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Horse profile

Valpolicella (GER)

5yo mare (at last run, Sep 2024) · Last trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Last owner Magic Mares Syndicate
by Amaron (GB) out of Very Nice (GER) (Dashing Blade)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Jun 2022
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Sep 2024 — 767 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2024 · 9th of 11 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 97
KTB Profile

Valpolicella (GER) is a mare by Amaron out of Very Nice who raced four times on turf without winning or placing. She reached an official rating of 101 at her highest and ran off 97 at Gowran Park in Sep 2024, where she finished 9 of 11 in the Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Fillies Stakes having worn headgear for the first time. All four starts came between 6f and 1m4f on good to soft or softer ground. Her last run, at Gowran Park in Sep 2024, was aged 5.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Sep 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 82 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Curragh, 6 May 2024

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 2 figures · best 82A · median 74.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 71C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Gowran Park, 21 Sep 2024 Official rating 97 at the last run, 21 Sep 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 →

Flat 2 figures · best 71C · median 70
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 353 runs since Jan 2008 (66 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1200%−9.1—
Good46715.2%+6.10 from 1
Good to Soft6269.7%+0.60 from 1
Soft7179.9%+0.80 from 2
Heavy3126.5%−2.6—
Standard (AW)131107.6%−1.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f300%−9.1—
6f – 7f7545.3%−3.80 from 1
1m – 1m1f1421712%+2.90 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f5323.8%−5.30 from 2
1m5f – 2m44613.6%+4.5—
2m1f – 2m4f3538.6%−0.5—
2m5f – 3m100%−9.1—

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
Very Nice (GER) (Dashing Blade)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Vernatsch (GER)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Hugh Horgan 1 0 0% −1.00
Declan McDonogh 1 0 0% −1.00
Augustin Madamet 1 0 0% −1.00
Clement Lecoeuvre 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 2 0 0% −2.00
2023 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 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
21 Sep 24+138d Gowran Park Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Fillies Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Group 3) 9.5f · Good · 11 ran Held a midfield spot early - under pressure in 9th at halfway before fading into the straight - allowed to drop away well held 9/11 17 9-7 9767C71C Hugh Horgan 100/1
06 May 24+260d Curragh Coolmore Stud Little Big Bear Irish European Breeders Fund Athasi Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Group 3) 7f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 1¾ 9-9 10182A69A Declan McDonogh 40/1
2023 · 1 run
20 Aug 23+434d Deauville (FR) Sumbe Prix Jean Romanet (4yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Round Course) (Turf) 10f · Very Soft · 8 ran 7/8 ¾ 9-0 ——— Augustin Madamet 59/1
2022 · 1 run
12 Jun 22 Longchamp (FR) Prix Melisande () (3yo Fillies) (Grande Course) (Turf) 10f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7/8 ¾ 8-11 ——— Clement Lecoeuvre 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Valpolicella won?
Valpolicella (GER) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2022 and 2024.
Who trained Valpolicella?
Valpolicella (GER) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 21 September 2024.
Who is Valpolicella's sire?
Valpolicella (GER) is by Amaron (GB) out of Very Nice (GER), whose sire is Dashing Blade.
What is Valpolicella's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 21 September 2024. The highest on record is 101.
What is Valpolicella's sire's record?
Amaron (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 353 runs since Jan 2008 (66 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Valpolicella's siblings?
Out of Very Nice (GER), Valpolicella (GER) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2022. 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.