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Horse profile

Victoria Says (IRE)

7yo mare (at last run, Jun 2019) · Last trainer S R B Crawford · Last owner Branncuminggabbett Partnership
by Shantou (USA) out of Ballestra (IRE) (Alflora)
12 runs · 6 courses · from Nov 2016
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Jun 2019 — 2,714 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2019 · 8th of 11 Won at Ayr Last raced off OR 104
KTB Profile

Victoria Says (IRE) is 1 from 12, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Nov 2017. Last raced off 104, 8lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 8lb off peak

Progeny in our archive

Produce record

As a dam, Victoria Says (IRE) has 1 produce in the archive, 1 winner — most wins Buzz Iceclear (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 3m–3m½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Buzz Iceclear (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Buzz Iceclear (IRE)923m–3m½fClass 5
Official rating104↓ 8lb off peak
104 102–112

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 113 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ayr, 15 Nov 2017

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 10 figures · best 126A · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Heavy4113A101—
Soft3116B83—
Good2126A109—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f5116C113—
1m5f – 2m3102B92—
2m5f – 3m2126A109—

Of 12 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 97A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Carlisle, 2 Dec 2018 Official rating 104 at the last run, 1 Jun 2019

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 →

Jumps 10 figures · best 121A · median 104.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Heavy4121A102.5—
Soft3111A106—
Good2110B96.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f5111A106—
1m5f – 2m3121A103—
2m5f – 3m2110B96.5—

Of 12 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 12 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
Shantou (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,833 runs since Feb 2008 (539 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2150%+36.4—
Good to Firm1583220.3%+6.7—
Good2,29231113.6%00 from 2
Good to Soft1,43517612.3%−1.30 from 1
Soft2,61236313.9%+0.30 from 3
Heavy1,28317813.9%+0.31 from 6
Standard (AW)5159.8%−3.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f300%−13.6—
1m – 1m1f1100%−13.6—
1m2f – 1m4f6269.7%−3.9—
1m5f – 2m2,03127613.6%00 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f2,71337813.9%+0.31 from 7
2m5f – 3m2,34433414.2%+0.60 from 2
Over 3m6697210.8%−2.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Ballestra (IRE) (Alflora)

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
Heavy 6 1 17% −2.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 1 50% +2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ayr 4 1 25% +0.00
Hexham 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 7 1 14% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ger Fox 3 0 0% −3.00
Patrick Corbett 2 1 50% +2.00
Conor O'Farrell 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Bowen 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny McMenamin 1 0 0% −1.00
Callum Bewley 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Scudamore 1 0 0% −1.00
W J Boyes 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr B G Crawford 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 1 11% −5.00
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 2 0 0% −2.00
2018 4 0 0% −4.00
2017 4 1 25% +0.00
2016 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 1 10% −6.00
NH Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2019 · 2 runs
01 Jun 19+50d Hexham Racing Partnership Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8/11 22 11-1 104116C94C Conor O'Farrell 12/1
12 Apr 19+131d Ayr Smart Money's On Coral Seafield Trophy Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 3m½f · Good · 11 ran 8/11 12 10-2 10892C83C Sean Bowen 11/1
2018 · 4 runs
02 Dec 18+18d Carlisle Smarkets Northern Lights Mares' Hurdle Series Final Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 2m4f · Heavy · 10 ran 5/10 6 10-3 109100A97A Danny McMenamin 5/1
14 Nov 18+2d Ayr Ayr Racecourse Gift Vouchers Available Now Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Heavy · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-5 112—— Callum Bewley 16/1
12 Nov 18+285d Carlisle Smarkets Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 ½ 11-10 11283B106B Tom Scudamore 8/1
31 Jan 18+77d Down Royal Silks at downroyal Rated Novice Hurdle 2m3½f · Heavy · 6 ran PU/6 — 10-13 106—— Patrick Corbett 10/1
2017 · 4 runs
15 Nov 17+33d Ayr Book Now For The Coral Scottish Grand National Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4½f · Heavy · 11 ran 1/11 10-4 102113A108A Patrick Corbett 3/1
13 Oct 17+171d Downpatrick Can You Believe It's October Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Yielding · 13 ran 4/13 ½ 11-5 —116B111A Ger Fox 16/1
25 Apr 17+24d Hexham Thornton Firkin Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 nk 10-9 —126A110B Ger Fox 9/4
01 Apr 17+103d Navan Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 20 ran 4/20 ¾ 11-7 —102B121A Ger Fox 25/1
2016 · 2 runs
19 Dec 16+22d Ayr Racing UK Standard NH Flat Race (Conditional Jockeys' And Amateur Riders) Class 6 · 2m · Heavy · 7 ran 5/7 6 10-4 —92C82C W J Boyes 16/1
27 Nov 16 Navan Coolmore N.h. Sires E.B.F. Mares Flat Race (listed) 2m · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 7/8 1¾ 10-13 —69A103A Mr B G Crawford 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Victoria Says won?
Victoria Says (IRE) won 1 of 12 archived starts between 2016 and 2019, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 2 times in total (16.7% of starts).
Who trained Victoria Says?
Victoria Says (IRE) was trained by S R B Crawford on the most recent run on record, at Hexham on 1 June 2019.
Who is Victoria Says's sire?
Victoria Says (IRE) is by Shantou (USA) out of Ballestra (IRE), whose sire is Alflora.
What going does Victoria Says prefer?
Victoria Says (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Victoria Says's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 104, from the run on 1 June 2019. The highest on record is 112.
What is Victoria Says's sire's record?
Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,833 runs since Feb 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Has Victoria Says produced winners?
As a dam, Victoria Says (IRE) has 1 produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Buzz Iceclear (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Buzz Iceclear (IRE)). The wins came over 3m–3m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2016. 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.