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Horse profile

Velvet Valley (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, May 2007) · Last trainer Charlie Longsdon · Last owner Charlie Longsdon
by Gone West (USA) out of Velvet Morning (USA) (Broad Brush)
12 runs · 9 courses · from Jun 2005
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 10 May 2007 — 7,119 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2007 · 14th of 15 Won at Southwell (AW) First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 68
KTB Profile

Velvet Valley (USA) is 1 from 12, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Mar 2007. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 6 on turf.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 6
Official rating68↓ 4lb off peak
68 62–72

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 55C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 22 Apr 2007 Official rating 68 at the last flat run, 10 May 2007

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 91C the best of the last 1 rated run · Ludlow, 29 Jan 2007

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 11 figures · best 85C · median 59
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)685C60.5—
Good to Firm379C78—
Good251C48—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f785C55—
1m – 1m1f279C49—
6f – 7f278C68.5—
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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
Gone West (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 549 runs since Jan 2008 (61 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1011110.9%+20 from 3
Good1171210.3%+1.40 from 3
Good to Soft6146.6%−2.3—
Soft6334.8%−4.1—
Heavy1500%−8.9—
Standard (AW)192199.9%+11 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f300%−8.9—
6f – 7f1581710.8%+1.90 from 2
1m – 1m1f161169.9%+10 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f1061110.4%+1.51 from 7
1m5f – 2m6011.7%−7.20 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f2827.1%−1.8—
2m5f – 3m2727.4%−1.5—
Over 3m600%−8.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Velvet Morning (USA) (Broad Brush)

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
Standard (AW) 6 1 17% +20.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 6 1 1 100% +25.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell (AW) 2 1 50% +24.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 7 1 14% +19.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sam Hitchcott 3 1 33% +23.00
Dane O'Neill 2 0 0% −2.00
Richard Hughes 2 0 0% −2.00
Joseph Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Siddall 1 0 0% −1.00
Daragh O'Donohoe 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Winston 1 0 0% −1.00
Ross Studholme 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 1 9% +15.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 6 1 17% +20.00
2006 5 0 0% −5.00
2005 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 11 1 9% +15.00
Hurdle 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2007 · 6 runs
10 May 07+18d Goodwood Turf TV Betting Shop Service Handicap Class 5 · 1m3f · Good · 15 ran 14/15 3 9-0 6845C Sam Hitchcott 16/1
22 Apr 07+24d Southwell (AW) Arena Leisure PLC Handicap Class 5 · 1m3f · Standard · 8 ran 6/8 2 8-13 7055C Sam Hitchcott 5/2
29 Mar 07+7d Lingfield (AW) Lingfieldpark.Co.Uk Apprentice Handicap Stakes (Class 5) Class 5 · 1m4f · Standard · 7 ran 6/7 1¼ 8-9 6244C Joseph Walsh 4/1C
22 Mar 07+20d Southwell (AW) Pontin's Book Early Handicap Class 6 · 1m3f · Standard · 10 ran 1/10 9-0 6285C Sam Hitchcott 25/1
02 Mar 07+32d Wolverhampton (AW) bonusprint.com Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 1m4f · Standard · 11 ran 4/11 1½ 9-11 6862C Dane O'Neill 40/1
29 Jan 07+30d Ludlow Bull Ring Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 15 ran 12/15 1 10-12 —91C Tom Siddall 100/1
2006 · 5 runs
30 Dec 06+131d Lingfield (AW) Pontinsbingo.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 12 ran 6/12 ¾ 9-3 6465C Dane O'Neill 11/2
21 Aug 06+65d Windsor Play At Vc Casino.Com Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Good · 11 ran 10/11 ½ 9-1 7051C Richard Hughes 9/1
17 Jun 06+51d Sandown Paddypower.com Handicap Class 3 · 1m1f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 11 8-3 7219C Daragh O'Donohoe 16/1
27 Apr 06+15d Beverley Constant Security Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m½f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 3/12 2 8-11 7279C Robert Winston 11/2
12 Apr 06+298d Lingfield (AW) lingfield-racecourse.co.uk Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 6/11 shd 9-3 —59C Richard Hughes 7/2
2005 · 1 run
18 Jun 05 Newmarket Stanjamesgames.co.uk Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 7/10 ½ 9-0 —78C Ross Studholme 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Velvet Valley won?
Velvet Valley (USA) won 1 of 12 archived starts between 2005 and 2007, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 2 times in total (16.7% of starts).
Who trained Velvet Valley?
Velvet Valley (USA) was trained by Charlie Longsdon on the most recent run on record, at Goodwood on 10 May 2007.
Who is Velvet Valley's sire?
Velvet Valley (USA) is by Gone West (USA) out of Velvet Morning (USA), whose sire is Broad Brush.
What going does Velvet Valley prefer?
Velvet Valley (USA) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Velvet Valley's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 68, from the run on 10 May 2007. The highest on record is 72.
What is Velvet Valley's sire's record?
Gone West (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 549 runs since Jan 2008 (61 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from June 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.