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Horse profile

Velkera (IRE)

8yo mare (at last run, Jan 2022) · Last trainer Adam Nicol · Last owner The Seahouses Syndicate
by Sholokhov (IRE) out of April Gale (IRE) (Good Thyne)
9 runs · 6 courses · from Oct 2019
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Jan 2022 — 1,735 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2022 · 8th of 10 Last raced off OR 84
KTB Profile

Velkera (IRE) is yet to win from 9 starts. Best effort: 3rd of 6 at Market Rasen (Oct 2019). Last raced off 84, 24lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 24lb off peak
Official rating84↓ 24lb off peak
84 84–108

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 99 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Catterick, 13 Jan 2022

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.

Jumps 8 figures · best 99A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
Heavy493B53—
Good to Soft299A96—
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f593B60—
Over 3m1———
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 9 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 93A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Carlisle, 16 Feb 2021 Official rating 84 at the last run, 13 Jan 2022

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.

Jumps 8 figures · best 115B · median 87.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
Heavy499C93.5—
Good to Soft2115B98.5—
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f5115B94—
Over 3m1———
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 9 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 9 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.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sholokhov (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 4,254 runs since Jan 2008 (419 horses).

Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm991414.1%+1.7—
Good1,26514311.3%−1.10 from 1
Good to Soft81411013.5%+1.10 from 2
Soft1,30416913%+0.60 from 1
Heavy5496912.6%+0.20 from 5
Standard (AW)2222310.4%−2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f39615.4%+3—
1m – 1m1f157148.9%−3.5—
1m2f – 1m4f326329.8%−2.6—
1m5f – 2m1,05112612%−0.40 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,45419213.2%+0.80 from 6
2m5f – 3m98912312.4%00 from 1
Over 3m2383514.7%+2.30 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
April Gale (IRE) (Good Thyne)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Serra Nova (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m2f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Serra Nova (IRE)3212m2f—
Clogga Bay Girl (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Carlisle 2 0 0% −2.00
Hexham 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 6 0 0% −6.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Conor O'Farrell 2 0 0% −2.00
Sam Coltherd 2 0 0% −2.00
Brian Hughes 1 0 0% −1.00
Thomas Willmott 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor Shoemark 1 0 0% −1.00
Bridget Andrews 1 0 0% −1.00
Harry Skelton 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 1 0 0% −1.00
2021 2 0 0% −2.00
2020 3 0 0% −3.00
2019 3 0 0% −3.00

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
13 Jan 22+297d Catterick racingtv.com Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 25.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 8/10 6 10-11 8499A82A Brian Hughes 10/1
22 Mar 21+34d Kelso Belhaven Best Mares' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 22.5f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 11 10-6 8991B82A Conor O'Farrell 9/2
16 Feb 21+69d Carlisle Racing Post GoNorth Weekend 20-22 March Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17f · Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 5 11-2 9493B93A Conor O'Farrell 66/1
09 Dec 20+21d Hexham Follow Hexham Racecourse On Facebook Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Heavy · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-12 99—— Sam Coltherd 125/1
18 Nov 20+17d Hexham Sky Sports Racing On 415 Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 8 ran 7/8 30 10-6 10477C67C Thomas Willmott 80/1
01 Nov 20+332d Carlisle Visit Racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Heavy · 11 ran 11/11 33 11-7 10832C94C Sam Coltherd 80/1
05 Dec 19+28d Leicester Dove Mares' 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 7/10 9 11-0 —60C80C Conor Shoemark 7/2
07 Nov 19+19d Market Rasen Proici Commercial Interiors EBF Mares' 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 68 10-12 —46C99C Bridget Andrews 7/2
19 Oct 19 Market Rasen Champions Day Betting At Virgin Bet Mares' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 1¼ 10-12 —93A115B Harry Skelton 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Velkera (IRE) won?
Velkera (IRE) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2019 and 2022.
Who trained Velkera (IRE)?
Velkera (IRE) was trained by Adam Nicol on the most recent run on record, at Catterick on 13 January 2022.
Who is Velkera (IRE)'s sire?
Velkera (IRE) is by Sholokhov (IRE) out of April Gale (IRE), whose sire is Good Thyne.
What is Velkera (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 84, from the run on 13 January 2022. The highest on record is 108.
What is Velkera (IRE)'s sire's record?
Sholokhov (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 4,254 runs since Jan 2008 (419 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
Who are Velkera (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of April Gale (IRE), Velkera (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Serra Nova (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2019. 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.