Horse profile
Variety Island (GB)
6yo gelding (at last run, May 2025) · Last trainer Simon Whitaker · Last owner Grange Park Racing Xvi And Partners
by Spill The Beans (AUS) out of Love Island (GB) (Acclamation)
45 runs · 12 courses · from May 2021
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 May 2025 — 525 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2025
2 wins · Catterick & Newcastle (AW)
Beaten favourite LTO
Last raced off OR 49
KTB Profile
Variety Island won two of 45 starts, both at Class 6 level over 6f to 7f, once on good ground at Catterick in Apr 2024 and once on standard going at Newcastle in Oct 2021. The gelding, who raced 13 times at Newcastle where he won once, was beaten favourite when last seen at Ripon in May 2025. He contested that Class 6 handicap off an official rating of 49, 16lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 45 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins at Class 6
OR ↓ 16lb off peak
- 2–45Wins / Runs
- 4.4%Strike rate
- 14 (31.1%)Placed
- −25.00£1 level staken=45 at SP
- 0.40Fair A/E n=45 · 0.33 incl. margin
- 65Highest OR
- 16dBetween runs (median)longest 198 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 rating49↓ 16lb off peak
49
45–65
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 99
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 114A | 89.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 12 | 114C | 94 | — |
| Good | 11 | 107A | 86 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 89B | 85.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 114C | 102.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 36 | 114C | 90 | — |
| Under 6f | 7 | 108B | 82 | — |
Of 45 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 43 figures from 45 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 10 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 4 (40%) · 0 wins
- Held up 3 (30%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (20%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Spill The Beans (AUS)
Progeny in our archive have won 5.7% of 141 runs since May 2021 (8 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 28 | 0 | 0% | −5.7 | 0 from 12 |
| Good | 34 | 2 | 5.9% | +0.2 | 1 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | +5.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | +1 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −5.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 45 | 3 | 6.7% | +1 | 1 from 16 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | +1.4 | 0 from 8 |
| 6f – 7f | 87 | 5 | 5.7% | 0 | 2 from 37 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 30 | 2 | 6.7% | +1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 0 | 0% | −5.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2021 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Love Island (GB) (Acclamation)
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Tantastic (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Tantastic (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tantastic (GB) | 45 | 2 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Mahi Mahi (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Pension Pot (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Safio's Princess (GB) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 1 | 6% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Good | 11 | 1 | 9% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 31 | 2 | 6% | −11.00 |
| Class 5 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 13 | 1 | 8% | +0.00 |
| Catterick | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.00 |
| Redcar | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Thirsk | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ripon | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Pontefract | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wetherby | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Beverley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 37 | 2 | 5% | −17.00 |
| Under 6f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Dennis | 20 | 2 | 10% | +0.00 |
| David Allan | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ben Sanderson | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mason Paetel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cam Hardie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Doughty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rhys Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Breslin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Connor Beasley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alex Jary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lewis Edmunds | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Kirrane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harrison Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Marco Ghiani | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 20 | 1 | 5% | −13.00 |
| None | 16 | 1 | 6% | −3.00 |
| Visor | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Blinkers | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1 | 6% | −10.00 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 May 25+17d | Ripon | Joe Simpson Memorial Handicap Poor start - dropped well behind field - eased and pulled up early | PU/13 | — | 8-11 | 49 | — | — | Mason Paetel | 10/3F |
| 12 May 25+21d | Catterick | Racing Welfare Reminiscence Day Apprentice Handicap Sent to the front early - overtaken with 4f to run - pushed along inside the final furlong - fought back to challenge late but narrowly denied by a short margin | 2/13 | nk | 8-6 | 48 | 114C | 74A | Mason Paetel | 6/1 |
| 21 Apr 25+130d | Redcar | Celebrating 60 Years Of Cleveland Mountain Rescue Handicap (Div 2) Handy in the pack early - hit the front a furlong out under pressure - overtaken close home but battled to the line | 2/10 | ¾ | 9-1 | 47 | 80A | 75A | Tom Eaves | 6/1 |
| 2024 · 17 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Dec 24+37d | Newcastle (AW) | Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap Tracked the front runners near the stand rail - pushed along and lost ground inside the final furlong - finished 7th | 7/11 | nk | 9-1 | 48 | 91A | 61A | Ben Sanderson | 7/1 |
| 05 Nov 24+18d | Newcastle (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap Settled in the pack early - made ground into contention 3f out - moved up to second inside the last two furlongs - kept up the effort late to finish second by a short margin | 2/10 | nk | 8-9 | 45 | 99A | 75A | Joe Fanning | 7/1 |
| 18 Oct 24+22d | Newcastle (AW) | Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap Took a firm grip early and settled towards the back - needed room approaching the last furlong and shifted right then left to find space - finished fast between rivals inside the final furlong - kept coming to the line but no closer than fourth | 4/10 | 1 | 8-4 | 45 | 90A | 59A | Jack Doughty | 9/2 |
| 26 Sep 24+14d | Pontefract | Season Finale On 21st October Apprentice Handicap Tracked the front group early under restraint - eased over to the right approaching the final furlong under pressure - stayed on at one gait to finish fourth | 4/10 | 1 | 8-4 | 45 | — | 60A | Rhys Elliott | 6/1 |
| 12 Sep 24+15d | Newcastle (AW) | High Horse Facade Design Handicap (Div 1) Settled towards the back of the pack pulling hard - moved left and made progress a furlong out - flattened out approaching the line | 6/10 | ½ | 9-0 | 46 | 84A | 58A | Ben Sanderson | 6/1 |
| 28 Aug 24+21d | Catterick | Dave Watson Memorial Classified Stakes (Div 2) Settled with the pack - pushed along and gained ground over 2f out - flattened out and lost place inside final furlong - finished seventh | 7/10 | nse | 9-6 | 48 | 86A | 58A | Ben Sanderson | 9/4F |
| 07 Aug 24+16d | Pontefract | Fbs Chartered Accountants Chaplins Club Handicap Held handy position - in contention with a furlong left - unable to find more close home - held on for 4th | 4/10 | 1½ | 8-7 | 48 | 108B | 64A | Luke Morris | 22/1 |
| 22 Jul 24+6d | Beverley | Jaimie Kerr Memorial Handicap | 9/12 | nk | 8-6 | 48 | 61A | 58A | Andrew Breslin | 17/2 |
| 16 Jul 24+15d | Beverley | Malcolm Greenslade Doncaster LVA Stalwart Memorial Handicap | 2/14 | 1 | 9-2 | 48 | 82C | 80A | Phil Dennis | 8/1 |
| 01 Jul 24+7d | Pontefract | Northern Commercials Order Your New IVECO Vehicle Handicap | 2/8 | ½ | 8-11 | 48 | 97B | 73A | Connor Beasley | 5/2F |
| 24 Jun 24+16d | Thirsk | Theakston Simply The Best Classified Stakes | 4/18 | nse | 9-9 | 48 | 99C | 79A | Phil Dennis | 9/1 |
| 08 Jun 24+9d | Catterick | Congratulations Erin On Getting Married Handicap (Div 1) | 5/11 | 1 | 9-0 | 49 | 95A | 61A | Tom Eaves | 9/1 |
| 30 May 24+17d | Ripon | Graeme Dand At theformanalyst Celebration Handicap | 6/10 | 1 | 9-4 | 50 | 89B | 66A | Cam Hardie | 14/1 |
| 13 May 24+13d | Catterick | Racingtv.Com Apprentice Handicap | 6/14 | ¾ | 8-11 | 50 | 83C | 67A | Alex Jary | 6/1 |
| 30 Apr 24+22d | Catterick | Start Racing TV Free Trial Now Handicap | 1/13 | 9-5 | 45 | 87C | 76A | Phil Dennis | 6/1 | |
| 08 Apr 24+17d | Newcastle (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App 'Confined' Handicap (Div 1) | 9/12 | shd | 9-1 | 47 | 89A | 64A | Lewis Edmunds | 11/2 |
| 22 Mar 24+198d | Newcastle (AW) | Boost Your Acca At Betmgm Classified Stakes | 9/11 | ¾ | 9-2 | 49 | 81A | 53A | Phil Dennis | 10/3 |
| 2023 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Sep 23+16d | Southwell (AW) | St Leger Form Study On attheraces.com Handicap | 10/13 | ¾ | 9-0 | 51 | 74B | 58A | Phil Dennis | 13/2 |
| 21 Aug 23+18d | Catterick | Watch Racing Tv Now Handicap | 7/15 | 1 | 9-1 | 52 | 114C | 71A | Phil Dennis | 18/1 |
| 03 Aug 23+34d | Newcastle (AW) | Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap (Div 2) | 8/14 | nk | 9-2 | 53 | 94B | 68A | Phil Dennis | 7/1 |
| 30 Jun 23+9d | Newcastle (AW) | JenningsBet In Pelton Handicap | 2/13 | ¾ | 9-6 | 52 | 91B | 85A | Phil Dennis | 11/4F |
| 21 Jun 23+15d | Newcastle (AW) | Royal Ascot Tips On attheraces.com Handicap | 2/13 | nk | 9-3 | 52 | 97B | 83A | Sean Kirrane | 17/2 |
| 06 Jun 23+8d | Wetherby | Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Handicap | 5/8 | nk | 9-2 | 53 | 84A | 66A | Phil Dennis | 8/1 |
| 29 May 23+13d | Redcar | redcarracing.co.uk Handicap | 8/15 | nk | 9-4 | 53 | 71C | 61A | Phil Dennis | 4/1 |
| 16 May 23+16d | Wetherby | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap | 5/11 | ½ | 8-8 | 55 | 90A | 66A | Harrison Shaw | 40/1 |
| 30 Apr 23+180d | Wetherby | Tuesday 13th June Is Ladies Evening Handicap | 10/10 | 2¼ | 9-2 | 57 | 91A | 46A | Phil Dennis | 12/1 |
| 2022 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Nov 22+14d | Southwell (AW) | BetUK Over 40,000 Live Streamed Races Handicap (Div 1) | 3/10 | nk | 9-1 | 57 | 91A | 74A | Robert Havlin | 11/1 |
| 18 Oct 22+28d | Newcastle (AW) | Huge Daily Boosts Only At BetUK Handicap | 7/14 | 1 | 9-6 | 58 | 84B | 69A | David Allan | 4/1 |
| 20 Sep 22+37d | Newcastle (AW) | At The Races App Form Study Handicap | 3/11 | 1 | 8-12 | 59 | 114A | 77A | David Allan | 11/2 |
| 14 Aug 22+22d | Southwell (AW) | Download Vickers.bet App Free Welcome Offer Handicap | 6/9 | hd | 8-13 | 60 | 75A | 55A | David Allan | 10/3F |
| 23 Jul 22+6d | York | Sky Bet Paying Extra Places Handicap | 3/9 | 1½ | 8-4 | 59 | 93A | 66A | Cam Hardie | 10/1 |
| 17 Jul 22+13d | Redcar | Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Handicap | 2/12 | 1 | 9-3 | 59 | 93A | 71A | David Allan | 11/1 |
| 04 Jul 22+34d | Ripon | Family Day Bank Holiday Monday 29th August Handicap | 5/6 | 1¾ | 9-0 | 61 | 90B | 55B | Phil Dennis | 6/1 |
| 31 May 22+10d | Thirsk | constant-services.com Handicap | 4/12 | ½ | 9-6 | 62 | 107A | 71A | Phil Dennis | 9/2F |
| 21 May 22+14d | Haydock | Cazoo Edge Green Handicap | 12/15 | 1 | 8-12 | 64 | 68C | 55A | Marco Ghiani | 8/1 |
| 07 May 22+14d | Thirsk | Jw 4x4 Northallerton Handicap | 8/19 | ¾ | 9-4 | 65 | 87C | 72A | Phil Dennis | 11/1 |
| 23 Apr 22+193d | Doncaster | Follow At The Races On Twitter Handicap | 3/7 | nk | 9-2 | 65 | 106A | 72A | Phil Dennis | 7/1 |
| 2021 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Oct 21+11d | Newcastle (AW) | MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Nursery (Div 2) | 2/11 | shd | 9-0 | 63 | 84A | 78A | Phil Dennis | 7/2 |
| 01 Oct 21+37d | Newcastle (AW) | Read Hollie Doyle's Column On attheraces.com Nursery | 1/14 | 8-12 | 56 | 87B | 78A | Phil Dennis | 12/1 | |
| 25 Aug 21+24d | Catterick | Oops A Daisy Florists EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 10/13 | ¾ | 9-3 | — | 82C | 55A | Phil Dennis | 150/1 |
| 01 Aug 21+62d | Thirsk | Happy Birthday Jessica Todd EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 10/13 | ½ | 9-5 | — | 63C | 49A | Phil Dennis | 200/1 |
| 31 May 21 | Redcar | racingtv.com EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 8/8 | 9 | 8-12 | — | 25C | 16C | Phil Dennis | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Variety Island won?
- Variety Island (GB) won 2 of 45 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 4.4%. Placed 14 times in total (31.1% of starts).
- Who trained Variety Island?
- Variety Island (GB) was trained by Simon Whitaker on the most recent run on record, at Ripon on 29 May 2025.
- Who is Variety Island's sire?
- Variety Island (GB) is by Spill The Beans (AUS) out of Love Island (GB), whose sire is Acclamation.
- What going does Variety Island prefer?
- Variety Island (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 11 starts (9.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Variety Island's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 49, from the run on 29 May 2025. The highest on record is 65.
- What is Variety Island's sire's record?
- Spill The Beans (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 5.7% of 141 runs since May 2021 (8 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Variety Island's siblings?
- Out of Love Island (GB), Variety Island (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Tantastic (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Tantastic (GB)). The wins came over 5f. As at Nov 2026.