Horse profile
Velvet Whisper (IRE)
by Calyx (GB) out of Delhi (GB) (High Chaparral)
14 runs · 11 courses · from Oct 2024
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Musselburgh & Nottingham
Beaten favourite LTO
Last run 25 Sep 2026 · 9th of 10
Last raced off OR 70
KTB Profile
Velvet Whisper is 2 from 14 with both wins in handicaps over 1m2f – 1m4f on soft and heavy ground. She won a Class 6 at Nottingham in Oct 2025 off 65 and a Class 5 at Musselburgh in Nov 2025 off 69. The filly, by Calyx out of a High Chaparral mare, usually led in 4 of 7 analysed runs. She finished 9 of 10 at Haydock in Sep 2026 when beaten favourite off an official rating of 70.
Based on 14 archived runs · run-style from 14 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
- 2–14Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 5 (35.7%)Placed
- −4.50£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 0.88Fair A/E n=14 · 0.74 incl. margin
- 75Highest OR
- 20dBetween runs (median)longest 216 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 rating70↓ 5lb off peak
70
64–75
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 104
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) | 4 | 104A | 91 | 2 runs · 104 / 99 |
| Soft | 3 | 85A | 78 | 1 run · — |
| Good | 3 | 89C | 74 | 2 runs · 89 / 81.5 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 95A | 77.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 104A | 78 | 3 runs · 104 / 89 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 95A | 61 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 94B | 77.5 | 2 runs · 94 / 77.5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 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 14 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 5 (36%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 4 (29%) · 0 wins
- Led 4 (29%) · 2 wins
- Held up 1 (7%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 1,519 runs since Mar 2023 (174 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9.3% from 172. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.9% from 111.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 210 | 25 | 11.9% | −1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 377 | 51 | 13.5% | +0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 172 | 16 | 9.3% | −4.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 190 | 25 | 13.2% | −0.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 67 | 15 | 22.4% | +9 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 500 | 71 | 14.2% | +0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 111 | 11 | 9.9% | −3.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 767 | 109 | 14.2% | +0.8 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 370 | 51 | 13.8% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 202 | 23 | 11.4% | −2 | 2 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 46 | 6 | 13% | −0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 23 | 3 | 13% | −0.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2023 · as at 7 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Delhi (GB) (High Chaparral)
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Chaturanga (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Chaturanga (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaturanga (IRE) | 13 | 4 | 6f–1m2f | Class 2 |
| Phenomenal Filly (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Riff Raff (FR) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 12 | 1 | 8% | −8.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 2 | 33% | +3.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callum Rodriguez | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Archie Young | 3 | 2 | 67% | +6.50 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cian Horgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.50 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Sep 26+20d | Haydock | Turf Services Handicap Stakes Settled with eager attitude early - up with the pace and hit the front after 3f - roused along and lost the advantage over 3f out - dropped away soon after finishing 9th | 9/10 | 8½ | 9-9 | 70 | 61C | 71C | Hector Crouch | 11/4F |
| 05 Sep 26+18d | Newcastle (AW) | Quinnbet.com Fillies' Handicap Stakes Tracked the pace - hit the front 3f out then driven and overtaken inside final 2f - unable to find more late and held for 3rd | 3/6 | 4 | 9-4 | 72 | 104A | 76B | Cian Horgan | 4/1 |
| 18 Aug 26+102d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Self Storage Association Handicap Stakes Settled in the pack - lost touch approaching 2f out - beaten some way out - came home in 6th | 6/9 | 1¾ | 10-2 | 74 | 94B | 72A | Daniel Tudhope | 28/1 |
| 08 May 26+26d | Ripon | Napoleons Casino And Restaurant Leeds Handicap Sat handy behind front group early - urged forward with 3f left - lost ground inside final 2f - eventually beaten home eighth | 8/12 | ½ | 9-9 | 75 | 74B | 77A | Callum Rodriguez | 5/1 |
| 12 Apr 26+158d | Musselburgh | Sky Bet Extra Places Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled in the pack - pushed along with 2f left - unable to land a blow - finished 8th | 8/14 | hd | 9-4 | 75 | 89C | 76A | Callum Rodriguez | 11/2 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 05 Nov 25+13d | Musselburgh | Balfour Beatty Power Handicap Set the pace from the off - travelling comfortably 3f out and pushed on 2f out - pulled gradually ahead in the closing stages to score | 1/8 | 9-3 | 69 | 78A | 87A | Archie Young | 3/1F | |
| 23 Oct 25+19d | Nottingham | PricedUp The Flat Handicap Set the pace from the off - edged ahead through the straight and opened daylight approaching the final furlong - kept on unopposed to the line | 1/15 | 9-2 | 65 | 71C | 88A | Archie Young | 9/2J | |
| 04 Oct 25+19d | Redcar | Watch Live Racing On Racing TV Handicap (Div 1) Sat behind the front group - asked for effort 2f out - drifted right approaching final furlong - fought back under pressure inside the last but narrowly denied | 2/11 | nk | 8-13 | 64 | 78A | 74A | Archie Young | 22/1 |
| 15 Sep 25+73d | Thirsk | Geoff Scott 70th Birthday Celebration Fillies' Handicap Went wide early and pulled hard - settled near the back - stayed on from the final furlong - lacked the speed to get involved late | 6/11 | 2¼ | 9-6 | 66 | 85A | 68A | Oisin Orr | 9/1 |
| 04 Jul 25+28d | Doncaster | attheraces.com/marketmovers Fillies' Handicap Set the pace early - pushed along and lost the front spot inside the final two furlongs - dropped away in the last furlong to finish 8th beaten 6 lengths | 8/13 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 68 | 60C | 69A | Callum Rodriguez | 10/1 |
| 06 Jun 25+11d | Thirsk | Thomas Lord Restaurant A View To Dine For Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Set the pace early - pressed for effort inside final 2f - held 3rd late without threatening leaders | 3/9 | 1¾ | 9-1 | — | 41A | 68A | Callum Rodriguez | 11/4 |
| 26 May 25+216d | Leicester | Kube Events Centre At Leicester Racecourse Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Held up in the pack early - pushed forward with two furlongs left - squeezed for space approaching the last furlong - moved left and stayed on to finish fourth without threatening the leaders | 4/8 | 1¼ | 9-1 | — | 95A | 66A | Daniel Tudhope | 85/40 |
| 2024 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Oct 24+12d | Newcastle (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Tracked pace on the far rail - nosed ahead 2f out before being asked for effort and overtaken - couldn't find more in the closing stages and finished 7th beaten 5 lengths | 7/12 | shd | 8-11 | — | 61A | 65A | P J McDonald | 9/4 |
| 10 Oct 24 | Southwell (AW) | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Slow to break - settled midpack - traveling smoothly beyond 2f out - eased left and made progress inside the final furlong - stayed on strongly to snatch second right on the line | 2/8 | 1½ | 9-0 | — | 88A | 84A | Callum Rodriguez | 2/1F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Velvet Whisper won?
- Velvet Whisper (IRE) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 5 times in total (35.7% of starts).
- Who trains Velvet Whisper?
- Velvet Whisper (IRE) is trained by Edward Bethell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 September 2026.
- Who is Velvet Whisper's sire?
- Velvet Whisper (IRE) is by Calyx (GB) out of Delhi (GB), whose sire is High Chaparral.
- What going does Velvet Whisper prefer?
- Velvet Whisper (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Velvet Whisper's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 70, from the run on 25 September 2026. The highest on record is 75.
- What is Velvet Whisper's sire's record?
- Calyx (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 1,519 runs since Mar 2023 (174 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9.3% from 172. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.9% from 111.
- Who are Velvet Whisper's siblings?
- Out of Delhi (GB), Velvet Whisper (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Chaturanga (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Chaturanga (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.