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Horse profile

Venables (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2005) · Last trainer David Nicholls · Last owner Mrs Alex Nicholls
by Stravinsky (USA) out of Hope For A Breeze (CAN) (Briartic)
5 runs · 4 courses · from Apr 2005
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Nov 2005 — 7,674 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2005 · 11th of 17 Last raced off OR 80
KTB Profile

Venables (USA) is yet to win from 5 starts. Last raced off 80, 15lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 6 Nov 2026

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 48C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 1 Oct 2005 Official rating 80 at the last run, 1 Nov 2005

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 5 figures · best 51C · median 40
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Good to Firm251C45.5—
Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
6f – 7f451C44—
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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
Stravinsky (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 1,074 runs since Jan 2008 (66 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2314.3%−6.4—
Good to Firm195199.7%−10 from 2
Good202188.9%−1.80 from 1
Good to Soft771013%+2.3—
Soft8889.1%−1.60 from 1
Heavy28310.7%0—
Standard (AW)4615612.1%+1.40 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f127118.7%−20 from 1
6f – 7f519489.2%−1.50 from 4
1m – 1m1f1762011.4%+0.7—
1m2f – 1m4f881112.5%+1.8—
1m5f – 2m931010.8%+0.1—
2m1f – 2m4f601525%+14.3—
2m5f – 3m1100%−10.7—

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
Hope For A Breeze (CAN) (Briartic)

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
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newmarket 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 4 0 0% −4.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ryan Moore 2 0 0% −2.00
Victoria Behan 1 0 0% −1.00
Fergus Sweeney 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Hughes 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
2005 · 5 runs
01 Nov 05+31d Catterick Go Racing At Doncaster This Saturday Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 5f · Soft · 17 ran 11/17 ½ 8-11 8032C Victoria Behan 25/1
01 Oct 05+126d Wolverhampton (AW) Asda Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 10/11 ½ 9-10 8748C Fergus Sweeney 12/1
28 May 05+28d Goodwood Empire Property Group Handicap Class 2 · 6f · Good · 19 ran 19/19 16 8-12 9026C Ryan Moore 33/1
30 Apr 05+16d Newmarket Ladbrokes Heritage Handicap Class 2 · 6f · Good To Firm · 30 ran 29/30 2½ 8-13 9540C Richard Hughes 33/1
14 Apr 05 Newmarket Abernant Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 6f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 9/10 1¼ 9-4 —51C Ryan Moore 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Venables won?
Venables (USA) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2005.
Who trained Venables?
Venables (USA) was trained by David Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Catterick on 1 November 2005.
Who is Venables's sire?
Venables (USA) is by Stravinsky (USA) out of Hope For A Breeze (CAN), whose sire is Briartic.
What is Venables's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 1 November 2005. The highest on record is 95.
What is Venables's sire's record?
Stravinsky (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 1,074 runs since Jan 2008 (66 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from April 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.