Horse profile
Verdana Blue (IRE)
by Getaway (GER) out of Blue Gallery (IRE) (Bluebird)
31 runs · 18 courses · from Apr 2016
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Dec 2020 — 2,146 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2020 · 8th of 10
9 wins · 8 courses
Last raced off OR 151
KTB Profile
Verdana Blue (IRE) is 9 from 31, including a Grade 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Unibet Christmas Hurdle at Kempton (Dec 2018). Hasn't won since Apr 2019. Last raced off 151, 11lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 31 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 11lb off peak
- 9–31Wins / Runs
- 29%Strike rate
- 18 (58.1%)Placed
- +17.00£1 level staken=31 at SP
- 1.51Fair A/E n=31 · 1.29 incl. margin
- 162Highest OR
- 57dAvg between runs
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 rating151↓ 11lb off peak
151
92–162
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 107
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 →
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 156A | 125 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 113A | 104.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 134B | 115.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 15 | 146A | 118 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 156A | 106 | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 112A | 108 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 108C | 102 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 112A | 97.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 27 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 27 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,934 runs since Jan 2008 (1,028 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 23.3% from 133.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 133 | 31 | 23.3% | +12 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 3,873 | 508 | 13.1% | +1.8 | 5 from 15 |
| Good to Soft | 2,387 | 263 | 11% | −0.3 | 3 from 5 |
| Soft | 3,162 | 291 | 9.2% | −2.1 | 0 from 6 |
| Heavy | 1,250 | 126 | 10.1% | −1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 128 | 13 | 10.2% | −1.1 | 1 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 78 | 7 | 9% | −2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,402 | 371 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 7 from 22 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,102 | 469 | 11.4% | +0.1 | 2 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,709 | 311 | 11.5% | +0.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 615 | 73 | 11.9% | +0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Blue Gallery (IRE) (Bluebird)
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Wilde Blue Yonder (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m6½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Wilde Blue Yonder (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilde Blue Yonder (IRE) | 19 | 2 | 2m–2m½f | Class 3 |
| Blues And Twos (GB) | 5 | 2 | 2m5½f–2m6½f | Class 3 |
| Charlie's Oscar (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Beat The Band (GB) | 18 | 0 | — | — |
| Whenskiesareblue (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 15 | 5 | 33% | +11.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 3 | 60% | +10.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 18 | 4 | 22% | −1.38 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.38 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Ascot | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.12 |
| Ayr | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Hereford | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 22 | 7 | 32% | +10.12 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 2 | 29% | +8.88 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah McGrath | 9 | 3 | 33% | +1.88 |
| Nico de Boinville | 6 | 3 | 50% | +6.12 |
| Luke Morris | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Davy Russell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Connor Brace | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| James Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Declan Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ms N Carberry | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Mr E P O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rachael Blackmore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ms K Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| 2018 | 8 | 4 | 50% | +10.62 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +4.38 |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +7.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 20 | 7 | 35% | +8.00 |
| Flat | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.00 |
| NH Flat | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Dec 20+42d | Cheltenham | Unibet International Hurdle (Grade 2) | 8/10 | 8½ | 10-7 | 151 | — | 119A | Nico de Boinville | 17/2 |
| 31 Oct 20+13d | Wetherby | bet365 Mares' Hurdle (Listed) | 2/7 | nk | 10-12 | 155 | 107A | 132A | Jeremiah McGrath | 5/6F |
| 18 Oct 20+57d | Kempton | Racing TV Hurdle (Listed) | 2/6 | 6½ | 10-7 | 160 | 118C | 127B | Nico de Boinville | 1/2F |
| 22 Aug 20+67d | York | Sky Bet Ebor Handicap | 3/21 | 1½ | 9-2 | 102 | 86C | 95A | Ryan Moore | 9/1 |
| 16 Jun 20+173d | Ascot | Ascot Stakes (Handicap) | 2/19 | 1 | 9-10 | 100 | 79C | 95A | Ryan Moore | 4/1F |
| 2019 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 19+239d | Kempton | Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle (Grade 1) | 4/10 | 1 | 11-0 | 162 | 102B | 135A | Jeremiah McGrath | 7/1 |
| 01 May 19+18d | Ascot | Longines Sagaro Stakes (Group 3) | 4/7 | 1¾ | 8-13 | 92 | 102A | 87A | Oisin Murphy | 7/2 |
| 13 Apr 19+32d | Ayr | CPMS Scottish Champion Hurdle (Grade 2 Handicap) | 1/14 | 11-3 | 154 | 127B | 154A | Connor Brace | 4/1F | |
| 12 Mar 19+13d | Cheltenham | Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Grade 1) | 5/10 | 7 | 11-3 | 157 | 113A | 124A | Davy Russell | 33/1 |
| 27 Feb 19+63d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red Casino Novice Stakes | 2/9 | 1¾ | 9-6 | — | 83A | 91A | Luke Morris | 1/3F |
| 2018 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 18+21d | Kempton | Unibet Christmas Hurdle (Grade 1) | 1/5 | 11-0 | 152 | 118C | 140B | Nico de Boinville | 11/2 | |
| 05 Dec 18+17d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red Wild Flower Stakes (Listed) | 2/10 | 1¼ | 9-1 | — | 112A | 93A | Luke Morris | 13/8F |
| 18 Nov 18+8d | Cheltenham | Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) | 4/18 | ½ | 11-11 | 146 | — | 153A | Jeremiah McGrath | 9/2F |
| 10 Nov 18+20d | Wincanton | Unibet Elite Hurdle (Grade 2) | 1/7 | 10-11 | 146 | 132A | 148A | Jeremiah McGrath | 5/2 | |
| 21 Oct 18+22d | Kempton | Matchbook VIP Hurdle (Listed) | 1/6 | 10-7 | 143 | 146A | 141B | Nico de Boinville | 8/13F | |
| 29 Sep 18+161d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Bet Toteswinger At Totesport.com Novice Stakes | 1/5 | 9-4 | — | 108C | 90B | Luke Morris | 6/1 | |
| 21 Apr 18+70d | Ayr | QTS Scottish Champion Hurdle (Grade 2 Limited Handicap) | 11/16 | 9 | 10-12 | 145 | 99B | 117A | James Bowen | 6/1 |
| 10 Feb 18+49d | Newbury | Betfair Hurdle (Grade 3 Handicap) | 10/24 | 3¾ | 11-9 | 145 | 97B | 125A | Davy Russell | 14/1 |
| 2017 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Dec 17+29d | Ascot | Racing Welfare Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) | 3/17 | 1½ | 11-5 | 144 | 108B | 147A | Nico de Boinville | 5/1F |
| 24 Nov 17+20d | Ascot | Coutts Handicap Hurdle | 1/12 | 11-11 | 136 | 134B | 148A | Nico de Boinville | 3/1 | |
| 04 Nov 17+198d | Ascot | William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Listed) | 5/14 | 4½ | 11-7 | 136 | 124B | 137A | Jeremiah McGrath | 6/1J |
| 20 Apr 17+35d | Cheltenham | Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Mares' Novices' Hurdle (Listed) | 3/7 | 2 | 11-0 | 136 | 156A | 134B | Jeremiah McGrath | 2/1J |
| 16 Mar 17+23d | Cheltenham | Trull House Stud Mares' Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Dawn Run) | 4/16 | nk | 11-2 | 136 | 106B | 135A | Jeremiah McGrath | 25/1 |
| 21 Feb 17+48d | Taunton | British Stallion Studs Ebf Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle | 1/13 | 11-5 | — | 102B | 131A | Jeremiah McGrath | 15/8F | |
| 04 Jan 17+20d | Hereford | Weatherbys Printing Services Mares' Novices' Hurdle | 1/13 | 11-0 | — | 113B | 137A | Jeremiah McGrath | 7/2 | |
| 2016 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Dec 16+76d | Exeter | Snows Lexus Exeter Mares' Novices' Hurdle | UR/18 | — | 10-10 | — | — | — | Daryl Jacob | 9/4F |
| 30 Sep 16+81d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Mucklemeg Mares Flat Race (listed) | 4/20 | 3¼ | 11-2 | — | 126B | 127A | Declan Queally | 50/1 |
| 11 Jul 16+37d | Killarney | Killarney Racegoers Club Mares Flat Race | 1/9 | 10-10 | — | — | 118A | Ms N Carberry | 12/1 | |
| 04 Jun 16+9d | Tramore | Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. (mares) Flat Race | 2/12 | 8½ | 10-9 | — | — | 108A | Mr E P O'Brien | 20/1 |
| 26 May 16+54d | Tipperary | Tipperary Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 11/19 | ¾ | 10-1 | — | — | 89A | Rachael Blackmore | 25/1 |
| 02 Apr 16 | Navan | Boardsmill Sires E.B.F. Mares Flat Race | 6/6 | 31 | 10-4 | — | — | 94C | Ms K Walsh | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Verdana Blue won?
- Verdana Blue (IRE) won 9 of 31 archived starts between 2016 and 2020, a strike rate of 29%. Placed 18 times in total (58.1% of starts).
- Who trained Verdana Blue?
- Verdana Blue (IRE) was trained by Nicky Henderson on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 12 December 2020.
- Who is Verdana Blue's sire?
- Verdana Blue (IRE) is by Getaway (GER) out of Blue Gallery (IRE), whose sire is Bluebird.
- What going does Verdana Blue prefer?
- Verdana Blue (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 5 starts (60%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Verdana Blue's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 151, from the run on 12 December 2020. The highest on record is 162.
- What is Verdana Blue's sire's record?
- Getaway (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,934 runs since Jan 2008 (1,028 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 23.3% from 133.
- Who are Verdana Blue's siblings?
- Out of Blue Gallery (IRE), Verdana Blue (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Wilde Blue Yonder (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Wilde Blue Yonder (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m6½f. As at Oct 2026.