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Horse profile

Via Branca (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Aug 2010) · Last trainer Jane M Foley · Last owner J P Foley
by Rossini (USA) out of Alice Brand (IRE) (Nucleon)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Oct 2009
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Aug 2010 — 5,917 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2010 · 13th of 14
KTB Profile

Via Branca (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 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 53A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 30 Oct 2009

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 3 figures · best 53A · median 51
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Soft251C41—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
6f – 7f353A51—

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

Progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 999 runs since Jan 2008 (74 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 14.8% from 122. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4.5% from 179.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2000%−8.2—
Good to Firm208146.7%−1.5—
Good290237.9%−0.3—
Good to Soft1221814.8%+6.6—
Soft1331410.5%+2.30 from 2
Heavy3712.7%−5.5—
Standard (AW)189126.3%−1.90 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1491610.7%+2.5—
6f – 7f17984.5%−3.70 from 3
1m – 1m1f167169.6%+1.4—
1m2f – 1m4f1421510.6%+2.4—
1m5f – 2m191115.8%−2.4—
2m1f – 2m4f115108.7%+0.5—
2m5f – 3m49510.2%+2—
Over 3m7114.3%+6.1—

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
Alice Brand (IRE) (Nucleon)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Grandpa Jo (IRE)120——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 2 0 0% −2.00
2009 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 KTB Jockey SP
2010 · 2 runs
24 Aug 10+113d Sligo www.countysligoraces.com Claiming Race 6½f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 13/14 7 8-10 31C Michael Hussey 66/1
03 May 10+185d Curragh Keadeen Hotel Maiden 7f · Yielding · 30 ran 30/30 2 9-12 51C Michael Hussey 50/1
2009 · 1 run
30 Oct 09 Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Maiden 6f · Standard · 14 ran 8/14 nk 9-1 53A Michael Hussey 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Via Branca won?
Via Branca (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2009 and 2010.
Who trained Via Branca?
Via Branca (IRE) was trained by Jane M Foley on the most recent run on record, at Sligo on 24 August 2010.
Who is Via Branca's sire?
Via Branca (IRE) is by Rossini (USA) out of Alice Brand (IRE), whose sire is Nucleon.
What is Via Branca's sire's record?
Rossini (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 999 runs since Jan 2008 (74 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14.8% from 122. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4.5% from 179.
Who are Via Branca's siblings?
Out of Alice Brand (IRE), Via Branca (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2009. 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.