Horse profile
Valley Ofthe Kings (SAF)
by Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) out of Victoria Lavelle (SAF) (Captain Al)
17 runs · 11 courses · from Jun 2025
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Chelmsford City (AW) & Wolverhampton (AW)
Last run 20 Jun 2026 · 2nd of 9
Last raced off OR 82
KTB Profile
Valley Ofthe Kings (SAF) is 2 wins from 17 runs, both on all-weather at under 6f and 6f-7f on standard going. He won a Class 5 novice at Wolverhampton (AW) in Oct 2025 off an official rating of 73 and a Class 4 handicap at Chelmsford City (AW) the following month off 80. The gelding, by Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) out of Victoria Lavelle (SAF), has never won on turf from eight starts. He finished 2 of 9 at Newmarket in Jun 2026 off an official rating of 82.
Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 17 commented runs since Jun 2025 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on AW
- 2–17Wins / Runs
- 11.8%Strike rate
- 8 (47.1%)Placed
- −8.25£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 0.92Fair A/E n=17 · 0.79 incl. margin
- 84Highest OR
- 15dBetween runs (median)longest 73 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 rating82↓ 2lb off peak
82
73–84
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 101
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 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 116A | 102 | 5 runs · 116 / 106 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 102A | 98 | 1 run · — |
| Good | 2 | 92A | 79.5 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 113A | 106 | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 15 | 116A | 100 | 8 runs · 116 / 100 |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 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 from 17 analysed runs since Jun 2025
- Prominent 9 (53%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 4 (24%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (12%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (12%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Gimmethegreenlight (AUS)
Progeny in our archive have won 4.8% of 42 runs since Jun 2024 (5 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 0 | 0% | −4.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 14 | 0 | 0% | −4.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −4.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | +7 | 2 from 9 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +95.2 | 1 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 21 | 1 | 4.8% | 0 | 1 from 15 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −4.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −4.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −4.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −4.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2024 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Victoria Lavelle (SAF) (Captain Al)
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 2 | 22% | −0.25 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.00 |
| Class 5 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.25 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.75 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 15 | 1 | 7% | −10.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Strydom | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Sean Levey | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.75 |
| George Wood | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Stevie Donohoe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Dace | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Morgan Cole | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 11 | 2 | 18% | −2.25 |
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 17% | −3.25 |
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 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Jun 26+73d | Newmarket | JCB Hydrogen Handicap Went forward on the rail from the off - opened daylight before halfway - driven and advantage cut 2f out then overtaken approaching the last furlong - stayed on same effort to finish second | 2/9 | 1¼ | 10-2 | 82 | 96A | 94A | Stevie Donohoe | 25/1 |
| 08 Apr 26+10d | Catterick | racingtv.com Handicap Held up towards the back - never a threat to the leading group - finished well held in 9th | 9/9 | 4½ | 9-2 | 83 | 67A | 53A | Jack Dace | 7/1 |
| 29 Mar 26+9d | Doncaster | William Hill Each Way Extra Handicap Settled in the pack - driven approaching final furlong - stayed on without threatening leaders | 7/19 | 1½ | 8-11 | 83 | 99C | 96A | Sean Levey | 50/1 |
| 20 Mar 26+44d | Wolverhampton (AW) | SBK: No Casino Just Sports Handicap Held up at the back - drifted right approaching the bend over 2f out - lost touch with the pace inside the final furlong to finish well beaten | 8/11 | 2 | 9-9 | 84 | 101A | 77A | David Egan | 11/1 |
| 04 Feb 26+36d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Support Safer Gambling Handicap Set the early tempo out front - pushed along with two furlongs left then overtaken approaching the final furlong - unable to match the winner's finishing burst - kept going steadily to the line for second | 2/10 | 4 | 9-9 | 84 | 106A | 95A | Sean Levey | 20/1 |
| 2025 · 12 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Dec 25+13d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Make The Move To Midnite Handicap Sat close to the front group - urged forward approaching halfway - lost touch entering the final bend and beaten from over a furlong out - finished ninth | 9/9 | 1½ | 9-4 | 84 | 91A | 53A | George Wood | 8/1 |
| 17 Dec 25+14d | Lingfield (AW) | Midnite Aint Your Grandads Bookie Handicap Encouraged from the start - held place in third early - wide on the bend approaching final two furlongs - fought back to finish strongly and take second close home | 2/6 | ¾ | 9-7 | 83 | 116A | 86B | Kyle Strydom | 3/1F |
| 03 Dec 25+27d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day (London Sprint Series Qualifier) Handicap Settled midfield - pushed along with two furlongs left - kept going late without threatening the front - finished sixth beaten 4 lengths | 6/10 | 1½ | 9-8 | 84 | 112A | 93A | George Wood | 15/2 |
| 06 Nov 25+14d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betfair Exchange Handicap Raced wide behind the front group - pushed along and closing in the final furlong before hitting the front close home - stayed on to score | 1/10 | 9-9 | 80 | 99A | 99A | George Wood | 4/1 | |
| 23 Oct 25+17d | Southwell (AW) | Make The Move To Midnite Handicap Sat behind the pace - moved left inside final furlong and pressed - held safe late to finish 5th | 5/12 | nk | 9-12 | 80 | 102A | 90A | Rossa Ryan | 9/2 |
| 06 Oct 25+10d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Arc All-Weather 1MILLION Bonus Returns Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Urged from the off - quickly went to the front and set a fierce pace - driven and drifted right inside the final furlong - stuck on gamely to score | 1/5 | 9-7 | 73 | 110C | 104B | Sean Levey | 11/4 | |
| 26 Sep 25+15d | Newcastle (AW) | Arc 1MILLION Bonus Bigger Than Ever Apprentice Handicap Sat wide behind the front group early - pushed along with 2f left - kept battling into the final furlong to finish 3rd | 3/7 | ¾ | 9-7 | 74 | 101A | 80A | Morgan Cole | 7/2 |
| 11 Sep 25+17d | Epsom Downs | Residence - Make It A Full House Handicap Settled in the pack early - driven and lost touch with the front runners at halfway - stayed on inside final furlong - finished sixth beaten 5¼ lengths | 6/12 | 2 | 9-12 | 76 | 113A | 82A | Kyle Strydom | 9/2 |
| 25 Aug 25+16d | Epsom Downs | Betfred 'Bet Builder' Handicap Handy early - moved to near rail in straight - closing on pace-setters 2f out - up into runner-up spot 1f out and kept going - lost momentum late but held on for second | 2/7 | 4½ | 9-10 | 76 | 92A | 87A | Kyle Strydom | 7/1 |
| 09 Aug 25+7d | Redcar | Market Cross Jewellers Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Sat close to the front - driven to challenge inside final 2f with real prospects - kept going but couldn't match the winner's finishing speed and went down by half a length | 2/8 | ½ | 9-13 | — | 100B | 86A | Kyle Strydom | 4/1 |
| 02 Aug 25+35d | Doncaster | UNISON Supporting Your Community Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Tracked leaders on the far flank - pressed for effort and lost touch over 2f out - rallied strongly through the closing furlong to finish second | 2/7 | 4 | 9-8 | — | 102A | 77A | Kyle Strydom | 5/2 |
| 28 Jun 25 | Doncaster | Summer Saturday Series Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled mid-pack - urged forward with 2f left - wandered slightly under pressure in the final furlong - moved into fourth close home and stayed on to finish 4th | 4/8 | ½ | 9-11 | — | 79A | 84A | Kyle Strydom | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Valley Ofthe Kings won?
- Valley Ofthe Kings (SAF) won 2 of 17 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 11.8%. Placed 8 times in total (47.1% of starts).
- Who trains Valley Ofthe Kings?
- Valley Ofthe Kings (SAF) is trained by Dylan Cunha, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 June 2026.
- Who is Valley Ofthe Kings's sire?
- Valley Ofthe Kings (SAF) is by Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) out of Victoria Lavelle (SAF), whose sire is Captain Al.
- What going does Valley Ofthe Kings prefer?
- Valley Ofthe Kings (SAF) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Valley Ofthe Kings's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 20 June 2026. The highest on record is 84.
- What is Valley Ofthe Kings's sire's record?
- Gimmethegreenlight (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 4.8% of 42 runs since Jun 2024 (5 horses), Flat and jumps together.