%+10 from 1
2m5f – 3m8679911.4%−0.11 from 6
Over 3m2403715.4%+3.92 from 6

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
Romance Dance (GB) (Terimon)

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 9 2 22% +0.83
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +0.88
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 7 1 14% −1.50
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 2 1 50% +0.88
Class 3 1 1 100% +3.33

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newton Abbot 7 2 29% +2.83
Exeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Chepstow 2 0 0% −2.00
Taunton 2 1 50% +0.88
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 6 1 17% −3.12
Over 3m 6 2 33% +3.83
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Kimber 8 2 25% +0.38
James Best 2 0 0% −2.00
Kieron Edgar 2 0 0% −2.00
Ben Ffrench Davis 1 1 100% +3.33
Sean Houlihan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 2 22% −1.79
Cheekpieces 4 1 25% +1.50
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 2 0 0% −2.00
2023 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 4 1 25% +0.33
2021 6 2 33% +2.38
2020 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 3 23% −0.29
Chase 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 2 runs
10 Oct 24+107d Exeter Follow Us On X At BetRhino Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 24f · Good · 5 ran Settled at the rear early - given encouragement 3rd - some improvement from 4th - closed on the front group before 11th - urged forward approaching 12th - went wide and dropped away 4 out - error three out saw the saddle nearly slipped from before refusing at the last REF/5 — 11-0 106—— Harry Kimber 18/1
25 Jun 24+288d Newton Abbot Tilly And Seth Wedding Party Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 26.5f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 6 11-3 109118A109B Harry Kimber 18/1
2023 · 1 run
11 Sep 23+303d Newton Abbot Talk Tidy Marketing Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 26.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 5/8 shd 10-12 110143B99A Harry Kimber 11/1
2022 · 4 runs
12 Nov 22+28d Cheltenham Paddy Power Games Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 13 9-11 110—102A Harry Kimber 16/1
15 Oct 22+40d Newton Abbot Neil Terry's Finally Getting Married Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 26.5f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 nk 9-12 10899A109B Harry Kimber 11/4
05 Sep 22+124d Newton Abbot Par Inn For Sport And Fun Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 26.5f · Good · 6 ran UR/6 — 9-11 108—— Harry Kimber 7/4F
04 May 22+166d Newton Abbot St Austell Brewery Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 26.5f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 9-9 96131A103B Ben Ffrench Davis 10/3
2021 · 6 runs
19 Nov 21+23d Chepstow TVS Supply Chain Solutions Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 4/11 1¼ 10-12 9672A103A Sean Houlihan 7/4F
27 Oct 21+40d Taunton Cornish Rock Gin Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 1/9 11-3 93114B106A Harry Kimber 15/8F
17 Sep 21+77d Newton Abbot Racing Partnership TRP Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 26.5f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 9-9 75129A109B Harry Kimber 9/2
02 Jul 21+99d Newton Abbot Emily Davies 21st Birthday Race Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 21.5f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 1¼ 10-0 70112A98A James Best 28/1
25 Mar 21+27d Chepstow Fresh Books This Spring oliversbookshop.co.uk Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23.5f · Good · 6 ran 5/6 26 11-2 —71C95C Kieron Edgar 250/1
26 Feb 21+121d Exeter Kenn Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 18.5f · Soft · 9 ran UR/9 — 11-0 ——— Kieron Edgar 200/1
2020 · 1 run
28 Oct 20 Taunton Summerfield Developments Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 8/10 4¼ 10-12 —75C95C James Best 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Valentino won?
Valentino (GB) won 3 of 14 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 21.4%. Placed 5 times in total (35.7% of starts).
Who trained Valentino?
Valentino (GB) was trained by Jackie Du Plessis on the most recent run on record, at Exeter on 10 October 2024.
Who is Valentino's sire?
Valentino (GB) is by Sulamani (IRE) out of Romance Dance (GB), whose sire is Terimon.
What going does Valentino prefer?
Valentino (GB) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Valentino's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 106, from the run on 10 October 2024. The highest on record is 110.
What is Valentino's sire's record?
Sulamani (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 4,245 runs since Jan 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.

Record shown from October 2020. 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.