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Horse profile

Vesperal Dream (FR)

7yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2016) · Last trainer Paul Nicholls · Last owner The Loving Insurance Partnership
by Network (GER) out of Pampanilla (FR) (April Night)
24 runs · 13 courses · from Jan 2013
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Aug 2016 — 3,718 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2016 · 4th of 5 6 wins · 5 courses Last raced off OR 120
KTB Profile

Vesperal Dream (FR) is 6 from 24. Hasn't won since Jun 2015. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 6 on softer). Last raced off 120, 13lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 24 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 13lb off peak
Official rating120↓ 13lb off peak
120 114–133

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 119B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Worcester, 17 Aug 2016 Official rating 120 at the last run, 17 Aug 2016

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. What this means →

Jumps 20 figures · best 126A · median 111.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good9126A115—
Good to Firm7124B117—
Good to Soft297C93.5—
Firm1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f11126A115—
2m5f – 3m6124B115—
1m5f – 2m2100A92.5—
Over 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 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
Network (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.1% of 3,767 runs since Jan 2008 (380 horses).

Weakest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 10.2% from 274.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+85.91 from 1
Good to Firm63812.7%−1.42 from 7
Good83312615.1%+13 from 9
Good to Soft5097214.1%00 from 2
Soft1,54719612.7%−1.40 from 2
Heavy79312215.4%+1.30 from 2
Standard (AW)16212.5%−1.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f761418.4%+4.30 from 1
1m5f – 2m68911316.4%+2.30 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1,68023013.7%−0.43 from 14
2m5f – 3m1,04814513.8%−0.33 from 6
Over 3m2742810.2%−3.90 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Pampanilla (FR) (April Night)

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 9 3 33% +2.70
Good to Firm 7 2 29% −2.38
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 1 100% +0.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 9 2 22% −2.30
Class 4 6 4 67% +5.12
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newton Abbot 7 1 14% −5.38
Taunton 3 1 33% −1.50
Perth 2 1 50% +2.50
Sandown 2 0 0% −2.00
Wincanton 2 2 100% +3.20
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 1 100% +4.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Auteuil (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontainebleau 1 0 0% −1.00
Machecoul 1 0 0% —
Pau 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 14 3 21% −2.30
2m5f – 3m 6 3 50% +0.12
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% —

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sam Twiston-Davies 8 3 38% +0.70
Sean Bowen 4 2 50% +3.50
Nick Scholfield 3 0 0% −3.00
Harry Derham 2 1 50% −0.38
Jordan Williams 1 0 0% −1.00
Bryony Frost 1 0 0% −1.00
Daryl Jacob 1 0 0% −1.00
Cyrille Gombeau 1 0 0% −1.00
Alexis Poirier 1 0 0% −1.00
Herve Paimblanc 1 0 0% —
Bertrand Thelier 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 10 4 40% +1.20
None 7 1 14% −5.38
Cheekpieces 5 1 20% +1.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2016 5 0 0% −5.00
2015 5 2 40% +1.70
2014 8 4 50% +3.12
2013 6 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 12 3 25% −3.80
Hurdle 11 3 27% −1.38
Flat 1 0 0% —

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
17 Aug 16+23d Worcester Startin Honda Claiming Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 4/5 4 11-12 120119B Sam Twiston-Davies 7/1
25 Jul 16+24d Newton Abbot Sis Stream Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 18.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5/7 18 10-12 12391C Jordan Williams 8/1
01 Jul 16+26d Newton Abbot Newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 26.5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 5/14 7 11-5 125106C Bryony Frost 16/1
05 Jun 16+33d Perth Range Rover Evoque Convertible Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 5/9 ½ 11-7 130122A Sean Bowen 3/1F
03 May 16+255d Exeter Heavitree Brewery Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 6/6 1¼ 11-9 132110B Sam Twiston-Davies 10/3
22 Aug 15+76d Newton Abbot Lord Mildmay Memorial Handicap Chase (Listed) Class 1 · 21f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 6 10-0 13397C Sean Bowen 4/1F
07 Jun 15+43d Perth Range Rover Sport Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 11-5 129126A Sean Bowen 7/2
25 Apr 15+16d Sandown Bet365 Josh Gifford Novices' Handicap Chase Class 2 · 20f · Good · 10 ran 5/10 12 11-0 129104C Nick Scholfield 20/1
09 Apr 15+8d Taunton Bathwick Tyres Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19f · Good · 6 ran 5/6 41 11-7 130105C Nick Scholfield 3/1
01 Apr 15+154d Wincanton winner.co.uk Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good · 5 ran 1/5 11-12 125115B Sam Twiston-Davies 6/5F
29 Oct 14+3d Taunton Keith & Elaine Waite Golden Wedding Handicap Chase Class 4 · 23f · Firm · 4 ran 1/4 11-11 114113C Sam Twiston-Davies 1/2F
26 Oct 14+57d Wincanton Montague Inn Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 21.5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 11-5 125124B Sean Bowen 2/1
30 Aug 14+54d Newton Abbot Follow Scoop6 At totepoolliveinfo.com Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 21.5f · Good · 10 ran 3/10 2 10-3 124120A Sam Twiston-Davies 9/1
07 Jul 14+24d Newton Abbot Happy 65th Birthday Paddy Harman Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 41 11-0 12291C Sam Twiston-Davies 11/8F
13 Jun 14+23d Aintree Geoff Carr Memorial Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 11-5 123122A Sam Twiston-Davies 4/1
21 May 14+25d Newton Abbot NewtonAbbotRace On Twitter Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 21.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 1/7 10-9 123117A Harry Derham 8/13F
26 Apr 14+23d Sandown Bet365 Josh Gifford Novices' Handicap Chase Class 2 · 20f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7/8 18 10-5 11990C Sam Twiston-Davies 5/2F
03 Apr 14+148d Taunton Debra Spurway Celebration Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 19f · Good · 13 ran 2/13 1¼ 10-11 —120A Harry Derham 7/1
06 Nov 13+26d Chepstow Overlec Ltd Supports R.A.B.I. Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16f · Heavy · 8 ran 6/8 1 10-8 122100A Nick Scholfield 4/1J
11 Oct 13+184d Newton Abbot South West Racing Club Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 14 10-12 12585C Daryl Jacob 5/2
10 Apr 13+23d Auteuil (FR) Prix Claude Cohen (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) 18f · Heavy · 18 ran 2/18 4½ 10-6 —— Cyrille Gombeau 73/10
18 Mar 13+29d Fontainebleau Prix dArbonne (Chase) 18f · Very Soft · 3 ran 3/3 ¾ 10-1 —— Alexis Poirier 8/1
17 Feb 13+47d Machecoul Prix Prince dAvril (AQPS) 12f · 3 ran 2/3 1½ 9-11 —— Herve Paimblanc —
01 Jan 13 Pau Prix Alfred Torrance (Div 2) (Hurdle) 17.5f · Very Soft · 4 ran PU/4 — 10-6 —— Bertrand Thelier 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Vesperal Dream (FR) won?
Vesperal Dream (FR) won 6 of 24 archived starts between 2013 and 2016, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 9 times in total (37.5% of starts).
Who trained Vesperal Dream (FR)?
Vesperal Dream (FR) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Worcester on 17 August 2016.
Who is Vesperal Dream (FR)'s sire?
Vesperal Dream (FR) is by Network (GER) out of Pampanilla (FR), whose sire is April Night.
What going does Vesperal Dream (FR) prefer?
Vesperal Dream (FR) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 9 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 Vesperal Dream (FR)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 120, from the run on 17 August 2016. The highest on record is 133.
What is Vesperal Dream (FR)'s sire's record?
Network (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.1% of 3,767 runs since Jan 2008 (380 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 10.2% from 274.

Record shown from January 2013. 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.